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The Poetic Foundation Inc

The Poetic Foundations' mission is to promote the early clinical development of promising therapies for the treatment of children, adolescents and young adults with cancer and related disorders.

$355k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
2
Organizations funded FY2018
50%
First-time grantees FY2018
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Median grant, FY2025
$350,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$350,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 3
FY2017 to FY2018
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$114k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2018, 50% of the organizations The Poetic Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving1$350k100%
FY20182$73k50%
FY20173$326kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$749kEducation$140k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wish4life Inc$374,213280%
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health$350,0001n/a
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$10,00010%
Utmd Anderson$8,3551n/a
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$6,00010%

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About The Poetic Foundation Inc

How much does The Poetic Foundation Inc give?
The Poetic Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $355,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
What does The Poetic Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (84%), Education (16%).
Who are The Poetic Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wish4life Inc ($374k), Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health ($350k), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ($10k).
Does The Poetic Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2018, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is The Poetic Foundation Inc based?
The Poetic Foundation Inc is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 6 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
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Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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