California · Public charity
The Pollination Project Foundation
THE POLLINATION PROJECT FOUNDATION (tpp) provides catalytic seed funding to expert volunteers driving grassroots, community-led change around the world. Grounded in heartivism - the practice of pairing compassion with action - tpp funds leaders in more than 120 countries working across education, climate and environmental protection,…
- $572k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $81k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $81,329
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $81,329
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Pollination Project Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $81k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $66k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $115k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $78k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jubilee Gift Galaxy Inc | $185,060 | 2 | 4% |
| Pollution Studios | $81,329 | 1 | n/a |
| Light Productions Inc | $65,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Material Innovation Institute | $24,900 | 1 | 4% |
| Foster & Banks Walk in Faith Founda Tion | $8,370 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls Leading Girls | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Urban Strategies Council | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Youth Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lawn Academy | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Pollination Project Foundation
- How much does The Pollination Project Foundation give?
- The Pollination Project Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $81,329, out of $571,985 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Pollination Project Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Environment (18%), Animals (18%).
- Who are The Pollination Project Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Jubilee Gift Galaxy Inc ($185k), Pollution Studios ($81k), Light Productions Inc ($66k).
- Does The Pollination Project Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Pollination Project Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Pollination Project Foundation based?
- The Pollination Project Foundation is based in CA.
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