Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Poole Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $135k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $53,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $713k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Poole Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $135k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $256k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $244k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $247k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $212k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $260k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $38k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University | $1,081,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc | $43,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Geisinger Health | $40,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Centre County United Way | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Strawberry Fields Inc | $13,000 | 6 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $8,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Mount Nittany Medical Center | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pets Come First Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation | $4,600 | 4 | 1% |
| Centre Volunteers in Medicine | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($182k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Poole Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Centre Foundation Inc · The Hamer Foundation · The Blake and Linda Gall Family Foundation · The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau · The Louis E Silvi Foundation · Garver David B for Charity - Char Tr · Centre County United Way · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Poole Foundation
- How much does The Poole Foundation give?
- The Poole Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $134,892 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Poole Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (76%), Health (12%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are The Poole Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pennsylvania State University ($1.1M), Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc ($44k), Geisinger Health ($40k).
- Does The Poole Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Poole Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Poole Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Centre Foundation Inc, The Hamer Foundation, The Blake and Linda Gall Family Foundation.
- Where is The Poole Foundation based?
- The Poole Foundation is based in PA.
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