· Private foundation
The Pursley 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $2,000 |
| PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES | $650 |
| CROSSWALK CENTER | $510 |
| DAILY HOPE | $500 |
| NEHEMIAH CENTER | $381 |
| RESTORING JUSTICE | $200 |
| ST JUDE'S CHILDREN RESEARCH HOSPIT | $90 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $481) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RJRESTORING JUSTICE3× · 2022–2024 · $3k · revenue +73%
- PFPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES2× · 2023–2024 · $918 · revenue +13%
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN3× · 2017–2019 · $850 · revenue +120%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $1k
- TCThe Council on Recoveryone grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue 0%
- ARAIR1 RADIOone grant, 2017 · $360
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To transform the lives of prisoners, their families, and victims through a global network of ministry partners.
The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…
Colorado christian academy provides an innovative christ-centered education that prioritizes academic achievements and individual development of the whole child. in relationship with parents, we will build healthy foundations that result…
The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…
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Our mission at Do Right Christian Church is to transform lives and communities
Redeemer City to City (RCTC) exists to multiply churches and Christian leaders committed to a shared vision for gospel movements in the great cities of the world.
Providing hope, healing & freedom from the experience of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse
The organization's mission is to provide the context (place and structure) in which individuals and families may come and be restored from the brokeness caused by addictions such as drugs and alcohol, as well as other life-controlling…
Lakelight Institute equips Christians with timeless wisdom for modern life.
Sonshine day preschools mission is to partner with the home and church to provide a loving, secure christian environment where dedicated staff care for, nuture, and teach young children to know, honor, and serve god.
Houston Legal Aid Center protects and advances the rights of the poor through the poor through the provision of pro bono or reduced cost legal services while also addressing the underlying spiritual and relational issues affecting…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds RESTORING JUSTICE ↗
- Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds CROSSWALK CENTER ↗
- Who funds Purpose Driven Connection DBA Pastor Ricks Daily Hope ↗
- Who funds The Council on Recovery ↗
- Who funds Nehemiah Center Inc ↗
- Who funds Joy Development School ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Baxter Trust Co Private Foundation Services · The Brown Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Pursley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pursley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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