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Screen a listThe Piston Foundation Inc
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$452krevenue
FY2025 · +139% in 3 yrs15staff
5 of 5years filed
’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−7.2%
Months of reserve2.5mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+14.5%
Middle half of peersMedianPiston
Where the money goes FY2025 · $485k spent
Programs$148k31%Management and general$61k13%Fundraising$275k57%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 13% of revenue stopped after FY2022
The William H Pitt Foundation Inc gave $25k in FY2022, 13% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$50k in FY2024 and −$33k in FY2025. Cash covers 2.5 months, under the peer median of 6.7.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 14% a year since FY2021, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort21funders
$56ka year, last 3 years
21%from its largest funder
Funder’21’22’23The Jon and Mary Shirley FoundationSince FY2022$20k$15kThe William H Pitt Foundation IncOn and off$25kRobert and Perri Bishop Foundationinc Fka Swordspoint Foundation IncSince FY2022$10k$10kThe Shoreland FoundationSince FY2022$8k$8kStephens FoundationSince FY2022$3k$10kBetty R Sheffer Foundation IncOn and off$10kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$8k$20k6 other fundersUp to $5k a year each$4k$18k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund