The Pesky Family Foundation Inc
Boise, ID · EIN 22-3008373. Reported 302 grants totalling $2,274,592 to 156 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Pesky Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $519. Half of everything it gave fell between $206 and $2,500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $355,983. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Pesky Learning Center | Boise, ID | $1,067,466 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tuck School of Business | Hanover, NH | $202,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Sun Valley Museum of Art | Ketchum, ID | $176,840 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lafayette College | Easton, PA | $159,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hunter College Foundation | New York, NY | $78,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Alliance of Idaho | Bellevue, ID | $70,042 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | $64,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boise State University Foundation | Boise, ID | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Community Library | Ketchum, ID | $28,510 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sun Valley Writers Conference | Monterey, CA | $24,600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Temple Israel | Minneapolis, MN | $21,824 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Squash Haven | New Haven, CT | $20,394 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Senior Connection | Hailey, ID | $17,216 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $16,800 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sun Valley Music Festival | Ketchum, ID | $15,350 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| St Luke's Wood River Foundation | Ketchum, ID | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Global Grassroots | Portsmouth, NH | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Prepare Prosper | St Paul, MN | $12,525 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Gaucher Foundation | Rockville, MD | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Blake School | Hopkins, MN | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | $11,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Vivaldi Project | Falls Church, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tuck Annual Giving | Hanover, NH | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $8,680 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vera Institute for Social Justice | Brooklyn, NY | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sun Valley Summer Symphony | Sun Valley, ID | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wood River Women's Charitable Foundation | Ketchum, ID | $5,501 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Wood River Jewish Community | Ketchum, ID | $5,350 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Arch Community Housing Trust | Ketchum, ID | $5,233 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety | New York, NY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| National Center for Learning Disabilities | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $3,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hospice & Pallative Care of Wood River | Ketchum, ID | $3,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stephen Wise Free Synagogue | New York, NY | $3,665 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Haku Baldwin Center | Makawao, HI | $3,563 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Food Bank | Wallingford, CT | $3,278 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley | Ketchum, ID | $3,100 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Hunger Coalition | Bellevue, ID | $3,033 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stern Center | Williston, VT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Working American Fund | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Hunter College Fund | New York, NY | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nrdc | New York, NY | $2,680 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boise State Public Radio | Boise, ID | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dartmouth Tuck School of Business | Hanover, NH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| No Kid Hungry | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Spur Community Foundation | Ketchum, ID | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Just the Pill | Saint Paul, MN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montana Abortion Access | Missoula, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Abortion Federation | Annapolis Junction, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $1,773 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Character Lab | Philadelphia, PA | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lyme Land Conservation | Lyme, CT | $1,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| High Hopes | Old Lyme, CT | $1,615 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Abortion Care Network | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Environmental Working | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Sierra Club | Oakland, CA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| State Leadership Project | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Care USA | Atlanta, GA | $1,313 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $1,273 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| S-Anon Organization | Nashville, TN | $1,268 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cptv | Hartford, CT | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Relations Council | San Francisco, CA | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Rye Brook, NY | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Splc | Montgomery, AL | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Farmland Trust | Hartford, CT | $1,206 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Auction Harmony | Brooklyn Park, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Idaho Pac | Boise, ID | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sun Valley Wellness Institute | Ketchum, ID | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Valley Club Employee Scholarship Fund | Sun Valley, ID | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Wellspring Health Access | Casper, WY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wood River Land Trust | Hailey, ID | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westminster School | Simsbury, CT | $962 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Minnesota Public Radio | Saint Paul, MN | $950 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Foodshare | Wallingford, CT | $936 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urban Youth | West Palm Beach, FL | $912 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Hennepin County Library | Minneapolis, MN | $900 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tcs New York City Marathon | New York, NY | $795 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Union of Reform Judaism | New York, NY | $790 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Colorado College | Colorado Springs, CO | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harvard University Gsd | Cambridge, MA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ketchum Sun Valley Volunteer Association | Ketchum, ID | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Environmental Resource Center | Ketchum, ID | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $625 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Blaine County Education Fund | Hailey, ID | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $519 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Edf | New York, NY | $515 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Children's Theater | Minneapolis, MN | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ewg | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heartworks | Rochester, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Living With Wolves | Sun Valley, ID | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Team Rubicon | El Segundo, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Minneapolis Jewish Federation | Minnetonka, MN | $450 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Idaho Public Television | Boise, ID | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| King Annual Fund | Stamford, CT | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chabad of Clinton Ny | Clinton, NY | $360 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Country School | Madison, CT | $353 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Animal Humane Society | Golden Valley, MN | $350 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Landmark West | New York, NY | $350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Florence Griswold Museum | Old Lyme, CT | $325 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Human Rights | Los Angeles, CA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorpor | Wallingford, CT | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Whitney | New York, NY | $266 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Flourish Foundation | Ketchum, ID | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Foundation for the Righteous | West Orange, NJ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sawtooth Botanical Garden | Ketchum, ID | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urj | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Wassmuth Center of Human Rights | Boise, ID | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bright Funds Foundation | Oakland, CA | $236 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Ms Society | Waltham, MA | $212 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boston Area Rape Crisis Center | Cambridge, MA | $210 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Earth | Merrifield, VA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincoln Center Theater | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lyme Library | Lyme, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Skidmore College Scholarship Fund | Saratoga Springs, NY | $190 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cu Boulder Hillel | Boulder, CO | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan Hillel | Ann Arbor, MI | $180 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Avenues for Youth | Minneapolis, MN | $159 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| First State Squash | Wilmington, DE | $159 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Guthrie Theatre | Minneapolis, MN | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Human Rights First | New York, NY | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Swiftsure Ranch | Bellevue, ID | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $139 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mass Eye and Ear | Boston, MA | $105 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sandy Hook Promise | Newtown, CT | $104 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wikimedia | Washington, DC | $102 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Blaine County Recreation | Hailey, ID | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Com for Environmentally Sound Develop | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Curepsp | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of Galena Public Library | Galena, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Globalgiving | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Goldy Memorial Fund | Cohasset, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greenagers | South Egremont, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society Legislation Fund | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Idaho Community Foundation | Boise, ID | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Idaho Humanities Council | Boise, ID | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York City Ballet | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tubman | Minneapolis, MN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vega Productions | Minneapolis, MN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fans Ultra Races | Minneapolis, MN | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Temple Beth El Cemetery | Stamford, CT | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Center for Family Support | New York, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wikipedia | Washington, DC | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
76 of 156 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 60%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 154 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 83 | $788,756 | $500 |
| 2021 | 80 | $651,240 | $524 |
| 2022 | 55 | $305,113 | $520 |
| 2023 | 84 | $529,483 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 65% of this one's giving went to organizations in Idaho. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $519. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Idaho.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Pesky Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1290 W Myrtle Ave 310, Boise, ID, 83702. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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