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The Pesky Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

302
grants reported
$2.3M
total given
2020–2023
filing years
$520
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Lee Pesky Learning Center4 grants · $1.1M
  • Tuck School of Business3 grants · $202,500
  • Sun Valley Museum of Art4 grants · $176,840
  • Lafayette College4 grants · $159,100
  • Hunter College Foundation1 grant · $78,000
  • The Alliance of Idaho4 grants · $70,042
  • New York Philharmonic3 grants · $64,000
  • Boise State University Foundation1 grant · $50,000
  • The Community Library2 grants · $28,510
  • Sun Valley Writers Conference4 grants · $24,600

Giving over time

$788,756
2020
$651,240
2021
$305,113
2022
$529,483
2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 302 grants.

  • $355,983

    Lee Pesky Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $327,500

    Lee Pesky Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $326,790

    Lee Pesky Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $100,000

    Tuck School of Business · Hanover, NH · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $100,000

    Tuck School of Business · Hanover, NH · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $78,000

    Hunter College Foundation · New York, NY · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $60,015

    Sun Valley Museum of Art · Ketchum, ID · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $57,193

    Lee Pesky Learning Center · Boise, ID · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $54,785

    Sun Valley Museum of Art · Ketchum, ID · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $52,600

    Sun Valley Museum of Art · Ketchum, ID · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $52,500

    Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $52,500

    Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $51,000

    Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $50,000

    Boise State University Foundation · Boise, ID · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $35,500

    New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $30,093

    The Alliance of Idaho · Bellevue, ID · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $26,010

    The Community Library · Ketchum, ID · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $25,000

    New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $15,377

    The Alliance of Idaho · Bellevue, ID · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $13,572

    The Alliance of Idaho · Bellevue, ID · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $13,000

    Global Grassroots · Portsmouth, NH · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $11,000

    National Gaucher Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $11,000

    The Alliance of Idaho · Bellevue, ID · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $10,000

    The Vivaldi Project · Falls Church, VA · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $9,440

    Sun Valley Museum of Art · Ketchum, ID · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $7,648

    Temple Israel · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $7,150

    Squash Haven · New Haven, CT · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $7,100

    Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $6,500

    The Senior Connection · Hailey, ID · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $6,500

    Prepare Prosper · St Paul, MN · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $6,350

    Sun Valley Music Festival · Ketchum, ID · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $6,200

    Sun Valley Writers Conference · Monterey, CA · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $6,200

    Sun Valley Writers Conference · Monterey, CA · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $6,200

    Sun Valley Writers Conference · Monterey, CA · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $6,000

    Sun Valley Summer Symphony · Sun Valley, ID · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $6,000

    Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $6,000

    Sun Valley Music Festival · Ketchum, ID · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $6,000

    Sun Valley Writers Conference · Monterey, CA · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,525

    Squash Haven · New Haven, CT · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,225

    Prepare Prosper · St Paul, MN · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,219

    Squash Haven · New Haven, CT · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,083

    Arch Community Housing Trust · Ketchum, ID · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,000

    Vera Institute for Social Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,000

    Hamilton College · Clinton, NY · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,000

    St Luke'S Wood River Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,000

    The Senior Connection · Hailey, ID · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,000

    Hamilton College · Clinton, NY · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,000

    St Luke'S Wood River Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,000

    Temple Israel · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,000

    The Senior Connection · Hailey, ID · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,000

    National Center for Learning Disabilities · Washington, DC · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $5,000

    St Luke'S Wood River Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $4,960

    Temple Israel · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $4,216

    Temple Israel · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,665

    Stephen Wise Free Synagogue · New York, NY · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,500

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,500

    New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,500

    The Blake School · Hopkins, MN · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,500

    Tuck Annual Giving · Hanover, NH · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,100

    Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,033

    Haku Baldwin Center · Makawao, HI · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,000

    The Blake School · Hopkins, MN · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,000

    Working American Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,000

    Sun Valley Music Festival · Ketchum, ID · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,000

    The Blake School · Hopkins, MN · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $3,000

    Tuck Annual Giving · Hanover, NH · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,750

    The Hunter College Fund · New York, NY · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,680

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,650

    Hospice & Pallative Care of Wood River · Ketchum, ID · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    Dartmouth Tuck School of Business · Hanover, NH · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    The Blake School · Hopkins, MN · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    Tuck Annual Giving · Hanover, NH · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    Tuck School of Business · Hanover, NH · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    Boise State Public Radio · Boise, ID · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley · Ketchum, ID · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    Spur Community Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    Squash Haven · New Haven, CT · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,500

    The Community Library · Ketchum, ID · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,200

    Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,168

    Wood River Women'S Charitable Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,050

    Wood River Jewish Community · Ketchum, ID · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,000

    Just the Pill · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,000

    Montana Abortion Access · Missoula, MT · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,000

    National Abortion Federation · Annapolis Junction, MD · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,000

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,000

    Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,000

    No Kid Hungry · Washington, DC · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $2,000

    The Hunger Coalition · Bellevue, ID · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $1,550

    Wood River Jewish Community · Ketchum, ID · 2022

    For unrestricted use.

  • $1,500

    Abortion Care Network · Washington, DC · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $1,500

    State Leadership Project · Washington, DC · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $1,500

    University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

  • $1,500

    American Friends of the Israel Museum · New York, NY · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $1,500

    Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2020

    For unrestricted use.

  • $1,248

    Connecticut Food Bank · Wallingford, CT · 2023

    For unrestricted use.

  • $1,222

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2021

    For unrestricted use.

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.