Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust

• Check first that your work sits in Marion County or Maricopa County, Indiana and Arizona, or, for environmental work, that it works across Arizona and Indiana, with the Trust giving priority to local staff and board representation in the relevant state.
• Most of its grants fall between $1,500 and $150,000, and half are $40,000 or less, so a request in the tens of thousands of dollars is a realistic size.
• Start with a conversation with a programme officer, since only organisations the officer judges a good fit are invited to apply, and aim for the November, March or summer invitation deadlines.
• Repeat funding is heavy, with 74% of grant dollars going to organisations it had funded before, so build the approach around fit and do not assume an existing relationship.
• Requests for international work, academic research, sectarian or religious programmes, political campaigns, most health programmes, or programmes aimed at people currently incarcerated or recently released are outside its stated areas.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• UMOM New Day Centers · Capital and programmatic support to renovate 16 emergency shelter units for large families at risk of experiencing homelessness and to provide essential services to such families.
  $1,500,0002024 tax year
• American Journalism Project · Support to build a new model for local news in Central Indiana that utilizes a community reporting model and acts as a trusted source of information resulting in a more informed and engaged public.
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Friends of Indy Animals · Capital support to construct a modern facility for Indianapolis Animal Care Services to provide safe and humane shelter for approximately 15,000 animals per year.
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Arizona State University Foundation for New American University · Support for the Nina Scholars program.
  $725,7692024 tax year
• Alliance for Companion Animals · Provide no-cost spay/neuter and wellness services to approximately 6,800 animals through veterinary clinics, including mobile veterinary units, across Maricopa County.
  $600,0002024 tax year
• Society of Saint Vincent de Paul - Phoenix · Capital support to create a 71-bed transitional housing community that would reduce the number of unhoused individuals while providing safe housing and wraparound services.
  $500,0002024 tax year
• White River Alliance · Continued support to advance the Indiana Water Roadmap, improve the appreciation of the White River and facilitate solutions to challenges facing the watershed.
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Indianapolis Zoo · Support for the Global Center for Species Survival, which will serve as a headquarters connecting a team of conservation scientists to 10,000 scientists around the globe, and will provide an immersive visitor experience in a new exhibit space.
  $500,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.