PFF Transformational Grants
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Quarterly
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Grant application begins with a LOI or pre-application reviewed by the Board of Directors who meet quarterly to consider requests.”
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Grant application begins with a LOI or pre-application reviewed by the Board of Directors who meet quarterly to consider requests
- Proposals that meet the Boards criteria are invited to submit a full grant application through an online process
Overview
_NOTE: The Foundation is currently engaging in a period of strategic planning to assess and refine our priorities and focus areas. As part of this process, we are temporarily pausing the receipt of new Letters of Inquiry (LOIs).
PFF Transformational Grants
Transformational partnerships may be extended or renewed at the board's discretion. Otherwise, the Grantee partner may reapply after two years.
* Unrestricted General Operating Support or Project or Program Grants
* Designed to develop and build capacity with established organizations seeking to move to the next level of operation, programmatic advancement, or systems change
* Generally Multi-Year Grants
* Application process- LOI, interview, site visit, and if invited, a formal application, and a possible board presentation
* Formal quarterly meetings, and a written annual report
Grants are awarded in One of Two Ways:
* To build an organization’s capacity to achieve more significant impact or effectiveness
* To deliver or increase direct services to their constituency
Eligibility
_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._
* Organization must be a US based 501(c)3.
* Grant application begins with a LOI or pre-application reviewed by the Board of Directors who meet quarterly to consider requests.
* Proposals that meet the Boards criteria are invited to submit a full grant application through an online process.
What Pincus Family Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 104
- Total given
- $5.33M
- Median grant
- $23K
- Range
- $1,000–$846K
- By dollars: New York 43%, Pennsylvania 27%, Connecticut 7%. Top recipient cities: Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; New Haven, CT.
- 34% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 16% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Love Futbol · Brooklyn, NY
Philadelphia Growth and Expansion
$846K
Childrens Global Health Fund Inc · Mount Kisco, NY
General & Unrestricted
$700K
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund · Dallas, TX
Pincus Family Foundation Violence Prevention Scholarship Fund at Tulane University
$296K
Temple University of the Commonwealth System of HI · New York, NY
Pincus Urban Health Fellowship
$253K
Leadership Education and Athletics in Partnership · New Haven, CT
Bridge Grant-Emergency General Operating Funds
$150K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
- Unrestricted nonprofits
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