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Donald Pitt Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$58k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
24%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$13,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 25
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$1.5M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Donald Pitt Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$47k29%
FY202417$39k24%
FY202316$43k13%
FY202214$57k0%
FY202113$40k8%
FY202025$94k64%
FY201915$25k13%
FY201821$30k52%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$251kPhilanthropy$231kFood & Nutrition$60kArts & Culture$47kEnvironment$19kHuman Services$8kHealth$8kHousing & Shelter$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Donald Pitt Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Arizona Foundation$51,32580%
Law College Association of the University of Arizona$45,00031%
Community Food Bank Inc$44,62580%
Literacy Connects$37,00090%
Tucson Community School Inc$20,150716%
Tucson Symphony Society$18,00090%
Jackalope Science Inc$18,0009n/a
Blaine Food Bank Association$15,33560%
Tucson Values Teachers$6,50031%
The Primavera Foundation Inc$5,50060%
Tucson High Badger Foundation Inc$5,40062%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$5,00050%
PTA Arizona Congress of Parents & Sam Hughes PTA$4,00081%
Handmaker Foundation Dba the Sandruby Community Fund$4,00014%
Educational Enrichment Foundation$3,75020%
The Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona$3,40030%
Arizona Theatre Company$3,25030%
Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest$2,0001n/a
Arizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund Inc$2,00020%
Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc$2,00010%
Invisible Theatre$2,00020%
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc$1,50020%
Tucson Girls Chorus Association Inc$1,50020%
Hillel Foundation at the University of Arizona$1,18020%
Ocean Conservancy$1,00010%
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide$1,00010%
Casa de Los Ninos$1,00010%
Parents as Teachers National Center Inc$1,00010%
Arizona Local Post$1,00010%
Live Theatre Workshop$1,00010%
Oceana Inc$1,00010%
Loft Cinema Inc Fka Tucson Cinema Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona$1,00010%
Arizona Diaper Bank$60010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$60010%
Children's Discovery Foundation$5901n/a
City Center for Collaborative Learning$50010%
Anti-Defamation League$50010%
First Graduate$5001n/a
Tucson Botanical Gardens$50010%
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc$50010%
Pima Council on Aging$50010%
The Jewish History Museum$50010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County$50010%
Tucson Medical Center$30010%
Our Family Services Inc$25010%
Florida Center for Investigative Reporting Corp$25010%
Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus$25010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$25010%
Arizona Land and Water Trust Inc$25010%
YWCA of Southern Arizona$20010%
Friends of the Pima County Public Library$20010%
Folds of Honor Foundation$17510%
Felicia's Farm Fka Izi Azi Foundation$10010%
Make Way For Books$10010%
Humane Society of Southern Arizona$10010%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($87k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Donald Pitt Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $51,325 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLaw College Association of the University of Arizona: $45,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $44,625 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Connects: $37,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTucson Community School Inc: $20,150 over 7y, 16% of budgetTucson Symphony Society: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBlaine Food Bank Association: $15,335 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTucson Values Teachers: $6,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe Primavera Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTucson High Badger Foundation Inc: $5,400 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPTA Arizona Congress of Parents & Sam Hughes PTA: $4,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetHandmaker Foundation Dba the Sandruby Community Fund: $4,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetEducational Enrichment Foundation: $3,750 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona: $3,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Theatre Company: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Daily Star Sportsmens Fund Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Arizona Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInvisible Theatre: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Family and Children's Service Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTucson Girls Chorus Association Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHillel Foundation at the University of Arizona: $1,180 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Law Alliance Worldwide: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasa de Los Ninos: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParents as Teachers National Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Local Post: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLive Theatre Workshop: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOceana Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoft Cinema Inc Fka Tucson Cinema Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Home Repair Projects of Arizona: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Diaper Bank: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Center for Collaborative Learning: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTucson Botanical Gardens: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTucson Museum of Art and Historic Block Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPima Council on Aging: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish History Museum: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTucson Medical Center: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOur Family Services Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Center for Investigative Reporting Corp: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTucson Arizona Boys Chorus: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArizona Land and Water Trust Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA of Southern Arizona: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Pima County Public Library: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ66.5× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · Marshall Foundation · The Stocker Foundation · The Gordon Foundation · The David and Lura Lovell · Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona · Fred & Christine Armstrong Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Donald Pitt Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Donald Pitt Family Foundation

How much does Donald Pitt Family Foundation give?
Donald Pitt Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $58,418 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Donald Pitt Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Philanthropy (36%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
Who are Donald Pitt Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Arizona Foundation ($51k), Law College Association of the University of Arizona ($45k), Community Food Bank Inc ($45k).
Does Donald Pitt Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Donald Pitt Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Donald Pitt Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, The Hs Lopez Family Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona.
Where is Donald Pitt Family Foundation based?
Donald Pitt Family Foundation is based in AZ.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 78 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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