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Je and Marjorie B Pittman Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$18k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$47kReligion$35kAnimals$16kArts & Culture$6kPhilanthropy$5kRecreation & Sports$4kEnvironment$3kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$466k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LUKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$2,000
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL$2,000
ROCKY BAYOU CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$1,500
INIDAN SPRINGS SCHOOL$1,300
WOFFORD COLLEGE$1,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$1,000
ALABAMA TENNIS FOUNDATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
EMORY SCHOOL OF LAW$500
CHURCH OF THE RECONCILER$500
DOG-HARMONY INC$500
PURPLE MARTIN CONSERVATION ASSOCIAT$500
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST INC$500
MOBILE SPCA$500
Individual grant recipient$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DESTIN WOMAN'S CLUB: $1k → 11%DESTIN WOMAN'S CLUB: $500 → 11%DESTIN WOMAN'S CLUB: $500 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MI
MA
PA
CO
MO
AR
SC
LA
AL
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$103k · 33 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
26

Total granted

$103k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+1%

Still filing today

48%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationAnimalsArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DH
    DOG HARMONY INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $8k · revenue +218%
  • IS
    INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2025 · $7k · revenue +231%
  • WOFFORD COLLEGE
    7× · 2017–2025 · $5k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • VC
    VARIOUS CHARITIES WHERE AMOUNTS TOTAL LESS THAN 500 PER CHARITY
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AL
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Southeastern Bible College

The mission of Souteastern Bible College is to promote Christian education. The Organization's board made the decision that a transfer of the net assets to a previously described university would be the best use of the net assets of the…

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2
Belhaven University

Belhaven university prepares students academically and spiritually to serve jesus christ in their careers, in human relationships, and in the world of ideas.

Education
3
Southern Methodist College

The college's mission is to train christians to serve god and his church.

Education
4
University of the South

The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…

Education
5
Spartanburg Methodist College

SMC Delivers an exceptional education that fuses the empowerment of the liberal arts with crucial career skills. Our mission is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, virtues, and mindset needed to thrive personally, create…

Education
6
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
7
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
8
Mississippi College

Mississippi college is a private, co-educational, comprehensive university of liberal arts and sciences and professional studies dedicated to the pursuit of academic excellence. founded in 1826, mississippi college is the oldest…

Education
9
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
10
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
11
American Baptist Theological Seminary dba American Baptist College

Is to provide educational opportunities for gifted students who have limited academic experiences and resources but unlimited potential for leadership in society.

Education
12
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Samford University; the most unlike its peers is Birmingham Music Club. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 65 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL: $11,050 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRALST LUKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $9,375 · OtherST LUKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHROCKY BAYOU CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $8,775 · OtherROCKY BAYOU CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INCORPORATEDWOFFORD COLLEGE: $5,075 · OtherWOFFORD COLLEGEVARIOUS CHARITIES WHERE AMOUNTS TOTAL LESS THAN 500 PER CHARITY: $4,950 · OtherVARIOUS CHARITIES WHERE AMOUNTS TOTAL LESS THAN 500 PER CHARITYUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $3,100 · OtherCHURCH OF THE RECONCILER: $3,075 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $3,000 · OtherBIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $3,000 · Other+36 more: $31,700 · Other+36 moreINDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL: $6,800 · EducationINDIAN SPRINGS SC…STEPHENS COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationSTEPHENS COLLEGETHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $2,600 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATOR…PULASKI ACADEMY: $2,500 · EducationPULASKI ACADEMYHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $900 · Education+3 more: $750 · EducationDOG HARMONY INC: $7,750 · AnimalsDOG HARMONY …PURPLE MARTIN CONSERVATION ASSOC: $2,500 · AnimalsPURPLE MARTI…MOBILE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CR: $2,250 · AnimalsMOBILE SOCIE…THE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,250 · AnimalsTHE GREATER …FOUNDATION 154 INC: $3,250 · Arts & CultureTHE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureBIRMINGHAM MUSIC CLUB: $300 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureDESTIN WOMAN'S CLUB INCORPORATED: $2,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHEASTERN DIABETES EDUCATION SERVICES INC: $1,975 · Recreation & SportsYOUNG LIFE: $500 · Youth Development
Other$83,100Education$19,550Animals$13,750Arts & Culture$4,900Human Services$2,000Recreation & Sports$1,975Youth Development$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDOG HARMONY INC: $7,750 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetINDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL: $6,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE: $5,075 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHENS COLLEGE: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION 154 INC: $3,250 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $2,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPURPLE MARTIN CONSERVATION ASSOC: $2,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPULASKI ACADEMY: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CR: $2,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDESTIN WOMAN'S CLUB INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN DIABETES EDUCATION SERVICES INC: $1,975 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN TENNIS PATRONS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN MISSION CENTERS INC: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRMINGHAM MUSIC CLUB: $300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSamford University: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Charity League Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Guild of The Birmingham Music Club Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DOG HARMONY INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WOFFORD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds STEPHENS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION 154 INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds PURPLE MARTIN CONSERVATION ASSOC ↗
  • Who funds PULASKI ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CR ↗
  • Who funds DESTIN WOMAN'S CLUB INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN DIABETES EDUCATION SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN TENNIS PATRONS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Middlebury College ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN MISSION CENTERS INC ↗

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.

The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Edwin L and Elizabeth L Skelton Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Je and Marjorie B Pittman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Je and Marjorie B Pittman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Je and Marjorie B Pittman Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 65 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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