Massachusetts · Private foundation
Pechet Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $304k
- Granted FY2018
- 37
- Grants FY2018
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Pechet Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Pechet Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 25 organizations, $304k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $34,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 36
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 15
- Total assets, FY2018
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 31% of the organizations Pechet Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 36 | $270k | 31% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $227k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imagine H2O Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Fessenden School | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Grub Street Inc | $56,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Free Press | $37,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $36,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pro Publica Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Issue One | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 29 grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($236k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pechet Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Pechet Foundation
- How much does Pechet Foundation give?
- Pechet Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $304,000 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Pechet Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), Education (11%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are Pechet Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Imagine H2O Inc ($105k), The Fessenden School ($75k), Grub Street Inc ($56k).
- Does Pechet Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pechet Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pechet Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Pechet Foundation based?
- Pechet Foundation is based in MA.
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