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Pechet Foundation at a glance

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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
15
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

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

21
’17
25
’18
15
’19
0
’20
0
’21
0
’22
0
’23
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.7MEducation$261kArts & Culture$142kEnvironment$114kHuman Services$24kPublic Safety & Disaster$22kPublic Benefit$17kHousing & Shelter$15kOther$0
02FY2018 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k26 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $230k
$4,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$34,500
IMAGINE H20$30,000
HAVERFORD SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND$30,000
FESSENDEN SCHOOL$25,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
GRUB STREET$20,000
PROPUBLICA$16,000
FREE PRESS$13,000
WBUR$11,000
ISSUE ONE$10,000
HIRE HEROES$7,000
THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION$7,000
FAIR VOTE$7,000
WELLESLEY COLLEGE$5,000
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 (FY17–18, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%HOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD: $1k → 8%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

ME
VT
NH
ID
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
MD
NC
DC
GA
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.
$580k · 27 repeat orgs$126k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
7

Total granted

$580k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+218%

Still filing today

67%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentPublic BenefitCivil RightsOther
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

  • IH
    Imagine H2O Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $105k · revenue +27%
  • TF
    THE FESSENDEN SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $75k · revenue +9%
  • GRUB STREET INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $56k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • NL
    NO LABELS - NOW THE NEW CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • CU
    CAMBRIDGE UPPER SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
5
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
6
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
7
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
8
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
9
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
10
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
11
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wellesley College; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

29 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. 29 of the 45 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
27/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,660,378 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDHAVERFORD SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND: $87,500 · OtherHAVERFORD SCHO…Individual grant recipient: $43,000 · OtherIndividual gra…TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $36,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BO…NO LABELS - NOW THE NEW CENTER: $20,000 · OtherNO LABELS - NO…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $10,000 · Other+15 more: $52,500 · Other+15 moreTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $75,000 · EducationWellesley College: $27,500 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationCAMBRIDGE CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION: $9,000 · EducationHIRE HEROES USA INC: $7,000 · EducationHyde School: $7,000 · EducationGRUB STREET INC: $56,000 · Arts & CultureFREE PRESS: $37,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA INC: $16,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureCambridge Art Association: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTURTLE STUDIOS CORPORATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureImagine H2O Inc: $105,000 · Environment+1 more: $2,000 · EnvironmentAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 · Human ServicesLAUREL HOUSE: $3,500 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesISSUE ONE: $10,000 · Public BenefitCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Public Benefit
Community Improvement$1,660,378Other$294,000Education$135,500Arts & Culture$132,000Environment$107,000Human Services$24,500Public Benefit$12,000

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,660,378 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetImagine H2O Inc: $105,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetTHE FESSENDEN SCHOOL: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGRUB STREET INC: $56,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFREE PRESS: $37,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $36,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWellesley College: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetISSUE ONE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAMBRIDGE CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRVOTE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHyde School: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCambridge Art Association: $6,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTURTLE STUDIOS CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT STUDIO CENTER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDANA-FARBER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE RIBBON COALITION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Boston Foundation IncVanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Pechet Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pechet Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Hospice of the Good Shepherd Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Turtle Studios Corporation: 12% of income from government
  • Grub Street Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Vermont Studio Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
  • The Fessenden School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.

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 45 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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