Tennessee · Private foundation
Pellett Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $37k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $23,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $309k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 38% of the organizations Pellett Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 5 | $37k | 20% |
| FY2025 | 8 | $43k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $57k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $16k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $32k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $46k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Shoals Historical Society | $78,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Brookstone School Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Campbell Young Leaders | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Carolina Children's Theatre | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mountain Alliance Inc | $16,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Project Host Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Changed Choices Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Columbia Green | $6,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collage Dance Collective | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Shoals Historical Society | $78,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Brookstone School Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Campbell Young Leaders | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Carolina Children's Theatre | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mountain Alliance Inc | $16,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Project Host Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Changed Choices Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Columbia Green | $6,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collage Dance Collective | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Maine Library Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendship Museum Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pellett 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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Pellett Foundation
- How much does Pellett Foundation give?
- Pellett Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $36,500 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2025.
- What does Pellett Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (44%), Education (19%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are Pellett Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Fork Shoals Historical Society ($78k), Brookstone School Inc ($30k), Campbell Young Leaders ($20k).
- Does Pellett Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pellett 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 Pellett Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Pellett Foundation based?
- Pellett Foundation is based in TN.
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