· Private foundation
Pettit 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k8 grants · $140k
- $50k–250k14 grants · $1.1M
- $250k+4 grants · $1.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE | $500,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $300,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUD | $300,000 |
| ACLU | $275,000 |
| MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF ASPEN | $200,000 |
| CATLIN GABLE SCHOOL | $110,000 |
| OPERATION PUSH | $100,000 |
| ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL | $100,000 |
| EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY | $100,000 |
| AMERICANS FOR OXFORD | $100,000 |
| EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| AIM FOR HIGH SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| ST CLOUD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEG | $50,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC | $50,000 |
| THE LIVING DESERT | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $730k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AFAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC4× · 2020–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +55%
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC5× · 2020–2024 · $475k · revenue +37%- MAMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC4× · 2020–2024 · $475k · revenue +410%
Funded once
- TATHE ARTHUR SACKLER GALLERYone grant, 2023 · $1.1M
- PIPORTLAND INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARYone grant, 2017 · $200k
- OVOCEANS VAYAGES INSTITUTEone grant, 2021 · $150k
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.
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.
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.
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…
To accept and manage restricted and unrestricted gifts benefiting california state university east bay. additionally, the trustees support the university through advocacy, development, personal contributions and counsel to the university's…
The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.
How this is measured
29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 56 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 AMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
- Who funds MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC ↗
- Who funds ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ↗
- Who funds ASPEN HOPE CENTER ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE GEORGE BALANCHINE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Hope Center Inc ↗
- Who funds MUST ↗
- Who funds MARIN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ROARING FORK VALLEY EARLY LEARNING FUND ↗
- Who funds ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds San Francisco Education Fund ↗
- Who funds EARTHWAYS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LIVING DESERT THE ↗
- Who funds THE LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE 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.
Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Pettit Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pettit Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Catlin Gabel School: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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