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Pigott Family Foundation at a glance

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Pigott Family 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.

$201k
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$71k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$180kHealth$58kHousing & Shelter$51kHuman Services$38kArts & Culture$27kEnvironment$19kInternational$14kFood & Nutrition$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k39 grants · $77k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $52k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $71k
$1,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$296k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BUENA VISTA UNVERSITY$71,000
UCP CENTRAL CALIFORNIA$12,200
SAMARITANS PURSE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CHINESE CULTURAL CENTER$10,000
ST MARY'S SCHOOL$10,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$8,700
VISALIA RESCUE MISSION$8,000
DEAF HARD OF HEARING SERVICE CENTER$6,000
FOOD 4 LESS$6,000
ELE PLACE$6,000
CULTURAL ARTS$5,500
SELF HELP ENTERPRISES$5,000
ST PAUL CATHOLIC NEWMAN CENTER$5,000
ART OF LIFE CANCER CENTER$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 11%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $750 → 20%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $5k → 10%ALLEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $500 → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 11%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $500 → 20%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $5k → 10%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $3k → 10%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $3k → 10%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $2k → 10%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $1k → 10%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $500 → 10%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

WI
MI
NY
OR
SD
IA
OH
CT
CA
NE
VA
MD
NM
NC
SC
DC
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Pigott Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 47% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 38%.

Pigott Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$338k · 36 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
34

Total granted

$338k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
-6%

Still filing today

42%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
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

  • Buena Vista University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $85k · revenue +26%
  • VR
    VISALIA RESCUE MISSION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $25k · revenue +3%
  • SE
    Self-Help Enterprises
    6× · 2019–2024 · $23k · revenue +408%

Funded once

  • HF
    HONOR FLIGHTS OF CENTRAL VALLEY FOU
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • SA
    ST AUGUSTIN CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
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.

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Valley Vision

Valley vision is a civic leadership organization dedicated to improving the livability of the sacramento region. through research and action, we collaborate on bold, long-term solutions that improve people's lives.

Community Improvement
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Sempervirens Fund

To ensure coast redwood forests in the santa cruz mountains thrive for generations to come. since 1900, sempervirens has protected more than 36,000 acres. learn more about our mission, vision, and strategic plan through 2030 at:…

Environment
4
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
5
The Peregrine Fund Inc

To change the future for nature and humanity by conserving birds of prey worldwide.

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6
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
7
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
8
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
9
Colorado Open Lands

Colorado open lands' mission is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation, and strategic leadership.

Environment
10
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

To realize our vision of a hunger free community we will provide more food, healthy food and better access to food. we will leverage our own resources and also work with partners in the community.

Food & Nutrition
11
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
12
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lannan Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 88 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
24/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY'S SCHOOL: $46,000 · OtherST MARY'S SCHOOLVISALIA RESCUE MISSION: $25,000 · OtherVISALIA RESCUE MISSIONUCP CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: $23,700 · OtherUCP CENTRAL CALIFORNIACHINESE CULTURAL CENTER: $12,500 · OtherCHINESE CULTURAL CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherFOOD 4 LESS: $9,000 · Other+62 more: $103,515 · Other+62 moreBuena Vista University: $85,000 · EducationBuena Vista UniversitySTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $18,700 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOW…+2 more: $1,500 · EducationSelf-Help Enterprises: $23,000 · Housing & ShelterPoverello House: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterUPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $19,000 · Human ServicesCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $1,250 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesDEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SERVICE CENTER: $13,100 · HealthPREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $3,500 · HealthINTERFACE INC: $2,000 · Health+4 more: $1,000 · HealthSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · ReligionWESTERN IOWA JOURNALISM FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$229,715Education$105,200Housing & Shelter$25,000Human Services$22,250Health$19,600Religion$10,000Arts & Culture$2,500

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 budgetBuena Vista University: $85,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVISALIA RESCUE MISSION: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSelf-Help Enterprises: $23,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $19,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $18,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SERVICE CENTER: $13,100 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $3,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN IOWA JOURNALISM FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPoverello House: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFACE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBronco Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOUGAR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HAVEN INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREES FOREVER INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISALIA FERAL CAT COALITION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAllen Neighborhood Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLANNAN FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISALIA EMERGENCY AID COUNCIL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Foothill Conservancy: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLOVIS BOTANICAL GARDEN: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Institute: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $100 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.

  • Who funds Buena Vista University ↗
  • Who funds VISALIA RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Self-Help Enterprises ↗
  • Who funds UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds PREGNANCY CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN IOWA JOURNALISM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Poverello House ↗
  • Who funds INTERFACE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT 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.

Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Visalia Rotary Commun…Central California Fo…Community Fdn of Grea…Sempra FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…
Arthur J Gallagher FoundationIL16.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Visalia Rotary Community Foundation · Central California Food Bank · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Sempra Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–90%
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 88 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home