North Carolina · Private foundation
Pitts Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $203k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $616k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Pitts Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $203k | 90% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $296k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $181k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $181k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $117k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $121k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $144k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $51k | 86% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Hospital Center Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Greater Baltimore Medical Center Inc | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Penn-Mar Organization Inc (Pa) | $133,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shepherds Staff Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of the Chesapeake | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Diener School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kennedy Krieger Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| McDaniel College Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Hospital Center Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Greater Baltimore Medical Center Inc | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Penn-Mar Organization Inc (Pa) | $133,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shepherds Staff Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of the Chesapeake | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Diener School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kennedy Krieger Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| McDaniel College Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Associated Catholic Charities Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Walnut Cove Members Association Inc | $3,800 | 3 | 1% |
| The League Club Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Caroline Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Providence House Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| No Barriers USA | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lifebridge Health Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Home for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor | $500 | 1 | 3% |
| Uplift Internationale | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pitts Family 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: The Kahlert Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Pitts Family Foundation
- How much does Pitts Family Foundation give?
- Pitts Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $202,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pitts Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (30%), Health (23%), Religion (14%).
- Who are Pitts Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Carroll Hospital Center Foundation Inc ($210k), Greater Baltimore Medical Center Inc ($150k), Penn-Mar Organization Inc (Pa) ($134k).
- Does Pitts Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pitts Family 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 Pitts Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kahlert Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Pitts Family Foundation based?
- Pitts Family Foundation is based in NC.
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