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Pitts Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$600kHealth$468kReligion$280kHuman Services$268kArts & Culture$139kEducation$131kPhilanthropy$59kCivil Rights$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$616k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Johns Hopkins University Development$50,000
Carroll Hospital Foundation$40,000
The Shepherd's Staff$30,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
Caroll Hospital Auxiliary$20,000
McDaniel College$10,000
Kennedy Kreiger Inst$10,000
Penn Mar Inc$9,000
Atlas Free$8,000
Rotary Club of Bonds Meadow$500
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 (FY17–25, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES: $66k → 9%PROVIDENCE HOUSE: $1k → 20%Penn-Mar Human Services: $50k → 9%PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES: $13k → 9%PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES: $4k → 9%PENN-MAR HUMAN SERVICES: $1k → 9%Catholic Charities: $5k → 19%The Shepherd's Staff: $30k → 6%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

WA
NY
PA
CO
VA
MD
DE
NC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$993k · 14 repeat orgs$982k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
23

Total granted

$993k
$819k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+30%

Still filing today

36%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $163k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalPhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • CH
    CARROLL HOSPITAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $210k · revenue +167%
  • GB
    GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $150k · revenue +8%
  • PO
    PENN-MAR ORGANIZATION INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $134k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • ND
    Notre Dame University of Maryland
    one grant, 2017 · $600k
  • CI
    CHANGE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • WU
    WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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
Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital Inc

Levindale is a geriatric center and hospital dedicated to providing service in a cost-effective manner for the aged, frail and ill in institutional, community and home settings. as an advocate for the elderly, levindale accepts a…

Health
2
University of Maryland Medical System Corporation

Umms provides a variety of inpatient/outpatient services to people in the maryland area regardless of their ability to pay. revenues are used to help defray the costs of services.

Health
3
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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4
Calvary Hospital Inc

The mission of calvary hospital is to care for the medical, emotional and spiritual needs of our adult patients with advanced cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. it is the only fully accredited acute care hospital in the u.s. devoted…

Health
5
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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6
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
7
Christian Care Retirement Apartments Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve

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8
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
9
St Catherine of Siena Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
10
Kendal At Ithaca Inc

Our mission is to provide a mutually supportive environment for residents and staff, and to contribute to the greater ithaca community.

Human Services
11
Bridgewater Home Inc

Assisted Living and Nursing Care

Human Services
12
Carroll Hospital Center Inc

Our communities expect and deserve superior medical treatment, compassionate care, and expert guidance in maintaining their health and well-being. at carroll hospital center, we offer an uncompromising commitment to the highest quality…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Carroll Hospital Center Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Uplift Internationale. 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

18 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. 18 of the 47 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Notre Dame University of Maryland: $600,000 · OtherNotre Dame University of MarylandPENN MAW INC: $130,000 · OtherPENN MAW INCSAINT ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH: $106,000 · OtherSAINT ANN CATHOLIC CHURCHTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN: $94,000 · OtherTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMENCHANGE INC: $50,000 · OtherBASILICA OF SAINT LAWRENCE: $50,000 · OtherWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Other+24 more: $278,150 · Other+24 moreCARROLL HOSPITAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $210,000 · HealthCARROLL HOSPITAL CEN…GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $150,000 · HealthGREATER BALTIMORE ME…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthPENN-MAR ORGANIZATION INC (PA): $133,500 · Human ServicesPENN-MAR …SHEPHERDS STAFF INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesSHEPHERDS…+2 more: $6,000 · Human ServicesJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationTHE DIENER SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationMCDANIEL COLLEGE INC: $10,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CARROLL COUNTY: $35,000 · PhilanthropyKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyWALNUT COVE MEMBERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,800 · PhilanthropyNO BARRIERS USA: $1,000 · InternationalUPLIFT INTERNATIONALE: $500 · InternationalHome for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor: $500 · Religion
Other$1,358,150Health$361,000Human Services$169,500Education$70,000Philanthropy$48,800International$1,500Religion$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 budgetCARROLL HOSPITAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $210,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetGREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $150,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPENN-MAR ORGANIZATION INC (PA): $133,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CARROLL COUNTY: $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE DIENER SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMCDANIEL COLLEGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALNUT COVE MEMBERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,800 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe League Club Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAROLINE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNO BARRIERS USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEBRIDGE HEALTH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHome for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor: $500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUPLIFT INTERNATIONALE: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 CARROLL HOSPITAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PENN-MAR ORGANIZATION INC (PA) ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CARROLL COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERDS STAFF INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DIENER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds KENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MCDANIEL COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds WALNUT COVE MEMBERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The League Club Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds NO BARRIERS USA ↗
  • Who funds LIFEBRIDGE HEALTH 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.

The Kahlert Foundatio…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Kahlert Foundation IncMD13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Health Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Mcdaniel College Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Greater Baltimore Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 47 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 2025, released 2025. 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
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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