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The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc

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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
54
Grants FY2025
38
Organizations funded FY2024
53%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$510,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 74
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$13M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 53% of the organizations The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $666k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving53$1.3M21%
FY202438$1.0M53%
FY202361$801k39%
FY202259$787k47%
FY202130$315k40%
FY202060$515k23%
FY201974$550kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$1.3MReligion$1.2MHealth$549kInternational$227kArts & Culture$188kPublic Benefit$134kHuman Services$84kYouth Development$60kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Thiel College$1,010,00021%
St Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral$590,9506n/a
American Hellenic Institute Inc$250,800715%
American University$155,00040%
Washington Oxi Day Foundation$115,00074%
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Inc$100,00011%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc$80,00060%
Georgetown University$55,00020%
Some Inc$50,00070%
Orthodox Christian Network Inc$43,00046%
Show all 74 grantees
All grantees of The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Thiel College$1,010,00021%
St Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral$590,9506n/a
American Hellenic Institute Inc$250,800715%
American University$155,00040%
Washington Oxi Day Foundation$115,00074%
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Inc$100,00011%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc$80,00060%
Georgetown University$55,00020%
Some Inc$50,00070%
Orthodox Christian Network Inc$43,00046%
Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation$42,50020%
Fair Chance$35,00070%
Hellenic Initiative Inc$35,00050%
Mid-Atlantic Nato Inc$30,000321%
Washington Hospital Center Corporation$30,00020%
Landon School$25,00040%
Youngstown State University Foundation$25,00020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$21,50050%
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation$20,00020%
Youth for Tomorrow-New Life Center Inc$20,00030%
The Lab School of Washington$20,00040%
The George Washington University$20,00010%
College Year in Athens Inc$18,00050%
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America$15,0003n/a
The Children's Charity of the National Capital Region Inc$15,00028%
Orthodox Christian Mission Center Inc$15,0002n/a
Breakthrough T1d$15,00010%
Multicultural Career Intern Program$15,00021%
Palisades Village$14,00052%
National Hellenic Museum$13,00031%
Rev Accessability Inc$12,500357%
The Shakespeare Theatre$12,00020%
The Baruch College Fund$11,00020%
Promise Landing Farm Inc$10,00031%
So Kids SOAR$10,00032%
Youth for Tomorrow Foundation$10,00020%
Sharp Healthcare Foundation$10,00010%
Avalon Theatre Project Inc$10,00040%
The National Hellenic Society Inc$10,00031%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,00050%
The American Film Institute$10,00010%
Tail Wags & Book Bags$7,5001n/a
Cura Personalis Project Inc$7,5001n/a
Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund Incorporated$7,5003n/a
Food & Friends Inc$7,00050%
St George Greek Orthodox Church$7,0002n/a
Order of Ahepa Ahepa Foundation Inc$6,05010%
Youth Invest Partners Inc$6,00010%
International Survey of Jewish Monuments$6,0002n/a
University of Michigan$5,00012%
St Katherines Greek Orthodox Church$5,0002n/a
Annapolis Film Festival$5,00040%
Alilovoithitikos Silogos H Chios$5,00012%
Neighborhood of Maryland Inc$5,00013%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$5,00010%
The Salvation Army$4,0003n/a
Washington Monthly Institute$3,50020%
Washington Studio School$3,50011%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$3,00030%
St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church$3,0001n/a
Theatrewashington$3,00010%
Sidwell Friends School$2,5001n/a
Special Olympics Maryland Inc$2,50010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$2,00020%
Blue Ridge Hospice Inc$2,00010%
Orthodox Christian Laity$2,00013%
Hunter Brooks Watson Memorial Fund$2,00011%
The Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons$2,0001n/a
Jewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc$1,00010%
Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children Inc$1,00010%
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc$1,00010%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$1,00010%
Manhattan School of Music$1,00010%
Poor Roberts Mission$90040%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 109 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThiel College: $1,010,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Hellenic Institute Inc: $250,800 over 7y, 15% of budgetAmerican University: $155,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Oxi Day Foundation: $115,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGeorgetown University: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSome Inc: $50,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOrthodox Christian Network Inc: $43,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetSibley Memorial Hospital Foundation: $42,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFair Chance: $35,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHellenic Initiative Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMid-Atlantic Nato Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetWashington Hospital Center Corporation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLandon School: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYoungstown State University Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $21,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWill Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYouth for Tomorrow-New Life Center Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lab School of Washington: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Year in Athens Inc: $18,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Charity of the National Capital Region Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMulticultural Career Intern Program: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPalisades Village: $14,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetNational Hellenic Museum: $13,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRev Accessability Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 57% of budgetThe Shakespeare Theatre: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Baruch College Fund: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPromise Landing Farm Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSo Kids SOAR: $10,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetYouth for Tomorrow Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSharp Healthcare Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAvalon Theatre Project Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe National Hellenic Society Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Film Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood & Friends Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOrder of Ahepa Ahepa Foundation Inc: $6,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Invest Partners Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAnnapolis Film Festival: $5,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAlilovoithitikos Silogos H Chios: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNeighborhood of Maryland Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAmerican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Monthly Institute: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWashington Studio School: $3,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 61.

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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 George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation IICA28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation II · Metropoulos Family Foundation · Joannides Family Foundation · The Katsaros Family Foundation · Buhler Kapsalis Family Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Louis and Eleni Nicozisis Family Foundation Inc · Spell Family Foundation co William Spell · The George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · James and Virginia Kallins Foundation · Nicholas J and Anna K Bouras Foundation Inc

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.

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About The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc

How much does The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc give?
The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc reported 54 grants totaling $1,324,550 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 74 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Religion (29%), Health (14%).
Who are The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Thiel College ($1.0M), St Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral ($591k), American Hellenic Institute Inc ($251k).
Does The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc 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 The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation II, Metropoulos Family Foundation, Joannides Family Foundation.
Where is The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc based?
The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc is based in DC.

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 185 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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