Connecticut · Community foundation
The Petit Family Foundation Inc
The petit family foundation honors the memories of jennifer hawke-petit, hayley elizabeth petit, and michaela rose petit by continuing the kindness, idealism and activism that defined their lives. The foundation's funds are given to foster the education of young people, especially women in the sciences; to improve the lives of those…
- $893k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $872k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $194,769
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 56
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Petit Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $153k 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 | 40 | $872k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 56 | $753k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $489k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $739k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 39 | $552k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $415k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $413k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $342k | 74% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jackson Laboratory | $288,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Connecticut Science Center Inc | $232,086 | 7 | 1% |
| United States Space Foundation | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Prudence Crandall Center Inc | $185,975 | 7 | 1% |
| Hartford Interval House Inc | $180,690 | 9 | 1% |
| Connecticut Children's Foundation Inc | $164,309 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc | $135,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jane Doe No More | $104,470 | 7 | n/a |
| Quinnipiac University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Invention Convention | $98,000 | 5 | 5% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Petit Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 100 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Petit Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Petit Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Petit Family Foundation Inc reported 40 itemized grants totaling $871,621, out of $892,621 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 56 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Petit Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (22%), Health (21%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are The Petit Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Jackson Laboratory ($288k), Connecticut Science Center Inc ($232k), United States Space Foundation ($200k).
- Does The Petit Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Petit Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc, Ion Bank Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Petit Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Petit Family Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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