· Private foundation
The Pettus 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k43 grants · $163k
- $10k–50k49 grants · $745k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care, Inc. | $45,000 |
| Ranken Technical College | $40,000 |
| Youth In Need | $25,000 |
| St. Mary's Catholic High School | $20,000 |
| Holy Nativity School | $20,000 |
| St. Louis Public Schools Foundation | $20,000 |
| Kindergarten and Children's Aid Association (KCAA) | $15,000 |
| Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition | $15,000 |
| Meals on Wheels, Hawaii | $15,000 |
| St. Francis Healthcare Foundation | $15,000 |
| Armed Services YMCA | $15,000 |
| Diamonds in the Ruff Inc | $15,000 |
| Mililani Presbyterian Pre-School | $15,000 |
| REHAB Foundation | $15,000 |
| Trinity Lutheran School | $15,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
100 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 100 since wound down; 75 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $901k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IIAHPC3× · 2021–2023 · $161k
- RTRanken Technical College5× · 2019–2023 · $129k
- HNHoly Nativity School5× · 2019–2023 · $100k
Funded once
- PPATCHone grant, 2019 · $20k
- CCCHESS CLUB & SCHOLASTICone grant, 2019 · $20k
- SFSLPS Foundationone grant, 2022 · $20k
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.
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.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
The mission of the corporation shall be to work with partners to protect and restore native ecosystems and watersheds, to improve the quality and quantity of freshwater resources to perpetuate hawaiian cultural resources and practices, to…
A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
How this is measured
66 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. 66 of the 256 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · McInerny Foundation-- · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · J Watumull Fund · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Atherton Family Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company
How this is measured
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