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The Pittman Family Foundation at a glance

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The Pittman 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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.4MPhilanthropy$1.0MHealth$805kEducation$224kEnvironment$134kInternational$15kRecreation & Sports$11kHuman Services$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.0M
$150,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MS GIFT PITTMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION$1,020,419
PIONEER WORKS$1,000,000
LOOMIS CHAFFEE ANNUAL FUND$150,000
MISSISSIPPI TODAY$100,000
MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$30,000
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 (FY22–22, $515) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE HUMAMN IMPACT: $515 → 14%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

NH
WA
MN
NY
MA
OR
NV
PA
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NC
SC
DC
MS
TX
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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 19 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
71

Total granted

$1.5M
$786k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
0%

Still filing today

84%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureInternationalHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • DS
    DEEP SOUTH TODAY
    3× · 2022–2025 · $300k · revenue +101%
  • LP
    Literacy Partners Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $152k · revenue +127%
  • MS
    MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $75k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    one grant, 2024 · $200k
  • UH
    UCLA HEALTH SYSTEM PRESIDENT'S FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $200k
  • MS
    MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +20% · 70% of their budget
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
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
2
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
5
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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6
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc

Rockefeller philanthropy advisors aims to accelerate philanthropy in pursuit of a just world

Philanthropy
7
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
9
Global Greengrants Fund

Global greengrants fund seeds grassroots environmental action and social justice through small grants. we support change from the ground up by channeling donations to local projects and grassroots campaigns for environmental justice around…

Environment
10
E3G Third Generation Environmentalism

E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.

Environment
11
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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12
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Success Academy Charter Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is We Are All Human Foundation. 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

55 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. 55 of the 95 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/55
Grantees still filing
28/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MS GIFT PITTMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,020,419 · OtherMS GIFT PITTMAN FAMILY FOUNDATIONLOOMIS CHAFFEE ANNUAL FUND: $600,200 · OtherLOOMIS CHAFFEE ANNUAL FUNDUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $200,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINEUCLA HEALTH SYSTEM PRESIDENT'S FUND: $200,000 · OtherUCLA HEALTH SYSTEM PRESIDENT'S FUND+54 more: $239,034 · Other+54 morePIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Arts & CulturePIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATIONDEEP SOUTH TODAY: $300,000 · Arts & CultureDEEP SOUTH TODAY+5 more: $7,111 · Arts & CultureLiteracy Partners Inc: $151,500 · EducationLiteracy …MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationMISSISSIP…The Rippowam Cisqua School Inc: $50,100 · EducationThe Rippo…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $50,000 · EducationICAHN SCH…+5 more: $4,700 · EducationLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $110,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $85,000 · HealthMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthNORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthGREEN SCHOOLS ALLIANCE INC: $48,000 · EnvironmentCEC STUYVESANT COVE INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentBEDFORD 2030 INC: $22,550 · EnvironmentRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentHABITS OF WASTE: $6,250 · Environment+5 more: $4,507 · EnvironmentGLOBAL GOODS PARTNERS INC: $12,100 · InternationalAmerican Friends of Jamaica Inc: $1,103 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 · International+2 more: $308 · InternationalFRESH AIR FUND: $10,604 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,259,653Arts & Culture$1,307,111Education$356,300Health$281,000Environment$113,307International$14,511Recreation & Sports$10,604

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDEEP SOUTH TODAY: $300,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetLiteracy Partners Inc: $151,500 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $110,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rippowam Cisqua School Inc: $50,100 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN SCHOOLS ALLIANCE INC: $48,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetBROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $35,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCEC STUYVESANT COVE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBEDFORD 2030 INC: $22,550 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetLIBRARY OF AMERICAN BROADCASTING FOUNDATION: $18,300 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetGLOBAL GOODS PARTNERS INC: $12,100 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $10,604 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN WESTCHESTER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHABITS OF WASTE: $6,250 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetWALLIS ANNENBERG CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRepresentUs Education Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION: $3,100 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMETAFOUNDATION DBA POST CARBON INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION: $1,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Jamaica Inc: $1,103 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS NEW YORK CITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST RIVER DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROTHERHOOD SISTER SOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE ARE ALL HUMAN FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMAN IMPACT: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEDFORD PLAYHOUSE INC: $511 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLYNWOOD CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Land Trust Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOEL SHOE MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SPENCE SCHOOL: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAGENO WORLDWIDE INC: $258 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOLF CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL WITNESS FOUNDATION: $115 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Freecycle Network: $107 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILTON ACADEMY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…Stephen Dellapietra a…The ZelnickBelzberg C…Bny Mellon Charitable…Morgan Stanley Global…Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodJpmorgan Chase Founda…
Jewish Communal FundNY16.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Stephen Dellapietra and Pamela Hurst- Dellapietra Family Foundation Inc · The ZelnickBelzberg Charitable Trust · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Jpmorgan Chase 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 The Pittman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pittman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Milton Academy: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Pittman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Pittman Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 95 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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