Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $866,525 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($332,349). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $585k
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $867k
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What The Petit Family Foundation Inc does
Mission
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 affected by chronic illness; and to support efforts to protect and help those affected by violence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Contributions are provided to charitable & educational institutions to foster the education of young people, especially women in the sciences; to improve the lives of those affected by chronic illnesses; and to support efforts to protect and help those affected by violence.
$871,621 spentof which $871,621 as grants97% of program spendingScholarships are provided to children and young adults in need to assist with their education.
$21,000 spentof which $21,000 as grants2% of program spendingThe foundation sells various merchandise including four o'clock flower seeds. The sale of the flower seeds is part of michaela's garden project, which was designed to encourage area families and youth to become more involved in community service. Each year the four oclocks have been re- planted from harvested seeds. The seeds from these plants were harvested, packed and are being sold in specially designed packs of 25 seeds. The other merchandise sold are shirts, jackets, hats, blankets, luminaries, totes and bags, decals, wristbands, charms, and pins. The funds raised through the selling of these products are disbursed to organizations and individuals to help foster the education of young people, especially women in the sciences; to improve the lives of those affected by chronic illnesses; and to support efforts to protect and help those affected by violence.
$3,247 spent0% of program spendingEducational and family programs centered around multiple sclerosis.
$2,825 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $898,693.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $4.0M to $6.0M (+47%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
63% of THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Jayme V Ierna
Grant chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $55k → $102k.
7 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 43% · 2019 49% · 2020 52% · 2021 64% · 2022 42% · 2023 46% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
47% of THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $382k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 12 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC?
- THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $866,525 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($332,349). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $866,525 in grants to THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $332,349 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PETIT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 33 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing