Funding search · EIN 621376116 · Chattanooga, TN

The Pattee Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

102
grants reported
$1.5M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • New York City Ballet7 grants · $384,100
  • Teachers College5 grants · $314,660
  • Wildlife Conservation Network3 grants · $135,000
  • Usta Foundation2 grants · $63,000
  • Wildlife Conservation Society2 grants · $50,000
  • Lewa Wildlife Conservancy4 grants · $41,000
  • African Parks Foundation2 grants · $40,000
  • Marine Mammal Center3 grants · $30,000
  • Montererry Bay Aquarium3 grants · $30,000
  • African Wildlife Fund2 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$501,410
2021
$424,842
2022
$194,530
2023
$338,538
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 102 grants.

  • $100,000

    New York City Ballet · New York City, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $85,000

    New York City Ballet · New York City, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $82,188

    Teachers College · New York City, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $80,692

    Teachers College · New York City, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $76,780

    Teachers College · New York City, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $74,100

    New York City Ballet · New York City, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $55,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $50,000

    New York City Ballet · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $50,000

    Teachers College · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $40,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $40,000

    Wildlife Conservation Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $38,000

    Usta Foundation · White Plains, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $30,000

    African Parks Foundation · New York City, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $30,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $30,000

    New York City Ballet · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $26,000

    George Washington Mount Vernon · Mt Vernon, VA · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $25,000

    George Washington'S Mount Vernon · Mt Vernon, VA · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $25,000

    Usta Foundation · Purchase, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $25,000

    Mount Vernon Ladies Association · Mt Vernon, VA · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $25,000

    New York City Ballet · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $25,000

    Teachers College · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $20,000

    African Wildlife Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $20,000

    African Parks · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $20,000

    New York City Ballet · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $20,000

    Wildaid · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $20,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $15,000

    Lewa Wildlife Conservancy · Mill Valley, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $15,000

    Lewa Wildlife Conservancy · Mill Valley, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $15,000

    Frame · Essex, CT · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $12,500

    Second Stage Theater · New York City, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    African Parks Foundation · New York City, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Bat Conservation · Washington Dc, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Dist · New York City, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Montererry Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Oceana · Washington Dc, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Bat Conservation · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust · Laguna Hills, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Montererry Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Oceana · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    African Wildlife Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Bat Conservation · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust · Laguna Hills, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Lewa Wildlife Conservancy · Mill Valley, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Montererry Bay Aquarium · Monterey, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Oceana · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $10,000

    Roudabout Theater · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $5,000

    Empower Africa · New York City, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $5,000

    Cornell Lab Or Orinthology · Ithica, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $5,000

    Cornell Labs · Ithica, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $5,000

    Hospital for Special Surgery · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $5,000

    Metropolitan Opera · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $3,000

    Second Stage Theater · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $2,500

    Urban Stages · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $2,000

    The Julliard School · New York City, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $2,000

    Lenox Hill Neighborhood House · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $2,000

    Urban Stages · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,500

    Met Museum of Art · New York City, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,500

    Foundation for a Civil Society - Iran Project · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,500

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Saint Thomas Church · New York City, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Second Stage Theater · New York City, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Chanticleer · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Friends of the Lobkowicz Collection · Dover, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Lewa Wildlife Conservancy · Mill Valley, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Roundabout Theater Company · New York City, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    St Thomas Church · New York City, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Chanticleer · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    St Thomas Church · New York City, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Chanticleer · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    George Washington Mount Vernon · Mt Vernon, VA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Georgetown University · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Groupmuse · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Kennedy Center · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Metropolitan Opera Guild · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Mt Vernon Ladies Association · Mt Vernon, VA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    National Archives Foundation · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Second Stage Theater · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    St Thomas Church · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    The Baylor School · Chattanooga, TN · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    The Society of Cincinnati · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $1,000

    US Capitol Historical Society · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $500

    Stanfod Men'S Golf · Stanford, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $500

    The Cate School · Carpinteria, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $500

    Manhattan Institute · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $500

    The Cate School · Carpinteria, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $250

    James B Lee Scholarship Fund · Southampton, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $250

    James B Lee Scholarship Fund · Southampton, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $250

    James B Lee Scholarship Fund · Southampton, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $250

    American Enterprise Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $250

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $210

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York City, NY · 2021

    Unrestricted - general support

  • $200

    The Cate School · Carpinteria, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted - general support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.