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Pettit Foundation

Name: Pettit Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

71
grants reported: $6.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

The Arthur Sackler Gallery1 grant · $1.1M
The Smithsonian Institute1 grant · $500,000
Aclu3 grants · $475,000
Planned Parenthood3 grants · $460,000
Americans for Oxford2 grants · $440,841
Foundation for Anthropological Stud2 grants · $350,000
Everytown for Gun Safety3 grants · $300,000
Aspen Center for Environmental3 grants · $250,000
Music Association of Aspen1 grant · $200,000
Operation Push2 grants · $200,000

Giving over time

$1.5M

2022

$2.1M

2023

$2.6M

2024

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$1.1M
The Arthur Sackler Gallery · Washington, DC · 2023
Support.
$500,000
The Smithsonian Institute · Wahington, DC · 2024
Support.
$340,841
Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2022
Support.
$300,000
Foundation for Anthropological Stud · Rupert, ID · 2024
Support.
$300,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
Support
$275,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2024
Support.
$200,000
Music Association of Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2024
support
$110,000
Catlin Gable School · Portland, OR · 2024
Support.
$100,000
Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2024
Support.
$100,000
Aspen Center for Environmental · Aspen, CO · 2024
Support.
$100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2024
Support.
$100,000
Operation Push · Portland, OR · 2024
Support
$100,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2023
Support.
$100,000
Aspen Music Festival · Aspen, CO · 2023
support
$100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2023
Support.
$100,000
Operation Push · Portland, OR · 2023
Support
$100,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
Support
$100,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2022
Support.
$100,000
Asian University for Women Foundati · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Support.
$100,000
Aspen Center for Environmental · Aspen, CO · 2022
Support.
$100,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2022
Support.
$100,000
Music Associates of Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2022
Support.
$100,000
The Freer Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2022
Support.
$90,000
McDs · Corte Madera, CA · 2022
Support.
$70,000
Marin Country Day School · Corte Madera, CA · 2023
Support
$65,000
Aspen Hope Center · Aspen, CO · 2022
Support.
$60,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022
Support
$50,000
Aim for High School · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support.
$50,000
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation · Aspen, CO · 2024
Support
$50,000
Earthways Foundation · Malibu, CA · 2024
Support.
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Support
$50,000
McDs · Corte Madera, CA · 2024
Support.
$50,000
St Cloud Technical Community Colleg · St Cloud, MN · 2024
Support
$50,000
The Hope Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support.
$50,000
The Living Desert · Palm Desert, CA · 2024
Support.
$50,000
Aim for High School · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support.
$50,000
Aspen Center for Environmental · Aspen, CO · 2023
Support.
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
Support
$50,000
San Francisco Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support
$50,000
St Cloud Technical Community Colleg · St Cloud, MN · 2023
Support
$50,000
The Hope Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support.
$50,000
Aim for High School · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support.
$50,000
Centra Minnesota Community Foundati · St Cloud, MN · 2022
Support
$50,000
Foundation for Anthropological Stud · Rupert, ID · 2022
Support.
$50,000
George Balachine Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Support
$25,000
Action for Afghan Women · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2024
Support
$25,000
George Balachine Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Support
$25,000
The Santa Fe Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Support.
$25,000
Action for Afghan Women · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2023
Support
$25,000
George Balachine Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Support
$25,000
The Santa Fe Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Support.
$25,000
The Santa Fe Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Support.
$20,000
Swiss National Museum · 2024
Support.
$20,000
Central Coast Vineyard Team · Atascader, CA · 2023
Support
$20,000
Central Coast Vineyard Team · Atascader, CA · 2022
Support
$15,000
Roaring Fork Early Learning Fund · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2024
Support.
$15,000
Roaring Fork Early Learning Fund · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2023
Support.
$15,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
Support
$15,000
Roaring Fork Early Learning Fund · Glenwood Springs, CO · 2022
Support.
$12,500
Catholic Community Services Lane Co · Eugene, OR · 2022
Support
$10,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support.
$10,000
Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Support.
$10,000
The Lighthouse Project · San Jose, CA · 2024
Support
$10,000
Aspen Hope Center · Aspen, CO · 2023
Support.
$10,000
Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation · Aspen, CO · 2023
Support
$10,000
Catlin Gable · Portland, OR · 2023
Support.
$10,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support.
$10,000
The Lighthouse Project · San Jose, CA · 2023
Support
$10,000
Catlin Gable · Portland, OR · 2022
Support.
$10,000
Mountain Top Strings · Big Bear, CA · 2022
Support.
$10,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank · San Francisco, CA · 2022
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.