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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “pettit”
Where the money went
Largest: $7,750 to GRACEN PETTIT — educational scholarship
Largest: $3,700 to The Pettit Center - Schools on Ice Program — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
Largest: $6,300 to PETTIT ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVE — general operating purpose
Ws and Mary E BenbrookMountain Home, AR
2 matching grants · $4,110 · through 2023Largest: $2,310 to ALYSSA PETTIT — educational scholarship
Largest: $2,500 to PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER INC — public welfare
Early Learning IndianaIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $430,977 · through 2022Largest: $430,977 to LA PETTITE — build learn grow grant
The San Diego FoundationSan Diego, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM — for the pettit family fund ico vanguard charitable daf
Philadelphia Industrial DevelopmentPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to ALVIN PETTIT STUDIO LLC — economic development and supporting growing businesses
Largest: $9,366 to Pettit S — educational scholarship
Accesslex InstituteWest Chester, PACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,200 · through 2022Largest: $15,200 to OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY PETTIT COLLEGE OF LAW — program support/research - onu law 2l bar readiness course
Enterprise Center of Johnson CountyOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to RC PETTIT EXCAVATING INC — pandemic recovery
Oconomowoc Area FoundationMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2022Largest: $15,000 to PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER — the marketing plan development
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →