Pettit Family Charitable Foundation
Gaithersburg, MD · EIN 52-1646923. Reported 219 grants totalling $1,288,510 to 77 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Pettit Family Charitable Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Grove Adventist Foundation | Rockville, MD | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless | Rockville, MD | $78,500 | 12 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rebuilding Together Montgomery County | Rockville, MD | $72,500 | 11 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montgomery Hospice Foundation | Rockville, MD | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Gospel Haiti Inc | Frederick, MD | $52,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Maryland Food Bank | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Housing Unlimited Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $41,500 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Francis of Assisi | Fulton, MD | $35,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| In Honor of Her Inc | Olney, MD | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Olney Theatre Corporation | Olney, MD | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Washington Community Foundation | Washington, DC | $27,500 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montgomery College Foundation | Rockville, MD | $27,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Homebuilders Care Foundation | Fulton, MD | $26,500 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Global Gates Network | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Montgomery Housing Partnership | Silver Spring, MD | $24,500 | 9 | 5 | 2025 |
| Transformed Communities International | Gaithersburg, MD | $23,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heart to Heart Comienzos East | Merchantville, NJ | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Bernie House | Annapolis, MD | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crossroads Freedom Center | Ijamsville, MD | $21,500 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel Hs | Olney, MD | $21,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sandy Spring Museum | Sandy Spring, MD | $21,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Womens Board of Montgomery General Hospital | Olney, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Club Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $16,500 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Springfield Baptist Church | Clinton, MD | $15,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Covenant Life School | Gaithersburg, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Haitians Can | Columbia, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Manna of Life Foundation | Burtonsville, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Thereapeutic Recreation Riding Center Inc | Glenwood, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maryland Building Industry Assn | Fulton, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| So Others May Eat (some) | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paul's Place Inc | Baltimore, MD | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mount Airy Youth Athletic Assn | Mt Airy, MD | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| A Wider Circle Inc | Bethesda, MD | $8,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Olney Boys and Girls Club | Olney, MD | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Nonprofit Montgomery | Rockville, MD | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Service Dogs Saving Lives Inc | Sarasota, FL | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Leadership Montgomery Ed Foundation Inc | Rockville, MD | $7,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Love Is a Habit Corp | Frederick, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Learning & Treatment Centers | Rockville, MD | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Days End Horse Rescue | Woodbine, MD | $6,880 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mpt Foundation | Owings Mills, MD | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Maryland Patriot Guard | Huntingtown, MD | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Leadership Montgomery | Rockville, MD | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation Ncr | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Covenant Life Church Inc | Gaithersburg, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dawn Hill Fight Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Germantown Cultural Arts Center | Germantown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Germantown Cultural Artsblack Rock | Germantown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Germantown Cultural Center Inc | Germantown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Heart to Heart | Merchantville, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| I Ride 4 David Foundation | Yulee, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| On the Ball Spinny Inc | Gaithersburg, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rolling Ridge Riding Inc | Reidsville, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stepping Stones Shelter Inc | Rockville, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Suburban Hospital Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Platoon 22 | Frederick, MD | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Middletown Volunteer Fire Dept | Middletown, MD | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| North Florida Junior Golf Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Stepping Stone Shelter Inc | Rockville, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bello Machre | Glen Burnie, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Canine Humane Network Inc | Highland, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation Mc Bernie Scholarship | Rockville, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cure GM1 Inc | Albany, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lisbon Volunteer | Lisbon, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bello Marche Inc | Glen Burnie, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Darnestown Elementary School PTA Inc | Gaithersburg, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Frederick Volleyball Club Juniors Inc | Frederick, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Brain Tumor Society Inc | Newton, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thurmont American Legion | Thurmont, MD | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| 22 Needs a Face Inc (platoon 22) | Frederick, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gb Charities | Lutherville, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lisbon Voluteer Fire Dept | Lisbon, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mother Dear Community Center | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University Healthcare Foundation | Martinsburg, WV | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity Jacksonville | Fernandina Beach, FL | $680 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Francis of Assisinew Neighborhood Alliance | Fulton, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
42 of 77 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 64%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Homebuilders Care Foundation
Any goods & services rec'dShelter Support - Our Lady of Good Counsel Hs
Any goods & services rec'dEducation Support - Leadership Montgomery Ed Foundation Inc
Any goods & services rec'dGeneral Support
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 126 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | $261,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 45 | $257,100 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 45 | $260,200 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 46 | $260,140 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 46 | $250,070 | $4,250 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
90% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maryland.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Pettit Family Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 18205-D Flower Hill Way, Gaithersburg, MD, 20879. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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