The Pattee Foundation Inc
Chattanooga, TN · EIN 62-1376116. Reported 130 grants totalling $1,724,070 to 65 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. 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. The Pattee Foundation Inc 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $100,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York City Ballet | New York City, NY | $384,100 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Teachers College | New York City, NY | $339,660 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Network | San Francisco, CA | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Usta Foundation | White Plains, NY | $63,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lewa Wildlife Conservancy | Mill Valley, CA | $51,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| African Parks | New York City, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| African Parks Foundation | New York City, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| African Wildlife Fund | Washington DC, DC | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bat Conservation | Washington DC, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ducks Unlimited | Memphis, TN | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marine Mammal Center | Sausalito, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montererry Bay Aquarium | Monterey, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oceana | Washington DC, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildaid | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust | Laguna Hills, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| George Washington Mount Vernon | Mt Vernon, VA | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| George Washington's Mount Vernon | Mt Vernon, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mount Vernon Ladies Association | Mt Vernon, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nycb | New York City, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Second Stage Theater | New York City, NY | $20,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Frame | Essex, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York City, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Cornell Labs | Ithica, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Dist | New York City, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Roudabout Theater | New York City, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Audoban Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cornell Lab Or Orinthology | Ithica, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Empower Africa Inc | New York City, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heifer Int'l | New York City, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York City, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Stages | New York City, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Thomas Church | New York City, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chanticleer | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for a Civil Society - Iran Project | New York City, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Agma Relief Fund - Dancers of Nycb | New York City, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Church of the Good Shepard | Lookout Mountain, TN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $2,250 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lenox Hill Neighborhood House | New York City, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Julliard School | New York City, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York City, NY | $1,710 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Met Museum of Art | New York City, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Cate School | Carpinteria, CA | $1,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eleanor Whitman Early Childood Center | East Hampton, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Focused Ultrasound Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fountain House | New York City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of the Lobkowicz Collection | Dover, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Georgetown University | Washington DC, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Groupmuse | New York City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kennedy Center | Washington DC, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Opera Guild | New York City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mt Vernon Ladies Association | Mt Vernon, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Archives Foundation | Washington DC, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Roundabout Theater Company | New York City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Thomas Church | New York City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| School of American Ballet | New York City, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Baylor School | Chattanooga, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Society of Cincinnati | Washington DC, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| US Capitol Historical Society | Washington DC, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| James B Lee Scholarship Fund | Southampton, NY | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Institute | New York City, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stanfod Men's Golf | Stanford, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| James C Ferrer Education Fund | Southampton, NY | $450 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| American Enterprise Institute | Washington DC, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Dawn Redwood Trust | Tiburon, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
27 of 65 (42%) 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 38%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- New York City Ballet
UNRESTRICTED - GENERAL SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 28 | $264,750 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 50 | $501,410 | $2,750 |
| 2022 | 23 | $424,842 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 12 | $194,530 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 17 | $338,538 | $10,000 |
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
62% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $10,000. 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 New York.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Pattee Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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: 605 Chestnut St 1100, Chattanooga, TN, 37450. 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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