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Je and Marjorie B Pittman

Enterprise, AL · EIN 20-4355074. Reported 86 grants totalling $67,325 to 47 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$500median grant
$67,325granted, 2021-2024
47organizations funded
67%of grantees funded again the next year
$382,223assets, latest filing

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. Je and Marjorie B Pittman did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $325 and $1,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $4,950. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
55 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
31 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
St Luke United Methodist Church St Luke United Methodist ChurchEnterprise, AL$5,075332024
Christ Church Cathedral Christ Church CathedralMobile, AL$5,050332024
Various Charities Where Amounts Total Less Than 500 Per CharityDothan, AL$4,950112021
Stephens College Stephens CollegeColumbia, MO$3,500332024
Rocky Bayou Christian School Rocky Bayou Christian SchoolNiceville, FL$3,275332024
Wofford College Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, SC$2,575332024
Foundation 154 Foundation 154Elba, AL$2,500112023
Birmingham Southern College Birmingham Souther CollegeBirmingham, AL$2,000222023
Destin Woman's Club Destin Woman's ClubMiramar Beach, FL$2,000332024
Dog-Harmony Inc Dog Harmony IncMiramar Beach, FL$2,000332024
University of Massachusetts-Amherst University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, MA$2,000222023
Inidan Springs School Indian Springs SchoolIndian Springs, AL$1,800332024
Enterprise Fbc Enterprise FbcEnterprise, AL$1,750112022
Church of the ReconcilerBirmingham, AL$1,500112021
Mobile Botanical Gardens Mobile Botanical GardensMobile, AL$1,500332024
Pulaski Academy Pulaski AcademyLittle Rock, AR$1,500332024
University of South AlMobile, AL$1,500112021
Mobile SPCA Mobile SPCAMobile, AL$1,250332024
Purple Martin Conservation Associat Purple Martin Conservation AssociationErie, PA$1,250332024
Camp Seale Harris Camp Seale HarrisBirmingham, AL$1,075332024
Canterbury United Methodist Church Canterbury United Methodist ChurchBirmingham, AL$1,075332024
Church of Jesus Christ Inc Church of Jesus Christ IncEnterprise, AL$1,075222024
Church of the Reconciler Church of the ReconcilerBirmingham, AL$1,075332024
Birmingham Humane Society Birmingham Humane SocietyBirmingham, AL$1,050332024
Tulane University Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA$1,050332024
University of South Alabama University of South AlabamaMobile, AL$1,050332024
Alabama BalletBirmingham, AL$1,000112021
Athens StateAthens, AL$1,000112021
Canterbury UMCBirmingham, AL$1,000112021
Christ Church CathedralMobile, AL$1,000112021
Greater Birmingham Humane SocietyBirmingham, AL$1,000112021
Indian Springs SchoolIndian Springs, AL$1,000112021
Rocky Bayou Christian SchoolNiceville, FL$1,000112021
Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA$1,000112021
Coastal Conservation Association Coastal Conservation AssociationOrange Beach, AL$750112023
Calvary Baptist Church Calvary Baptist ChurchEnterprise, AL$500112022
Christ United Methodist Church Christ United Methodist ChurchMobile, AL$500112022
Christian Mission Centers Christian Mission CentersEnterprise, AL$500112023
County Line Baptist Church County Line Baptist ChurchEnterprise, AL$500112022
Alabama Audubon Society Alabama Audubon SocietyBirmingham, AL$300112024
Alabama Symphony Orchestra Alabama Symphony OrchestraBirmingham, AL$300112024
Birmingham Music Club Birmingham Music ClubBirmingham, AL$300112024
Christ the King Lutheran Church Christ the King Lutheran ChurchEnterprise, AL$250112022
Georgia Military College Foundation Georgia Military College FoundationMilledgeville, GA$250112022
Middlebury College Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VT$250112022
Rapahope Children's Retreat Foundat Rapahope Children's Retreat FoundationMobile, AL$250112022
Samford University Samford UniversityBirmingham, AL$250112022

21 of 47 (45%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 17 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
8 grants
Animal Welfare
7 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202111$15,950$1,000
202230$20,500$500
202323$15,500$500
202422$15,375$500

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 68% of this one's giving went to organizations in Alabama. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Alabama
$46K
Florida
$8K
Missouri
$4K
South Carolina
$3K
Louisiana
$2K
Massachusetts
$2K
Arkansas
$2K
Pennsylvania
$1K

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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Alabama.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Je and Marjorie B Pittman's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 311447, Enterprise, AL, 36331. 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.

EIN 20-4355074 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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