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Pittsfield High School Class of

Pittsfield, IL · EIN 37-1178599. Reported 68 grants totalling $444,870 to 32 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$4,863median grant
$444,870granted, 2021-2024
32organizations funded
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,880,044assets, 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. Pittsfield High School Class of 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 $4,863. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $270 and the largest $27,956. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
7 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
28 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
11 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
21 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

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
Siu - Edwardsville Siu - EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, IL$68,303442024
Quincy University Quincy UniversityQuincy, IL$48,435442024
John Wood Comm College John Wood Comm CollegeQuincy, IL$43,757442024
Illinois College Illinois CollegeJacksonville, IL$35,500332023
Bradley University Bradley UniversityPeoria, IL$30,000332023
University of Missouri University of MissouriColumbia, MO$28,342442024
Missouri S & T Missouri S & TRolla, MO$20,000222024
University of Health Sciences University of Health SciencesSt Louis, MO$20,000222024
Midwest Technical Institute Midwest Technical InstituteSpringfield, IL$18,064112024
Pikeland Unit School Dist 10 Pikeland Unit School Dist 10Pittsfield, IL$13,750442024
Truman State University Truman State UniversityKirksville, MO$13,500332023
Western Illinois University Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, IL$12,698332024
Blessing Rieman College Blessing Rieman CollegeQuincy, IL$9,095332024
Illinois State University Illinois State UniversityNormal, IL$8,770442024
Mckendree University Mckendree UniversityLebanon, IL$7,103222023
Mississippi State Mississippi StateMississippi State, MS$7,000112021
St Louis University St Louis UniversitySt Louis, MO$6,539112022
Culver-Stockton College Culver-Stockton CollegeCanton, MO$6,500222023
Lewis & Clark College Lewis & Clark CollegeGodfrey, IL$5,000222024
Lincoln Land Community College Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfield, IL$5,000112024
University of Spa & Cosmetology Art University of Spa & Cosmetology ArtSpringfield, IL$5,000112024
Mckendress University Mckendree UniversityLebanon, IL$4,897112021
Grand Canyon University Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, AZ$4,801222023
Emporia State University Emporia State UniversityEmporia, KS$4,747222024
Belmont University Belmont UniversityNashville, TN$3,000112023
University of Alabama University of AlabamaTuscaloos, AL$3,000112021
University of West Florida University of West FloridaPensacola, FL$3,000112023
Parkland College Parkland CollegeChampaign, IL$2,500112023
State Fair Community College State Fair Community CollegeSedalia, MO$2,500112021
Western Governor's University Western Governor's UniversityMillcreek, UT$2,327222024
University of Alaska - Fairbanks University of Alaska - FairbanksFairbanks, AK$928112024
Eastern Il University Eastern Il UniversityCharleston, IL$814112021

19 of 32 (59%) 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 64%, 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.

Plus 3 grants to individuals totalling $13,600 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 19 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
18 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202114$100,779$5,625
202215$113,710$5,103
202322$117,156$3,500
202417$113,225$3,869

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. 72% of this one's giving went to organizations in Illinois. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Illinois
$319K
Missouri
$97K
Mississippi
$7K
Arizona
$5K
Kansas
$5K
Tennessee
$3K
Florida
$3K
Alabama
$3K

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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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc9 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund8 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust7 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program7 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America7 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,863. 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 Illinois.
  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 Pittsfield High School Class of'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: 665 S Walnut, Pittsfield, IL, 62363. 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 37-1178599 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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