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Addison Gibson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$5.8MHealth$5.5MReligion$500kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $518
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $190k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Allegheny Health Network$500,000
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE$200,000
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE$200,000
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$200,000
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside$155,000
Mercyhurst University$151,024
WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY$150,000
Washington & Jefferson College$150,000
Robert Morris University$150,000
SETON HILL UNIVERSITY$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT GREENBURG$150,000
Pennsylvania State University$135,000
CARLOW UNIVERSITY$125,000
Westmoreland Hospital$110,000
MONONGAHELA VALLEY HOSPITAL INC$100,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $150k → 9%Allegheny Health Network: $750k → 10%Washington & Jefferson College: $150k → 12%PENN HIGLAND HEALTHCARE: $350k → 12%GROVE CITY COLLEGE: $200k → 13%WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: $150k → 13%ALLEGHENY COLLEGE: $200k → 14%Foundation for Indiana University: $200k → 14%Pennsylvania State University: $350k → 16%SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $150k → 16%Highlands Hospital Foundation: $100k → 17%Allegheny Health Network: $500k → 10%Washington & Jefferson College: $128k → 12%PENN HIGLAND HEALTHCARE: $100k → 12%CLARION UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $200k → 14%ALLEGHENY COLLEGE: $200k → 14%Foundation for Indiana University of PA: $150k → 14%Pennsylvania State University: $150k → 16%Highlands Hospital Foundation: $100k → 17%Allegheny Health Network: $500k → 10%PENN HIGLAND HEALTHCARE: $100k → 12%BUTLER HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $200k → 14%Pennsylvania State University: $135k → 16%SETON HILL UNIVERSITY: $150k → 10%Foundation for California University: $150k → 12%CLARION UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $200k → 14%Mercyhurst University: $151k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT GREENBURG: $150k → 10%Foundation for California University: $100k → 12%Mercyhurst University: $150k → 15%Westmoreland Hospital: $125k → 10%MONONGAHELA VALLEY HOSPITAL INC: $150k → 12%Westmoreland Hospital: $110k → 10%EXCELA HEALTH: $250k → 10%GANNON UNIVERSITY: $150k → 10%Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit: $200k → 11%LA ROCHE UNIVERSITY: $125k → 11%SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE CORP: $113k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $301k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $275k → 11%UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside: $200k → 11%UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside: $155k → 11%UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside: $145k → 11%CARLOW UNIVERSITY: $125k → 11%MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $125k → 11%Robert Morris University: $150k → 11%Robert Morris University: $150k → 11%UPMC MCKEESPORT: $135k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$9.2M · 27 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +9% since the first grant, against -2% for the ones you funded once.

27 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
17

Total granted

$9.2M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
-2%

Still filing today

52%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $901k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’22’23’24
EducationHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WC
    WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $600k · revenue +4%
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    6× · 2017–2024 · $588k · revenue +44%
  • AC
    ALLEGHENY COLLEGE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $400k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • EH
    EXCELA HEALTH
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • GC
    GROVE CITY COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +32%
  • FF
    Foundation for Indiana University
    one grant, 2022 · $200k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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2
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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3
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
4
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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5
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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6
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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7
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
10
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
11
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Pittsburgh and the most unlike its peers is Highlands Hospital Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 54 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number16%0%<5yr12%6%5–10yr18%6%10–20yr19%12%20–35yr17%27%35–55yr18%49%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value16%0%<5yr12%11%5–10yr18%7%10–20yr19%4%20–35yr17%27%35–55yr18%51%55yr+

The field is 16% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 7% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
7%
1,140/16,103

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 51 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
17/30
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Allegheny Health Network — $1,750,000 · OtherAllegheny Health NetworkPennsylvania State University — $635,000 · OtherPennsylvania State UniversityPENN HIGLAND HEALTHCARE — $550,000 · OtherPENN HIGLAND HEALTHCAREUPMC — $500,000 · OtherUPMCROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY — $300,000 · OtherWestmoreland Hospital — $285,000 · OtherEXCELA HEALTH — $250,000 · OtherFoundation for California University — $250,000 · OtherUPMC — $225,000 · OtherFoundation for Indiana University — $200,000 · OtherUPMC — $200,000 · Other+11 more — $770,888 · Other+11 moreWESTMINSTER COLLEGE — $600,000 · EducationWESTMINSTER COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $587,989 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHCLARION UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $400,000 · EducationCLARION UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCALLEGHENY COLLEGE — $400,000 · EducationALLEGHENY COLLEGEMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY — $301,024 · EducationMERCYHURST UNIVERSITYWASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE — $277,551 · EducationWASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGEGROVE CITY COLLEGE — $200,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — $200,000 · EducationWAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY — $150,000 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION FOR INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (IUP) — $150,000 · EducationSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY — $150,000 · EducationSETON HILL UNIVERSITY — $150,000 · EducationGANNON UNIVERSITY — $150,000 · Education+4 more — $438,524 · Education+4 moreBUTLER HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — $387,000 · HealthBUTLER HEALTH SYST…Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc — $250,000 · HealthMonongahela Valley…MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION — $240,000 · HealthMAGEE-WOMENS RESEA…Highlands Hospital Foundation — $200,000 · HealthHighlands Hospital…EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION — $200,000 · HealthEYE AND EAR FOUNDA…HAMOT HEALTH FOUNDATION — $190,000 · HealthHAMOT HEALTH FOUND…Primary Care Health Services Inc — $100,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — $100,000 · HealthTITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL — $75,000 · HealthNORTHWEST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $70,000 · Health+2 more — $112,500 · Health+2 more
Other$5,915,888Education$4,155,088Health$1,924,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE — $600,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $587,989 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCLARION UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $400,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetALLEGHENY COLLEGE — $400,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBUTLER HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — $387,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY — $301,024 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY — $300,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE — $277,551 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMonongahela Valley Hospital Inc — $250,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION — $240,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE — $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHighlands Hospital Foundation — $200,000 over 2y, 97% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION — $200,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHAMOT HEALTH FOUNDATION — $190,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetWAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY — $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (IUP) — $150,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY — $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSETON HILL UNIVERSITY — $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGANNON UNIVERSITY — $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLA ROCHE UNIVERSITY — $125,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCARLOW UNIVERSITY — $125,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE — $112,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPrimary Care Health Services Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH — $76,024 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTITUSVILLE AREA HOSPITAL — $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $70,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNORTH SIDE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER — $62,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUPMC Washington — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Pittsburgh Founda…The United Way of Sou…Upmc GroupHillman Family Founda…The Ayco Charitable F…McCune Foundation Pnc…Eden Hall FoundationScott Foundation IncRichard King Mellon F…Eqt FoundationAmerican Cancer Socie…Verizon Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA27.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Upmc Group · Hillman Family Foundations · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · Eden Hall Foundation · Scott Foundation Inc · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Eqt Foundation · American Cancer Society Inc · Verizon Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Addison Gibson Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Addison Gibson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Addison Gibson Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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