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Ainsworth Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$2.7MHuman Services$700kPhilanthropy$667kFood & Nutrition$300kRecreation & Sports$300kCommunity Improvement$275kEnvironment$260kEducation$172kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $904k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$50,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRAWFORD HERITAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$400,000
APSEED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION$145,842
AINSWORTH DONOR ADVISED FUND$118,354
PRETTY LAKE VACATION CAMP$100,000
COMMON ROOTS$90,000
THE ACTIVE AGING FOUNDATION$50,000
WINGS FLIGHT OF HOPE$50,000
LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER$50,000
CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES INC$50,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$50,000
MANNA FOOD BANK INC$50,000
MEADVILLE COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN$50,000
CENTER ON HALSTED$50,000
WOMEN'S SERVICES INC$50,000
CRAWFORD COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS PROGRAM$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $686k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FAMILY SERVICES OF NW PA: $25k → 15%ONE VOICE ONE COMMUNITY: $25k → 17%APSEED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: $146k → 15%CENTER ON HALSTED: $50k → 14%MEADVILLE YMCA: $100k → 14%COMMON ROOTS: $90k → 14%CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $50k → 14%CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $50k → 14%CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $50k → 14%CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $50k → 14%CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $50k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
MD
NC
SC
DC
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.3M · 13 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
26

Total granted

$3.3M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+0%

Still filing today

85%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $565k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • AA
    ACTIVE AGING FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $275k · revenue +113%
  • WS
    WOMEN'S SERVICES INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $250k · revenue +10%
  • WINGS FLIGHTS OF HOPE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $150k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • MM
    MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $400k · revenue -59% · 35% of their budget
  • CH
    CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $285k
  • FC
    FRENCH CREEK VALLEY CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Choptank Community Health System Inc

Primary health care services: delivery of health care to medically underserved community

Health
2
Community Health Services Inc

To provide medical services for the residents of the greater hartford connecticut area. to provide quality health care services to low and moderate income individuals in the greater hartford connecticut area regardless of ability to pay.

Health
3
Center for Community Resources Inc

To coordinate services among private and government agencies for specialized populations to ensure service continuity, reduce duplication, and assist individuals and families in accessing appropriate mental health, intellectual…

Health
4
Community Health Net

To establish, implement and maintain a comprehensive plan and program for the delivery of primary health services to the medically indigent, medically needy and other persons in the city and county of erie.

Health
5
Community Health Accreditation Program Inc

Advance the highest quality of home and community-based care.

Health
6
Comwell

To assist people in achieving self-sufficiency, independence, and healthy lifestyles to the maximum extent possible by providing integrated family-oriented services.

Human Services
7
Ny Community Fridge Corp

Using the power of volunteers and community partnerships to expand dignified access to food in the heart of disadvantaged communities.

Food & Nutrition
8
Community Health Center of Cape Cod Inc

To improve the health of our community through the provision of equitable, patient centered, high quality, compassionate care to all, regardless of ability to pay.

Health
9
Community Health Service Agency Inc

Improving lives through service and compassion.

Health
10
Community Mental Health Center Inc

Partnering for wellness: healthy mind, healthy body, healthy life.

Health
11
Berks Community Health Center

Berks community health center provides exceptional family-centered primary and preventive healthcare for all residents of berks county, regardless of economic status.

Health
12
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Defense Fund; the most unlike its peers is Apseed Early Childhood Education Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
20/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $1,525,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONCALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $285,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATIONWOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $250,000 · OtherWOMEN'S SERVICES INCPRETTY LAKE VACATION CAMP: $200,000 · OtherPRETTY LAKE VACATION CAMPWINGS FLIGHTS OF HOPE: $150,000 · OtherWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $120,000 · Other+23 more: $1,064,354 · Other+23 moreCENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR F…Apseed Early Childhood Education Inc: $145,842 · Human ServicesApseed Early…MEADVILLE AREA FAMILY YMCA: $100,000 · Human ServicesMEADVILLE AR…COMMON ROOTS: $90,000 · Human ServicesCOMMON ROOTSCenter on Halsted: $50,000 · Human ServicesCenter on Ha…FAMILY SERVICES OF NW PA: $25,000 · Human ServicesONE VOICE ONE COMMUNITY: $25,000 · Human ServicesMEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $400,000 · HealthMEADVILLE M…CRAWFORD COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS PROGRAM INC: $100,000 · HealthCRAWFORD CO…THE JED FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthTHE JED FOU…CRAWFORD COUNTY DRUG & ALCOHOL EXECUTIVE COMMISSION INC: $50,000 · HealthCRAWFORD CO…CLUB OASIS INC: $30,000 · HealthCRAWFORD HERITAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $548,201 · PhilanthropyCRAWFORD …ACTIVE AGING FOUNDATION: $275,000 · Community ImprovementHOUSING WORKS INC: $25,000 · Community ImprovementMEADVILLE COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN: $175,000 · Food & Nutrition412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFRENCH CREEK VALLEY CONSERVANCY: $250,000 · EnvironmentHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Environment
Other$3,594,354Human Services$685,842Health$630,000Philanthropy$548,201Community Improvement$300,000Food & Nutrition$275,000Environment$260,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCRAWFORD HERITAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $548,201 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetMEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetACTIVE AGING FOUNDATION: $275,000 over 6y, 9.6% of budgetWOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $250,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetCENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $250,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetFRENCH CREEK VALLEY CONSERVANCY: $250,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetMEADVILLE COMMUNITY SOUP KITCHEN: $175,000 over 5y, 42% of budgetWINGS FLIGHTS OF HOPE: $150,000 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $120,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRAWFORD COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS PROGRAM INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetACADEMY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetPRETTY LAKE VACATION CAMP INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetMEADVILLE AREA FAMILY YMCA: $100,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JED FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRAWFORD COUNTY DRUG & ALCOHOL EXECUTIVE COMMISSION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCRAWFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $40,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF AMERICA INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCLUB OASIS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetBAHAMAS YOUTH FOUNDATION USA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPOINT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetInterVol Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHOUSING WORKS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF NW PA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEADVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Crawford Heritage Com…Rdl Family FoundationLjl Family FoundationUnited Way of Western…Harry Winslow Foundat…Erie Community Founda…Northwest Charitable …Firstenergy FoundationThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Crawford Heritage Community FoundationPA22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Crawford Heritage Community Foundation · Rdl Family Foundation · Ljl Family Foundation · United Way of Western Crawford County · Harry Winslow Foundation · Erie Community Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ainsworth Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ainsworth Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ainsworth Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ainsworth 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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