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Allegheny Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$24M
Granted FY2024still arriving
88
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$2.8M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Education$58MArts & Culture$17MEmployment$6.4MHuman Services$6.3MYouth Development$4.7MHousing & Shelter$4.2MCommunity Improvement$4.1MPublic Benefit$4.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 88 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $190k
  • $50k–250k58 grants · $7.7M
  • $250k+22 grants · $16M
$150,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$375M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$2,750,000
RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION$2,500,000
GROVE CITY COLLEGE$2,500,000
PRESSLEY RIDGE$750,000
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH$750,000
PRIMARY CARE HEALTH SERVICES$750,000
IMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$683,000
NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY THE$650,000
KISKIMINETAS SPRINGS SCHOOL (THE KISKI SCHOOL)$500,000
MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION$500,000
ALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION$500,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH$400,000
TRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH$375,000
EXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$350,000
LAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE & OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC$345,000
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:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $9.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $150k → 9%LAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE & OPPORTUNITY CENTER: $1.3M → 10%FAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $150k → 9%FAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $150k → 9%LAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE & OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC: $345k → 10%INDIAN CREEK VALLEY CHRISTIAN FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S CENTER: $100k → 17%FAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $150k → 9%LAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE & OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC: $345k → 10%CITY MISSION-LIVING STONES: $254k → 17%FAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $150k → 9%LAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE & OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC: $345k → 10%FAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $150k → 17%LAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE & OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC: $320k → 10%FAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $100k → 17%COMMUNIO: $250k → 6%CITY MISSION - LIVING STONES INC: $100k → 17%LAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE & OPPORTUNITY CENTER: $250k → 10%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION INC: $500k → 12%FAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $100k → 17%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $250k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $400k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC THE: $250k → 11%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC THE: $200k → 11%OUTSIDE-IN SCHOOL OF EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION INC: $150k → 10%LAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE & OPPORTUNITY CENTER: $150k → 10%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC THE: $125k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $75k → 11%WESTMORELAND COUNTY BLIND ASSOCIATION: $50k → 10%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $50k → 11%COMPUTER REACH: $10k → 11%ADELPHOI USA INC: $183k → 10%ADELPHOI USA INC: $183k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $350k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $250k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $100k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $75k → 11%WILMERDING COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25k → 11%BAPTIST HOMES FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%CORAOPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $300k → 11%CORAOPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $85k → 11%BLESSING BOARD THE: $90k → 11%BLESSING BOARD THE: $90k → 11%HOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE: $250k → 11%STRICKLAND GLOBAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $200k → 11%COMPUTER REACH: $25k → 11%JUBILEE ASSOCIATION INC: $150k → 11%AMACHI PITTSBURGH: $100k → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
MI
OH
PA
VA
DE
DC
GA
TX

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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$100M · 107 repeat orgs$22M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

107 repeat relationships — 68 still active in FY2024, 39 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

107
86

Total granted

$100M
$19M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+9%

Still filing today

92%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.9M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEmploymentYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • CM
    Carnegie Mellon University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $23M · revenue +35%
  • GC
    GROVE CITY COLLEGE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5.2M · revenue +2%
  • LH
    LAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE AND OPPORTUNITY CENTER
    4× · 2020–2024 · $3.1M · revenue +216% · 61% of their budget

Funded once

  • RM
    ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $1.5M · revenue +6%
  • BC
    Braddock Carnegie Library Assoc
    one grant, 2020 · $1.3M · revenue +23% · 29% of their budget
  • PT
    PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2020 · $967k · revenue -23%

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
Pittsburgh Council On Higher Education

To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.

Education
2
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
3
Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.

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4
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.

International
5
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

By sharing resources and fostering meaningful relationships that strengthen the region's creative community, the greater pittsburgh arts council builds a more resourced, connected, and informed arts sector, empowering artists and arts…

Arts & Culture
6
Carnegie Institute

To preserve and expand the resources of art and science as agents of personal growth and social advancement in pittsburgh and beyond.

Arts & Culture
7
Scenic Pittsburgh

To protect, preserve, and promote the scenic resources of southwestern pennsylvania.

Environment
8
Pittsburgh Technology Council

Membership organization formed to help tech companies succeed through a proven platform of business development, talent retention, government relations, and visibility services. companies at all growth stages use the pittsburgh technology…

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9
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.

Recreation & Sports
10
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
11
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
12
Allegheny Conference On Community Development

See schedule othe allegheny conference on community development (accd) and affiliates - the greater pittsburgh chamber of commerce (chamber), the pennsylvania economy league of greater pittsburgh(pelgp) and the pittsburgh regional alliance…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the most unlike its peers is Geyer Performing Arts Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth and Disability Suppor…Hospital Systems and Health…Faith-Based Poverty ReliefK-12 Charter and Alternativ…Community Development Organ…Member Recreation ClubsCommunity Support ServicesRegional Economic Developme…Cemetery OperationsYouth Development Organizat…Pennsylvania Community Advo…Performing Arts Organizatio…Public Library SystemsYouth Sports Leagues
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number17%1%<5yr12%10%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr19%24%20–35yr16%30%35–55yr17%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value17%1%<5yr12%6%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr19%38%20–35yr16%22%35–55yr17%24%55yr+

The field is 17% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% 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%0/178
the rest of the field
7%
1,021/13,837

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

176 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. 176 of the 208 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.

27
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
37
Early backer (in before they grew)
176/176
Grantees still filing
113/176
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Carnegie Mellon University — $23,000,000 · OtherCarnegie Mellon UniversityCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY — $4,000,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY+97 more — $34,870,162 · Other+97 moreGROVE CITY COLLEGE — $5,225,000 · EducationGROVE CITY COLLEGEIMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $2,133,000 · EducationIMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEM…EXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $2,036,600 · EducationEXTRA MILE EDUCATION F…SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE — $2,000,000 · EducationSAINT VINCENT COLLEGETHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY — $1,150,000 · EducationPENNSYLVANIA COALITION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS — $1,075,000 · EducationPROPEL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 · EducationWESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $1,000,000 · EducationREAL CLEAR FOUNDATION — $850,000 · Education+21 more — $7,814,500 · Education+21 moreRIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION — $2,939,000 · Arts & CultureRIVERS OF STEEL…CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH — $1,450,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSE…Braddock Carnegie Library Assoc — $1,250,000 · Arts & CultureBraddock Carneg…WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $1,100,000 · Arts & CultureWESTMORELAND MU…ALLEGHENY INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY — $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureALLEGHENY INSTI…TURTLE CREEK VALLEY ARTS CORPORATION — $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureTURTLE CREEK VA…PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST — $750,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION — $750,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH OPERA INC — $750,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION — $555,000 · Arts & Culture+20 more — $4,976,000 · Arts & Culture+20 moreLAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE AND OPPORTUNITY CENTER — $3,055,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY GUIDANCE INC — $750,000 · Human ServicesTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC — $575,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC — $550,000 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON CITY MISSION — $500,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN AND WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION AND IRENE KAUFMANN CENT — $400,000 · Human ServicesCORAOPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $385,000 · Human ServicesADELPHOI USA INC — $365,000 · Human ServicesCITY MISSION - LIVING STONES INC — $354,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $350,000 · Human ServicesFAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC — $350,000 · Human Services+13 more — $1,789,500 · Human ServicesTRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH — $1,675,000 · EmploymentNAZARETH PREP — $1,000,000 · EmploymentGOODWILL OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $650,000 · EmploymentNEW CENTURY CAREERS — $200,000 · Employment+2 more — $85,000 · EmploymentGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $1,400,000 · Food & Nutrition412 FOOD RESCUE INC — $500,000 · Food & NutritionWESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INC — $500,000 · Food & NutritionGROW PITTSBURGH — $400,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $50,000 · Food & NutritionFAMILY HOUSE INC — $900,000 · HealthPrimary Care Health Services Inc — $750,000 · HealthMARY & ALEXANDER LAUGHLIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $675,000 · HealthST BARNABAS CHARITIES INC — $100,000 · HealthPITTSBURGH MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $100,000 · Health+1 more — $50,000 · Health
Other$61,870,162Education$24,284,100Arts & Culture$16,520,000Human Services$9,423,500Employment$3,610,000Food & Nutrition$2,850,000Health$2,575,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCarnegie Mellon University — $23,000,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE — $5,225,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetLAUREL HIGHLANDS WORKFORCE AND OPPORTUNITY CENTER — $3,055,000 over 4y, 61% of budgetRIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION — $2,939,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetIMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $2,133,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetEXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $2,036,600 over 5y, 31% of budgetSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE — $2,000,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH — $1,675,000 over 5y, 28% of budgetPOINT PARK UNIVERSITY — $1,560,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY — $1,500,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH — $1,450,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $1,400,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetYoung America's Foundation — $1,370,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY ALTERNATIVES — $1,275,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetBraddock Carnegie Library Assoc — $1,250,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetHOSANNA HOUSE INC — $1,200,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY — $1,150,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetWESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $1,100,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA COALITION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS — $1,075,000 over 4y, 42% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $1,025,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetALLEGHENY INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY — $1,000,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetPROPEL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $1,000,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetNAZARETH PREP — $1,000,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetPRESSLEY RIDGE — $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetWESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $1,000,000 over 2y, 70% of budgetTURTLE CREEK VALLEY ARTS CORPORATION — $1,000,000 over 2y, 95% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $986,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM INC — $967,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetTHE FAIRNESS CENTER INC — $940,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetFAMILY HOUSE INC — $900,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetREAL CLEAR FOUNDATION — $850,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION — $850,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY — $850,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetFRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION — $775,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetFAMILY GUIDANCE INC — $750,000 over 5y, 31% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST — $750,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPrimary Care Health Services Inc — $750,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION — $750,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPITTSBURGH OPERA INC — $750,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetTHE KISKI SCHOOL — $750,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetHILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $750,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetMANCHESTER BIDWELL CORPORATION — $725,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetPittsburgh Botanic Garden — $721,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC — $720,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetWestmoreland Land Trust — $712,000 over 5y, 52% of budgetMARY & ALEXANDER LAUGHLIN CHILDREN'S CENTER — $675,000 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $660,500 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetGOODWILL OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $650,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

Richard King Mellon F…The Pittsburgh Founda…Hillman Family Founda…The Grable FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsThe Jack Buncher Foun…McCune Foundation Pnc…Eqt FoundationEden Hall FoundationThe United Way of Sou…The Buhl FoundationSnee-Reinhardt Charit…
Richard King Mellon FoundationPA138.8× affinity73 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The Jack Buncher Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · Eqt Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Buhl Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable 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 Allegheny 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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
    2get no government money at all
    64report 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 Allegheny Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Allegheny 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 208 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.

    Source object · view filing

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