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Barnhart Gives Inc at a glance

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Barnhart Gives Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$90k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$263kPhilanthropy$23kHuman Services$21kRecreation & Sports$13kReligion$4kEducation$1kYouth Development$250
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $500
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $89k
$16,641
Median grant
1
States reached
$9k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$31,023
BARBER NATIONAL INSTITUTE$31,023
ERIE HOMES FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS$16,641
MERCY CENTER FOR WOMEN$10,341
MAKE-A-WISH$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $94k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $8k → 14%BARBER NATIONAL INSTITUTE: $35k → 15%BARBER NATIONAL INSTITUTE: $31k → 15%BARBER NATIONAL INSTITUTE: $20k → 15%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.
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$208k · 3 repeat orgs$118k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
11

Total granted

$208k
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+20%

Still filing today

33%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • DG
    DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $86k · revenue +17%
  • SH
    SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
    2× · 2023–2024 · $66k
  • SH
    SHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - ERIE
    3× · 2020–2022 · $56k

Funded once

  • HO
    HUNT OF A LIFETIME
    one grant, 2023 · $23k · revenue -27%
  • GD
    GRADY'S DECISIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +32%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue +20%
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
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

Strive to make better health easier by providing access to affordable, high quality health services through equitable, innovative, and inclusive care models that support patient care, education, research, & community service.

Health
2
Erie Independence House Inc

Erie Independence House, Inc. (EIH) exists to enhance and promote independence in people with disabilities through the provision of accessible, affordable, adaptive housing necessary for them to lead productive, independent lives. We offer…

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3
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
4
Chance for Life

Chance for life's mission is to raise awareness and funds for critical research and clinical trials for pediatric cancer in the united states of america.

Health
5
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
6
Life'swork of Western Pennsylvania

We partner with people with disabilities, people with other barriers, young adults, children, and families to pursue their hopes and dreams through strengthening workplace abilities, building life skills, and developing meaningful…

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7
The Children's Home of Pittsburgh

The children's home of pittsburgh, established in 1893, is an independent, non-profit licensed organization whose purpose is to promote the health and well-being of infants and children through services which establish and strengthen the…

Health
8
Thrive Cil

The mission of the center for independent living of central pennsylvania is to eliminate and prevent barriers that people with disabilities experience.

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9
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia Delaware and Susquehanna Valley

The make-a-wish foundation of philadephia, delaware & susquehanna valley creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

Health
10
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
11
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
12
United Cerebral Palsy of Central Pennsylvania

Ucp of central pennsylvania empowers people of diverse abilities to live meaningful life through innovative support and services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Erie Homes for Children & Adults Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

9 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. 9 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $66,089 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDRENSHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - ERIE: $56,271 · OtherSHRINER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - ERIESPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $12,723 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INCTRANSPLANT HOPE FOUNDATION: $11,607 · OtherTRANSPLANT HOPE FOUNDATIONMERCY CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $10,341 · OtherMERCY CENTER FOR WOMEN INCAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION - ERIE DIVISION: $10,109 · OtherAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION - ERIE DIVISION+5 more: $8,458 · OtherDR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC: $85,948 · Human ServicesDR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INCWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $8,230 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCERIE HOMES FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS INC: $16,641 · HealthERIE HOMES …GRADY'S DECISION: $15,300 · HealthGRADY'S DEC…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthHUNT OF A LIFETIME: $23,247 · Philanthropy
Other$175,598Human Services$94,178Health$32,941Philanthropy$23,247

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 budgetDR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC: $85,948 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUNT OF A LIFETIME: $23,247 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetERIE HOMES FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS INC: $16,641 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRADY'S DECISION: $15,300 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $12,723 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $10,341 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $8,230 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Erie Community Founda…
Erie Community FoundationPA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Erie Community Foundation

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 Barnhart Gives Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barnhart Gives Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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

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How do I get to Barnhart Gives Inc?

Find your warmest path to Barnhart Gives Inc 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 17 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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