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Baronner-Chatfield Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$77k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Religion$115kHealth$40kArts & Culture$21kEducation$18kFood & Nutrition$17kPublic Safety & Disaster$11kHuman Services$10kMembership Benefit$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STS JOHN AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH$20,000
BANNER ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION$10,000
UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER$6,000
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMM FOOD BK$4,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$4,000
BRIGHT LOVE PROJECT INC$3,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH$3,000
NORTHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$2,000
BRADFORD WOODS VOLUNTEER FIRE$2,000
CITY OF ASYLUM$2,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SW PA$2,000
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$2,000
ALLEGRO$2,000
WQED$2,000
LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION$2,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $300 → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $800 → 14%NEW STORY INC: $200 → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $2k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $1k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $1k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $600 → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $500 → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $400 → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $300 → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $300 → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $200 → 11%LIFELINE OF SOUTHWEST PA: $600 → 11%LIFELINE OF SOUTHWEST PA: $500 → 11%CRISIS CENTER NORTH: $1k → 11%CRISIS CENTER NORTH: $500 → 11%LIFELINE OF SOUTHWEST PA: $200 → 11%CRISIS CENTER NORTH: $500 → 11%LIFELINE OF SOUTHWEST PA: $200 → 11%CRISIS CENTER NORTH: $500 → 11%LIFELINE OF SOUTHWEST PA: $100 → 11%TREASURE HOUSE FASHIONS: $300 → 11%LIFELINE OF SOUTHWEST PA: $100 → 11%CRISIS CENTER NORTH: $250 → 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

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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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$220k · 28 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships — 22 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
18

Total granted

$220k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+48%

Still filing today

57%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentMembership BenefitOther

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

  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +5%
  • LO
    LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $5k · revenue +85%
  • CO
    CITY OF ASYLUM
    5× · 2019–2024 · $5k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • SJ
    SAINTS JOHN AND PAUL CATHOLIC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • HS
    HOLY SPIRIT ACADEMY
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • NH
    NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC
    one grant, 2017 · $800 · revenue +7%

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
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
2
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
3
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
4
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
5
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…

6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

7
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
8
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
9
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
10
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

11
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
12
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Hills Community Outreach Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Dynamic Catholic Institute. 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 40 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%7%<5yr15%7%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr13%21%35–55yr13%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%8%<5yr15%7%5–10yr19%1%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr13%8%35–55yr13%54%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 8% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 3% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/29
the rest of the field
13%
4,412/34,067

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

27 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

STS JOHN AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH — $90,700 · OtherSTS JOHN AND PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCHUPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER — $16,000 · OtherUPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTERGREATER PITTSBURGH COMM FOOD BK — $10,700 · OtherGREATER PITTSBURGH COMM FOOD BKSAINTS JOHN AND PAUL CATHOLIC — $10,000 · OtherSAINTS JOHN AND PAUL CATHOLICFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $9,600 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH — $7,150 · Other+24 more — $37,113 · Other+24 moreLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC — $5,100 · Human ServicesCITY OF ASYLUM — $4,700 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $4,300 · Human ServicesCRISIS CENTER NORTH INC — $2,750 · Human ServicesLIFELINE OF SOUTHWEST PA INC — $1,700 · Human Services+3 more — $800 · Human ServicesWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · Education+3 more — $1,400 · EducationWQED MULTIMEDIA — $9,600 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC — $4,300 · Arts & CultureDANCE TRAINING CENTER-SAN FRANCISCO — $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $50 · Arts & CultureBanner Alzheimer's Foundation — $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $1,350 · HealthHAIR PEACE CHARITIES — $500 · HealthAllegro — $5,900 · Membership BenefitBRADFORD WOODS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY — $4,400 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$181,263Human Services$19,350Education$16,400Arts & Culture$15,950Health$11,850Membership Benefit$5,900Public Safety & Disaster$4,400

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 budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBanner Alzheimer's Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWQED MULTIMEDIA — $9,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC — $5,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCITY OF ASYLUM — $4,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBRADFORD WOODS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY — $4,400 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $4,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC — $4,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTYRONE AREA FOOD BANK — $4,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCRISIS CENTER NORTH INC — $2,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIFELINE OF SOUTHWEST PA INC — $1,700 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $1,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC — $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAIR PEACE CHARITIES — $500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLIVE OAK A LEARNING CENTER FOR CHILDREN — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE — $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TREASURE HOUSE — $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW STORY INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHENY LAND TRUST — $140 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds Banner Alzheimer's Foundation
  • Who funds WQED MULTIMEDIA
  • Who funds Allegro
  • Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds CITY OF ASYLUM
  • Who funds BRADFORD WOODS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC
  • Who funds TYRONE AREA FOOD BANK
  • Who funds CRISIS CENTER NORTH INC
  • Who funds DANCE TRAINING CENTER-SAN FRANCISCO
  • Who funds BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds NORTHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds LIFELINE OF SOUTHWEST PA INC
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC
  • Who funds PHOENIX COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
  • Who funds HAIR PEACE CHARITIES
  • Who funds LIVE OAK A LEARNING CENTER FOR CHILDREN

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 FoundationPA20.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Baronner-Chatfield 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
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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.

    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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