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Bridgeway Capital Inc

We combat injustices and advance opportunities by building capacity, investing capital, and developing underserved areas to grow businesses and revitalize places.

$166k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$1.1MCommunity Improvement$764kHuman Services$175kFood & Nutrition$150kEnvironment$108kEducation$80kArts & Culture$76kPhilanthropy$74kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $112,007, the rows itemized in this filing. The $166,135 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $54,128 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $106k
$33,935
Median grant
1
States reached
$133M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RISING TIDE PARTNERS$40,000
PENNSYLVANIA SOLAR CENTER$33,935
ROOTS OF FAITH- FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF FOX CHAPEL$32,000
JOHNSON REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES LLC$6,072
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 (FY17–23, $267k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CASA SAN JOSE: $30k → 11%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIONTOWN AREA: $10k → 17%EVOLVE COACHING INC: $25k → 11%BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION: $20k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%NORTH SIDE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT: $45k → 11%POORLAW: $40k → 11%THE CITIZENS SCIENCE LAB: $40k → 11%UNITED SOMALI BANTU OF GREATER PITTSBURGH INC: $7k → 11%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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$938k · 9 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
58

Total granted

$938k
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+51%

Still filing today

78%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • RT
    RISING TIDE PARTNERS
    2× · 2021–2025 · $117k · revenue +343%
  • PS
    PENNSYLVANIA SOLAR CENTER
    3× · 2023–2025 · $108k · revenue +48%
  • AC
    Amani Christian Comm Dev Corp
    2× · 2020–2023 · $74k · revenue +148%

Funded once

  • HI
    HAZELWOOD INITIATIVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $76k · revenue +79%
  • CO
    City of Bridges CLT
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +16%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +22%
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
Pittsburgh Economic and Industrial Development Corporation

The Organization's purpose is to formulate, implement and promote commercial, industrial and other economic development goals, strategies and projects in the City of Pittsburgh. This includes purchase and master-leasing of real estate, as…

Community Improvement
2
Pittsburgh Housing Development Corp

To initiate, plan, finance, develop and manage housing development in the City of Pittsburgh, and upon request, in other municipalities with particular, but not exclusive, emphasis on such development in low to moderate income census…

Housing & Shelter
3
Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment G

PCRG is a coalition of community leaders working for economic justice, equitable investment practices and sufficient financial resources to revitalize communities throughout Allegheny County, PA

Community Improvement
4
Uptown Partners of Pittsburgh

Uptown partners is a community-based organization of residents, institutions, and business owners-working together to build a vibrant uptown community.

Community Improvement
5
Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

The pittsburgh metropolitan area hispanic chamber of commerce is the principal regional advocate for the hispanic business community's civic and economic interests. it is our mission to develop, promote, and advocate on behalf of hispanic…

Community Improvement
6
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
7
The Regional Opportunity Center D/B/a Vibrant Pittsburgh

Vibrant pittsburgh's mission is to accelerate the business community toward equitable, inclusive, and diverse workplaces, creating a future-forward region.

Arts & Culture
8
The Grotto Community Center

To bring a space for collaboration between creatives and small business owners of all types to downtown york, pa.

Community Improvement
9
Neighborhood Progress Inc

Cleveland neighborhood progress is committed to advancing its mission of fostering communities of choice and opportunity. our vision is for all of cleveland's neighborhoods to be attractive, vibrant communities where people from all…

Community Improvement
10
Boardman Community Development Association

Beautify and increase the livability of the Boardman community focusing on housing, commercial and retail development, and workforce training. The association collaborates with other organizations, municipalities, business leaders and…

Community Improvement
11
Pittsburgh Green Innovators Inc

Pittsburgh green innovators, inc. is committed to growing a vibrant green economy and community by collaboratively leveraging regional strengths through innovation, education, workforce development, and cultivation of sustainable business…

Human Services
12
Central Baltimore Partnership Inc

The mission of the central baltimore partnership cbp is to galvanize the renaissance of the neighborhoods of central baltimore, creating a diverse, equitable community where everyone can thrive. the organization pursues its mission by…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighborhood Allies Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Greenwood Plan. 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

46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 70 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/46
Grantees still filing
30/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OMICELO CARES INC: $214,500 · OtherOMICELO CARES INCCHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF MERCER COUNTY: $170,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF MERCER COUNTYBIBLE CENTER CHURCH INC: $150,000 · OtherBIBLE CENTER CHURCH INCSALEM'S MARKET CENTRE LLC: $50,000 · Other+35 more: $870,319 · Other+35 moreHAZELWOOD INITIATIVE INC: $76,000 · Community ImprovementHAZELWOOD INITI…NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC: $50,700 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD AL…Charles Street Corporation: $40,000 · Community ImprovementCharles Street …MILLVALE BOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $40,000 · Community ImprovementMILLVALE BOROUG…TUBE CITY RENAISSANCE: $40,000 · Community ImprovementTUBE CITY RENAI…The Greenwood Plan: $39,000 · Community ImprovementThe Greenwood P…PENNSYLVANIA CDFI NETWORK: $22,790 · Community ImprovementPENNSYLVANIA CD…AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF WESTERN PA: $20,000 · Community ImprovementAFRICAN AMERICA…FAY-PENN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $20,000 · Community ImprovementFAY-PENN ECONOM…+2 more: $15,500 · Community ImprovementYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $50,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S…North Side Partnership Project: $45,000 · Human ServicesNorth Side …POORLAW: $40,000 · Human ServicesPOORLAWTHE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE CITIZEN…CASA SAN JOSE: $30,000 · Human ServicesCASA SAN JO…EVOLVE COACHING INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesEVOLVE COAC…THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRASHEA…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIONTOWN: $9,900 · Human Services+1 more: $7,000 · Human ServicesRISING TIDE PARTNERS: $117,000 · Housing & ShelterRISING TI…City of Bridges CLT: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterCity of B…ALLEGHENY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS-HOUSING INCORPORATED: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterALLEGHENY…MCKEES ROCKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $23,000 · Housing & ShelterMCKEES RO…Amani Christian Comm Dev Corp: $74,000 · PhilanthropyLarimer Consensus Group Inc: $40,000 · PhilanthropyETNA COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $32,480 · PhilanthropyPOISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPENNSYLVANIA SOLAR CENTER: $107,500 · EnvironmentURBAN ACADEMY OF GREATER PITTSBURGH CHARTER SCHOOL: $40,000 · EducationYoung Black Motivated Kings & Queen: $40,000 · Education
Other$1,454,819Community Improvement$363,990Human Services$266,900Housing & Shelter$230,000Philanthropy$156,480Environment$107,500Education$80,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOMICELO CARES INC: $214,500 over 2y, 31% of budgetCHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF MERCER COUNTY: $170,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetRISING TIDE PARTNERS: $117,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA SOLAR CENTER: $107,500 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetHAZELWOOD INITIATIVE INC: $76,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetAmani Christian Comm Dev Corp: $74,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC: $50,700 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCity of Bridges CLT: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Side Partnership Project: $45,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetHOSANNA HOUSE INC: $45,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKNEAD COMMUNITY CAFE: $43,123 over 1y, 15% of budgetCharles Street Corporation: $40,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetPOORLAW: $40,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE SOCIETY FOR ART IN CRAFTS: $40,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $40,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCarnegie Library of Homestead: $40,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLarimer Consensus Group Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetMILLVALE BOROUGH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $40,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetALLEGHENY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS-HOUSING INCORPORATED: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTUBE CITY RENAISSANCE: $40,000 over 1y, 74% of budgetThe Greenwood Plan: $39,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetETNA COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $32,480 over 1y, 14% of budgetPITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER INC: $31,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCASA SAN JOSE: $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetOPERATION BETTER BLOCK INC: $29,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetINDUSTRIAL ARTS WORKSHOP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetEVOLVE COACHING INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMCKEES ROCKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $23,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA CDFI NETWORK: $22,790 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRENTWOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP DBA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOUTH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCENTER FOR CIVIC ARTS: $20,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF WESTERN PA: $20,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetFAY-PENN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOMFIELD-GARFIELD CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPOISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENHOUSES FOR EVERYONE: $6,875 over 1y, 58% of budgetEast Liberty Development Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Hillman Family Founda…The Heinz EndowmentsThe Pittsburgh Founda…Neighborhood Allies I…Opportunity FoundationThe Grable FoundationRichard King Mellon F…The Buhl FoundationPoise FoundationMcCune Foundation Pnc…Dollar Bank FoundationMyles D & J Faye Samp…
Hillman Family FoundationsPA65× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hillman Family Foundations · The Heinz Endowments · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Neighborhood Allies Inc · Opportunity Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · Poise Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · Dollar Bank Foundation · Myles D & J Faye Sampson Family Foundationc/O Intentional Philanthrophy

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's 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
    25report 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
    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.

    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 70 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 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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