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Buehler Memorial Trust Ua

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$178k
Granted FY2026still arriving
16
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$41k
Largest
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 2025.

Arts & Culture$511kHuman Services$181kFood & Nutrition$98kHealth$59kHousing & Shelter$49kCommunity Improvement$49kReligion$33k
02FY2026 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k11 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $108k
$8,915
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOYT CENTER FOR THE ARTS$40,565
DELAWARE & LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE$27,353
RAILWAYS TO YESTERDAY INC$14,264
HOLY FAMILY MANOR$13,658
ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PA$12,481
ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK$8,915
SIGHTS FOR HOPE$8,915
TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY$8,915
THE SALVATION ARMY$8,915
ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION$8,915
MEAL ON WHEELS GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY$8,915
VIA OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC$8,915
HISTORIC BETHLEHEM MUSEUM AND SITES$3,394
ORWIGSBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY$3,075
LEHIGH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$622
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 (FY20–26, $116k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY: $9k → 11%SIGHTS FOR HOPE: $9k → 11%SIGHTS FOR HOPE: $8k → 11%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY: $8k → 11%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY: $8k → 11%SIGHTS FOR HOPE: $8k → 11%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY: $10k → 11%SIGHTS FOR HOPE: $10k → 11%CENTER FOR VISION LOSS: $9k → 11%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY: $9k → 11%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY: $9k → 11%CENTER FOR VISION LOSS: $9k → 11%CENTER FOR VISION LOSS: $6k → 11%TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY: $6k → 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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 18 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2026, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
0

Total granted

$1.2M
$0

Still filing today

56%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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

  • HC
    HOYT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    7× · 2020–2026 · $267k · revenue +287%
  • RT
    RAILWAYS TO YESTERDAY INC
    7× · 2020–2026 · $93k · revenue +81%
  • AA
    ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK
    7× · 2020–2026 · $58k · revenue +137%

Funded once

    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
    Allentown Art Museum

    Allentown art museums mission is to collect, preserve, study and exhibit important works of art, and through them, increase the understanding, appreciation, enjoyment & interest in art and its ability to enhance and enrich the lives of the…

    Arts & Culture
    2
    Bethlehem Area Public Library

    To provide educational, informational, cultural, and recreational services to the public. services are provided in bethlehem, pennsylvania and its supporting communities.

    Education
    3
    Lehigh Valley Health Network

    We heal, comfort, and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.

    —
    4
    Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono

    Our mission is who we are and what we do: to provide world class care close to home. our vision is what we aim for to best serve our community: to build a healthier community.

    Health
    5
    Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries Inc

    To serve people through a ministry of love, compassion, and mercy in the name of our lord, jesus christ.

    Human Services
    6
    Historical Society of Mount Lebanon

    The historical society of mount lebanon serves and promotes the community by collecting, preserving, interpreting, and sharing its history in ways designed to inspire our present and guide our future.

    Arts & Culture
    7
    Leechburg Area Museum & Hist Society Inc

    Preserving the history and cultural artifacts from the Western Pennsylvania town of Leechburg.

    —
    8
    Lehigh Valley Hospital

    Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

    Health
    9
    Lehigh Valley Hospital - Schuylkill

    Lehigh valley hospital - schuylkill's mission is to make a positive difference in the scope and quality of healthcare available for the schuylkill county community.

    Health
    10
    Meals On Wheels of Lehigh County Inc

    We enhance the wellness and independence of adults, who are primarily homebound, by providing nutritious meals and other supportive services.

    —
    11
    Historic Bethlehem Incorporated

    Collects, restores, preserves, and interprets material culture, historic buildings, and history associated with crafts, trades and industries in the 18th and 19th centuries.

    —
    12
    Pocono Health System

    We heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.

    —
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lehigh County Historical Society; the most unlike its peers is St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Pa. 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

    10 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. 10 of the 18 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)
    6
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    10/10
    Grantees still filing
    10/10
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    DELAWARE & LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGE: $201,572 · OtherDELAWARE & LEHIGH NATIONAL HERITAGERAILWAYS TO YESTERDAY INC: $92,651 · OtherRAILWAYS TO YESTERDAY INCHOLY FAMILY MANOR: $71,641 · OtherHOLY FAMILY MANORTHE SALVATION ARMY: $57,907 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYVIA OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $57,907 · OtherVIA OF LEHIGH VALLEY INCMEAL ON WHEELS GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $42,754 · OtherMEAL ON WHEELS GREATER LEHIGH VALLEYSAINT LUKES HOSP BETHLEHEM PA: $33,205 · OtherSAINT LUKES HOSP BETHLEHEM PA+2 more: $19,931 · OtherHOYT CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $266,565 · Arts & CultureHOYT CENTER FOR THE ARTSHISTORIC BETHLEHEM MUSEUMS AND SITES: $15,627 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC BETHLEHEM MUSEUMS A…+1 more: $4,167 · Arts & CultureSIGHTS FOR HOPE: $57,907 · Human ServicesSIGHTS FOR …TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $57,907 · Human ServicesTURNING POI…ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK: $57,907 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $15,153 · Food & NutritionALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC: $57,907 · Housing & ShelterST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PA: $47,864 · Health
    Other$577,568Arts & Culture$286,359Human Services$115,814Food & Nutrition$73,060Housing & Shelter$57,907Health$47,864

    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 budgetHOYT CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $266,565 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetRAILWAYS TO YESTERDAY INC: $92,651 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK: $57,907 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC: $57,907 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSIGHTS FOR HOPE: $57,907 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetTURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $57,907 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PA: $47,864 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC BETHLEHEM MUSEUMS AND SITES: $15,627 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $15,153 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLEHIGH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,167 over 7y, 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.

    • Who funds HOYT CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
    • Who funds RAILWAYS TO YESTERDAY INC ↗
    • Who funds ALLENTOWN AREA ECUMENICAL FOOD BANK ↗
    • Who funds ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
    • Who funds SIGHTS FOR HOPE ↗
    • Who funds TURNING POINT OF LEHIGH VALLEY INC ↗
    • Who funds ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PA ↗
    • Who funds HISTORIC BETHLEHEM MUSEUMS AND SITES ↗
    • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY INC ↗
    • Who funds LEHIGH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗

    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.

    Lehigh Valley Community FoundationPA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Harry C Trexler Estate · Frederick H Bedford Jr & Margaret S Bedford Charitable Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Jane E Fisher Charitable Trust/Foundation · Julius & Katheryn Hommer Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · The Century Fund Trust · The Provident Bank Foundation · The Cigna Group 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 Buehler Memorial Trust Ua funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Buehler Memorial Trust Ua. 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
      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 18 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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