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Castelli Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$49k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,500
Organizations funded a year
30 to 73
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$1.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Castelli Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving46$49k100%
FY202335$65k100%
FY202230$48k93%
FY202132$45k100%
FY202073$51k100%
FY201931$41k35%
FY201830$60k37%
FY201743$49kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$459k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
KY
WV
VA
MD
SC
DC
MS
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Pittsburgh$20,80030%
Seton Hill University$10,15030%
Saint Vincent College$10,00030%
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$8,70030%
Robert Morris University$5,00030%
Carlow University$4,20030%
Chatham University$4,00020%
Point Park University$3,00030%
Washington & Jefferson College$2,50030%
Trustees of Purdue University$2,1001n/a
Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of Castelli Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Pittsburgh$20,80030%
Seton Hill University$10,15030%
Saint Vincent College$10,00030%
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$8,70030%
Robert Morris University$5,00030%
Carlow University$4,20030%
Chatham University$4,00020%
Point Park University$3,00030%
Washington & Jefferson College$2,50030%
Trustees of Purdue University$2,1001n/a
Gannon University$1,70020%
Juniata College$1,50030%
Waynesburg University$1,50020%
Allegheny College$1,50020%
Westminster College$1,20020%
Thiel College$1,00010%
Carnegie Mellon University$1,00010%
Geneva College$1,00020%
Grove City College$1,00020%
Kent State University$1,0001n/a
The University of Tampa Incorporated$1,00010%
John Carroll University$1,00020%
Elizabethtown College$1,00010%
West Virginia Wesleyan College$70010%
Roanoke College$70010%
The University of Findlay$50010%
Mercy University$50010%
The Board of Directors of Wittenberg College$50010%
Jacksonville University$50010%
Pennsylvania College of Technology$5001n/a
La Roche University$50010%
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc$50010%
Rochester Institute of Technology$50010%
Ashland University$50010%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$50010%
Lebanon Valley College$50010%
Saint Francis University$50010%
Yale University$5001n/a
Arcadia University$50010%
Georgetown University$50010%
University of Rochester$50010%
Lafayette College$50010%
Hood College$50010%
Bethany College$50010%
Trustees of Boston University$50010%
Roberts Wesleyan University$50010%

Plus 233 recipients with no EIN on record ($309k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Castelli Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $20,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSeton Hill University: $10,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Vincent College: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDuquesne University of the Holy Spirit: $8,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRobert Morris University: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCarlow University: $4,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChatham University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPoint Park University: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWashington & Jefferson College: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGannon University: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJuniata College: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWaynesburg University: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAllegheny College: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWestminster College: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThiel College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeneva College: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrove City College: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Carroll University: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElizabethtown College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Virginia Wesleyan College: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoanoke College: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Findlay: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Board of Directors of Wittenberg College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJacksonville University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa Roche University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAshland University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLebanon Valley College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Francis University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArcadia University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLafayette College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHood College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethany College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoberts Wesleyan University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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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.

Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship FundWV15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund · Albert a Christ Scholarship Fund 1403 · Scott Foundation Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Ibm International Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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.

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About Castelli Charitable Trust

How much does Castelli Charitable Trust give?
Castelli Charitable Trust reported 46 grants totaling $48,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 73 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Castelli Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (100%).
Who are Castelli Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Pittsburgh ($21k), Seton Hill University ($10k), Saint Vincent College ($10k).
Does Castelli Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Castelli Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Castelli Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Phyllis a Beneke Scholarship Fund, Albert a Christ Scholarship Fund 1403, Scott Foundation Inc.
Where is Castelli Charitable Trust based?
Castelli Charitable Trust is based in PA.

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 280 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $51k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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