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Centre Foundation Inc

Centre foundation formed to receive, hold and administer funds for the benefit of the community.

$5.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
173
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$576k
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 2024.

Education$5.4MHealth$3.8MArts & Culture$3.7MReligion$2.1MFood & Nutrition$1.8MAnimals$1.8MYouth Development$1.7MHuman Services$1.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 173 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 173 grants below total $5,125,063, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,559,327 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $434,264 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k61 grants · $435k
  • $10k–50k88 grants · $2.1M
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+1 grant · $576k
$15,221
Median grant
8
States reached
$83M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Congregation Brit Shalom$575,867
Centre Volunteers In Medicine$161,142
3 Dots Downtown$157,583
Schlow Library Foundation Inc$153,508
Penn State University- Outside Scholarships$139,258
Downtown State College Improvement District Inc$130,000
Centre County PAWS$118,914
State College Food Bank$112,824
ClearWater Conservancy$107,908
Centre Safe$103,916
State College Area Meals on Wheels$85,689
Boy Scouts Of America Juniata Valley Council$76,227
Discovery Space$70,042
Housing Transitions Inc$62,786
Park Forest Preschool$62,179
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 (FY17–24, $3.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%North Central Sight Services Inc: $50k → 12%North Central Sight Services Inc: $50k → 12%North Central Sight Services Inc: $48k → 12%North Central Sight Services Inc: $43k → 12%NORTH CENTRAL SIGHT SERVICES INC: $43k → 12%North Central Sight Services Inc: $43k → 12%NORTH CENTRAL SIGHT SERVICES INC: $43k → 12%North Central Sight Services Inc: $43k → 12%Nittany Greyhounds: $36k → 16%Centre County Youth Service Bureau: $66k → 16%Centre County Youth Service Bureau: $59k → 16%Centre County Youth Service Bureau: $54k → 16%Centre County Youth Service Bureau: $48k → 16%American Red Cross Mid Central Pennsylvania Chapter: $44k → 16%American Red Cross Mid Central Pennsylvania Chapter: $39k → 16%Centre County Youth Service Bureau: $36k → 16%YMCA of Centre County: $44k → 16%FaithCentre Food Bank: $39k → 16%YMCA Of Centre County: $38k → 16%YMCA Of Centre County: $34k → 16%YMCA Of Centre County: $33k → 16%FaithCentre Food Bank: $31k → 16%FaithCentre Food Bank: $31k → 16%FaithCentre Food Bank: $29k → 16%Food Bank of State College Area: $152k → 16%Food Bank of the State College Area: $134k → 16%Centre Safe (formerly CCWRC): $118k → 16%Food Bank of the State College Area: $116k → 16%State College Food Bank: $116k → 16%State College Food Bank: $113k → 16%Centre Safe: $110k → 16%Centre Safe: $104k → 16%Centre Safe: $98k → 16%Centre Safe (formerly CCWRC): $93k → 16%Centre Safe (formerly CCWRC): $89k → 16%CENTRE SAFE (FORMERLY CENTRE COUNTY WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER): $63k → 16%Food Bank of State College Area: $56k → 16%FOOD BANK OF STATE COLLEGE AREA: $56k → 16%FOOD BANK OF STATE COLLEGE AREA: $54k → 16%Foxdale Village: $50k → 16%CENTRE COUNTY WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $49k → 16%Foxdale Village: $48k → 16%Foxdale Village: $45k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS CENTRE COMMUNITIES: $33k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS CENTRE COMMUNITIES: $32k → 16%Easterseals Western and Central Pennsylvania: $30k → 16%Easterseals Western and Central Pennsylvania: $29k → 16%Foxdale Village: $29k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
WV
VA
MD
SC
OK
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$27M · 175 repeat orgs$767k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

175 repeat relationships: 140 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

175
53

Total granted

$27M
$557k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+13%

Still filing today

73%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • CV
    CENTRE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +26%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF THE STATE COLLEGE AREA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $797k · revenue +247%
  • CS
    CENTRE SAFE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $729k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • AA
    Acorn Active Media Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $84k
  • BF
    BESTWICK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $27k · 46% of their budget
  • FP
    FOUNDATION PROPERTY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -46% · 100% of their budget
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
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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2
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology

The mission of pennsylvania institute of technology is student success. continued on schedule o.the college provides a supportive environment to enable committed students to succeed by offering the best collegiate education for career…

Education
3
Center for Community Resources Inc

To coordinate services among private and government agencies for specialized populations to ensure service continuity, reduce duplication, and assist individuals and families in accessing appropriate mental health, intellectual…

Health
4
Central Pennsylvania College Education Foundation

Providing scholarships to central penn college students who exhibit strong attributes for career success despite financial challenges.

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5
Valley Community Library

Public lending library

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6
Central Philadelphia Development Corporation C/O Center City District

To strengthen the competitiveness of center city philadelphia as an attractive place to work, to visit, and to live to enhance center city as the vibrant hub of the greater philadelphia region through research, planning, advocacy, and…

Arts & Culture
7
Central Market Trust

The organization performs the daily management of the lancaster central market in a manner that facilitates the economic health of standholders' businesses while remaining consistent with traditional market and historic preservation…

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8
Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation

Central pennsyvania community foundation encourages and effectively manages charitable giving

Philanthropy
9
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
10
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry

The pennsylvania chamber of business and industry is the largest broad-based business association in pennsylvania. thousands of members throughout the commonwealth employ greater than 50 percent of pennsylvania's private workforce.…

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11
Center in the Woods Inc

The center in the woods' mission is to provide the highest quality of life for older adults in southwestern pennsylvania.

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12
Pennsylvania Medical Society

The pennsylvania medical society is the voice of pennsylvania's physicians and the patients they serve. we advance quality patient care and the ethical practice of medicine. we promote physician leadership, education, professional…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Centre Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Taproot Kitchen Dba Meetinghouse On Atherton 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

167 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. 167 of the 250 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.

29
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
48
Early backer (in before they grew)
161/167
Grantees still filing
112/167
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,140,508 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYUNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM: $720,966 · OtherSCHLOW LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $668,007 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA JUNIATA VALLEY COUNCIL: $630,739 · OtherSouth Hills School of Business and Technology: $579,121 · OtherSTATE COLLEGE AREA MEALS ON WHEELS: $573,186 · Other+106 more: $9,522,253 · Other+106 moreFOOD BANK OF THE STATE COLLEGE AREA INC: $797,075 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK OF THE…CENTRE SAFE: $728,631 · Human ServicesCENTRE SAFENORTH CENTRAL SIGHT SERVICES INC: $363,334 · Human ServicesNORTH CENTRAL SI…CENTRE COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU: $341,026 · Human ServicesCENTRE COUNTY YO…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $297,935 · Human ServicesAmerican Nationa…FOXDALE VILLAGE CORPORATION: $247,721 · Human ServicesFOXDALE VILLAGE …YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRE COUNTY: $220,908 · Human ServicesEASTER SEAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: $211,411 · Human ServicesFAITHCENTRE: $175,870 · Human ServicesBOB PERKS CANCER ASSISTANCE FUND: $166,039 · Human Services+8 more: $630,551 · Human Services+8 moreCENTRE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $1,127,056 · HealthCENTRE VOLUNT…STRAWBERRY FIELDS INC: $436,491 · HealthSTRAWBERRY FI…THE FOUNDATION FOR MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $396,731 · HealthTHE FOUNDATIO…CENTRE LIFELINK EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $311,433 · HealthCENTRE LIFELI…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $235,189 · HealthAMERICAN CANC…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $231,543 · HealthMEMORIAL SLOA…ACRES PROJECT: $206,181 · HealthACRES PROJECTTIDES INC: $138,339 · Health+8 more: $251,148 · Health+8 more3 DOTS DOWNTOWN: $439,318 · Arts & Culture3 DOTS DOWNTO…DISCOVERY SPACE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $437,659 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY SPA…NITTANY VALLEY SYMPHONY INC: $403,894 · Arts & CultureNITTANY VALLE…STATE THEATRE INC: $392,258 · Arts & CultureSTATE THEATRE…CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: $320,606 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL PENNS…BELLEFONTE ART MUSEUM FOR CENTRE COUNTY: $208,987 · Arts & CultureBELLEFONTE AR…CENTRE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $201,670 · Arts & CultureCENTRE COUNTY…ART ALLIANCE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $176,629 · Arts & CultureART ALLIANCE …PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL OF CENTRAL PA: $140,405 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $532,942 · Arts & Culture+13 moreCENTRE COUNTY PAWS INC: $685,107 · AnimalsCentre Wildlife Care: $347,395 · AnimalsPETS COME FIRST INC: $265,208 · AnimalsTHE HUNDRED CAT FOUNDATION INC: $132,303 · AnimalsNITTANY BEAGLE RESCUE: $75,626 · Animals+3 more: $92,860 · AnimalsSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $270,000 · EducationMID-STATE LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $208,197 · EducationMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $122,049 · EducationDYSLEXIA READING CENTER OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $82,083 · EducationSTATE COLLEGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $62,597 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $55,258 · EducationSPOTLIGHT PA: $34,915 · Education+11 more: $193,131 · EducationTHE CLEARWATER CONSERVANCY OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $713,141 · EnvironmentPenns Valley Conservation Association: $123,393 · EnvironmentCENTRE COUNTY FARMLAND TRUST: $69,920 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $40,892 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $40,887 · Environment+1 more: $24,271 · Environment
Other$13,834,780Human Services$4,180,501Health$3,334,111Arts & Culture$3,254,368Animals$1,598,499Education$1,028,230Environment$1,012,504

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCENTRE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $1,127,056 over 8y, 12% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE STATE COLLEGE AREA INC: $797,075 over 8y, 10% of budgetCENTRE SAFE: $728,631 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetTHE CLEARWATER CONSERVANCY OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $713,141 over 8y, 10% of budgetCENTRE COUNTY PAWS INC: $685,107 over 8y, 10% of budgetSCHLOW LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $668,007 over 8y, 36% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA JUNIATA VALLEY COUNCIL: $630,739 over 8y, 13% of budgetSTATE COLLEGE AREA MEALS ON WHEELS: $573,186 over 8y, 32% of budget3 DOTS DOWNTOWN: $439,318 over 5y, 58% of budgetDISCOVERY SPACE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $437,659 over 8y, 8.4% of budgetSTRAWBERRY FIELDS INC: $436,491 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetHOUSING TRANSITIONS INC: $425,130 over 8y, 6.7% of budgetPARK FOREST VILLAGE DAY NURSERY: $410,536 over 8y, 42% of budgetNITTANY VALLEY SYMPHONY INC: $403,894 over 8y, 51% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $396,731 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetSTATE THEATRE INC: $392,258 over 8y, 9.6% of budgetNORTH CENTRAL SIGHT SERVICES INC: $363,334 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCentre Wildlife Care: $347,395 over 8y, 35% of budgetCENTRE COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU: $341,026 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetPENNS VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $326,733 over 8y, 30% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: $320,606 over 8y, 15% of budgetCENTRE LIFELINK EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC: $311,433 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetOUT OF THE COLD CENTRE COUNTY INC: $300,150 over 7y, 22% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $297,935 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH HUMAN SERVICES INC: $291,395 over 8y, 15% of budgetSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $270,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPETS COME FIRST INC: $265,208 over 8y, 11% of budgetCENTRE FOUNDATION INC: $264,337 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetFOXDALE VILLAGE CORPORATION: $247,721 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $235,189 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $231,543 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRE COUNTY: $220,908 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetJANA MARIE FOUNDATION: $212,923 over 8y, 10% of budgetEASTER SEAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: $211,411 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE STATE COLLEGE CHORAL SOCIETY: $210,312 over 8y, 42% of budgetBELLEFONTE ART MUSEUM FOR CENTRE COUNTY: $208,987 over 8y, 21% of budgetMID-STATE LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $208,197 over 8y, 12% of budgetACRES PROJECT: $206,181 over 8y, 48% of budgetCENTRE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $201,670 over 8y, 16% of budgetCENTRE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $181,301 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetDOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT INC: $180,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetCENTRE COUNTY LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL MUSUEM: $179,755 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetART ALLIANCE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $176,629 over 8y, 38% of budgetFAITHCENTRE: $175,870 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetBOB PERKS CANCER ASSISTANCE FUND: $166,039 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetRHONEYMEADE INC: $155,813 over 8y, 34% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL OF CENTRAL PA: $140,405 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetALPHA FIRE COMPANY: $138,992 over 8y, 12% 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 CENTRE VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE STATE COLLEGE AREA INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE SAFE ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEARWATER CONSERVANCY OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE COUNTY PAWS INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHLOW LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA JUNIATA VALLEY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds STATE COLLEGE AREA MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds 3 DOTS DOWNTOWN ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY SPACE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
  • Who funds STRAWBERRY FIELDS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING TRANSITIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds PARK FOREST VILLAGE DAY NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds NITTANY VALLEY SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR MOUNT NITTANY MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds STATE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CENTRAL SIGHT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Centre Wildlife Care ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU ↗
  • Who funds PENNS VALLEY YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE LIFELINK EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds OUT OF THE COLD CENTRE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH HUMAN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PETS COME FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOXDALE VILLAGE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds JANA MARIE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds THE STATE COLLEGE CHORAL 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.

The Happy Valley Adve…Centre County United …The Hamer FoundationThe Blake and Linda G…Firstenergy FoundationThe Poole FoundationNorthwest Charitable …Garver David B for Ch…Glenn O and Thelma M …The Louis E Silvi Fou…Ferguson Foundation I…Port Family Foundation
The Happy Valley Adventure BureauPA82.6× affinity38 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau · Centre County United Way · The Hamer Foundation · The Blake and Linda Gall Family Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · The Poole Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Garver David B for Charity - Char Tr · Glenn O and Thelma M Hawbaker Family Foundation · The Louis E Silvi Foundation · Ferguson Foundation Inc · Port Family 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 Centre Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Centre Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%23%51%90%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
    4get no government money at all
    39report 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 250 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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    The endowment market
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    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
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