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Charles a Dailey Foundation at a glance

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Charles a Dailey Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$68k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$46k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$114kHealth$80kHuman Services$61kEnvironment$48kReligion$41kYouth Development$36kHousing & Shelter$31kCrime & Legal$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $46k
$3,373
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VERERANS MIRACLE CENTER ERIE$45,525
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY$7,431
MIAMI COUNTY DAY SCHOOL$3,373
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION$3,373
MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY$3,373
THE READ CENTER$3,373
MERCYHURST PREPARATORY SCHOOL$1,000
ST JUDE SHRINE$100
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, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%SAFENET: $2k → 9%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $650 → 6%RX Art: $1k → 17%VETERAN MIRACLE CENTER ERIE: $2k → 15%VETERAN MIRACLE CENTER ERIE: $500 → 15%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

NY
MA
PA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Charles a Dailey Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Charles a Dailey Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$321k · 20 repeat orgs$253k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
25

Total granted

$321k
$194k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+8%

Still filing today

60%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k 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
EducationHuman ServicesAnimalsYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • CM
    CITY MISSION OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF ERIE
    3× · 2020–2022 · $42k · revenue +59%
  • WP
    WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $36k · revenue +69%
  • EC
    ERIE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $27k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • CI
    CHOSEN INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • MT
    MOTHER THERESA ACADEMY
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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
Elizabethtown College

Provide a transformative educational experience that cultivates strengths of its students.

Education
2
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…

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3
Erie Art Museum

The mission of the erie art museum is to promote and advance the visual arts by maintaining a quality art collection, by encouraging art in all its forms, by fostering lifelong art learning, and by building community among artists, art…

Arts & Culture
4
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
5
Greater Erie Economic Development Corporation
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6
Erie County Economic Development Charitable Fund

To facilitate both the creation and retention of jobs within erie county and increase economic opportunities for individuals and businesses through comprehensive economic development programs.

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7
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
8
Gettysburg College

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

Education
9
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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10
Misericordia University

Misericordia university, a catholic liberal arts institution established in the tradition of the sisters of mercy, fosters intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and respect for persons in an environment where all are welcome.values…

Education
11
Erie Day School Inc

Erie day school is a co-educational, independent elementary school (toddler through grade 8) located in erie, pa. our educational approach values the individual talents, traits, and abilities of our students.

Education
12
York College of Pennsylvania

York college prepares graduates for fulfilling, productive, and purposeful lives by providing high quality programs of study supported by relevant real-world experiences. continued on schedule o.as a rich and diverse community of educators…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Erie Center for Arts and Technology Inc; the most unlike its peers is Upper Room of Erie. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 50 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
18/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VERERANS MIRACLE CENTER ERIE: $45,525 · OtherVERERANS MIRACLE CENTER ERIECITY MISSION OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF ERIE: $42,216 · OtherCITY MISSION OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF ERIECHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $29,854 · OtherCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $25,377 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMOTHER THERESA ACADEMY: $24,850 · OtherMOTHER THERESA ACADEMYST PETERS CATHEDRAL: $22,775 · OtherST PETERS CATHEDRALEMMAUS MINISTRIES: $17,075 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $15,610 · OtherMERCY CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $15,391 · OtherMERCYHURST PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $13,696 · OtherTANDEM FRIENDS SCHOOL OF CHARLOTTESVILLE: $12,589 · OtherErie United Methodist Alliance: $12,689 · Other+23 more: $74,346 · Other+23 moreFoundation for Eries Public Schools: $34,250 · EducationFoundation for…ERIE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $26,500 · EducationERIE CENTER FO…RENAISSANCE SCHOOL: $7,425 · EducationRENAISSANCE SC…MIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $3,373 · EducationMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $3,373 · Education+1 more: $400 · EducationWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $36,320 · EnvironmentALL ABOUT CHARACTER INC: $16,800 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ERIE INC: $15,610 · Youth DevelopmentKALEIDASCOPE INC: $26,161 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,120 · HealthCHOSEN INC: $24,850 · InternationalTHERAPY DOGS UNITED INC: $10,000 · AnimalsErie Zoological Society: $7,000 · AnimalsNORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HUMANE SOCIETY D/B/A ERIE HUMANE SOCIETY: $7,000 · Animals
Other$351,993Education$75,321Environment$36,320Youth Development$32,410Health$29,281International$24,850Animals$24,000

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 budgetCITY MISSION OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF ERIE: $42,216 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $36,320 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Eries Public Schools: $34,250 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetERIE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $26,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetKALEIDASCOPE INC: $26,161 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCHOSEN INC: $24,850 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetALL ABOUT CHARACTER INC: $16,800 over 2y, 13% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ERIE INC: $15,610 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMERCY CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $15,391 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetErie United Methodist Alliance: $12,689 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTANDEM FRIENDS SCHOOL OF CHARLOTTESVILLE: $12,589 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSERVERIE: $8,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEARLY CONNECTIONS INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRENAISSANCE SCHOOL: $7,425 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetErie Zoological Society: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HUMANE SOCIETY D/B/A ERIE HUMANE SOCIETY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPERFORMA INC: $5,650 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $3,373 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING AND EDUCATION FOR ADULT DEVELOPMENT: $3,373 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $3,373 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS MIRACLE CENTER: $2,250 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $2,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART: $1,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYMONT FOUNDATION: $1,657 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFENET INC: $1,560 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRX ART INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOSS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $400 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Erie Community Founda…Wabtec FoundationM J Surgala TrMerwin FoundationUnited Way of Erie Co…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Northwest Charitable …John M & Gertrude E P…The Britton Family Fo…Hamot Health Foundati…Second Harvest Food B…The Wm M & a Cafaro F…
Erie Community FoundationPA46× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Erie Community Foundation · Wabtec Foundation · M J Surgala Tr · Merwin Foundation · United Way of Erie County · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · John M & Gertrude E Petersen Foundation · The Britton Family Foundation · Hamot Health Foundation · Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa Inc · The Wm M & a Cafaro 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 Charles a Dailey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles a Dailey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    1get no government money at all
    13report 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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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