Does Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John C Williams Charitable Tr 8024, Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc, Mary Jane Brooks Charitable Trust.

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Ohio · Private foundation

Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$601k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 36
Grants FY2024: 37
Organizations funded FY2023: 43%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $15,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $100,000
Organizations funded a year: 36 to 48; FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $14M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $382k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Public Safety & DisasterArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	31	$596k	45%
FY2023	37	$613k	43%
FY2022	38	$639k	39%
FY2021	36	$525k	47%
FY2020	48	$573k	n/a

97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$677kRecreation & Sports$598kArts & Culture$303kPublic Safety & Disaster$285kHealth$150kHousing & Shelter$139kYouth Development$130kHuman Services$125kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Steubenville City Schools	$117,400	5	n/a
Steubenville Baseball Association	$68,000	2	51%
Ohio Valley Youth Network	$65,000	3	17%
Springfield Catholic Central School Foundation	$53,290	5	4%
Tri State Health Services Inc	$53,014	1	2%
Ohio Valley Health Center	$51,100	4	11%
Hancock County Humane Foundation Inc	$51,004	3	19%
Old Fort Steuben Project Inc	$50,000	1	7%
Laughlin Community Center	$50,000	2	6%
Harrison County Tourism Council Inc	$50,000	2	13%

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All grantees of Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Steubenville City Schools	$117,400	5	n/a
Steubenville Baseball Association	$68,000	2	51%
Ohio Valley Youth Network	$65,000	3	17%
Springfield Catholic Central School Foundation	$53,290	5	4%
Tri State Health Services Inc	$53,014	1	2%
Ohio Valley Health Center	$51,100	4	11%
Hancock County Humane Foundation Inc	$51,004	3	19%
Old Fort Steuben Project Inc	$50,000	1	7%
Laughlin Community Center	$50,000	2	6%
Harrison County Tourism Council Inc	$50,000	2	13%
Brooke County Library Foundation Inc	$37,287	1	n/a
Hillndale Volunteer Fire Depart Inc	$30,000	1	18%
Wintersville Volunteer Fire Department	$30,000	1	1%
Friends of Smithfield Community Development Corporation	$30,000	1	n/a
Edison High School Band Boosters	$28,800	1	n/a
Indian Creek Band Boosters Inc	$28,000	1	48%
Jefferson County Animal Welfare League	$27,500	2	n/a
Hancock County Museum	$25,000	1	73%
Barton Volunteer Fire Department	$25,000	1	2%
Steubenville Historic Landmarks Foundation	$25,000	1	43%
Greater Weirton Senior Citizens Center	$21,679	1	25%
Tiltonsville Volunteer Fire Department	$20,000	1	4%
Tri State United Soccer Ltd	$20,000	1	100%
Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Dept	$20,000	1	11%
Weirton Christian Center Inc	$17,320	2	1%
Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County	$15,250	1	n/a
Our Place of Jefferson County	$15,000	1	11%
Franciscan University of Steubenville	$15,000	1	0%
Warren Township Softball Association	$12,500	1	n/a
Cumberland Trail Firefighters Association	$11,860	1	n/a
Wals Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Weba Outreach Food Pantry	$6,000	2	2%
Aim Women's Center	$5,000	1	2%
United Way of Jefferson County	$4,500	1	2%
Friends of Widows & Orphans	$4,000	2	n/a
Richmond Community Historical Society	$4,000	2	n/a
Wayne Township Community Center Inc	$2,000	2	n/a
Dillonvale Food Pantry	$1,630	2	n/a
The House of the Carpenter Inc	$1,150	1	0%
Community Bread Basket Inc	$1,150	1	0%
Catholic Charities West Virginia Inc	$1,150	1	0%
Urban Mission Ministries Inc	$1,150	1	0%
St Clairsville Area Council of Churches	$1,150	1	n/a
Amsterdam Volunteer Fire Dept	$1,000	1	n/a
East Springfield Volunteer Fire Department	$1,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 65 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.

Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 29.

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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.

John C Williams Charitable Tr 8024PA30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John C Williams Charitable Tr 8024 · Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc · Mary Jane Brooks Charitable Trust · Esther N Simmons Charitable Trust · Hancock County Savings Charitable Foundation · Steel Valley Charities · Laposta-Banketas Family Foundation · United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Inc · Robert H Reakirt Fdn Equities · American Electric Power Foundation · Margaretta Churchman Char Trust · James B Chambers Memorial

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 Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation

How much does Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation give?: Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $601,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 48 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Recreation & Sports (20%), Arts & Culture (10%).
Who are Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Steubenville City Schools ($117k), Steubenville Baseball Association ($68k), Ohio Valley Youth Network ($65k).
Does Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John C Williams Charitable Tr 8024, Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc, Mary Jane Brooks Charitable Trust.
Where is Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation based?: Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation is based in OH.