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Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
198
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$348k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Education$18MArts & Culture$10MCommunity Improvement$9.9MHealth$9.4MHuman Services$4.5MHousing & Shelter$3.2MPhilanthropy$3.1MFood & Nutrition$3.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 198 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $89k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k130 grants · $12M
  • $250k+2 grants · $622k
$75,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$448M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$348,000
COALFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORP$274,000
CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA INTERMEDIATE UNIT$200,000
THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE-BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC$200,000
ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$175,000
FRIENDS OF BLACKWATER INC$175,000
WEST VIRGINIA MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FUND INC$160,000
ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT$150,000
RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION$150,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION WEST VIRGINIA$150,000
PITTSBURGH OPERA INC$150,000
VALLEY SCHOOL OF LIGONIER$150,000
THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA$150,000
TEAM FOR WEST VIRGINIA CHILDREN INC$145,000
TUG RIVER HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC$130,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $4.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INC: $150k → 9%MARSHALL COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $105k → 18%LEWIS COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $100k → 18%NEW VISION RENEWABLE ENERGY: $85k → 20%MCDOWELL COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING INC: $110k → 25%PARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INC: $150k → 9%CORTLAND ACRES ASSOCIATION INC: $67k → 16%LEWIS COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $100k → 18%NEW VISION RENEWABLE ENERGY: $70k → 20%MCDOWELL COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING INC: $110k → 25%PARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INC: $125k → 9%MARSHALL COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $98k → 18%LEWIS COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $100k → 18%ONE VOICE INC: $75k → 25%NATURAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND INC: $115k → 9%LEWIS COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $75k → 18%PARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INC: $100k → 9%DELIVERING GOOD INC: $55k → 17%PARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INC: $100k → 9%POLLEN8 LLC: $100k → 18%DELIVERING GOOD INC: $55k → 17%PARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INC: $100k → 9%LIBERA INC: $98k → 19%SEED SOWER INC: $125k → 20%DELIVERING GOOD INC: $40k → 17%NATURAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND INC: $94k → 9%PARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INC: $50k → 9%PARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $50k → 9%PARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INC: $50k → 9%PARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $50k → 9%GOLDEN GIRL INC: $75k → 18%GOLDEN GIRL INC: $48k → 18%BRADLEY CENTER: $60k → 11%PITTSBURGH GREEN INNOVATORS INC: $110k → 11%PITTSBURGH GREEN INNOVATORS INC: $110k → 11%WEST VIRGINIA CHILD ABUSE NETWORK INC: $50k → 18%THE REACH INITIATIVE INC: $148k → 18%ACES COALITION OF WV INC: $130k → 18%ACES COALITION OF WV INC: $125k → 18%THE REACH INITIATIVE INC: $115k → 18%THE REACH INITIATIVE INC: $90k → 18%WEST VIRGINIA CHILD ABUSE NETWORK INC: $85k → 18%WV FOSTER ADOPTIVE & KINSHIP PARENTS NETWORK: $139k → 18%WV FOSTER ADOPTIVE & KINSHIP PARENTS NETWORK: $90k → 18%GOOD NEWS MOUNTAINEER GARAGE: $100k → 18%A SECOND CHANCE INC: $71k → 11%A SECOND CHANCE INC: $66k → 11%CENTER OF LIFE: $50k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
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 10% of Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.2% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$60M · 149 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

149 repeat relationships: 94 still active in FY2024, 55 since wound down; 58 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

149
119

Total granted

$60M
$9.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+15%

Still filing today

83%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.9M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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

  • CD
    COALFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +270%
  • MU
    MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +72%
  • GW
    GENERATION WEST VIRGINIA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +625% · 38% of their budget

Funded once

  • CH
    CAMC HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $685k · revenue +8%
  • PG
    PITTSBURGH GREEN INNOVATORS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $220k · revenue -67% · 43% of their budget
  • QI
    QUALITY INSIGHTS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue -1%
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.

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West Virginia State University Research & Development Corporation

To foster, support, and assist in any research and economic development activities consistent with the educational objectives and mission of west virginia state university.

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2
West Virginia University Innovation Corporation

To offer a wide range of strategic partnerships, academia, employment and community opportunities to the state, while promoting innovation and critical thinking within our workforce. Our vision is to catalyze economic growth and improve…

Science & Tech
3
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce

The west virginia chamber of commerce provides opportunities for broad based prosperity throughout west virginia.

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4
Valley Comprehensive Community Health Center Inc

Valley healthcare system shall improve our community's health by delivering the highest quality behavioral healthcare guided by our consumer's needs.

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5
West Virginia Independent Colleges and Universities Inc

The mission of wvicu is to advance collectively the interests of west virginia's independent colleges and universities and their students.

Education
6
The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc

The west virginia humanities council awards grants to others, directly funds certain projects, e-wv an online interactive program, and conducts seminars and conferences throughout the state of west virginia.

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7
Central Virginia Partnership for Economic Development

To promote economic development in the charlottesville and central virginia region.

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8
Wv Coalition for Technology Based Economic Development Inc

Dedicated to growing and diversifying west virginia's economy by advancing technology-based economic development (tbed).

Community Improvement
9
West Virginia Job Creators Alliance Inc

The west virginia jobs creator alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting policy initiatives that encourage and support job creators throughout the state. our mission is to spearhead policy concepts that lead to the…

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10
West Virginia Community Action Partnersh

West virginia community action partnership is an alliance of community action agencies that supports and strengthens our members, advocates for low-income and families and promotes partnerships.

Community Improvement
11
Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc

The huntington regional chamber of commerce will be the business advocate and actively facilitate the development and promotion of an attractive business climate and workforce in cabell and wayne counties.

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12
Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation

The mission of vt-arc is to extend the impact of the virginia tech research and innovation enterprise, delivering superior analytic and technology solutions to government and non-government customers.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Virginia Primary Care Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Mcgee Foundation. 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

265 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. 265 of the 334 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)
53
Early backer (in before they grew)
264/265
Grantees still filing
161/265
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT: $1,719,875 · OtherALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNITCarnegie Mellon University: $990,000 · OtherCOALFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $2,338,976 · OtherCOALFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONGENERATION WEST VIRGINIA INC: $1,763,000 · OtherGENERATION WEST VIRGINIA INC+90 more: $22,356,067 · Other+90 moreWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $6,134,886 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSI…THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE-BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $955,500 · EducationTHE EDUCATION ALLIANCE…WEST VIRGINIANS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE: $845,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIANS FOR AF…CAMC HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $685,000 · EducationFUTURE GENERATIONS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $645,150 · EducationMARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $511,400 · EducationEDVENTURE GROUP INC: $505,300 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $500,000 · Education+15 more: $2,822,750 · Education+15 morePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $1,205,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH …FAYETTE COUNTY CULTURAL TRUST: $700,000 · Arts & CultureFAYETTE COU…PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC: $550,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH …PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $545,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH …RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION: $525,000 · Arts & CultureRIVERS OF S…FILM PITTSBURGH: $510,000 · Arts & CultureFILM PITTSB…PITTSBURGH OPERA INC: $500,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH …PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION: $465,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH …CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $450,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S …Bricolage: $425,000 · Arts & CultureBricolageATTACK THEATRE INC: $407,700 · Arts & CultureATTACK THEA…THE RIFFRAFF ARTS COLLECTIVE INC: $275,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $674,100 · Arts & Culture+4 moreMARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $1,943,700 · Community ImprovementMARSHALL …WEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUB INC: $1,250,000 · Community ImprovementWEST VIRG…THE PROGRESS FUND: $400,000 · Community ImprovementTHE PROGR…WEST VIRGINIA HIGH TECHNOLOGY CONSORTIUM FOUNDATION: $303,275 · Community ImprovementWEST VIRG…BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL INC: $300,000 · Community ImprovementBRIDGEWAY…Renewable Manufactuing Gateway: $275,000 · Community ImprovementPITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP: $193,500 · Community ImprovementALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $188,790 · Community Improvement+5 more: $645,000 · Community Improvement+5 moreWEST VIRGINIA ORAL HEALTH COALITION INC: $553,000 · HealthWEST VIRGINIA RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC: $525,000 · HealthWEST VIRGINIA ALLIANCE FOR CREATIVE HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC: $405,000 · HealthWEST VIRGINIA LOCAL HEALTH INC: $345,000 · HealthWV PERINATAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $310,000 · HealthWILLIAMSON HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER INC: $300,000 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR RURAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT INC: $296,050 · HealthGREENBRIER COUNTY HEALTH ALLIANCE: $285,000 · HealthWEST VIRGINIA CHAPTER OF AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS INC: $280,000 · HealthTUG RIVER HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC: $255,000 · HealthACTIVE SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA INC: $203,250 · HealthPublic Health Institute: $200,000 · Health+11 more: $1,436,800 · HealthPARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INC: $1,133,750 · Human ServicesLEWIS COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE: $375,000 · Human ServicesTHE REACH INITIATIVE INC: $352,500 · Human ServicesACES COALITION OF WV INC: $255,000 · Human ServicesDELIVERING GOOD INC: $230,000 · Human ServicesWV Foster Adoptive & Kinship Parents Network Inc: $228,500 · Human ServicesPITTSBURGH GREEN INNOVATORS INC: $220,000 · Human ServicesMcDowell County Commission on Aging Inc: $220,000 · Human ServicesMARSHALL COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $203,000 · Human ServicesLibera Inc: $178,000 · Human ServicesNEW VISION RENEWABLE ENERGY INC: $155,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA INC: $150,000 · Human Services+6 more: $759,100 · Human ServicesTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $600,000 · PhilanthropyGRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $522,200 · PhilanthropyPHILANTHROPY WEST VIRGINIA INC: $425,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE OHIO VALLEY INC: $246,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GREATER KANAWHA VALLEY FOUNDATION: $235,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY ALLIANCE OF THE MID-OHIO VALLEY INC: $209,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN: $150,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY INC: $140,000 · PhilanthropyHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $135,000 · PhilanthropyHERITAGE FARM FOUNDATION: $105,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $300,000 · Philanthropy
Other$29,167,918Education$13,604,986Arts & Culture$7,231,800Community Improvement$5,499,265Health$5,394,100Human Services$4,459,850Philanthropy$3,067,200

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $6,134,886 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCOALFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $2,338,976 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetMARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $1,943,700 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetGENERATION WEST VIRGINIA INC: $1,763,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUB INC: $1,250,000 over 4y, 45% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $1,205,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetPARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INC: $1,133,750 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $990,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATION ALLIANCE-BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $955,500 over 4y, 25% of budgetALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $875,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetWEST VIRGINIANS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE: $845,000 over 5y, 43% of budgetFAYETTE COUNTY CULTURAL TRUST: $700,000 over 5y, 58% of budgetCAMC HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $685,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetGROW OHIO VALLEY INC: $669,902 over 3y, 17% of budgetTEAM FOR WEST VIRGINIA CHILDREN: $650,395 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetFUTURE GENERATIONS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $645,150 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION INC: $622,000 over 5y, 59% of budgetCATALYST CONNECTION: $620,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $600,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetEVERYCHILD NOW: $561,000 over 4y, 58% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA ORAL HEALTH COALITION INC: $553,000 over 5y, 92% of budgetPITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC: $550,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $545,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION: $525,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC: $525,000 over 5y, 30% of budgetGRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $522,200 over 5y, 13% of budgetMARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $511,400 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFILM PITTSBURGH: $510,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetEDVENTURE GROUP INC: $505,300 over 3y, 15% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $500,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH OPERA INC: $500,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION: $465,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetMOUNTAINEER FOOD BANK INC: $450,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $450,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPROJECT HEALTHY KIDS INC: $445,000 over 3y, 100% of budgetBricolage: $425,000 over 2y, 77% of budgetPHILANTHROPY WEST VIRGINIA INC: $425,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetATTACK THEATRE INC: $407,700 over 3y, 27% of budgetTHE PROGRESS FUND: $400,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $400,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetTHE WEST VIRGINIA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $395,000 over 4y, 67% of budgetLEWIS COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE: $375,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetOGLEBAY INSTITUTE: $369,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetTHE REACH INITIATIVE INC: $352,500 over 3y, 50% of budgetCHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $350,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA LOCAL HEALTH INC: $345,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetPITTSBURGH CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL TOOLING AND MACHINING FOUNDATION INC: $335,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetWest Virginia Food & Farm Coalition Inc: $325,000 over 2y, 20% 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 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COALFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds GENERATION WEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HUB INC ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
  • Who funds PARTNER COMMUNITY CAPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
  • Who funds THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE-BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIANS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE ↗
  • Who funds FAYETTE COUNTY CULTURAL TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CAMC HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds GROW OHIO VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds TEAM FOR WEST VIRGINIA CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds FUTURE GENERATIONS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CATALYST CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds EVERYCHILD NOW ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA ORAL HEALTH COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GRANTMAKERS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds FILM PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds EDVENTURE GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH OPERA INC ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAINEER FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH ↗

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 Greater Kanawha V…Eqt FoundationRichard King Mellon F…Pallottine Foundation…The Heinz EndowmentsThe Grable FoundationHillman Family Founda…Truist West Virginia …Bernard McDonough Fou…Encova Foundation of …The Buhl FoundationHighmark Foundation
The Greater Kanawha Valley FoundationWV119.3× affinity65 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Pallottine Foundation of Huntington West Virginia · The Heinz Endowments · The Grable Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc · Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · Encova Foundation of West Virginia · The Buhl Foundation · Highmark 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 Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
58report 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.
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How do I get to Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 334 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.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home