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Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa
To build a stronger fayette county by inspiring charitable giving, supporting nonprofits, and nurturing positive community impact.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 39
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 45
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $736k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,199
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $95,106
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 48
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $86k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 37 | $722k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 45 | $951k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 48 | $1.1M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $605k | 34% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $351k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $280k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $412k | 62% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $267k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touchstone Center for Crafts | $543,891 | 8 | 12% |
| City Mission - Living Stones Inc | $481,826 | 8 | 4% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $279,195 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Uniontown Heritage Consorti | $229,677 | 8 | 6% |
| Boy Scouts of America | $229,639 | 5 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America | $145,124 | 3 | 5% |
| Alternatives Yes | $136,689 | 7 | 24% |
| Main Street Theatre Company | $134,585 | 3 | 63% |
| Fayette Friends of Animals Inc | $134,045 | 5 | 7% |
| Fayette County Community Action Agency Inc | $103,483 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 80 grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($411k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Laurel Highlands · Eqt Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Scott Foundation Inc · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Eberly Foundation · Allegheny Foundation
How this is measured
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About Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa
- How much does Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa give?
- Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa reported 39 itemized grants totaling $736,426, out of $1,219,376 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 48 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (23%), Human Services (15%), Youth Development (14%).
- Who are Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Touchstone Center for Crafts ($544k), City Mission - Living Stones Inc ($482k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($279k).
- Does Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Laurel Highlands, Eqt Foundation.
- Where is Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa based?
- Community Foundation of Fayette County Pa is based in PA.
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