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Darbaker Leasure K - Uw

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.

$67k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$142kReligion$41kScience & Tech$40kAnimals$16kEmployment$16kEnvironment$16kHealth$13kMembership Benefit$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$5,073
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$24,832
ST PAUL'S$6,549
Individual grant recipient$6,549
GOODWILL OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA$5,073
HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE$5,073
FAMILY RESOURCES$5,073
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC$2,416
PA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE$2,416
PA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE$2,416
AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION$2,416
AMERICAN MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY$2,416
EMLENTON CEMETERY COMPANY$1,480
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 (FY24–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY RESOURCES: $5k → 11%FAMILY RESOURCES: $4k → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$304k · 12 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
2

Total granted

$304k
$17k

Still filing today

58%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEmploymentAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    6× · 2020–2025 · $142k · revenue +26%
  • GO
    GOODWILL OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $16k · revenue +69%
  • HA
    HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $14k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • LT
    LANCASTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • HS
    Humane Society of WPA
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
2
Pennsylvania Builders Association

Incorporated in 1945, the pennsylvania builders association is a nonprofit professional trade organization representing approximately 4,066 members from across the commonwealth. pba members include contractors, builders, and remodelers,…

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3
Philadelphia County Medical Society

The mission of the philadelphia county medical society (pcms) is to aggressively advance and support the interests of physicians and their patients. pcms is pennsylvania's premier county medical organization.

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4
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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5
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
6
Energy & Mineral Law Foundation

The energy & mineral law foundation is a national nonprofit educational organization that fosters the study of the laws and regulations related to natural resource development and energy use. the foundation is an accredited provider of…

Crime & Legal
7
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
8
Reading Berks Association of Realtors Inc

The reading berks association of realtors promotes a high standard of professionalism, advocates for private property rights, and strives to improve the quality of life in our communities.

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9
Pennsylvania Bar Association

The pennsylvania bar association is a non-profit corporation committed to advancing the science of jurisprudence; to promote the administration of justice; to see that no one, on account of poverty, is denied his or her legal rights; to…

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10
American Astronomical Society

The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…

Science & Tech
11
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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12
American Political Science Association

The american political science association ("apsa") supports excellence in scholarship and teaching and informed discourse about politics, policy, and civic participation. the association promotes a lively, diverse community of scholars,…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Animal Rescue; the most unlike its peers is Emlenton Cemetery Company. 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

8 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. 8 of the 15 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
8/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $142,033 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHIndividual grant recipient: $25,856 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST PAUL'S: $25,856 · OtherST PAUL'SLANCASTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $15,000 · OtherLANCASTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYAMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION: $13,374 · OtherAMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATIONPENNSYLVANIA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: $13,374 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCEPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: $13,374 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCEAMERICAN MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY: $13,329 · OtherAMERICAN MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETYEMLENTON CEMETERY COMPANY: $9,680 · OtherEMLENTON CEMETERY COMPANYPITTSBURGH ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVEMENT O: $7,002 · Other+1 more: $1,706 · OtherGOODWILL OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $16,183 · EmploymentBOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC: $15,856 · EnvironmentHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $14,477 · AnimalsFAMILY RESOURCES: $9,181 · Human Services
Education$142,033Other$138,551Employment$16,183Environment$15,856Animals$14,477Human Services$9,181

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $142,033 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWILL OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $16,183 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC: $15,856 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $14,477 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: $13,374 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: $13,374 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetEMLENTON CEMETERY COMPANY: $9,680 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCES: $9,181 over 2y, 0.1% 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 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds EMLENTON CEMETERY COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY RESOURCES ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Darbaker Leasure K - Uw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Darbaker Leasure K - Uw. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 15 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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