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Dietrich Foundation

The primary mission of the DIETRICH FOUNDATION (the "foundation") is to benefit higher education, primarily in the greater pittsburgh, pennsylvania area, by providing ongoing and increasing financial support to carnegie mellon university, the university of pittsburgh, thiel college, princeton university, duquesne university, and chatham…

$45M
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$24M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$247MPhilanthropy$9.9MArts & Culture$8.2MYouth Development$6.5MScience & Tech$2.7M
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$624,738
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$24,307,999
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$11,358,878
THIEL COLLEGE$2,271,776
THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY FUND$1,647,038
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$1,363,065
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY$1,135,888
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA$624,738
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC$454,355
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST$454,355
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA$454,355
CARNEGIE INSTITUTE$454,355
CHATHAM UNIVERSITY$454,355
SCOUTING AMERICA LAUREL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL$454,355
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $1.3M → 11%THIEL COLLEGE: $2.6M → 13%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $1.6M → 11%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $1.1M → 11%THIEL COLLEGE: $2.3M → 13%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $1.4M → 11%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $1.1M → 11%THIEL COLLEGE: $2.1M → 13%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $1.3M → 11%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $806k → 11%THIEL COLLEGE: $1.6M → 13%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $967k → 11%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $709k → 11%THIEL COLLEGE: $1.4M → 13%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $851k → 11%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $668k → 11%THIEL COLLEGE: $1.3M → 13%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $802k → 11%THIEL COLLEGE: $1.2M → 13%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $716k → 11%THIEL COLLEGE: $1.2M → 13%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $692k → 11%THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY FUND: $1.9M → 11%THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY FUND: $1.6M → 11%THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY FUND: $1.5M → 11%THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY FUND: $1.2M → 11%THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY FUND: $1.0M → 11%THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY FUND: $969k → 11%THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY FUND: $865k → 11%THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY FUND: $836k → 11%UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $712k → 11%UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $625k → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $27.7M → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $24.3M → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $22.8M → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $17.3M → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $15.2M → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $14.3M → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $12.8M → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $12.3M → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $12.9M → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $11.4M → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $10.6M → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $8.1M → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $7.1M → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $6.7M → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $6.0M → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $5.8M → 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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$260M · 11 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
0

Total granted

$260M
$0

Still filing today

100%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & 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
    Carnegie Mellon University
    8× · 2017–2024 · $147M · revenue +15%
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $69M · revenue +44%
  • TC
    THIEL COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $14M · revenue +140%

Funded once

    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
    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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    2
    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…

    —
    3
    Pittsburgh Council On Higher Education

    To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.

    Education
    4
    DePauw University

    Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

    Education
    5
    Wilson College

    Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

    Education
    6
    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
    7
    Gettysburg College

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

    Education
    8
    Furman University

    The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

    Education
    9
    University of New Haven

    The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

    Education
    10
    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

    The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

    Education
    11
    Widener University

    Empowering our community of learners to discover and create better futures.

    Education
    12
    Greater Pittsburgh Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc

    Tourism development organization dedicated to expanding the tourism economy across allegheny county.

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    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Pittsburgh; the most unlike its peers is Chatham University. 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

    13 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.

    Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

    0
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    0
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    13/13
    Grantees still filing
    12/13
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    Carnegie Mellon University: $146,627,630 · OtherCarnegie Mellon University+1 more: $2,740,703 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $68,517,583 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHTHIEL COLLEGE: $13,703,517 · EducationTHIEL COLLEGEThe Trustees of Princeton University: $8,222,108 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton UniversityDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $6,851,759 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT+1 more: $2,740,703 · EducationTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $9,935,049 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $3,768,466 · PhilanthropyPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $2,740,703 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $2,740,703 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $2,740,703 · Arts & CultureHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $2,740,703 · Arts & Culture
    Other$149,368,333Education$100,035,670Philanthropy$13,703,515Arts & Culture$10,962,812

    Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

    25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $146,627,630 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $68,517,583 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHIEL COLLEGE: $13,703,517 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $9,935,049 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $8,222,108 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $6,851,759 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $3,768,466 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $2,740,703 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetLAUREL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $2,740,703 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetCHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $2,740,703 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $2,740,703 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $2,740,703 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $2,740,703 over 8y, 4.2% 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 Carnegie Mellon University ↗
    • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
    • Who funds THIEL COLLEGE ↗
    • Who funds THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
    • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
    • Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
    • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
    • Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
    • Who funds LAUREL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
    • Who funds CHATHAM UNIVERSITY ↗
    • Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
    • Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
    • Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗

    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 Pittsburgh Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Fidelity Investments …
    The Pittsburgh FoundationPA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

    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 Dietrich Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dietrich Foundation. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
    • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 13 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 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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