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Dollar Bank Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
118
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.7MCommunity Improvement$1.7MEducation$1.1MHealth$957kHuman Services$608kHousing & Shelter$489kYouth Development$368kArts & Culture$334kOther$0
02FY2025 · 118 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k68 grants · $243k
  • $10k–50k46 grants · $740k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $320k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT$1,000,000
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PA$200,000
GIFTS UNDER THE CORPORATE MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM$70,120
NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHEAST OHIO$35,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH$33,000
HAMPTON ROADS WORKFORCE FOUNDATION$30,000
STOREHOUSE FOR TEACHERS DBA THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP$30,000
METROHEALTH FOUNDATION$25,000
HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND$25,000
CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$25,000
VILLAGE CAPITAL CORPORATION$25,000
THE ADVANCED LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$25,000
LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORP$25,000
HELLO NEIGHBOR$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $652k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YWCA WESTMORELAND COUNTY: $10k → 10%MARYLAND CASA ASSOCIATION: $10k → 11%UNION RESCUE MISSION OF WESTERN MARYLAND: $15k → 18%FEEDING THE SPIRIT: $5k → 10%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $4k → 13%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $20k → 11%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $10k → 12%UNION RESCUE MISSION OF WESTERN MARYLAND: $10k → 18%UNION RESCUE MISSION OF WESTERN MARYLAND: $10k → 18%UNION RESCUE MISSION OF WESTERN MARYLAND: $10k → 18%OFF THE FLOOR PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%ALLEN PLACE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5k → 11%TOGETHER WE CAN FOUNDATION: $6k → 10%TOGETHER WE CAN FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%THE UP CENTER: $7k → 19%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $10k → 11%JUBILEE ASSOCIATION: $10k → 11%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $10k → 11%WESLEY FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $15k → 17%PASSAGES: $5k → 17%PASSAGES: $5k → 17%PASSAGES: $5k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $5k → 17%THE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $50k → 11%OUTREACH TEEN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $5k → 11%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $25k → 11%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $10k → 11%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $10k → 11%FOUNDATION OF HOPE: $25k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $21k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $20k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $10k → 11%A PLACE 4 ME COLLABORATIVE: $5k → 17%ORGANIZE OHIO: $5k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH: $38k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH: $33k → 11%YWCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $15k → 11%YWCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%YMCA OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $10k → 17%NORTHSIDE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT: $25k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%CIVICALLY INC: $10k → 11%ALLEN PLACE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $4k → 11%JUBILEE ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 11%AMACHI PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%GREATER VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 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

IL
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.8M · 180 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

180 repeat relationships: 86 still active in FY2025, 94 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

180
164

Total granted

$7.8M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+14%

Still filing today

79%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $176k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • AC
    ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
    4× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +242%
  • TM
    THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $625k · revenue +8%
  • VC
    VILLAGE CAPITAL CORPORATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $175k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • PE
    Pittsburgh Economic and Industrial Development Corporationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +42% · 30% of their budget
  • TM
    The Musical Arts Associationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $80k · revenue +39%
  • TC
    THE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
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
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
2
The Regional Opportunity Center D/B/a Vibrant Pittsburgh

Vibrant pittsburgh's mission is to accelerate the business community toward equitable, inclusive, and diverse workplaces, creating a future-forward region.

Arts & Culture
3
Community Action Commission

Commmunity action commission's mission is to build on the strengths and resources available, provide solutions, for complex issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities to move out of poverty.

Human Services
4
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
5
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
6
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
7
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.

International
8
Urban League of Greater Philadelphia

The mission of the urban league is to empower disadvantaged, underresourced and marginalized communities to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.

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9
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
10
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
11
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
12
Pittsburgh United

Pittsburgh United, Inc. strives to advance social & economic justice in the

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is Bessies Angels. 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

276 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 276 of the 379 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
53
Early backer (in before they grew)
272/276
Grantees still filing
172/276
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $1,134,000 · OtherALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTGIFTS UNDER THE CORPORATE MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM: $511,890 · OtherGIFTS UNDER THE CORPORATE MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM+109 more: $2,623,105 · Other+109 moreTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $938,764 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY OF…UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $208,103 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GRE…THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $177,285 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTSBURGH FO…HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $69,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $135,286 · Philanthropy+5 moreNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC: $550,000 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD ALL…VILLAGE CAPITAL CORPORATION: $175,000 · Community ImprovementVILLAGE CAPITAL …Pittsburgh Economic and Industrial Development Corporation: $100,000 · Community ImprovementPittsburgh Econo…LOCUS IMPACT FUND: $100,000 · Community ImprovementLOCUS IMPACT FUN…Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment G: $62,500 · Community ImprovementThe Greenwood Plan: $50,000 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $50,000 · Community Improvement+13 more: $307,000 · Community Improvement+13 moreTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $625,000 · HealthTHE METRO…ST BARNABAS CHARITIES INC: $34,000 · HealthADAGIO HEALTH INC: $31,000 · HealthCHESAPEAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Health+7 more: $137,250 · Health+7 moreCHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $133,000 · EducationCHATHAM U…CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $125,000 · EducationCUYAHOGA …STOREHOUSE FOR TEACHERS D/B/A THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $110,200 · EducationSTOREHOUS…Allegheny County Library Association: $105,000 · EducationAllegheny…READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $65,000 · EducationREADING I…SCRANTON ROAD MINISTRIES CDC: $42,125 · EducationSCRANTON …FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $40,000 · EducationLIFE MALE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY: $30,000 · EducationCHESAPEAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $29,000 · Education+9 more: $107,500 · Education+9 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH: $71,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $61,000 · Human ServicesTHE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $50,000 · Human ServicesUNION RESCUE MISSION: $45,000 · Human ServicesHELLO NEIGHBOR: $45,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $35,000 · Human ServicesGIRLS INC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $30,000 · Human ServicesPassages Connecting Fathers & Sons: $26,000 · Human ServicesNorth Side Partnership Project: $25,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION OF HOPE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION GREATER PITTSBURGH: $20,250 · Human ServicesJUBILEE ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · Human Services+11 more: $113,000 · Human ServicesDAISY WILSON ARTIST COMMUNITY INC DBA AUGUST WILSON HOUSE: $85,000 · Arts & CultureBraddock Carnegie Library Assoc: $82,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts Association: $80,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC: $22,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $20,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH URBAN MAGNET PROJECT: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $20,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$4,268,995Philanthropy$1,528,438Community Improvement$1,394,500Health$857,250Education$786,825Human Services$566,250Arts & Culture$329,000

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $1,134,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $938,764 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $625,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC: $550,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $208,103 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $177,285 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetVILLAGE CAPITAL CORPORATION: $175,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetCHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $133,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSTOREHOUSE FOR TEACHERS D/B/A THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $110,200 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAllegheny County Library Association: $105,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPittsburgh Economic and Industrial Development Corporation: $100,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetLOCUS IMPACT FUND: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $99,604 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJOSH GIBSON FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED: $93,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHN HOUSING PARTNERS: $92,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $90,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHAMPTON ROADS WORKFORCE FOUNDATION: $87,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetDAISY WILSON ARTIST COMMUNITY INC DBA AUGUST WILSON HOUSE: $85,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBraddock Carnegie Library Assoc: $82,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $80,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH: $71,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEAST AKRON NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $70,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $69,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $65,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetPittsburgh Community Reinvestment G: $62,500 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $61,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPITTSBURGH GATEWAYS CORPORATION: $60,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetJUDEO-CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTERINC: $52,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Advanced Leadership Institute Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Greenwood Plan: $50,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $45,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHELLO NEIGHBOR: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $45,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $42,359 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSCRANTON ROAD MINISTRIES CDC: $42,125 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE PROMISE CENTER OF HOMEWOOD INC: $40,456 over 2y, 23% of budgetMOTHER SETON HOUSE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSpanish American Committee: $35,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST BARNABAS CHARITIES INC: $34,000 over 2y, 0.6% 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.

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.

Hillman Family FoundationsPA88.3× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Grable Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Heinz Endowments · Upmc Group · The George Gund Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Eqt 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 Dollar Bank Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dollar Bank Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Maryland Casa Association Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Casa of Western Maryland Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Enterprise Community Partners Inc: 22% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
79report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.

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 379 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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