· Private foundation
Earth Volunteer Fund
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE RIVERFRONT | $1,000 |
| WESTMORELAND CLEANWAYS AND RECYCLING | $756 |
| OAKLAND PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | $500 |
| ALLEGHENY COUNTY IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA | $500 |
| BALDWIN MANOR ASSOCIATION | $500 |
| NATIONAL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL | $300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ALALLEGHENY LAND TRUST2× · 2020–2021 · $7k · revenue +66%
- ACALLEGHENY COUNTY IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA3× · 2020–2023 · $2k
- IGIndividual grant recipient2× · 2022–2023 · $2k
Funded once
- TRTHE ROTARY DISTRICT 7300 FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -5%
- PCPA CLEANWAYS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +125%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $1k
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.
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.
Preserving open space by acquisition, easement or deed restriction to protect wildlife habitat, natural and cultural resources, scenic views and quality of life; providing stewardship of watersheds in southwestern pennsylvania through…
The Allegheny County Conservation District is an urban conservation district that engages and leads through partnerships, innovation, and implementation to conserve, promote, and improve Allegheny Countys natural resources.
To conserve and restore the natural resources through land conservation, water resources stewardship and environmental outreach across central pennsylvania.
Founded in 1995 to coordinate the completion of the great allegheny passage, a 150-mile non-motorized path connecting pittsburgh and cumberland, maryland, the great allegheny passage conservancy promotes the great allegheny passage and…
To serve as a steward for the natural and cultural communities in the upper Penns Creek Watershed. We seek to preserve and Honor the agricultural roots of Penns Valley by protecting and conserving its waters, farmland, forests and rural…
We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.
Pennsylvania organization for watersheds and rivers (powr) provides the tools, training, education and resources that empower community watershed organization leaders and volunteers to protect and restore rivers and streams, advocate for…
Riverlife's mission is to create, activate, and celebrate pittsburgh's riverfronts, connecting people through exceptional places and experiences.
Protect and restore area watersheds
The mission of Central Pennsylvania Conservancy (CPC) is to acquire, preserve, and protect local land and natural resources in a five-county, South-Central PA region. Our vision is to create a local network of permanently protected and…
The Beaver Creek Wetlands Association preserves and restores our endangered wetland habitat through conservation, stewardship, education and providing public access.
The allegheny county parks foundation strengthens the health and vibrancy of our community by improving, conserving and restoring the nine allegheny county parks. working in partnership with (continued on schedule o)
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 24 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE ROTARY DISTRICT 7300 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PA CLEANWAYS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds OAKLAND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds ALLEGHENY GOATSCAPE INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE RIVERFRONT INC ↗
- Who funds Jacobs Creek Watershed Association ↗
- Who funds ETNA COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ↗
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds CHALFANT RUN-THOMPSON RUN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION ↗
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 Pittsburgh Foundation · Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds · The Heinz Endowments · Eqt Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Earth Volunteer Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Earth Volunteer Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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