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Eckert Seamans Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Eckert Seamans Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$37k
Granted FY2024still arriving
67
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$135kHealth$127kEducation$95kArts & Culture$83kHuman Services$68kFood & Nutrition$67kPhilanthropy$33kScience & Tech$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$125
Median grant
13
States reached
$119k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WESTERN PA$6,000
LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$5,000
PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER$2,500
DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM$2,000
CHILDREN FIRST$1,550
PENN STATE HEALTH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$1,000
NEIGHBORS FOR NEIGHBORS$1,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA$1,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH$1,000
THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP$1,000
SHARE THE FUN PROJECT$1,000
MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN'S GUILD$1,000
FRIENDS OF THE RIVERFRONT$1,000
PENNSYLVANIA INNOCENCE PROJECT$1,000
MOVE A MOUNTAIN MISSIONS$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PUBLIC CITIZENS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $3k → 22%DUCHESS OUTREACH INC: $200 → 9%TOLENTINE ZEISER COMMUNITY LIFE CENTER: $75 → 28%ELIZABETH ANN HEALY FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $400 → 12%INDIANA COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $100 → 14%CHILDREN FIRST: $3k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST: $3k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST: $2k → 22%PUBLIC CITIZENS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $1k → 22%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $400 → 10%PROJECT HOME: $3k → 22%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $75 → 14%CAITLIN'S SMILES: $500 → 12%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $1k → 16%DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF PITTSBURGH: $200 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250 → 11%PUBLIC CITIZENS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $1k → 22%SECOND HARVEST: $100 → 11%FOX FAMILIES CARE: $500 → 11%FOX FAMILIES CARE: $500 → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $3k → 11%BAPTIST HOMES FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER: $4k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER: $3k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER: $200 → 11%HOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE: $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

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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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$514k · 64 repeat orgs$212k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

64 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 40 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
152

Total granted

$514k
$201k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+12%

Still filing today

78%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther
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 COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $67k · revenue +77%
  • TF
    THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
    2× · 2020–2021 · $30k · revenue +104%
  • PP
    PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION
    4× · 2019–2024 · $28k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • PC
    PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +6%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
  • PF
    PENFED FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
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
2
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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3
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
4
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
5
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
6
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
7
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
8
University of Pittsburgh

The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…

Education
9
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

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

Education
10
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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11
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh; the most unlike its peers is The Elizabeth Ann Healy Foundation Inc. 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

171 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. 171 of the 261 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
167/171
Grantees still filing
113/171
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $26,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $13,000 · OtherPENFED FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $23,046 · OtherTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIANAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $15,200 · OtherKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC: $10,000 · Other+110 more: $189,754 · Other+110 moreALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: $66,800 · Crime & LegalALLEGHENY COUNTY B…GREATER RICHMOND BAR FOUNDATION: $14,833 · Crime & LegalGREATER RICHMOND B…PITTSBURGH LEGAL DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COALITION: $11,500 · Crime & LegalPITTSBURGH LEGAL D…PENNSYLVANIANS FOR MODERN COURTS: $6,500 · Crime & LegalPHILADELPHIA VIP INC: $6,000 · Crime & LegalTHE PENNSYLVANIA INNOCENCE PROJECT: $5,500 · Crime & LegalSupport Center for Child Advocates: $5,150 · Crime & Legal+5 more: $8,833 · Crime & Legal+5 moreBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $35,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER …MARCH OF DIMES INC: $15,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIME…American Heart Association Inc: $12,500 · HealthAmerican Hear…EAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $6,958 · HealthEAGLES AUTISM…CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $3,833 · Health+13 more: $18,408 · Health+13 moreTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FRANKLIN…PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION: $27,500 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH P…PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH C…PITTSBURGH VINTAGE GRAND PRIX ASSOCIATION INC: $4,500 · Arts & CultureMANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN'S GUILD: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreMOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $20,000 · EducationMOORE COLLE…Achieve Now: $18,725 · EducationAchieve NowDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $8,500 · EducationDUQUESNE UN…CARLOW UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationCARLOW UNIV…READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $4,300 · EducationREADING IS …Chuck Cooper Foundation: $3,750 · EducationHOMEFRONT INC: $3,500 · EducationWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · Education+12 more: $12,825 · Education+12 moreGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $10,050 · Food & NutritionCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $7,775 · Food & NutritionCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $7,550 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $5,800 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $5,700 · Food & NutritionFEED MORE INC: $5,633 · Food & NutritionTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $3,500 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $2,900 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $650 · Food & NutritionChildren First PA: $11,300 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $8,158 · Human ServicesHOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE: $5,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOME: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE ELIZABETH ANN HEALY FOUNDATION INC: $2,058 · Human Services+10 more: $5,200 · Human Services
Other$287,000Crime & Legal$125,116Health$91,699Arts & Culture$86,000Education$79,600Food & Nutrition$49,558Human Services$36,716

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 COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: $66,800 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION: $27,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $23,046 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAchieve Now: $18,725 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $15,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER RICHMOND BAR FOUNDATION: $14,833 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH LEGAL DIVERSITY & INCLUSION COALITION: $11,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetChildren First PA: $11,300 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $10,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $8,650 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $8,158 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $7,775 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $7,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $6,958 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIANS FOR MODERN COURTS: $6,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA VIP INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $5,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $5,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MORE INC: $5,633 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA INNOCENCE PROJECT: $5,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS of THE WHITE PLAINS YOUTH BUREAU INC: $5,458 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates: $5,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EAGLES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCARLOW UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH HEINZ HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH VINTAGE GRAND PRIX ASSOCIATION INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $4,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $3,833 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChuck Cooper Foundation: $3,750 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetPHILADELPHIA BAR FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEFRONT INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $3,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA READS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN'S GUILD: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% 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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…Hillman Family Founda…Eqt FoundationRichard King Mellon F…The United Way of Sou…The Heinz EndowmentsThe Grable FoundationThe Cigna Group Found…The Fine FoundationThe Buhl FoundationUpmc GroupMcCune Foundation Pnc…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA44× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Eqt Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Heinz Endowments · The Grable Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The Fine Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · Upmc Group · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na

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 Eckert Seamans Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eckert Seamans Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc Dba New England Center and Home for Veterans: 66% of income from government
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
  • The Ministry of Caring Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Heading Home Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Joslin Clinic Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rowan University Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to Eckert Seamans Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Eckert Seamans Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 261 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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