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Edith C Justus Tuw at a glance

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Edith C Justus Tuw

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$301k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$728kYouth Development$612kHuman Services$541kCommunity Improvement$237kArts & Culture$82kReligion$71kInternational$45kHealth$43kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $49k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $251k
$13,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$6.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY SERVICES & CHILDREN'S AID$85,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN$58,497
VENANGO CHAMBER FOUNDATION$56,518
BRIDGE BUILDERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$50,750
YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION$25,000
OIL CITY AREA MEALS-ON-WHEELS INC$13,000
UNITED WAY OF VENANGO COUNTY$10,500
CROSSNORE SCHOOL$1,050
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$500
VAHKI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$25
1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$25
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 (FY18–25, $663k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $25k → 16%YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $115k → 14%Youth Alternatives Inc: $115k → 14%Youth Alternatives Inc: $110k → 14%YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $110k → 14%COMMUNITY SERVICES OF VENANGO COUNTY: $85k → 14%COMMUNITY SERVICES OF VENANGO COUNTY: $67k → 14%THE POINTE: $33k → 14%COMMUNITY SERVICES OF VENANGO COUNTY: $3k → 14%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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 11 repeat orgs$738k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
14

Total granted

$1.1M
$500k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+26%

Still filing today

45%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $238k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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

  • YA
    Youth Alternatives INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $450k · revenue +16% · 35% of their budget
  • CS
    COMMUNITY SERVICES OF VENANGO COUNTY INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $155k · revenue +13%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF VENANGO COUNTY AND TITUSVILLE REGION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +241%

Funded once

  • OR
    OIL REGION ALLIANCE OF BUSINESS
    one grant, 2017 · $94k
  • BB
    BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $87k · revenue -90%
  • CD
    COLONIAL DRAKE CULTURAL ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2022 · $58k
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
Venango Center for Creative Development

Provide community orienated services

Unclassified
2
Venango County Historical Society

To promote the study of the history of venango county and its general area and to develop an interest in the study of venango county and its citizens.

Arts & Culture
3
Venango Area Chamber of Commerce

The venango area chamber of commerce builds, serves and promotes regional business. the chamber strives to keep programs current and responsive to the demands of venango's current business climate, acting as a bridge that links businesses,…

Community Improvement
4
Van Wert Area Economic Development Corporation
Community Improvement
5
Verla Regnery Foundation
—
6
Vandeventer Black Foundation
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7
Virani Family Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Young Women's Christian Assn of Van Wert Co Ohio

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. in order to clearly communicate their local implementation of this broad mission, they have developed a new ywca of…

Human Services
9
Venango County Humane Society

Prevention of cruelty to animals and proper care of strays.

Animals
10
Verde Valley Community Development Organization

The vvcdo identifies, facilitates, and implements regional programs and projects that ensure sustainable communities through regional engagement

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11
Van Buren Community Development Organization

To collaborate with state, regional, local, and private-sector partners to improve the economic well being and quality of life for citizens of van buren and surrounding areas.

Community Improvement
12
Vandergrift Public Library Assoc

The Vandergrift Public Library Association was formed to provide a place where the community can gather knowledge by using the available reading materials. In addition, computer technology is available to the community to obtain access to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bridge Builders Community Foundations Fka Venango Area Comm Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bridge Builders Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 31 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAMILY SERVICE & CHILDREN'S AID: $177,578 · OtherFAMILY SERVICE & CHILDREN'S AIDYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC: $103,299 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCST ELIZABETH CENTER: $97,860 · OtherST ELIZABETH CENTEROIL REGION ALLIANCE OF BUSINESS: $94,000 · OtherOIL REGION ALLIANCE OF BUSINESSBRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION: $86,893 · OtherBRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATIONFAMILY SERVICES & CHILDREN'S AID: $85,000 · OtherFAMILY SERVICES & CHILDREN'S AIDNATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN: $58,497 · OtherNATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG MENS CHRISTIANCOLONIAL DRAKE CULTURAL ALLIANCE: $58,313 · OtherCOLONIAL DRAKE CULTURAL ALLIANCEUNITED WAY OF VENANGO COUNTY AND TITUSVILLE REGION: $55,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherUNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF: $45,251 · Other+12 more: $122,962 · Other+12 moreBRIDGE BUILDERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FKA VENANGO AREA COMM FOUNDATION: $673,289 · PhilanthropyBRIDGE BUILDERS COMMUNITY FOUN…Youth Alternatives INC: $450,000 · Human ServicesYouth Alternatives INCCOMMUNITY SERVICES OF VENANGO COUNTY INC: $155,129 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERVICES OF VENANGO …THE POINTE: $33,147 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO: $25,000 · Human ServicesVENANGO CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $56,518 · Community ImprovementBELLES LETTRES CLUB: $23,900 · Community ImprovementOIL REGION LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $31,800 · Education
Other$1,034,653Philanthropy$673,289Human Services$663,276Community Improvement$80,418Education$31,800

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBRIDGE BUILDERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FKA VENANGO AREA COMM FOUNDATION: $673,289 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetYouth Alternatives INC: $450,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES OF VENANGO COUNTY INC: $155,129 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetST ELIZABETH CENTER: $97,860 over 2y, 20% of budgetVENANGO CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $56,518 over 1y, 34% of budgetUNITED WAY OF VENANGO COUNTY AND TITUSVILLE REGION: $55,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetOIL REGION LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $31,800 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association of Oil City: $29,200 over 1y, 12% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBELLES LETTRES CLUB: $23,900 over 2y, 8.3% 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 BRIDGE BUILDERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FKA VENANGO AREA COMM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Youth Alternatives INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICES OF VENANGO COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ST ELIZABETH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VENANGO CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF VENANGO COUNTY AND TITUSVILLE REGION ↗
  • Who funds THE POINTE ↗
  • Who funds OIL REGION LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Young Womens Christian Association of Oil City ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SAN ANTONIO ↗
  • Who funds BELLES LETTRES CLUB ↗

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.

Samuel-Edith Justus C…Arthur W Phillips Tru…Elizabeth S Black Cha…Bridge Builders Commu…McElhattan FoundationFair Frederick&Ellen …Amazonsmile Foundation
Samuel-Edith Justus Char TrustPA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Samuel-Edith Justus Char Trust · Arthur W Phillips Trust Uw · Elizabeth S Black Charitable Trust · Bridge Builders Community Foundations Fka Venango Area Comm Foundation · McElhattan Foundation · Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial · Amazonsmile 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 Edith C Justus Tuw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edith C Justus Tuw. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s 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 · 0–40%
    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 31 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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