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Edward a and Sherley F Craig Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Edward a and Sherley F Craig 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.

$7k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$23kReligion$5kPhilanthropy$3kArts & Culture$1kHealth$1kEducation$750Environment$250Recreation & Sports$200
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$738
Median grant
3
States reached
$31k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH$4,000
MAKE A WISH OF JACKSONVILLE$1,500
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$738
FOX CHAPEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$500
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$200
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST$100
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $7k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $4k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $4k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2k → 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$31k · 7 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
7

Total granted

$31k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+19%

Still filing today

43%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $738 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • WC
    WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH
    5× · 2020–2024 · $18k · revenue +28%
  • MA
    MAKE A WISH OF JACKSONVILLE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $5k
  • SJ
    ST JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC CHURCH
    3× · 2021–2023 · $4k

Funded once

  • PC
    PHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $850 · revenue +11%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +25%
  • CC
    Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trustgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $250 · revenue +262%
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
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
2
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau

The philadelphia convention & visitors bureau (phlcvb) is the official tourism promotion agency for the city of philadelphia globally, and the sales and marketing agency for the pennsylvania convention center (pcc). phlcvb markets…

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3
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
4
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
5
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…

Science & Tech
6
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
7
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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8
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy

See schedule owe are an inclusive community on a mission to inspire unbounded curiosity and independent thought in every one of our students. in a unique educational environment that extends well beyond campus, we nurture students'…

Education
9
Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals

Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.

Health
10
Whyy Inc

Whyy is the philadelphia region's leading public media provider, serving southeastern pennsylvania, southern new jersey, and all of delaware.

Arts & Culture
11
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pittsburgh Cultural Trust; the most unlike its peers is Chebeague & Cumberland Land Trust. 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

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 15 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $17,500 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGHMAKE A WISH OF JACKSONVILLE: $5,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH OF JACKSONVILLEST JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC CHURCH: $4,000 · OtherST JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC CHURCHVARIOUS PITTSBUGH CHARITIES: $2,950 · OtherVARIOUS PITTSBUGH CHARITIESFOX CHAPEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $750 · OtherFOX CHAPEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH+2 more: $500 · OtherBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $738 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 · HealthPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $850 · EnvironmentPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $350 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $250 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $250 · EducationSHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $250 · EducationALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $200 · Community Improvement
Human Services$17,500Other$13,200Health$1,238Environment$850Arts & Culture$600Education$500Community Improvement$200

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $17,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $738 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChebeague & Cumberland Land Trust: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Edward a and Sherley F Craig Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward a and Sherley F Craig Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 15 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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