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Edward V & Jessie L Peters Charitable Trust at a glance

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Edward V & Jessie L Peters Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$675k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$914kAnimals$728kPhilanthropy$515kEducation$502kPublic Benefit$442kArts & Culture$384kHealth$312kHousing & Shelter$150kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $475k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $185k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$75,000
UNITED WAY OF VENANGO$60,000
ELEVATE CHURCH$50,000
VENANGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$49,000
CITY OF FRANKLIN$41,000
RED AND BLACK BOOSTER CLUB$40,000
BETHESDA LUTHERAN SERVICES$35,000
ST STEPHEN SCHOOL$30,000
FRANKLIN CEMETERY$25,000
ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY$25,000
BARROW CIVIC THEATRE$25,000
HEAVENS LAST RESORT$25,000
JAMIE'S KIDS$25,000
ENVISION BLIND SPORTS$20,000
KIRTLAND CANCER FOUNDATION$20,000
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 (FY17–25, $154k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE BETHESDA CHILDREN'S HOME: $15k → 14%THE BETHESDA CHILDREN'S HOME: $10k → 14%THE BETHESDA CHILDREN'S HOME: $10k → 14%THE BETHESDA CHILDREN'S HOME: $10k → 14%ENVISION BLIND SPORTS: $29k → 13%ENVISION BLIND SPORTS: $20k → 13%ENVISION BLIND SPORTS: $20k → 13%ENVISION BLIND SPORTS: $20k → 13%ENVISION BLIND SPORTS: $20k → 13%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

WI
NY
SD
OH
PA
VA
FL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 42 repeat orgs$635k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
32

Total granted

$4.1M
$446k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+26%

Still filing today

43%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $189k 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
AnimalsHealthEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesHousing & 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

  • VC
    VENANGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY
    5× · 2017–2022 · $475k · revenue +76% · 34% of their budget
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF VENANGO COUNTY AND TITUSVILLE REGION
    4× · 2018–2021 · $314k · revenue +238%
  • RB
    RED & BLACK BOOSTER CLUB
    9× · 2017–2025 · $225k · revenue +83% · 44% of their budget

Funded once

  • CO
    COUNTY OF VENANGO PA
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • VC
    VENANGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
    one grant, 2024 · $40k
  • SV
    SUGAR VALLEY LODGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +65%
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 Volunteer Fire Department

Provides emergency & fire services to the community.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Fandango Sanctuary Inc
Animals
3
Bloomsburg Volunteer Ambulance Association

Community ambulance service serving residents in the greater bloomsburg, pennsylvania area

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Franklin County Humane Society Inc

Caring for abandoned animals

Animals
5
Community Services of Venango County Inc

To plant resources, grow opportunities and nurture hope for the future with the individuals and families we serve.

Human Services
6
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
7
Venango Vna Foundation

To raise and invest capital to generate long-term funding in support of the upmc home healthcare d/b/a visiting nurses association of venango county.

Health
8
Wilbarger Humane Society

Care for abandoned animals in vernon and wilbarger county, tx including spay, neuter, adoption and education.

Animals
9
Bargersville Community Volunteer Fire Department

The organization provides fire protection and emergency services to those within the organization's geographic boundaries. the value of the human life and property saved is immeasurable.

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10
Franklin County Humane Society of Missouri

Provide adoption services for homeless pets, provide low cost spay and neuter surgeries for pets, educate the community in proper pet care and responsibility.

Animals
11
Upper Lancaster Vol Rescue SquadInc

Volunteer Rescue Squad Services

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12
Chenango Ambulance Services Inc

To provide emergency service and awareness to the town of chenango

Public Safety & Disaster
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 The Kirtland Cancer 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

36 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. 36 of the 83 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/36
Grantees still filing
27/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF FRANKLIN: $431,778 · OtherCITY OF FRANKLINIndividual grant recipient: $325,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNITED WAY OF VENANGO COUNTY AND TITUSVILLE REGION: $314,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF VENANGO COUNTY AND TITUSVILLE REGIONVALLEY GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $200,205 · OtherVALLEY GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFRANKLIN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT: $197,051 · OtherFRANKLIN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTBARROW CIVIC THEATRE: $195,000 · OtherBARROW CIVIC THEATREUNITED WAY OF VENANGO: $130,000 · OtherFRANKLIN CEMETERY: $125,000 · OtherCITY OF FRANKLIN PA FINE ARTS: $121,750 · Other+57 more: $1,373,697 · Other+57 moreVENANGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $475,098 · AnimalsVENANGO COUNT…HEAVENS LAST RESORT: $45,000 · AnimalsHEAVENS LAST …PRECIOUS PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE: $35,000 · AnimalsPRECIOUS PAWS…GROVE CITY AREA PET RESCUE: $25,000 · Animals+1 more: $12,000 · AnimalsRED & BLACK BOOSTER CLUB: $224,612 · Recreation & SportsROCKY GROVE ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB INC: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $145,000 · PhilanthropyBRIDGE BUILDERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FKA VENANGO AREA COMM FOUNDATION: $55,660 · PhilanthropyABC LIFE CENTER INC: $60,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $48,288 · HealthNORTHWEST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,200 · HealthTHE KIRTLAND CANCER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $20,000 · HealthENVISION BLIND SPORTS: $109,488 · Human ServicesBETHESDA CHILDREN'S HOME: $45,000 · Human ServicesJAMIE'S KIDS: $115,000 · Public Benefit
Other$3,413,481Animals$592,098Recreation & Sports$274,612Philanthropy$200,660Health$168,488Human Services$154,488Public Benefit$115,000

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 budgetVENANGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $475,098 over 5y, 34% of budgetUNITED WAY OF VENANGO COUNTY AND TITUSVILLE REGION: $314,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetRED & BLACK BOOSTER CLUB: $224,612 over 9y, 44% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $145,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRANKLIN CEMETERY: $125,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetJAMIE'S KIDS: $115,000 over 6y, 41% of budgetENVISION BLIND SPORTS: $109,488 over 5y, 23% of budgetEMMAUS HAVEN OF VENANGO INC: $100,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetABC LIFE CENTER INC: $60,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetBRIDGE BUILDERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FKA VENANGO AREA COMM FOUNDATION: $55,660 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetROCKY GROVE ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB INC: $50,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetCOMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $48,288 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetBETHESDA CHILDREN'S HOME: $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHEAVENS LAST RESORT: $45,000 over 2y, 95% of budgetHERMITAGE LITTLE LEAGUE INC: $40,760 over 3y, 11% of budgetPRECIOUS PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE: $35,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetGROVE CITY AREA PET RESCUE: $25,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetSUGAR VALLEY LODGE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHosanna Industries Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,200 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE KIRTLAND CANCER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetCRANBERRY HOME AND SCHOOL: $20,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE: $18,547 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOG HEAVEN RESCUE FARM INC: $12,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetOIL REGION LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHUNDER ELITE FASTPITCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE AND CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF VENANGO COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOCHRANTON AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetVENANGO COUNTY FAIR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPOLK FIRE AND RESCUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetVintage Wings Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetFRANKLIN CIVIC OPERETTA ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 VENANGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF VENANGO COUNTY AND TITUSVILLE REGION ↗
  • Who funds RED & BLACK BOOSTER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN CEMETERY ↗
  • Who funds JAMIE'S KIDS ↗
  • Who funds ENVISION BLIND SPORTS ↗
  • Who funds EMMAUS HAVEN OF VENANGO INC ↗
  • Who funds ABC LIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE BUILDERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FKA VENANGO AREA COMM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY GROVE ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHESDA CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds HEAVENS LAST RESORT ↗
  • Who funds HERMITAGE LITTLE LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds PRECIOUS PAWS ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds GROVE CITY AREA PET RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds SUGAR VALLEY LODGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Hosanna Industries Inc ↗

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.

Fair Frederick&Ellen …Bridge Builders Commu…McElhattan FoundationSamuel-Edith Justus C…Arthur W Phillips Tru…Community Foundation …Eileen J Luce Charita…Elizabeth S Black Cha…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
Fair Frederick&Ellen MemorialPA30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial · Bridge Builders Community Foundations Fka Venango Area Comm Foundation · McElhattan Foundation · Samuel-Edith Justus Char Trust · Arthur W Phillips Trust Uw · Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio · Eileen J Luce Charitable Trust · Elizabeth S Black Charitable Trust · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 V & Jessie L Peters Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward V & Jessie L Peters Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 83 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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