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Eileen J Luce Charitable Trust at a glance

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Eileen J Luce Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$23k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$32kInternational$21kHousing & Shelter$20kEducation$19kPhilanthropy$18kArts & Culture$15kAnimals$13kYouth Development$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$442k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY VENANGO COUNTY$10,876
VENANGO COUNTY AREA VOCATIONAL$10,000
CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC$2,177
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 (FY24–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Glade Run Foundation: $15k → 9%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 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
The Child Care and Learning Center

The establishment and operation of a child learning/daycare facility for the use, benefit, and general welfare of the children of rappahannock county, virginia.

Education
2
Valley Community Library

Public lending library

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3
Wribbenhall Child Development Center

Provide daycare/preschool for children

Education
4
Saucon Valley Community Center

A community center which provides a meeting place and programs for the recreation and social welfare of all age groups in the community.

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5
Mt Washington Childrens Center

Childrens day care center

Human Services
6
Valley Life Charter Schools

Education

Education
7
Girl Scout Commonwealth Council of Virginia Inc

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. the girl scout leadership expereience is a one-of-a-kind leadership development program for girls with proven results. it is based on…

Youth Development
8
Shenango Area Fire District

Responds nbsp;to nbsp;fire nbsp;calls nbsp;vehicle nbsp;accidents nbsp;water nbsp;rescue nbsp;and nbsp;other nbsp;human nbsp;disasters nbsp;trains nbsp;and nbsp;educates nbsp;both nbsp;volunteer nbsp;firemen nbsp;and nbsp;the nbsp;general…

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Delaware County Economic Development Corporation

To promote new business and assist existing businesses in delaware county, pa to create employment opportunities

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10
Kennett Square Preschool Cooperative

Preschool education for 3, 4 and 5 year old children in the kennett square, pennsylvania area

Education
11
Bear Creek Community Charter School

Our mission is to embrace a diverse student body and student success through an innovative an innovative curriculum, the cultivation of environmental stewardship, and accountability.

Education
12
Junior Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania; the most unlike its peers is Oil Region Music Preservation Museum Dba Debence Antique Music World. 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

11 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. 11 of the 17 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS INC: $21,459 · OtherCHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS INCCHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC: $12,177 · OtherCHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INCSALVATION ARMY VENANGO COUNTY: $10,876 · OtherSALVATION ARMY VENANGO COUNTYVENANGO COUNTY AREA VOCATIONAL: $10,000 · OtherVENANGO COUNTY AREA VOCATIONALSAINT STEPHEN SCHOOL: $6,568 · OtherSAINT STEPHEN SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherABC LIFE CENTER INC: $7,950 · OtherABC LIFE CENTER INCSANDYCREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $6,113 · OtherSANDYCREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT+3 more: $6,425 · Other+3 moreJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $21,214 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEV…SUGAR VALLEY LODGE INC: $19,556 · Housing & ShelterSUGAR VALLEY…GLADE RUN FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesGLADE RUN…VENANGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $13,340 · AnimalsOIL REGION MUSIC PRESERVATION MUSEUM DBA DEBENCE ANTIQUE MUSIC WORLD: $12,800 · Arts & CultureGIRL SCOUTS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $11,905 · Youth Development
Other$85,568International$21,214Housing & Shelter$19,556Human Services$15,000Animals$13,340Arts & Culture$12,800Youth Development$11,905

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 budgetCHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS INC: $21,459 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $21,214 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSUGAR VALLEY LODGE INC: $19,556 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGLADE RUN FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVENANGO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $13,340 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC: $12,177 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $11,905 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetABC LIFE CENTER INC: $7,950 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSANDYCREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $6,113 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetBRIDGE BUILDERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FKA VENANGO AREA COMM FOUNDATION: $2,650 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Samuel-Edith Justus C…Elizabeth S Black Cha…Fair Frederick&Ellen …McElhattan FoundationEdward V & Jessie L P…Arthur W Phillips Tru…Bridge Builders Commu…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Samuel-Edith Justus Char TrustPA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Samuel-Edith Justus Char Trust · Elizabeth S Black Charitable Trust · Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial · McElhattan Foundation · Edward V & Jessie L Peters Charitable Trust · Arthur W Phillips Trust Uw · Bridge Builders Community Foundations Fka Venango Area Comm Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Eileen J Luce Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eileen J Luce Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 17 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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