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Engler Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$92k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$82k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2025.

Education$500kPublic Benefit$180kEnvironment$64kRecreation & Sports$21kHealth$20kCrime & Legal$15kFood & Nutrition$14kYouth Development$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $82k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$81,666
RACHEL CARSON TRAILS CONSERVANCY$2,000
CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH$1,000
BIKE PITTSBURGH$1,000
THE KINGSLEY ASSOCIATION$1,000
ALLEGHENY CLEANWAYS$1,000
ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST$1,000
INGOMAR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$1,000
TREE PITTSBURGH$500
GROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION$250
PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING$250
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION$250
Individual grant recipient$250
ANIMAL FRIENDS$250
412 FOOD RESCUE$250
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RCTC: $2k → 9%412 FOOD RESCUE: $10k → 11%UNIVERISTY OF PENSYLVANIA: $25k → 22%WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $10k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $3k → 14%HAPPELIFE: $10k → 8%SPLC: $3k → 18%NARA: $3k → 12%NATIVE HOPE: $1k → 15%RCTC: $2k → 9%412 FOOD RESCUE: $3k → 11%UNIVERISTY OF PENSYLVANIA: $10k → 22%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $4k → 17%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $1k → 14%HAPPELIFE: $2k → 8%SPLC: $1k → 18%NATIVE HOPE: $1k → 15%THE KINGSLEY ASSOCIATION: $1k → 11%MONTOUR TRAIL COUNCIL: $1k → 11%BIKE PITTSBURGH: $100k → 11%BIKE PITTSBURGH: $75k → 11%ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST: $20k → 11%BIKE PITTSBURGH: $4k → 11%ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST: $16k → 11%BIKE PITTSBURGH: $1k → 11%ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST: $3k → 11%ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST: $1k → 11%USACDA: $13k → 11%RACHEL CARSON TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $5k → 11%GASP: $1k → 11%RACHEL CARSON TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $2k → 11%INGOMAR LIVING WATERS: $4k → 11%INGOMAR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $1k → 11%ANIMAL FRIENDS: $1k → 11%ANIMAL FRIENDS: $1k → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $77k → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $160k → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $82k → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $80k → 11%CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY: $60k → 11%MELLON UNIVERSITY: $40k → 11%ALLEGHENY CLEANWAYS: $2k → 11%ALLEGHENY CLEANWAYS: $2k → 11%HOMEWOOD CHILDREN'S VILLAGE: $11k → 11%HCV: $11k → 11%KIDS VOICE: $10k → 11%KIDS VOICE: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$821k · 23 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
11

Total granted

$821k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+16%

Still filing today

74%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentCrime & LegalArts & CultureHealthPublic BenefitFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CM
    Carnegie Mellon University
    5× · 2019–2025 · $458k · revenue +52%
  • BP
    BIKE PITTSBURGH INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $180k · revenue +23%
  • AL
    ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • MU
    MELLON UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $40k
  • U
    USACDA
    one grant, 2018 · $13k
  • H
    HCV
    one grant, 2022 · $11k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
2
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.

Recreation & Sports
3
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
4
Scenic Pittsburgh

To protect, preserve, and promote the scenic resources of southwestern pennsylvania.

Environment
5
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.

International
6
Allegheny County Conservation District

The Allegheny County Conservation District is an urban conservation district that engages and leads through partnerships, innovation, and implementation to conserve, promote, and improve Allegheny Countys natural resources.

Environment
7
Pidc Development Management Corporation

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

Community Improvement
8
Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc

The pennsylvania environmental council (pec) protects and restores the natural and built environments through innovation, collaboration, education, and advocacy. pec believes in the value of partnerships with the private sector,…

Environment
9
Sustainable Pittsburgh

Provide information to decision maker in the pittsburgh region to promote economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental quality for sustainable solutions for communities and businesses.

Environment
10
Riverlife

Riverlife's mission is to create, activate, and celebrate pittsburgh's riverfronts, connecting people through exceptional places and experiences.

Environment
11
Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.

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12
Philadelphia Green Capital Corp

The philadelphia green capital corp. connects projects to capital (public, private and philanthropic) to drive a robust, equitable clean energy market in the greater philadelphia region, support the philadelphia energy authority, and…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest and the most unlike its peers is Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr21%45%20–35yr14%10%35–55yr14%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr21%91%20–35yr14%0%35–55yr14%5%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/23
the rest of the field
10%
3,538/35,182

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Carnegie Mellon University — $458,332 · OtherCarnegie Mellon UniversityMELLON UNIVERSITY — $40,000 · OtherMELLON UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient — $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+21 more — $65,536 · Other+21 moreBIKE PITTSBURGH INC — $180,000 · Public BenefitBIKE PITTSBURGH INCALLEGHENY LAND TRUST — $40,063 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $14,250 · EnvironmentRachel Carson Trails Conservancy Inc — $7,000 · EnvironmentPA CLEANWAYS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INC — $4,223 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $3,750 · Environment+2 more — $1,250 · EnvironmentKIDSVOICE — $15,250 · Crime & Legal+1 more — $250 · Crime & Legal412 FOOD RESCUE INC — $13,800 · Food & NutritionHOMEWOOD CHIDREN'S VILLAGE — $11,250 · Youth DevelopmentHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $6,250 · International
Other$598,868Public Benefit$180,000Environment$70,536Crime & Legal$15,500Food & Nutrition$13,800Youth Development$11,250International$6,250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCarnegie Mellon University — $458,332 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBIKE PITTSBURGH INC — $180,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetALLEGHENY LAND TRUST — $40,063 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKIDSVOICE — $15,250 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $14,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC — $13,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOMEWOOD CHIDREN'S VILLAGE — $11,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRachel Carson Trails Conservancy Inc — $7,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $6,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPA CLEANWAYS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INC — $4,223 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHWEST INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Friends Inc — $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE HOPE INC — $2,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTOUR TRAIL COUNCIL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KINGSLEY ASSOCIATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST — $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGROUP AGAINST SMOG AND POLLUTION INC — $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Pittsburgh Founda…The Grable FoundationRichard King Mellon F…The Heinz EndowmentsHillman Family Founda…Eqt FoundationThe Benter FoundationPeter C Dozzi Family …The Forbes FundsThe Burke Family Foun…The Burke FoundationFoundation for Pennsy…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA24.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Hillman Family Foundations · Eqt Foundation · The Benter Foundation · Peter C Dozzi Family Foundation Aka Eugene Dozzi Charitable Foundation · The Forbes Funds · The Burke Family Foundation · The Burke Foundation · Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Engler Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest Inc — 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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