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Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$23kRecreation & Sports$16kEducation$11kHuman Services$4kReligion$3kArts & Culture$2kInternational$2kEmployment$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,225
Median grant
4
States reached
$138k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mario Lemieux Foundation$5,866
Bellaire High School$1,975
Mike Rowe Works Foundation$1,225
Appalachia Martial Arts Foundation$1,087
Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation$1,058
Make A Wish Foundation$500
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 (FY18–18, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF WEST VIRGINIA: $3k → 15%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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$36k · 7 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
19

Total granted

$36k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-19%
+11%

Still filing today

43%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
PhilanthropyHealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • ML
    MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +36%
  • BH
    Bellaire High School
    4× · 2022–2025 · $10k
  • WR
    Wheeling Race Boat Regatta
    3× · 2022–2024 · $6k

Funded once

  • CP
    CEREBRAL PALSY
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • WV
    WHEELING VINTAGE RACEBOOK REGATTA
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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3
Safe Kids Worldwide

Safe kids worldwide is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing childhood injuries.

Health
4
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
5
Sign Fracture Care International

Sign partners with overseas surgeons to build sustainable orthopaedic capacity by donating education, instruments, and implants. by working with teaching hospitals and hosting educational conferences worldwide, sign equips surgeons to heal…

Health
6
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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7
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
8
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
9
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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10
Patient Safety Movement Foundation

Our mission is to disseminate actionable, evidence-based practices, advance their integration by healthcare organizations, and cultivate data transparency by 2030.

Education
11
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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12
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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 30 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bellaire High School: $9,600 · OtherBellaire High SchoolWheeling Race Boat Regatta: $5,500 · OtherWheeling Race Boat RegattaCEREBRAL PALSY: $5,000 · OtherCEREBRAL PALSYIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWHEELING VINTAGE RACEBOOK REGATTA: $3,300 · OtherWHEELING VINTAGE RACEBOOK REGATTACongregation of Mt St Joseph: $2,500 · OtherCongregation of Mt St JosephCALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY MENS BASKETBALL: $2,000 · Other+12 more: $7,180 · Other+12 moreMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $14,996 · PhilanthropyMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATIONMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $1,225 · PhilanthropyMIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATIONPITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION: $1,058 · PhilanthropyPITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATI…EASTER SEAL REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $3,000 · HealthWORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND: $500 · HealthCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST VIRGINIA INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesCharity Works: $1,983 · Arts & CultureSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,320 · EducationWHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY INC: $400 · EducationAPPALACHIA MARTIAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,087 · Recreation & SportsSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,001 · Religion
Other$40,080Philanthropy$17,279Health$3,500Human Services$2,500Arts & Culture$1,983Education$1,720Recreation & Sports$1,087Religion$1,001

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 budgetMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $14,996 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEAL REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST VIRGINIA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Works: $1,983 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,320 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION: $1,058 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY INC: $400 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEAL REHABILITATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Charity Works ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIA MARTIAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND ↗
  • Who funds WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY 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.

Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA4.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Family 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Family Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Family Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 30 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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