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First Forty-Four Foundation at a glance

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First Forty-Four 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.

$16k
Granted FY2023
13
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

80% of First Forty-Four Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Greater Pittsburgh, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year First Forty-Four Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $16k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

8
’22
7
’23
8
’24
7
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Philanthropy$110kPublic Benefit$20kHealth$10kHuman Services$9kMembership Benefit$5kEducation$4kArts & Culture$3kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2023 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$700
Median grant
4
States reached
$876k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION$5,000
Individual grant recipient$1,800
Individual grant recipient$1,800
Individual grant recipient$1,500
PERSAD CENTER$1,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$1,000
ALLIES FOR HEALTH & WELLBEING$700
YAD ELIEZER WAR RELIEF FUND$575
HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION$500
ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK$500
JEWISH ASSISTANCE FUND$500
Individual grant recipient$360
MIRIAM SCHOOL$250
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 11% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FRIENDSHIP CIRLCE: $2k → 11%PA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $10k → 22%ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK: $500 → 9%YAD ELIEZER WAR RELIEF FUND: $575 → 11%NCJW PITTSBURGH: $2k → 11%PA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $5k → 22%ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK: $500 → 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMAN PITTSBURGH: $2k → 11%PA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $5k → 22%ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK: $500 → 9%NCJW PITTSBURGH: $1k → 11%JEWISH RESIDENTIAL SERVICES: $1k → 11%HEBREW FREE LOAN: $529 → 11%HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $500 → 11%JEWISH ASSISTANCE FUND: $500 → 11%BETH SHALMON: $500 → 11%JEWISH ASSISTANCE FUND: $500 → 11%JEWISH ASSISTANCE FUND: $500 → 11%HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $500 → 11%HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $500 → 11%HEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $500 → 11%ALLIES FOR HEALTH & WELLBEING: $1k → 11%CROHN S AND COLITIS FOUNDATION: $801 → 11%ALLIES FOR HEALTH & WELLBEING: $700 → 11%PERSAD CENTER: $3k → 11%PERSAD CENTER: $2k → 11%PERSAD CENTER: $1k → 11%PERSAD CENTER: $750 → 11%PERSAD CENTER: $500 → 11%FILM PITTSBURGH: $3k → 11%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $3k → 11%JEWISH CEMETERY & BURIAL ASSN: $3k → 11%JEWISH CEMETERY & BURIAL ASSN: $3k → 11%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $1k → 11%LIVING IN LIBERTY: $500 → 11%CLASSROOMS WITHOUT BORDERS: $2k → 11%CLASSROOMS WITHOUT BORDERS: $2k → 11%CLASSROOMS WITHOUT BORDERS: $2k → 11%CLASSROOMS WITHOUT BORDERS: $2k → 11%HILLEL JUC: $2k → 11%HILLEL JUC: $2k → 11%HILLEL JUC: $2k → 11%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $75k → 11%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $18k → 11%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $15k → 11%THE BRANCH: $2k → 11%THE BRANCH: $2k → 11%JUST HARVEST: $1k → 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$62k · 13 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
5

Total granted

$62k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+26%

Still filing today

62%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
HealthCivil RightsArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & NutritionHousing & 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

  • PA
    PA Alliance Foundation
    3× · 2022–2024 · $20k · revenue +118%
  • PC
    PERSAD CENTER INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $7k · revenue +56%
  • JR
    JEWISH RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $5k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • FP
    FILM PITTSBURGHgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +30%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • HF
    HEBREW FREE LOAN
    one grant, 2022 · $529
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
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape

To respond, educate, and advocate to end sexual violence.

Health
2
Prevention Point Pittsburgh

To provide health empowerment services to injection drug users and prevent the spread of hiv.

Health
3
Jeremiah's Place Pittsburgh Relief Nursery

Jeremiah's place will protect children and strengthen families by providing a safe haven of respite, health, renewal, and support for children and families during times of crisis. we strive to serve as a leading voice for child abuse…

Human Services
4
Pittsburgh Jewish Women's League for Taharath Hamishpocho (Family Purity)

To maintain and foster the jewish traditions of family purity through the operation of a ritularium.

Religion
5
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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6
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
7
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc C/O the Organization

Enforcing and protecting the rights of individuals and families by providing accessible, creative, and high quality legal assistance and working collaboratively for systemic change.

Crime & Legal
8
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation

The mission of pittsburgh public theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. pittsburgh public theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate, and (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
9
Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative

Pittsburgh regional healthcare initiative's goal is to provide clinicians and institutions with the training and tools to dramatically improve patient safety, healthcare quality and the cost reimbursement system through reductions in…

Health
10
Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

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

—
11
Jewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg Inc

To help individuals and families meet life's challenges. jewish family service is a forward-thinking mental health and social service agency dedicated to helping people achieve their full potential while honoring choice, diversity, and…

Health
12
Pennsylvania Family Institute

Strengthening families by restoring the traditional, foundational principles and values.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood of Western Pa Inc; the most unlike its peers is All Faiths Food Bank Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 28 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $108,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyIndividual grant recipient: $7,200 · OtherIndividual grant reci…PERSAD CENTER INC: $6,825 · OtherPERSAD CENTER INCJEWISH CEMETERY & BURIAL ASSN: $5,000 · OtherJEWISH CEMETERY & BUR…Individual grant recipient: $4,500 · OtherIndividual grant reci…Individual grant recipient: $2,800 · OtherIndividual grant reci…Individual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant reci…JEWISH FAMILY ASSISTANCE FUND dba JEWISH ASSISTANCE FUND: $1,500 · Other+10 more: $5,224 · Other+10 morePA Alliance Foundation: $20,000 · Civil RightsPA Alliance …+1 more: $500 · Civil RightsJEWISH RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC: $4,600 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC: $3,575 · HealthALLIES FOR HEALTH WELLBEING: $1,700 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $801 · HealthFILM PITTSBURGH: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN PITTSBURGH SECTION: $1,800 · Community ImprovementALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $1,500 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$110,000Other$35,049Civil Rights$20,500Health$10,676Arts & Culture$3,000Community Improvement$1,800Food & Nutrition$1,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $108,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPA Alliance Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPERSAD CENTER INC: $6,825 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC: $4,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC: $3,575 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFILM PITTSBURGH: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHEBREW FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION OF PITTSBURGH: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN PITTSBURGH SECTION: $1,800 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALLIES FOR HEALTH WELLBEING: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY ASSISTANCE FUND dba JEWISH ASSISTANCE FUND: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING IN LIBERTY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA of Allegheny County: $500 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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…The Fine FoundationDavid S Shapira Found…Staunton Farm Foundat…Jewish Federation of …Hillman Family Founda…Fourteen Ten Foundati…Richard and Dana Gree…Cooper E Etal Ttees C…Giant Eagle FoundationThe Jack Buncher Foun…Opportunity Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA21.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Fine Foundation · David S Shapira Foundation · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · Hillman Family Foundations · Fourteen Ten Foundation · Richard and Dana Green Philanthropic Foundation · Cooper E Etal Ttees C-S Fam Fdn-Agy · Giant Eagle Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Opportunity 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 First Forty-Four Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Forty-Four 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 →median 1%
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to First Forty-Four Foundation?

Find your warmest path to First Forty-Four 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 28 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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