· Private foundation
Francesca Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY | $5,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE | $5,000 |
| FOOD HELPERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY | $2,000 |
| WESTMORELAND FOOD BANK | $2,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | $1,500 |
| GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $1,000 |
| PRIESTS OF THE SCARED HEART | $1,000 |
| ALLEGHENY COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR | $1,000 |
| THE CHILDRENS INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH | $1,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $750 |
| ST JOSEPH HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY | $750 |
| BROTHERS BROTHER FOUNDATION | $750 |
| BETHLEHEM HAVEN | $750 |
| SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH3× · 2022–2024 · $11k · revenue +11%
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +11%- ACALLEGHENY COLLEGE3× · 2022–2024 · $3k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $6k
- PCPRESBYTERIAN COLLEGEone grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue -14%
- SVST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETYone grant, 2022 · $400
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.
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.
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…
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
Alvernia university is a catholic comprehensive university with a liberal arts foundation founded by the bernardine franciscan sisters in 1958. see continuation on schedule o.
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 26 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ↗
- Who funds PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ALLEGHENY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ↗
- Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds VERLAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE IGNITES PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Massey Charitable Trust · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Francesca Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Francesca Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
- University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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