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Garden Club of Allegheny County

Promote greater knowledge of horticulture, stimulate interest in conservation and historic preservation, encourage community and environmental education, civic planning and planting programs

$86k
Granted FY2026still arriving
4
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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.

Environment$142kRecreation & Sports$55kEducation$20kHealth$8kHuman Services$8kHousing & Shelter$6kArts & Culture$6kFood & Nutrition$5k
02FY2026 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $62,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $85,960 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $23,960 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$133k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens$17,000
Fern Hollow Nature Cent$15,000
Audubon Soc of WestPA$15,000
Riverlife$15,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNION AID SOCIETY: $8k → 11%LANDFORCE: $10k → 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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$154k · 6 repeat orgs$157k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2026, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
13

Total granted

$154k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+116%

Still filing today

100%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’25’26
EnvironmentHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • PP
    PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY
    2× · 2018–2025 · $42k · revenue +10%
  • AR
    Aspinwall Riverfront Park Inc
    2× · 2018–2025 · $30k · revenue +241%
  • AC
    ALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2025 · $13k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • PB
    Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
    one grant, 2025 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • CL
    CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH - CARRICK BRANCH
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • WP
    WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue +116%
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
Scenic Pittsburgh

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

Environment
2
Central Pennsylvania Conservancy Inc

The mission of Central Pennsylvania Conservancy (CPC) is to acquire, preserve, and protect local land and natural resources in a five-county, South-Central PA region. Our vision is to create a local network of permanently protected and…

Environment
3
French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Inc

To preserve, steward, and connect people to the land in northern chester county pennsylvania. see additional information on schedule o.french & pickering is recognized as a leader in regional land conservation, the organization is…

Environment
4
Fairmount Park Conservancy

Fairmount park conservancy brings parks to life. the conservancy works with the city of philadelphia and its communities to steward our parks and nurture our shared environment, cultural resources and public health (cont'd in sch o)- and…

Environment
5
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
6
Great Allegheny Passage Conservancy

Founded in 1995 to coordinate the completion of the great allegheny passage, a 150-mile non-motorized path connecting pittsburgh and cumberland, maryland, the great allegheny passage conservancy promotes the great allegheny passage and…

Environment
7
Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc

It is our mission at huron pines to conserve and enhance northern michigan's natural resources to ensure healthy water, protected places and vibrant communities. for alomst 50 years, our work across the forests, lakes and streams of…

Environment
8
The Friends of the Pittsburgh Institutions
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9
The Forest Park Conservancy

To protect and restore the ecological health of forest park and marquam nature park, maintain and enhance their extensive trails networks, promote equitable access, and inspire diverse community appreciation and stewardship of these iconic…

Environment
10
Lancaster County Conservancy

The mission of the lancaster county conservancy is "providing wild and forested lands and clean waterways for our community forever". the charitable purposes of the lancaster county conservancy include preservation of natural lands,…

Environment
11
West Creek Conservancy

Our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in northeast ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region's lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to…

Environment
12
Weconservepa

Weconservepa helps people protect, wisely use, and enjoy what nature offers. we advocate for pro-conservation, life sustaining government policy. we assist individuals and organizations in conserving natural areas, farms, forests, parks,…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy; the most unlike its peers is Union Aid Society. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 22 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $46,434 · EnvironmentPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDE…FERN HOLLOW NATURE CENTER INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentFERN HOLLOW NATURE CENTER INCAUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PA: $15,000 · EnvironmentAUDUBON SOCIETY OF WESTERN PARIVERLIFE: $15,000 · EnvironmentRIVERLIFEWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $12,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCYFRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST: $5,500 · EnvironmentPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $42,200 · Recreation & SportsPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVAN…Aspinwall Riverfront Park Inc: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsAspinwall Riverfront Park …THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $17,000 · OtherTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION A…CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH - CARRICK BRANCH: $15,000 · OtherCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSB…NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONTHE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $8,000 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTEIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE HOMEWOOD CEMETERY HISTORICAL FUND: $5,600 · OtherTHE HOMEWOOD CEMETERY HIST…GROW PITTSBURGH: $5,000 · OtherGROW PITTSBURGHTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $5,000 · OtherTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMYPittsburgh Botanic Garden: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentPITTSBURGH CONSERVATION CORPS: $10,000 · Human ServicesUnion Aid Society: $7,700 · Human ServicesALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Community ImprovementPerry Hilltop CItizens Council Inc: $6,000 · Housing & Shelter
Environment$108,934Recreation & Sports$72,200Other$73,600Youth Development$20,000Human Services$17,700Community Improvement$12,500Housing & Shelter$6,000

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 budgetPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $46,434 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $42,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAspinwall Riverfront Park Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetPittsburgh Botanic Garden: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHENY COUNTY PARKS FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH CONSERVATION CORPS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetUnion Aid Society: $7,700 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPerry Hilltop CItizens Council Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetTHE HOMEWOOD CEMETERY HISTORICAL FUND: $5,600 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST: $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGROW PITTSBURGH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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…Richard King Mellon F…Hillman Family Founda…C F Holdship Charitab…Allegheny FoundationThe Buhl FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsEqt FoundationThe Double Eagle Foun…The Simpson Family Fo…Fleischner Family Cha…The Burke Family Foun…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA23.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · C F Holdship Charitable Trust · Allegheny Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Eqt Foundation · The Double Eagle Foundation 4191-06-43 · The Simpson Family Foundation U/A Dtd 10/19/1999 · Fleischner Family Charitable Foundation · The Burke Family 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 Garden Club of Allegheny County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Garden Club of Allegheny County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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
    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 22 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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