Pennsylvania · Public charity
GBU Foundation Inc
To help our donors achieve their philanthropic goals and potential.
- $140k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $136k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations GBU Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $136k | 91% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $22k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBU Financial Life | $93,197 | 3 | 0% |
| Storehouse for Teachers D/B/A the Education Partnership | $45,500 | 2 | 0% |
| GAF Society | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Allegheny Community Library | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Help Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Casey's Clubhouse | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Assessment Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Operation Troop Appreciation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBU Financial Life | $93,197 | 3 | 0% |
| Storehouse for Teachers D/B/A the Education Partnership | $45,500 | 2 | 0% |
| GAF Society | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Allegheny Community Library | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Help Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Casey's Clubhouse | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Assessment Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Operation Troop Appreciation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kidcelerate | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heroes Supporting Heroes | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community of Hope Free Health Clinic | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Open Door Pantry Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elizabeth Seton Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metro-Erie Meals on Wheels Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget GBU Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About GBU Foundation Inc
- How much does GBU Foundation Inc give?
- GBU Foundation Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $135,500, out of $140,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does GBU Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Education (19%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are GBU Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: GBU Financial Life ($93k), Storehouse for Teachers D/B/A the Education Partnership ($46k), GAF Society ($40k).
- Does GBU Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as GBU Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, Eqt Foundation, Enterprise Holdings Foundation.
- Where is GBU Foundation Inc based?
- GBU Foundation Inc is based in PA.
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