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George R & Janet E Desko Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

George R & Janet E Desko Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$137k
Granted FY2025still arriving
53
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$379kReligion$208kHealth$104kCommunity Improvement$84kHuman Services$78kInternational$39kHousing & Shelter$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k50 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
$1,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE$15,000
FELICIAN SISTERS$12,500
GO2GOAL$12,500
ST THERESE CATHOLIC CHURCH$7,000
ST ANNE HOME$5,000
POINT PARK UNIVERSITY$5,000
PENFED FOUNDATION$5,000
ST THERESE CATHOLIC SCHOOL$5,000
PALEY ORTHOPEDIC & SPINE INSTITUTE$5,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$5,000
ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK$4,000
LATIN AMERICAN CHILDREN'S FUND$2,500
GREATER LATROBE PARTNES IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION$2,500
SACRED HEART CHURCH$2,500
LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 11%HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%SHADOW BUDDIES FOUNDATION: $1k → 5%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 11%HCSO BENEVOLENCE ASSOCIATION: $500 → 16%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 11%WESTMORELAND CHILDREN FIRST: $2k → 10%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 11%SYNERGY SERVICES INC: $1k → 8%WESTMORELAND COUNTY BLIND ASSOCIATION: $1k → 10%SYNERGY SERVICES INC: $1k → 8%ZACHARY'S MISSION: $1k → 10%WESTMORELAND COUNTY BLIND ASSOCIATION: $500 → 10%WESTMORELAND COUNTY BLIND ASSOCIATION: $100 → 10%WESTMORELAND COUNTY BLIND ASSOCIATION: $100 → 10%RESPITE CARE OF CHARLESTON: $2k → 12%RESPITE CARE OF CHARLESTON: $2k → 12%RESPITE CARE CHARLESTON: $1k → 12%RESPITE CARE CHARLESTON: $800 → 12%RESPITE CARE CHARLESTON: $500 → 12%RESPITE CARE OF CHARLESTON: $500 → 12%WESLEY FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 11%RESPITE CARE CHARLESTON: $500 → 12%RESPITE CARE CHARLESTON: $500 → 12%RESPITE CARE CHARLESTON: $200 → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $4k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER: $2k → 11%WOMAN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $250 → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $100 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
NV
IA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$980k · 83 repeat orgs$238k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

83 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 48 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

83
101

Total granted

$980k
$200k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+22%

Still filing today

53%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • GL
    GREATER LATROBE PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +168%
  • SV
    SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2025 · $66k · revenue +19%
  • GI
    GO2GOAL INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $61k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • AA
    ALTOONA AREA HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • GS
    GLENDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF SCARED HEART
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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,…

Health
2
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
3
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
4
St Lukes Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals

We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time.

Health
5
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
6
Mcleod Physician Associates Ii

Mcleod physician associates ii operates as a part of the mcleod health system. the mission of mcleod health is to improve the overall health and well being of people living within south carolina and eastern north carolina by providing…

Health
7
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
8
Mcleod Health

To operate a health care system providing medical excellence to the eastern region of south carolina and the extreme southeastern region of north carolina.

Health
9
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
10
Chambersburg Hospital

The chambersburg hospital is a regional non-profit health care organization committed to the improvement of the health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.

Health
11
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.

—
12
Upmc Carlisle

Upmc carlisle's mission is to serve the community by providing access to outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health care system through clinical and technological innovation, research and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Westmorelandfrick Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Little Sisters of the Poor. 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

90 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. 90 of the 203 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
90/90
Grantees still filing
64/90
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FELICIAN SISTERS: $110,500 · OtherFELICIAN SISTERSST THERESE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $47,500 · OtherST THERESE CATHOLIC CHURCHALTOONA AREA HIGH SCHOOL: $40,000 · OtherALTOONA AREA HIGH SCHOOLLATIN AMERICAN CHILDREN'S FUND INC: $34,000 · OtherSACRED HEART CHURCH: $31,500 · OtherCharleston Collegiate School: $25,600 · Other+140 more: $442,561 · Other+140 moreGREATER LATROBE PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $124,880 · EducationGREATER LATROBE PART…SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE: $65,500 · EducationSAINT VINCENT COLLEG…LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $12,500 · EducationLOCK HAVEN UNIVERSIT…+4 more: $16,500 · Education+4 moreRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $25,150 · HealthST ANNE HOME: $17,205 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,000 · HealthABRAZO ADOPTION ASSOCIATES: $9,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $7,000 · HealthCarmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus: $5,000 · Health+13 more: $21,000 · HealthGO2GOAL INC: $60,650 · PhilanthropyMCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 · PhilanthropyTHE LATROBE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,150 · PhilanthropyWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $16,350 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $11,500 · Human ServicesRESPITE CARE OF CHARLESTON: $7,602 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,600 · Human ServicesWESTMORELAND CHILDREN FIRST: $2,000 · Human ServicesSYNERGY SERVICES INC: $2,000 · Human Services+8 more: $6,575 · Human ServicesLawrenceville United: $21,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $450 · Community ImprovementCHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY: $7,150 · AnimalsACTION FOR ANIMALS INC: $6,470 · AnimalsCENTRE COUNTY PAWS INC: $1,250 · AnimalsAnimal Friends Inc: $1,000 · Animals+2 more: $700 · Animals
Other$731,661Education$219,380Health$96,355Philanthropy$74,800Human Services$59,627Community Improvement$21,450Animals$16,570

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER LATROBE PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $124,880 over 8y, 15% of budgetSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE: $65,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGO2GOAL INC: $60,650 over 8y, 18% of budgetCharleston Collegiate School: $25,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $25,150 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLawrenceville United: $21,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetSea Island Habitat For Humanity Inc: $18,900 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetST ANNE HOME: $17,205 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $16,350 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEDMOND MOBILE MEALS INC: $11,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetABRAZO ADOPTION ASSOCIATES: $9,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTRULY FED MINISTRIES: $8,700 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetRESPITE CARE OF CHARLESTON: $7,602 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetThe Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY: $7,150 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLATROBE AREA HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $6,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetACTION FOR ANIMALS INC: $6,470 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPEO Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LATROBE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCarmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCambria Heights PTO: $4,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $4,000 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetPITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $3,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADAMS MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $2,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSea Island Hunger Awareness Foundation: $2,300 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHARLESTON AREA THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $2,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKiawah Cares Foundation: $2,150 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWESTMORELAND CHILDREN FIRST: $2,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetATTACK THEATRE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT & RELIEF ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSYNERGY SERVICES INC: $2,000 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 GREATER LATROBE PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GO2GOAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Charleston Collegiate School ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA INC ↗
  • Who funds Lawrenceville United ↗
  • Who funds Sea Island Habitat For Humanity Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST ANNE HOME ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds EDMOND MOBILE MEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ABRAZO ADOPTION ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds TRULY FED MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds RESPITE CARE OF CHARLESTON ↗
  • Who funds The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds LATROBE AREA HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗

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.

Kelly Family Foundati…Coastal Community Fou…The Joanna FoundationRichard King Mellon F…Tara FoundationHenry & Sylvia Yaschi…The Pittsburgh Founda…Beyond Our Gates Foun…CharlesBrenda Larsen …Lucky Heart FundKatherine Mabis McKen…Trident United Way
Kelly Family FoundationKS44.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kelly Family Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Joanna Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Tara Foundation · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Beyond Our Gates Foundation of Kiawah & Seabrook · CharlesBrenda Larsen Family Foundation · Lucky Heart Fund · Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation · Trident United Way

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 George R & Janet E Desko Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George R & Janet E Desko Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: 24% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
20report 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 203 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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The endowment market
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The camps
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