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Girling Foundation at a glance

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Girling 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.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$89kPhilanthropy$39kHuman Services$20kHousing & Shelter$15kMembership Benefit$15kEducation$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$292k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL$11,000
SALVATION ARMY$5,500
RACE FOR EDUCATION BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS PTC$5,000
WOMEN'S 5K CLASSIC$1,500
MASONIC CHILDRENS HOME$1,000
WESTERN SALISBURY FIRE COMPANY$1,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 55% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PICKERING MANOR: $5k → 6%LULU SHRINERS FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%MASONIC CHARITIES OF ELIZABETHTOWN: $21k → 9%RACE FOR EDUCATION BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS PTC: $5k → 11%ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 11%THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION: $500 → 12%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 22%MARINE CORP HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $100 → 14%HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5k → 14%ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $21k → 17%MERCATUS CENTER: $500 → 7%PICKERING MANOR HOME: $5k → 6%MASONIC VILLAGE OF ELIZABETHTOWN: $15k → 9%BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS PTC: $1k → 11%LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $250 → 11%SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 22%ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $11k → 17%PICKERING MANOR HOME: $5k → 6%MASONIC CHARITIES: $7k → 9%ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION: $250 → 11%MASONIC CHARITIES OF ELIZABETHTOWN: $6k → 9%WOMEN'S 5K CLASSIC: $2k → 11%MASONIC CHILDRENS HOME: $5k → 9%THE WOMEN'S 5K CLASSICGET YOUR PINK ON: $2k → 11%MASONIC CHARITIES OF ELIZABETHTOWN: $1k → 9%LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK: $8k → 11%MASONIC CHILDRENS HOME: $1k → 9%LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK: $8k → 11%MASONIC CHARITIES OF ELIZABETHTOWN: $500 → 9%LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK: $5k → 11%LEHIGH VALLEY CC: $2k → 11%WESTERN SALISBURY FIRE COMPANY: $1k → 11%WESTERN SALISBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE CO: $500 → 11%WESTERN SALISBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE CO: $250 → 11%CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $1k → 11%WOMEN'S 5K CLASSIC: $2k → 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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$155k · 12 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against -33% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$155k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
-33%

Still filing today

50%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterSocial SciencePublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $32k · revenue +10%
  • LV
    LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK
    3× · 2020–2022 · $20k · revenue +353%
  • PC
    PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $8k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • MV
    MASONIC VILLAGE OF ELIZABETHTOWN
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
  • MC
    MASONIC CHARITIES
    one grant, 2024 · $7k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

Health
2
Lehigh Valley Physician Group

Establish and maintain a medical group consisting of clinicians employed by lehigh valley health network. this medical group will fulfill the charitable mission of promoting community health through health education, injury prevention, and…

Health
3
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
4
Philadelphia University

The organization is an affiliate within thomas jefferson university/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research…

Education
5
Lebanon Valley College

Lebanon valley college educates students for lifelong success through exceptional undergraduate liberal-arts programs and professional graduate programs delivered in an engaging and supportive academic and co-curricular environment.…

Education
6
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
8
Highmark Health Group

Working as an integrated system within highmark health, employees at all of ahn's care sites, including hospitals, health + wellness pavilions, primary and specialty care offices and more, are committed to improving health and promoting…

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9
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono

Our mission is who we are and what we do: to provide world class care close to home. our vision is what we aim for to best serve our community: to build a healthier community.

Health
10
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Schuylkill

Lehigh valley hospital - schuylkill's mission is to make a positive difference in the scope and quality of healthcare available for the schuylkill county community.

Health
11
Pocono Health System

We heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.

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12
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton

We heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and clinical research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lehigh Valley Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Brandywine Heights Ptc. 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

10 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. 10 of the 27 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)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASONIC CHARITIES OF ELIZABETHTOWN: $28,150 · OtherMASONIC CHARITIES OF ELIZABETHTOWNLEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK: $20,000 · OtherLEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORKST JUDE HOSPITAL: $16,000 · OtherST JUDE HOSPITALMASONIC VILLAGE OF ELIZABETHTOWN: $15,000 · OtherMASONIC VILLAGE OF ELIZABETHTOWNSALVATION ARMY: $14,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $12,000 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDRENPICKERING MANOR HOME: $10,000 · OtherPICKERING MANOR HOMEMASONIC CHARITIES: $7,000 · OtherMASONIC CHILDRENS HOME: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherRACE FOR EDUCATION BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS PTC: $5,000 · Other+7 more: $6,600 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $32,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RES…PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $7,500 · HealthPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUND…ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC: $5,250 · Housing & ShelterHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationWOMEN'S 5K CLASSIC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyBRANDYWINE HEIGHTS PTC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyLEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $250 · PhilanthropyWESTERN SALISBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $750 · Public Safety & DisasterMercatus Center Inc: $500 · Social Science
Other$144,750Health$39,500Housing & Shelter$5,250Education$5,000Philanthropy$4,250Public Safety & Disaster$750Social Science$500

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 budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $32,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC: $5,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S 5K CLASSIC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBRANDYWINE HEIGHTS PTC: $1,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetWESTERN SALISBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 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 ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds ALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S 5K CLASSIC ↗
  • Who funds BRANDYWINE HEIGHTS PTC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN SALISBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds Mercatus Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY 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.

Air Products Foundati…Ppl FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Air Products FoundationPA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Air Products Foundation · Ppl Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Girling Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Girling Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report 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.

    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 27 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 regranting layer
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    The endowment market
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    The camps
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    By state
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