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Glen and Diane Meakem Foundation Inc at a glance

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Glen and Diane Meakem Foundation Inc

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.

$112k
Granted FY2021
16
Grants FY2021
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

90% of Glen and Diane Meakem Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Dechomai Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Glen and Diane Meakem Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $112k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

16
’17
9
’18
6
’19
8
’20
8
’21
3
’22
3
’23
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$263kEducation$219kReligion$163kSocial Science$53kEnvironment$33kHealth$29kArts & Culture$8kCommunity Improvement$8kOther$0
02FY2021 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k9 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $98k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$756k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST$30,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC U STUDENTS$15,000
ORCHARD HILL CHURCH$13,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SEWICKLEY ACADEMY$10,000
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$10,000
GROVE CITY COLLEGE CENTER FOR VISION AND VALUES$10,000
WOODLANDS FOUNDATION$5,000
PENNSYLVANIA FREE ENTERPRISE WEEK FOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE$2,000
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$1,500
IATWF$1,000
COVENANT CLASSICAL SCHOOLS$1,000
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL FUND$1,000
HARVARD COLLEGE FUND$1,000
CITIKIDZ$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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $26k) 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%LITTLE WAY PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER: $200 → 15%UNION AID SOCIETY: $450 → 11%UNION AID SOCIETY: $200 → 11%UNION AID SOCIETY: $100 → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $4k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $4k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
CO
KY
TN
DC
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$572k · 21 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +52% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2021, 8 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
18

Total granted

$572k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+52%

Still filing today

38%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SA
    SEWICKLEY ACADEMY
    5× · 2017–2021 · $41k · revenue +41%
  • AL
    ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST
    2× · 2021–2022 · $33k · revenue +24%
  • WF
    WOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $25k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • AH
    ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • US
    URSILINE SISTERS OF MOUNT ST JOSEPH
    one grant, 2018 · $250
  • RN
    REENGAGE - NEW SUN RISING
    one grant, 2020 · $250
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
Delaware Valley University

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…

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2
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
3
Pittsburgh Council On Higher Education

To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.

Education
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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6
Point Park University

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…

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7
Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc

Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.

Health
8
The Public School of Germantown

Germantown academy inspires students to be independent in thought; confident in expression; compassionate in spirit; collaborative in action; and honorable in deed. germantown academy is a private school educating students from pre-k…

Education
9
Community Day School

At community day school, we are committed to raising proud jews, confident leaders, and accomplished learners who value excellence and prioritize community. as educators, administrators, and staff, we hold ourselves to the highest ethical…

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10
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
11
The Electronic Information Network

To advance, support, and promote the exempt purposes of the carnegie library of pittsburgh and the allegheny county library association.

Education
12
University of Pittsburgh

The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Allegheny Institute for Public Policy; the most unlike its peers is Cochran Hose Company Inc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 49 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC U STUDENTS: $95,250 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC U STUDENTSORCHARD HILL CHURCH: $67,000 · OtherORCHARD HILL CHURCHHARVARD COLLEGE FUND: $55,600 · OtherHARVARD COLLEGE FUNDHARVARD MEAKEM ENDOWMENT ROTC: $50,000 · OtherHARVARD MEAKEM ENDOWMENT ROTCGROVE CITY COLLEGE CENTER FOR VISION AND VALUES: $40,000 · OtherGROVE CITY COLLEGE CENTER FOR VISION AND VALUESHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL (25TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITMENT): $37,500 · OtherHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL (25TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITMENT)Individual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $16,310 · OtherHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL FUND: $15,500 · Other+22 more: $23,400 · OtherDECHOMAI FOUNDATION INC: $261,851 · PhilanthropyDECHOMAI FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $400 · PhilanthropySEWICKLEY ACADEMY: $40,550 · EducationSEWICKLEY…Cornell University: $20,000 · EducationCornell U…EDEN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $11,400 · EducationEDEN CHRI…+2 more: $1,250 · EducationALLEGHENY LAND TRUST: $32,500 · Environment+1 more: $300 · EnvironmentWOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC: $25,042 · Human Services+2 more: $950 · Human ServicesPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $200 · Arts & CultureTRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $2,500 · Employment
Other$450,560Philanthropy$262,251Education$73,200Environment$32,800Human Services$25,992Arts & Culture$3,200Employment$2,500

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 budgetDECHOMAI FOUNDATION INC: $261,851 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEWICKLEY ACADEMY: $40,550 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetALLEGHENY LAND TRUST: $32,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC: $25,042 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCornell University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDEN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $11,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SEWICKLEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOVENANT CLASSICAL SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnion Aid Society: $750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFERN HOLLOW NATURE CENTER INC: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSewickley Public Library: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENYA CHRISTIAN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE WAY PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLAGE GREEN PARTNERS: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEWICKLEY CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA: $100 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 DECHOMAI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SEWICKLEY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds WOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds EDEN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds TRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds CHILD HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SEWICKLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT CLASSICAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Union Aid Society ↗
  • Who funds FERN HOLLOW NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Sewickley Public Library ↗
  • Who funds KENYA CHRISTIAN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE WAY PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds 412 FOOD RESCUE INC ↗

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…The Kopf Family Found…Proteus FoundationChild Health Associat…Rp Simmons Family Fou…Thomas Marshall Found…Wp Snyder III Charita…The Peirce Family Fou…The Snyder Family FundEqt FoundationNational Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA25.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Kopf Family Foundation · Proteus Foundation · Child Health Association of Sewickley Inc · Rp Simmons Family Foundation · Thomas Marshall Foundation · Wp Snyder III Charitable Fund · The Peirce Family Foundation Inc · The Snyder Family Fund · Eqt Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Glen and Diane Meakem Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Glen and Diane Meakem Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 49 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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