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Glenlaurel Foundation at a glance

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Glenlaurel 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.

$71k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$377kEducation$134kRecreation & Sports$26kCommunity Improvement$10kHealth$5kReligion$3kHousing & Shelter$3k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $66k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH$25,000
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST$25,000
CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH$16,000
CREATING PITTSBURGH TOMORROW INC$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$494k · 9 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
6

Total granted

$494k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+45%

Still filing today

78%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • PB
    PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $205k · revenue +46%
  • PC
    PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST
    6× · 2018–2025 · $110k · revenue +6%
  • SS
    SHADY SIDE ACADEMY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $100k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • PP
    PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +45%
  • HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +79%
  • SC
    STEEL CITY SQUASH INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -51%
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
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
3
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation

The mission of pittsburgh public theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. pittsburgh public theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate, and (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
4
The Friends of the Pittsburgh Institutions
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5
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
6
Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.

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7
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
8
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

By sharing resources and fostering meaningful relationships that strengthen the region's creative community, the greater pittsburgh arts council builds a more resourced, connected, and informed arts sector, empowering artists and arts…

Arts & Culture
9
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
10
Riverlife

Riverlife's mission is to create, activate, and celebrate pittsburgh's riverfronts, connecting people through exceptional places and experiences.

Environment
11
Pittsburgh International Classic Theatre

Challenging, educating and entertaining pittsburgh audiences by providing high quality theatre at reasonable prices, while focusing on irish, english and classical works.

Arts & Culture
12
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pittsburgh Cultural Trust; the most unlike its peers is Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard. 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

14 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. 14 of the 16 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC: $205,300 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INCPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $110,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUSTCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $41,000 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTE+1 more: $6,500 · Arts & CultureSHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $100,000 · EducationSHADY SIDE ACADEMYSTEEL CITY SQUASH INC: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationPOINT PARK UNIVERSITY: $31,500 · OtherPOINT PAR…CARNEGIE INSTITUTE Carnegie Museum of Art Divisio: $13,000 · OtherCARNEGIE …CHURCH BY THE SEA: $2,500 · Other+1 more: $1,000 · OtherAspinwall Riverfront Park Inc: $15,500 · Recreation & SportsPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsCREATING PITTSBURGH TOMORROW INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesVETERANS PLACE OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD: $2,500 · Housing & Shelter
Arts & Culture$362,800Education$107,000Other$48,000Recreation & Sports$20,500Community Improvement$10,000Human Services$5,000Housing & Shelter$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 budgetPITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC: $205,300 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $110,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPOINT PARK UNIVERSITY: $31,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAspinwall Riverfront Park Inc: $15,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCREATING PITTSBURGH TOMORROW INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN'S COMMITTEE OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART CARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $6,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEEL CITY SQUASH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS PLACE OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOX CHAPEL GOLF CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER INC: $1,000 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.

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.

Hillman Family Founda…The Pittsburgh Founda…Richard King Mellon F…Allegheny FoundationThe Courtney Babcock …The Burke Family Foun…The Burke FoundationThe Buhl FoundationEden Hall FoundationThe Grable FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsVanguard Charitable E…
Hillman Family FoundationsPA21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Allegheny Foundation · The Courtney Babcock Borntraeger Foundation · The Burke Family Foundation · The Burke Foundation · The Buhl Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Glenlaurel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Glenlaurel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Glenlaurel Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Glenlaurel Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 16 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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