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Herman Yudacufski Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Herman Yudacufski Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$90k
Granted FY2025still arriving
48
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$257kPublic Benefit$97kHuman Services$94kPhilanthropy$90kHealth$62kPublic Safety & Disaster$42kHousing & Shelter$40kArts & Culture$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k44 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
$300
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$25,000
ST JOSEPH'S CENTER$15,000
GEISINGER FOUNDATION$10,000
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORI$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
NATIVITY BVM HIGH SCHOOL$4,100
SCHUYLKILL AREA COMM FOUNDATION$3,000
HELPING HARVEST$1,500
TAMAQUA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT$1,000
SWEET ARROW LAKE CONSERVATION ASSOC$1,000
WVIA$1,000
MT SINAI MED CTR FOUNDATION$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CAMP VICTORY$1,000
DAVE MARY ALPER JCC$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 (FY17–25, $94k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILIES BEHIND THE BADGE: $200 → 7%FAMILIES BEHIND THE BADGE: $200 → 7%FAMILIES BEHIND THE BADGE: $100 → 7%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $15k → 12%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $15k → 12%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $15k → 12%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $14k → 12%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $8k → 12%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $6k → 12%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $5k → 12%SCHUYLKILL HOPE CENTER: $5k → 12%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $5k → 12%ST JOSEPH'S CENTER: $5k → 12%SCHUYLKILL YMCA: $500 → 12%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$895k · 81 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

81 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2025, 39 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
37

Total granted

$895k
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+3%

Still filing today

26%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 ServicesArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterEducationRecreation & 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

  • SJ
    ST JOSEPHS CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $88k · revenue +59%
  • SC
    SCHUYLKILL COMMUNITY ACTION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +45%
  • NW
    NICHOLAS WOLFF FOUNDATIONINC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $16k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • NM
    NEPA MANUFAT EMP COUNCIL
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
  • SW
    SCHUYLKILL WOMEN IN CRISIS
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -4%
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
Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce

To promote commercial, industrial, and civil interest in schuylkill county, pa.

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2
Schuyler County Community Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Schuylkill County Council for the Arts Inc

Coordinating, promoting and developing the arts and humanities in schuylkill county pennsylvania

—
4
Schuylkill County Volunteer Firemens Association of the State

To improve volunteer fire service in Schuylkill County

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5
Southeastern Pennsylvania Air Force Academy Parents Association
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6
Schuylkill Haven Unified Committee for Revitalization

To unite various schuylkill haven area stakeholders to promote economic growth and revitalizationi in the borough of schuylkill haven, pennsylvania and surrounding communities.

Community Improvement
7
Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company

Provide community with Fire and Ambulance service

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Schuylkill Area Community Foundation

The mission of the schuylkill area community foundation is to serve the interests of the philanthropic donors and to become stewards of financial gifts that support our community.

Philanthropy
9
Schuyler Volunteer Fire Company in

Fire protection and emergency services

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10
Lithuanian Days
Arts & Culture
11
Seelyville Fire Company

Provides volunteer fire protection and rescue services to the seelyville, pa and surrounding area.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Airville Volunteer Fire Company

Volunteer fire company

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Schuylkill County Historical Society; the most unlike its peers is Downtown Shenandoah 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

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 125 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/37
Grantees still filing
20/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $102,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNATIVITY BVM HIGH SCHOOL: $98,325 · OtherNATIVITY BVM HIGH SCHOOLPENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $95,800 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYSCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORI: $90,000 · OtherSCHUYLKILL COUNTY MUNICIPAL AUTHORIGEISINGER FOUNDATION: $70,000 · OtherGEISINGER FOUNDATIONSCHUYLKILL COMMUNITY ACTION: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $32,000 · Other+99 more: $278,085 · Other+99 moreST JOSEPHS CENTER: $87,500 · Human ServicesST JOSEPHS …SCHUYLKILL WOMEN IN CRISIS: $5,000 · Human ServicesSCHUYLKILL …+2 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesAVENUES: $8,300 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,900 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 · Health+2 more: $300 · HealthRyan Township Fire Company: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterPOLISH AMERICAN FIRE COMPANY #4: $2,800 · Public Safety & Disaster+1 more: $400 · Public Safety & DisasterDowntown Shenandoah Inc: $6,200 · Community ImprovementSCHUYLKILL CONNECTS: $4,212 · Community ImprovementTHE LUZERNE FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationWILKES UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationKING'S COLLEGE: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $240 · EducationSCHUYLKILL CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Employment
Other$806,710Human Services$93,500Health$14,000Public Safety & Disaster$13,200Community Improvement$10,412Education$9,740Employment$6,000

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 JOSEPHS CENTER: $87,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSCHUYLKILL COMMUNITY ACTION: $40,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNICHOLAS WOLFF FOUNDATIONINC: $15,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetRyan Township Fire Company: $10,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetAVENUES: $8,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LUZERNE FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Shenandoah Inc: $6,200 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetSCHUYLKILL CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetSCHUYLKILL WOMEN IN CRISIS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSCHUYLKILL UNITED WAY: $4,600 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSCHUYLKILL CONNECTS: $4,212 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetPOLISH AMERICAN FIRE COMPANY #4: $2,800 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetNORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMcAdoo Fire Company Inc: $1,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSPARTAN FOOTBALL HALF-TIME CLUB: $1,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWILKES UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKING'S COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES BEHIND THE BADGE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSCHUYLKILL YMCA: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinersville Little League: $500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHillside SPCA Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HOSE COMPANY NO 1 INC: $400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCARBON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCHUYLKILL BALLET THEATRE: $400 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALK IN ART CENTER INC: $240 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOTTSVILLE LIONS CHARITIES INC: $200 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPottsville Rotary Charities Inc: $200 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $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 ST JOSEPHS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SCHUYLKILL COMMUNITY ACTION ↗
  • Who funds NICHOLAS WOLFF FOUNDATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds Ryan Township Fire Company ↗
  • Who funds AVENUES ↗
  • Who funds THE LUZERNE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Downtown Shenandoah Inc ↗
  • Who funds SCHUYLKILL CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHUYLKILL WOMEN IN CRISIS ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHUYLKILL UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds SCHUYLKILL CONNECTS ↗
  • Who funds POLISH AMERICAN FIRE COMPANY #4 ↗

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.

Will S & Anna S Fox F…Ben D Spagolio Charit…Ppl FoundationThomas J West Family …Comerford Mary Tw Cha…Benevolent Associatio…Anna C Bohorad Trust BSchuylkill Area Commu…The Harry and Jeanett…Miter Charitable Foun…The Cigna Group Found…The Pfizer Foundation…
Will S & Anna S Fox FoundationPA34.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Will S & Anna S Fox Foundation · Ben D Spagolio Charitable Trust · Ppl Foundation · Thomas J West Family Char Trust · Comerford Mary Tw Charitable (Pf) · Benevolent Association of Pottsville · Anna C Bohorad Trust B · Schuylkill Area Community Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Miter Charitable Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Herman Yudacufski Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herman Yudacufski Charitable 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Herman Yudacufski Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Herman Yudacufski Charitable 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 125 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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