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Howard Hanna Children's Free Care Fund

HOWARD HANNA CHILDREN'S FREE CARE FUND is a non-profit organization created for the purpose of benefiting children's health casues.

$934k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$282k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$7.0MHuman Services$30kArts & Culture$23kEducation$10kRecreation & Sports$5k
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $300k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $339k
  • $250k+1 grant · $282k
$21,375
Median grant
6
States reached
$636k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PITTSBURGH$281,577
RAINBOW BABIES & CHILDREN'S$125,751
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF THE KINGS DAUGHTER INC$75,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION$73,230
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$65,125
UPMC PINNACLE FOUNDATION$41,208
WMC FOUNDATION$35,150
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON$34,179
GOLISANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$31,086
HAMOT HEALTHCARE$23,945
THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC$21,375
UNIVERSITY OF VA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$20,777
HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC$15,560
UPSTATE FOUNDATION$14,650
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$12,560
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 (FY20–23, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UPSTATE GOLISANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $16k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $15k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $15k → 11%UPSTATE GOLISANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10k → 14%UPSTATE GOLISANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $8k → 14%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.7M · 25 repeat orgs$217k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
11

Total granted

$7.7M
$159k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+23%

Still filing today

68%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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
HealthEducationCrime & LegalArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & 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

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.2M · revenue +135%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
    9× · 2017–2025 · $659k · revenue +106%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON
    9× · 2017–2025 · $526k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $59k · revenue +62%
  • GM
    GALENS MEDICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +23%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +53%
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
Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals

Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.

Health
2
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
3
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

Johns hopkins health system corporation provides centralized management of a multi-hospital healthcare system. it is a key component of johns hopkins medicine, a collaboration with the johns hopkins university school of medicine.

Health
4
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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5
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
6
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
7
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
8
Trihealth Physician Institute

Provides the community necessary medical care through specialty physicians.

Health
9
Upmc Group

Healthcare, education, and research

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10
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
11
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
12
Vassar Brothers Hospital

Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Metrohealth Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Florence H Brown Tw Ymca. 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

31 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. 31 of the 43 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
24/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $1,454,193 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INCCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PITTSBURGH: $1,287,190 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PITTSBURGHCLEVELAND CLINIC CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOR REHABILITATION: $738,288 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOR REHABILITATIONGOLISANO CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $146,409 · Other+9 more: $279,151 · Other+9 moreCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,242,280 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATIONChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $658,898 · HealthChildren's Hospital of the King's DaughtersCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON: $526,154 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRONTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION: $437,967 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATIONTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $239,765 · HealthTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INCTHE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER: $216,715 · HealthTHE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER+15 more: $522,506 · Health+15 moreWilliam & Mary Foundation: $78,830 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $30,777 · EducationSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationTHE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $33,709 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $30,000 · Human ServicesHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $22,500 · Arts & CultureWESLEY FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Crime & LegalPROMEDICA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Public BenefitFLYING HORSE FARMS: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$3,905,231Health$3,844,285Education$119,607Human Services$63,709Arts & Culture$22,500Crime & Legal$15,000Public Benefit$10,000Recreation & Sports$5,000

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 budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,242,280 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $658,898 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON: $526,154 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION: $437,967 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $239,765 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER: $216,715 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUPMC PINNACLE FOUNDATION: $120,180 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHAMOT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $114,005 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWilliam & Mary Foundation: $78,830 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $58,728 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Medical Center Foundation: $55,381 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHIGHLAND HOSPITAL OF ROCHESTER: $44,507 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $37,118 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC: $33,709 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $30,777 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFLORENCE H BROWN TW YMCA: $30,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEY FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROUSE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLYING HORSE FARMS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $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.

  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UPMC PINNACLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HAMOT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds William & Mary Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Westchester Medical Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLAND HOSPITAL OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE UPSTATE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GALENS MEDICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FLORENCE H BROWN TW YMCA ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds WESLEY FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds ATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROMEDICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Pittsburgh Bereavement Doulas Inc ↗
  • Who funds CROUSE HEALTH FOUNDATION 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.

Rite Aid Healthy Futu…Joy In Childhood Foun…Reach Out and Read IncAmerican Cancer Socie…Charities Aid Foundat…The Ayco Charitable F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Verizon FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…
Rite Aid Healthy FuturesPA19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rite Aid Healthy Futures · Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc · Reach Out and Read Inc · American Cancer Society Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment 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 Howard Hanna Children's Free Care Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Howard Hanna Children's Free Care Fund. 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 →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of 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.

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 43 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 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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