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Ironpigs Charities

To provide education and recreational opportunities for children in the lehigh valley region and provide financial assistance to charitable organizations assisting families and youth in the lehigh valley region.

$125k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$56kRecreation & Sports$44kHuman Services$24kEducation$21kHealth$11kPublic Benefit$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $27,031, the rows itemized in this filing. The $125,334 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $98,303 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$7,200
Median grant
1
States reached
$561k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALISBURY YOUTH ASSOCIATION$7,500
COALITION FOR APPROPRIATE TRANSPORTATION$7,200
VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE$6,831
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BETHLEHEM$5,500
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 (FY17–24, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%NORTHEAST MINISTRY: $5k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE: $7k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE: $5k → 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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$79k · 6 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +92% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
11

Total granted

$79k
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+92%
+33%

Still filing today

100%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitHealthOther
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

  • MV
    MIKAYLAS VOICE
    2× · 2019–2022 · $14k · revenue +129%
  • AS
    Allentown School District Foundation
    2× · 2017–2023 · $13k · revenue +16%
  • VY
    VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC
    2× · 2017–2024 · $12k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • SA
    ST ANTHONY'S YOUTH CENTER OF EASTON PA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue +24%
  • SL
    Southern Lehigh Youth Baseball Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +51%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
East Side Youth Center Inc

Organized youth sports events

Recreation & Sports
2
Monongahela Youth Baseball
Recreation & Sports
3
Newtown Edgmont Little League

Newtown Edgmont Little League is an organization sanctioned by Little League International and dedicated to youth baseball for children residing in and that attend school in Newtown and Edgmont Townships in Pennsylvania.

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4
Franklin Township Little League Baseball Inc

Provide physical activity to help youth grow mentally and physically. we accomplish this by organizing and supervising baseeball games for boys and girls.

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5
Boys & Girls Club of Youngstown

The boys & girls club of youngstown is dedicated to providing programs and services in a safe, supervised environment and to inspire and enable all young people of our community to realize their full potential as caring, productive and…

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6
North Pocono Dandy Lion Little League

Little league baseball believes in the power of youth baseball and softball to teach life lessons that build stronger individuals and communities. there are over 400 children of the north pocono, pennsylvania area are served by the little…

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7
Little League Baseball Inc

Provide opportunities for youth in the Downingtown community to play organized Little League baseball and softball in an instructional and fun environment that allows for competitive play with an emphasis on sportsmanship.

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8
Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County Inc

The organization provides educational and enrichment activities to over 1,500 youths ages 5 to 18 through year-round programs that focus on healthy lifestyles, academic success, college and career prep, and character development.

Youth Development
9
Schuylkill Valley Youth Baseball

to promote youth baseball

Recreation & Sports
10
Upper Perkiomen Youth Baseball Assoc

Upper perk youth baseball provides instructional baseball to boys and girls ages 5-12 in the upper perkiomen valley. good sportsmanship and competitive organized baseball is provided by an all volunteer staff. upyba operates a two season…

Recreation & Sports
11
Franklin Little League

Little league baseball program for boys and girls ages 5 to 12 in the city of franklin, pa and surrounding communities.

Recreation & Sports
12
Cumberland Valley Community Connections
Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Valley Youth House Committee Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cat - Coalition for Appropriate Transportation. 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

18 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. 18 of the 19 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $19,000 · OtherGREATER VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTI…ST ANTHONY'S YOUTH CENTER OF EASTON PA INC: $13,000 · OtherST ANTHONY'S YOUTH CENTER OF EASTO…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BETHLEHEM: $10,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BETHLEHEMIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOMMUNITY BIKE WORKS: $10,500 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY BIKE WORKSSALISBURY YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentSALISBURY YOUTH ASSOCIATI…GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PE…Girls on the Run Lehigh Valley & Pocono: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentGirls on the Run Lehigh V…CAMELOT FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMELOT FOR CHILDRENBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALLENTOWN INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF AL…MIKAYLAS VOICE: $14,000 · EducationMIKAYLAS VOICEAllentown School District Foundation: $12,700 · EducationAllentown School …Southern Lehigh Youth Baseball Inc: $10,500 · Recreation & SportsSouthern Lehigh…EMERALD PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION: $7,800 · Recreation & SportsEMERALD PLAYGRO…THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE MIRACLE LEA…VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $12,301 · Human ServicesVALLEY YOUT…NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,200 · Human ServicesNORTHEAST C…CAT - Coalition for Appropriate Transportation: $7,200 · Public BenefitPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $5,500 · Health
Other$52,500Youth Development$39,500Education$26,700Recreation & Sports$23,300Human Services$17,501Public Benefit$7,200Health$5,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $19,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMIKAYLAS VOICE: $14,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetST ANTHONY'S YOUTH CENTER OF EASTON PA INC: $13,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetAllentown School District Foundation: $12,700 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $12,301 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY BIKE WORKS: $10,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF BETHLEHEM: $10,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSouthern Lehigh Youth Baseball Inc: $10,500 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetEMERALD PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION: $7,800 over 1y, 11% of budgetSALISBURY YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCAT - Coalition for Appropriate Transportation: $7,200 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirls on the Run Lehigh Valley & Pocono: $5,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $5,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,200 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCAMELOT FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALLENTOWN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% 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.

Lehigh Valley Communi…United Way of the Gre…Air Products Foundati…Ppl FoundationHarry C Trexler EstateSt Luke's Hospital of…Martin D Cohen Family…The Century Fund TrustJohn a and Margaret P…Butz FoundationThe Rider-Pool Founda…Dexter F and Dorothy …
Lehigh Valley Community FoundationPA32.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Air Products Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Harry C Trexler Estate · St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Pa · Martin D Cohen Family Foundation · The Century Fund Trust · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · Butz Foundation · The Rider-Pool Foundation · Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker 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 Ironpigs Charities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ironpigs Charities. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    6report 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 19 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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