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James and Melanie Crockard Foundation

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.

$160k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
54
Grants FY2024
66
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$250
Largest grant, FY2024
$62,500
Organizations funded a year
7 to 66
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$421k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations James and Melanie Crockard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
AnimalsArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving51$125k8%
FY202366$154k11%
FY202262$165k79%
FY20217$64k14%
FY202016$75kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$239kPhilanthropy$172kArts & Culture$170kAnimals$61kRecreation & Sports$28kEnvironment$26kYouth Development$23kHuman Services$21kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of James and Melanie Crockard Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tke Foundation Inc$208,00054%
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc$112,03350%
Pittsburgh Opera Inc$36,00040%
Humane Animal Rescue$35,00040%
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy$27,43150%
Senior Hearts Rescue and Renewal$16,00042%
Waynesburg University$15,00030%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$12,50030%
Best of the Batch Foundation$12,05040%
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$10,50040%
Josh Gibson Foundation$7,50021%
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh$4,00040%
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh$3,00030%
Pressley Ridge$3,00030%
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania$3,00030%
Frick Art & Historical Center Inc$3,00030%
Carnegie Institute$3,00030%
No Dog Left Behind Inc$2,00021%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$1,75040%
Neighborhood Legal Services Association$1,50030%
Kidsvoice$1,50030%
Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank$1,00240%
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation$1,00010%
Allegheny County Bar Foundation$1,00020%
Laurel Highlands Council Boy Scouts of America$1,00010%
Heal Animal Rescue$1,00010%
National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc$1,00010%
Trade Institute of Pittsburgh$75030%
Community Kitchen Pittsburgh$75030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$75010%
Light of Life Ministries Inc$75030%
National Society of Arts and Letters Washington DC Chapter$60011%
Lutheran Seniorlife Foundation$50020%
Imani Christian Academy$50010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$50050%
Sojourner House Inc$34610%
Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Inc$33110%
National D-Day Memorial Foundation$30030%
National Wildlife Federation$30030%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$30030%
Wqed Multimedia$30030%
Beaver County Humane Society$30030%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$30030%
Carmichaels Area Historical Society$3001n/a
Humane World for Animals Inc$30030%
Persad Center Inc$30010%
Society of the Little Flower$3003n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$30030%
Corner Cupboard Food Bank Inc$25010%
National Park Foundation$20020%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$20020%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$20020%
Sewickley Valley Historical Society$20020%
Quaker Valley Ambulance Authority$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James and Melanie Crockard Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTke Foundation Inc: $208,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetPittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc: $112,033 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPittsburgh Opera Inc: $36,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHumane Animal Rescue: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPittsburgh Parks Conservancy: $27,431 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSenior Hearts Rescue and Renewal: $16,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetWaynesburg University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWest Virginia University Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBest of the Batch Foundation: $12,050 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPittsburgh Cultural Trust: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJosh Gibson Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetZoological Society of Pittsburgh: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPressley Ridge: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Western Pennsylvania: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFrick Art & Historical Center Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Institute: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNo Dog Left Behind Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGreater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Legal Services Association: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKidsvoice: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Pennsylvania Diaper Bank: $1,002 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAllegheny County Bar Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLaurel Highlands Council Boy Scouts of America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHeal Animal Rescue: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrade Institute of Pittsburgh: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Kitchen Pittsburgh: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLight of Life Ministries Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Society of Arts and Letters Washington DC Chapter: $600 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLutheran Seniorlife Foundation: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetImani Christian Academy: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSojourner House Inc: $346 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Inc: $331 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational D-Day Memorial Foundation: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWqed Multimedia: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBeaver County Humane Society: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPersad Center Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCorner Cupboard Food Bank Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

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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.

Eqt FoundationPA37.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eqt Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Allegheny Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The Burke Foundation · The Burke Family Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · Citizens Charitable 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.

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About James and Melanie Crockard Foundation

How much does James and Melanie Crockard Foundation give?
James and Melanie Crockard Foundation reported 54 grants totaling $160,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 66 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does James and Melanie Crockard Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Philanthropy (23%), Arts & Culture (23%).
Who are James and Melanie Crockard Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Tke Foundation Inc ($208k), Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc ($112k), Pittsburgh Opera Inc ($36k).
Does James and Melanie Crockard Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does James and Melanie Crockard Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as James and Melanie Crockard Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eqt Foundation, Hillman Family Foundations, The Pittsburgh Foundation.
Where is James and Melanie Crockard Foundation based?
James and Melanie Crockard Foundation is based in PA.

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 79 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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