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James R and Electra P Agras Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$84k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2024
38
Organizations funded FY2023
61%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$12,500
Organizations funded a year
21 to 39
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$1.5M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 61% of the organizations James R and Electra P Agras Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthArts & CulturePublic BenefitHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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 arriving34$83k26%
FY202338$95k61%
FY202234$70k44%
FY202139$62k51%
FY202021$61k43%
FY201934$80k65%
FY201826$58kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$244kEducation$72kHealth$56kReligion$46kCrime & Legal$34kPublic Benefit$23kHuman Services$21kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
SD
OH
PA
CA
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc$109,78070%
Pittsburgh Opera Inc$39,50070%
National Legal and Policy Center$29,50060%
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation$21,00030%
American Council of Trustees and Alumni$20,00030%
St Clair Hospital$16,5003n/a
Judicial Watch Inc$15,50060%
Pittsburgh Festival Opera$13,50031%
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$13,00030%
Familylinks Inc$11,55060%
Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of James R and Electra P Agras Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc$109,78070%
Pittsburgh Opera Inc$39,50070%
National Legal and Policy Center$29,50060%
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation$21,00030%
American Council of Trustees and Alumni$20,00030%
St Clair Hospital$16,5003n/a
Judicial Watch Inc$15,50060%
Pittsburgh Festival Opera$13,50031%
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$13,00030%
Familylinks Inc$11,55060%
Upmc$10,0002n/a
Carnegie Institute$8,00020%
Cribs for Kids Inc$6,50020%
National Civil War Museum$6,00050%
Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc$5,00010%
Media Research Center$3,20030%
Thiel College$3,00030%
University of Pittsburgh$3,00030%
The Heritage Foundation$2,90040%
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$2,50030%
Pacific Legal Foundation$2,20030%
The Bradley Center Inc$2,00020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,00020%
Wqed Multimedia$2,00020%
Always B Smiling Inc$2,00020%
Homeless Children's Education Fund$2,00020%
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church$1,7002n/a
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$1,50010%
Merakey Allegheny Valley School$1,50020%
Disabled American Veterans$1,10030%
March of Dimes Inc$1,05030%
Neurofibromatosis Clinics Assn Inc$1,00012%
Helphopelive Inc$1,00010%
The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs$1,00010%
The Daily Caller News Foundation$1,00010%
Masonic Blood and Organ Donation Program$1,0001n/a
Wesley Family Services Foundation$1,0001n/a
Chatham University$1,00010%
Bob O Connor Foundation$8002n/a
Storehouse for Teachers D/B/A the Education Partnership$50010%
Prager University Foundation$50010%
United States Justice Foundation$50010%
Saint Vincent College$50010%
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church$3001n/a
The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy$20010%
St Anthony School Programs$2001n/a
Chordoma Foundation$20020%
Wilkes University$20010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$10010%
America First Legal Foundation$10010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$10010%
Little Sisters of the Poor$10010%
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 71 recipients with no EIN on record ($138k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James R and Electra P Agras Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPittsburgh Symphony Inc: $109,780 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPittsburgh Opera Inc: $39,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNational Legal and Policy Center: $29,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPittsburgh Public Theater Corporation: $21,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Council of Trustees and Alumni: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Festival Opera: $13,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPittsburgh Cultural Trust: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFamilylinks Inc: $11,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Institute: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCribs for Kids Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Civil War Museum: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Beach Atlantic University Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedia Research Center: $3,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThiel College: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $2,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetReading Is Fundamental Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bradley Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWqed Multimedia: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlways B Smiling Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHomeless Children's Education Fund: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSpecial Olympics Pennsylvania Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMerakey Allegheny Valley School: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNeurofibromatosis Clinics Assn Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHelphopelive Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Daily Caller News Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChatham University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStorehouse for Teachers D/B/A the Education Partnership: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Justice Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Vincent College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChordoma Foundation: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilkes University: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica First Legal Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Sisters of the Poor: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHonorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc: $100 over 1y, 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 45.

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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.

The Pittsburgh FoundationPA21.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Heinz Endowments · Clapp G H Decd Char and Ed Tr · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Howard & Nell E Miller Foundat · James Frances McCandless Trust · Peter C Dozzi Family Foundation Aka Eugene Dozzi Charitable Foundation · Centimark Foundation · Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation · American Eagle Outfitters 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 R and Electra P Agras Foundation

How much does James R and Electra P Agras Foundation give?
James R and Electra P Agras Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $83,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 39 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does James R and Electra P Agras Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Education (14%), Health (11%).
Who are James R and Electra P Agras Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Pittsburgh Symphony Inc ($110k), Pittsburgh Opera Inc ($40k), National Legal and Policy Center ($30k).
Does James R and Electra P Agras Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does James R and Electra P Agras Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as James R and Electra P Agras Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, Hillman Family Foundations, The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Where is James R and Electra P Agras Foundation based?
James R and Electra P Agras 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 127 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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