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Joe and Chris Aloe Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Joe and Chris Aloe Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
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$37kHealth$11kReligion$4kInternational$2kHuman Services$2kYouth Development$2kRecreation & Sports$2kArts & Culture$700Other$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$30k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$3,050
Individual grant recipient$2,000
QUARRY SCHOLARSHIP FUND$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $500 → 9%THE BLESSING BOARD: $200 → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2k → 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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$41k · 4 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +105% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
21

Total granted

$41k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+105%
+34%

Still filing today

75%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
Human ServicesInternationalPublic BenefitHealthPhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • TE
    TIMOTHY E NETTLES MEMORIAL FUND
    3× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue +244%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2024–2025 · $6k
  • SH
    SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES
    2× · 2017–2019 · $4k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • PB
    PENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue -15%
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
Youth With a Mission Pittsburgh Inc

To know god, and make him known

Religion
2
But God Ministries

Sharing the love of jesus christ by building sustainable communities around the world and providing medical care to low-income households in the united states. the organization is currently building two sustainable communities in haiti and…

International
3
Mission Quest

Mission quest exists to glorify god by assisting christian missionaries and to reach the nations with the message of faith, grace, and victory through jesus christ. this is accomplished through mobilizing and support of missionaries and…

Youth Development
4
Sarcoma Strong Inc

To support our sarcoma families at every step of their journey with sarcoma

Health
5
Third World Missions Inc

Youth missions training and evangelism, equipping youth and adults to spread the gospel of jesus christ in third world countries.

Religion
6
Horizonte Ministries

For the promulgation of the gospel of jesus christ and to invest in the planting of churches.

Religion
7
Kingdom Missions Fund

To fund christian missions projects worldwide.

Religion
8
Siouxland Youth for Christ

To provide youth ministry services to youth in the siouxland area.

Youth Development
9
Pathway Ministries

Minister to the spiritual and welfare needs of individuals and families

Human Services
10
Joshua Nations International

Spreading christianity worldwide.

Religion
11
Jim King Ministries Inc

Proclaim the gospel of jesus christ

Religion
12
Philadelphia Gospel Movement

Philadelphia gospel movement connects and equips christian leaders to help transform our neighborhoods and city.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Guidance Inc; the most unlike its peers is Quaker Valley Hockey Association. 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

12 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. 12 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TIMOTHY E NETTLES MEMORIAL FUND: $30,000 · Public BenefitTIMOTHY E NETTLES MEMORIAL FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $5,550 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $3,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWPGA SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2,000 · OtherWPGA SCHOLARSHIP FUNDQUARRY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2,000 · OtherQUARRY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherWEST END HOUSE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $1,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · OtherEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherEVANS SCHOLAR FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherPALMS GOLF CLUB - COVID BENEFIT: $1,000 · OtherSARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,000 · OtherDESERT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Other+5 more: $2,250 · Other+5 morePENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION: $5,000 · PhilanthropySOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $3,500 · ReligionYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $500 · Human ServicesTHE BLESSING BOARD: $200 · Human ServicesYAHVE-JIRE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION-US: $2,400 · InternationalMEETING GOD IN MISSIONS: $250 · InternationalPITTSBURGH CURE SARCOMA: $2,000 · Health
Public Benefit$30,000Other$25,050Philanthropy$5,000Religion$3,500Human Services$2,700International$2,650Health$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTIMOTHY E NETTLES MEMORIAL FUND: $30,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA BREAST CANCER COALITION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYAHVE-JIRE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION-US: $2,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH CURE SARCOMA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEETING GOD IN MISSIONS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLESSING BOARD: $200 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.

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.

William & Frances Alo…The Pittsburgh Founda…The United Way of Sou…Eqt FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
William & Frances Aloe Charitable FoundationPA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: William & Frances Aloe Charitable Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Eqt Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Joe and Chris Aloe Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joe and Chris Aloe Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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

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    How do I get to Joe and Chris Aloe Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Joe and Chris Aloe 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 27 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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