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John G Rangos Sr Charitable Foundation U/A DTD 12/17/1987 at a glance

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John G Rangos Sr Charitable Foundation U/A DTD 12/17/1987

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$1.9MHealth$1.6MInternational$420kScience & Tech$365kReligion$159kArts & Culture$121kHuman Services$100kEmployment$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k4 grants · $450k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$150,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION$500,000
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY$475,000
John Hopkins Medicine$400,000
CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER$150,000
INTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES$100,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS DONATION$100,000
THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOUNDATION$100,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%VET REST: $25k → 4%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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of John G Rangos Sr Charitable Foundation U/A DTD 12/17/1987’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 76% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 66%.

John G Rangos Sr Charitable Foundation U/A DTD 12/17/1987lessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 8 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
19

Total granted

$3.2M
$611k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+10%

Still filing today

75%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’24’25
HealthArts & CultureEducationInternationalHuman ServicesEmploymentOther
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

  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    5× · 2018–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +24%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $400k · revenue +6%
  • CI
    CARNEGIE INSTITUTE
    4× · 2019–2025 · $315k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $150k
  • MO
    MEDAL OF HONOR SCHOLORSHIP
    one grant, 2020 · $110k
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
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
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
2
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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3
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
4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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5
The Pittsburgh Promise Foundation

The pittsburgh promise promotes high educational aspirations among urban youth, funds scholarships for post-secondary access, and fuels a prepared and diverse regional workforce.

Philanthropy
6
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
7
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
8
Upmc

Support of subsidiary tax-exempt healthcare, education and research organizations (see schedule o)

Health
9
University of Pittsburgh

The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…

Education
10
Upmc Group

Healthcare, education, and research

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11
Pittsburgh Business Group On Health

An employer-led coalition that champions outcomes-based, cost-effective healthcare through education, market expertise, group purchasing, comparative data and decision support.

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12
Shadyside Hospital of Pittsburgh
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Carnegie Institute; the most unlike its peers is Vet R E S T. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 31 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $1,785,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT+1 more: $15,000 · EducationUPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $500,000 · OtherUPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH …John Hopkins Medicine: $400,000 · OtherJohn Hopkins MedicineIndividual grant recipient: $150,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST VLADIMIR'S ORTHODOX CHURCH: $125,000 · OtherST VLADIMIR'S ORTHODOX CHURCHMEDAL OF HONOR SCHOLORSHIP: $110,000 · OtherMEDAL OF HONOR SCHOLORSHIPTUNNEL TO TOWERS DONATION: $100,000 · OtherTUNNEL TO TOWERS DONATIONCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH: $100,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGHUPMC: $60,000 · Other+12 more: $160,550 · Other+12 moreCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $400,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $30,000 · HealthBLOOD CANC…+1 more: $10,000 · HealthCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $315,000 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE …Medal Of Honor Foundation Inc: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMedal Of …+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureINT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC: $420,000 · InternationalINT'L ORT…PITTSBURGH HIRES VETERANS: $85,000 · EmploymentVET R E S T: $25,000 · Human Services
Education$1,800,000Other$1,705,550Health$440,000Arts & Culture$425,000International$420,000Employment$85,000Human Services$25,000

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 budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $1,785,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetINT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC: $420,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $315,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH HIRES VETERANS: $85,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSHADYSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoca Raton Police Athletic League: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSYRIA SHRINERS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $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 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds INT'L ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Medal Of Honor Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH HIRES VETERANS ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds VET R E S T ↗
  • Who funds READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras ↗
  • Who funds SHADYSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Boca Raton Police Athletic League ↗
  • Who funds SYRIA SHRINERS ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗

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 Founda…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · 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 John G Rangos Sr Charitable Foundation U/A DTD 12/17/1987 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John G Rangos Sr Charitable Foundation U/A DTD 12/17/1987. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 31 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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