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Katselas Family Foundation at a glance

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Katselas Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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$10kInternational$9kEducation$6kRecreation & Sports$3kHealth$2kHuman Services$2kFood & Nutrition$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,700
Median grant
3
States reached
$119k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SALVATION ARMY$1,700
DOCTORS WITHOUT BOARDERS$1,700
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,700
PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY$1,700
IMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$1,000
PRESENTATION OF CHRIST GREEK ORTHOD$850
CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH$850
FAYETTE COUNTY CULTURAL TRUST$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%DESTINATION COLLEGE: $500 → 9%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES: $500 → 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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$32k · 10 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
20

Total granted

$32k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+33%

Still filing today

80%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’22’23’24’25
InternationalArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $7k · revenue +89%
  • PS
    PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $7k · revenue +22%
  • PP
    PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY
    5× · 2018–2025 · $5k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • CI
    CARNEGIE INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +43%
  • RI
    READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue +3%
  • ST
    SMILE TRAIN
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc

Phipps' mission is to inspire and educate all with the beauty and importance of plants, to advance sustainability and promote human and environmental well-being through action and research, and to celebrate its historic glasshouse.

Environment
2
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
3
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
4
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
5
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
United States Pharmacopeial Convention

Usp's mission is to improve global health through public standards and related programs that help ensure the quality, safety, and benefit of medicines and foods.

Health
8
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation

Children's hospital of pittsburgh foundation is the sole fundraising arm of upmc children's hospital of pittsburgh.the foundation exists to provide financial support for the hospital's mission of improving the health and well-being of…

Health
9
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
10
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry

The lancaster chamber of commerce & industry's mission is to create the environment, facilitate partnerships, and lead on issues that elevate business success. the strategic plan is to position lancaster county businesses to thrive. by…

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11
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau

The philadelphia convention & visitors bureau (phlcvb) is the official tourism promotion agency for the city of philadelphia globally, and the sales and marketing agency for the pennsylvania convention center (pcc). phlcvb markets…

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12
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

22 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. 22 of the 32 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $6,500 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INCWQED MULTIMEDIA: $2,000 · Arts & CultureWQED MULTIMEDIACARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTEFAYETTE COUNTY CULTURAL TRUST: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFAYETTE COUNTY CULTURAL T…THE SALVATION ARMY: $2,700 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYSMILE TRAIN: $1,000 · OtherSMILE TRAINMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH: $1,000 · OtherMACULAR DEGENERATION RESEA…AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONPRESENTATION OF CHRIST GREEK ORTHOD: $850 · OtherPRESENTATION OF CHRIST GRE…GREEK CHURCH: $600 · OtherGREEK CHURCHPITTSBURGH PRIDE CHOIR: $500 · OtherRIF: $500 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF WESTERN PA: $500 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH: $500 · OtherAMD3 FOUNDATION: $500 · Other+2 more: $500 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,700 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES…Save The Children Federation Inc: $1,500 · InternationalSave The Children Federa…Mercy Corps: $1,000 · InternationalMercy CorpsCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $500 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $500 · InternationalCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH: $4,350 · EducationCARNEGIE LIBRARY…IMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,500 · EducationIMANI CHRISTIAN …READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $1,000 · EducationREADING IS FUNDA…PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $4,700 · Recreation & SportsPITTSBURGH …American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,700 · Human ServicesDESTINATION COLLEGE: $500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION: $500 · Human ServicesFeeding America: $505 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $500 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$10,500Other$11,150International$10,200Education$6,850Recreation & Sports$4,700Human Services$2,700Food & Nutrition$1,005

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $4,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH: $4,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWQED MULTIMEDIA: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Corps: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAYETTE COUNTY CULTURAL TRUST: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $505 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESTINATION COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH PRIDE CHOIR: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMD3 FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $250 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 Katselas Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Katselas Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 32 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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