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Laurel Ridge Foundation Inc

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.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$22kEducation$21kHealth$13kAnimals$9kHuman Services$8kEnvironment$6kFood & Nutrition$2kYouth Development$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$63k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIGONIER VALLEY SCHOOL DIST FOUNDAT$4,800
LIGONIER VALLEY POLICE FOUNDATION$3,200
FORT LIGONIER$2,500
LIGONIER VALLEY YMCA$2,500
GREENSBURG HEMPFIELD AREA LIBRARY$2,500
WESTMORELAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY$2,500
WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$2,000
NEW FLORENCE COMMUNITY LIBRARY$1,750
LOYALHANNA WATERSHED ASSOC INC$1,500
SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA$1,500
SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART$1,250
LIGONIER VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS$1,000
HEROES NEVER ALONE INC$1,000
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 (FY22–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LIGONIER VALLEY YMCA: $3k → 10%LIGONIER VALLEY YMCA: $3k → 10%LIGONIER VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS: $1k → 10%LIGONIER VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS: $1k → 10%LIGONIER VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS: $1k → 10%THE STONEYBROOK FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%THE STONEYBROOK FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$71k · 10 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$71k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
0%

Still filing today

80%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • FL
    FORT LIGONIER ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $13k · revenue +2%
  • GH
    GREENSBURG HEMPFIELD AREA LIBRARY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $12k · revenue +24%
  • ST
    SOUTHERN TIER ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $8k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • BB
    BRADDOCK'S BATTLEFIELD HISTORY MUSE
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • AF
    Animal Friends Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue -22%
  • VT
    Variety the Childrens Charity
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
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
Western Allegheny Community Library

The mission of the western allegheny community library is to provide a safe, inclusive and accessible community-centered library that is free to the public and empowers its residents personal, educational and professional growth through…

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2
Warren Library Association

The mission of the warren library association is to provide all citizens in its service area access to library materials and information services which address the needs and expand the aspirations of the community for formal and lifelong…

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3
Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce

Promote civic, commercial, recreational, historical, environmental and general interest in the ligonier valley of westmoreland county pennsylvania

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4
Valley Community Library

Public lending library

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5
Adamstown Area Library

The mission of the adamstown library is to maintain and improve the quality of life in our community by providing access to cultural, intellectual, and informational resources and programs to promote life-long learning for all ages. the…

Education
6
Ligonier Valley Rail Road Association

To preserve the legacy of the Ligonier Valley Rail Road, conserve its vestiges, collect its relics & memorabilia, and educate the public about railroad history in the Ligonier Valley.

Arts & Culture
7
Ligonier Valley Library Association

To provide public library services for the community, including programs, educational research and reading materials.

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8
Community Library of Allegheny Valley

The Library is a center for informational resources and services, promoting literacy and lifelong learning. The Library has achieved the status of Family Place Library, a national initiative to encourage the beginning stages of literacy in…

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9
Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc

Provide shelter for homeless animals and prevent animal cruelty

Animals
10
Sewickley Township Public Library

Public Library providing educational, recreational and public services to approximately 6,000 Sewickley Township and Westmoreland County residents.

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11
Lycoming County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Full-service animal shelter, animal care, adoptive services, humane investigaation services and humane education.

Animals
12
Lower Macungie Library

Lower macungie library strives to inform, enrich, and empower our community

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ligonier Valley Meals On Wheels. 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

18 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. 18 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIGONIER VALLEY SCHOOL DIST FOUND: $10,000 · OtherLIGONIER VALLEY SCHOOL DIST FOUNDWESTMORELAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,858 · OtherWESTMORELAND HISTORICAL SOCIETYLIGONIER VALLEY SCHOOL DIST FOUNDAT: $4,800 · OtherLIGONIER VALLEY SCHOOL DIST FOUNDATBRADDOCK'S BATTLEFIELD HISTORY MUSE: $4,432 · OtherBRADDOCK'S BATTLEFIELD HISTORY MUSELIGONIER VALLEY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $3,200 · OtherLIGONIER VALLEY POLICE FOUNDATION INCVariety the Childrens Charity: $2,500 · OtherVariety the Childrens CharityKEYSTONE BULLDOG RESCUE SWPA: $2,500 · OtherKEYSTONE BULLDOG RESCUE SWPALIGONIER VALLEY LIBRARY: $2,000 · OtherNEW FLORENCE COMMUNITY LIBRARY: $1,750 · OtherCOMMUNITY LIVER ALLIANCE: $2,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY LIVER ALLIANCE+6 more: $7,700 · Other+6 moreFORT LIGONIER ASSOCIATION: $12,500 · Arts & CultureFORT LIGONIER ASSOCI…LIGONIER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 · Arts & CultureLIGONIER VALLEY HIST…WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $2,000 · Arts & CultureWESTMORELAND MUSEUM …SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART: $1,250 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES…LIGONIER VALLEY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIA ASSOCIATION: $5,500 · Human ServicesLIGONIER VALL…STONEYBROOK FOUNDATION: $5,100 · Human ServicesSTONEYBROOK F…LIGONIER VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS: $3,000 · Human ServicesLIGONIER VALL…GREENSBURG HEMPFIELD AREA LIBRARY: $11,500 · EducationGREENSBURG …SOUTHERN TIER ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES INC: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsLOYALHANNA WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentAnimal Friends Inc: $4,000 · AnimalsACTION FOR ANIMALS INC: $1,000 · Animals
Other$46,240Arts & Culture$19,750Human Services$13,600Education$11,500Recreation & Sports$7,500Environment$7,500Animals$5,000

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 budgetFORT LIGONIER ASSOCIATION: $12,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGREENSBURG HEMPFIELD AREA LIBRARY: $11,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHERN TIER ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLOYALHANNA WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLIGONIER VALLEY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIA ASSOCIATION: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTONEYBROOK FOUNDATION: $5,100 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLIGONIER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAnimal Friends Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGONIER VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS: $3,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIVER ALLIANCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW FLORENCE COMMUNITY LIBRARY: $1,750 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH NETWORK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEROES NEVER ALONE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTION FOR ANIMALS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…Rk Mellon Family Foun…Richard King Mellon F…The Tomahawk Hill Fou…The Dorothy Babcock F…Summit FoundationKatherine Mabis McKen…Roy a Hunt FoundationThe United Way of Sou…Robertshaw Charitable…Honkus-Zollinger Char…Eden Hall Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA28.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Rk Mellon Family Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Tomahawk Hill Foundation · The Dorothy Babcock Family Charitable Foundation · Summit Foundation · Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation · Roy a Hunt Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Robertshaw Charitable Foundation · Honkus-Zollinger Charitable Foundation · Eden Hall 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 Laurel Ridge Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laurel Ridge Foundation Inc. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–50%
    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 Laurel Ridge Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Laurel Ridge Foundation Inc 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 28 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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