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Love Family Foundation Incorporated

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$141k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$360kHealth$182kArts & Culture$141kReligion$65kAnimals$45kEnvironment$35kHuman Services$23kPublic Benefit$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $82k
$1,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VAUGHN COLLEGE$25,000
UPMC EYE CENTER$13,000
PITTSBURGH OPERA$13,000
COLGATE UNIVERSITY$10,750
ADIRONDAK HEALTH CENTER$10,000
U PITTSBURGH UPMC MED HEALTH SVCS F$10,000
CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH$8,000
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY$7,000
THE AKC MUSEUM OF THE DOG$5,000
WAKE FOREST$5,000
EXETER$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$4,000
MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL$4,000
ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST$3,500
ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION LAKE PLACID$2,500
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 (FY23–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDREN'S AID: $3k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MN
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
MO
NC
SC
DC
FL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$759k · 53 repeat orgs$118k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against -25% for those funded once.

53 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
10

Total granted

$759k
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
-25%

Still filing today

47%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
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

  • PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY
    6× · 2017–2023 · $30k · revenue +65%
  • MP
    MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $24k · revenue +94%
  • CU
    COLGATE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $21k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • FT
    FIRST TEE
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • NY
    NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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
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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2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
6
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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10
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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11
Trustees of Deerfield Academy

Deerfield academy is an independent secondary school committed to high standards of scholarship, citizenship, and personal responsibility. through a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, extensive co-curricular program, and supportive…

Education
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Taft School Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Wild and Free Foundation. 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

31 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. 31 of the 65 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VAUGHN COLLEGE: $108,000 · OtherVAUGHN COLLEGEFIRST TEE: $100,000 · OtherFIRST TEEPITTSBURGH OPERA: $99,000 · OtherPITTSBURGH OPERAUPMC EYE CENTER: $84,500 · OtherUPMC EYE CENTERCALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $59,000 · OtherCALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCHTHE AKC MUSEUM OF THE DOG: $43,000 · OtherTHE AKC MUSEUM OF THE DOGU PITTSBURGH UPMC MED HEALTH SVCS F: $29,750 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PITT PIND: $27,000 · Other+36 more: $172,110 · Other+36 morePHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $30,000 · EducationPHILLIPS EXET…MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC: $23,500 · EducationMISS PORTER'S…COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $21,250 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVE…THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $9,500 · EducationTHE NEIGHBORH…THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $7,500 · EducationTHE TAFT SCHO…UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $6,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…+4 more: $9,750 · Education+4 moreRIVERLIFE: $17,500 · EnvironmentADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $5,500 · EnvironmentDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $6,500 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureTHE LAKE PLACID ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC DRAMA AND ART INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureFREEDOM INSTITUTE INC: $3,250 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,750 · HealthHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $1,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $5,000 · PhilanthropySCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INC: $4,000 · International
Other$722,360Education$107,500Environment$25,500Arts & Culture$11,250Health$6,500Philanthropy$5,000International$4,000

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 budgetPHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC: $23,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $21,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERLIFE: $17,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE IGNITES PITTSBURGH: $13,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $9,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP DUDLEY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLANDMARK SCHOOL INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER INC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM INSTITUTE INC: $3,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $2,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $2,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDUTCHESS DAY SCHOOL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEXT GENERATION CHOICES FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LAKE PLACID SINFONIETTA INC: $1,900 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWILD AND FREE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAKE PLACID ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC DRAMA AND ART INC: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAspinwall Riverfront Park Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BLEEDING DISORDERS FOUNDATION: $500 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 PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds COLGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds RIVERLIFE ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IGNITES PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds CAMP DUDLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD INC ↗
  • Who funds LANDMARK SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC ↗

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.

Ge Aerospace FoundationCT15.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Double Eagle Foundation 4191-06-43 · Massey Charitable Trust · The Fine Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Love Family Foundation Incorporated funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Love Family Foundation Incorporated. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Love Family Foundation Incorporated?

    Find your warmest path to Love Family Foundation Incorporated 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 65 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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