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M L Mason Mem Fund 12-26-35 at a glance

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M L Mason Mem Fund 12-26-35

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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1.3M
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$11MHuman Services$2.1MYouth Development$829kAnimals$568kReligion$498kEducation$415kCrime & Legal$102kMembership Benefit$83k
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k23 grants · $455k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $390k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.3M
$21,669
Median grant
3
States reached
$43M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTEM$1,278,446
KINGSLEY ASSOCIATION$108,343
YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH$86,674
YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH$65,006
HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE$65,006
EASTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$65,006
ST BARNABAS NURSING HOME INC$43,337
FORBES REGIONAL HOSPITAL$43,337
PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE$43,337
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE$32,503
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH$32,503
THE SALVATION ARMY$21,669
FAMILY RESOURCES$21,669
BREATHE PENNSYLVANIA$21,669
UPMC HEALTH UPMC MERCY$21,669
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 (FY17–25, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY RESOURCES: $17k → 9%FAMILY RESOURCES: $15k → 9%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $12k → 9%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $11k → 9%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $9k → 9%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $8k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $75k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $65k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $60k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $56k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $48k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE: $50k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE: $43k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE: $40k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE: $38k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE: $34k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE: $32k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE: $31k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE: $31k → 11%YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH: $100k → 11%YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH: $87k → 11%YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH: $80k → 11%YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH: $75k → 11%YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH: $68k → 11%YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH: $67k → 11%YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH: $64k → 11%YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH: $61k → 11%YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH: $61k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $46k → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $46k → 11%PASSAVANT MEMORIAL HOMES: $12k → 11%PASSAVANT MEMORIAL HOMES: $11k → 11%PASSAVANT MEMORIAL HOMES: $10k → 11%PASSAVANT MEMORIAL HOMES: $9k → 11%PASSAVANT MEMORIAL HOMES: $8k → 11%FAMILY RESOURCES: $25k → 11%FAMILY RESOURCES: $22k → 11%FAMILY RESOURCES: $20k → 11%FAMILY RESOURCES: $19k → 11%FAMILY RESOURCES: $17k → 11%FAMILY RESOURCES: $16k → 11%BLIND & VISION REHABILITATION: $12k → 11%BLIND & VISION REHABILITATION: $10k → 11%BLIND & VISION REHABILITATION: $9k → 11%BLIND & VISION REHABILITATION: $8k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 38 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
8

Total granted

$15M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+57%

Still filing today

50%
13%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TK
    THE KINGSLEY ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $829k · revenue +53%
  • HA
    HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $378k · revenue +9%
  • PS
    Presbyterian SeniorCare
    8× · 2018–2025 · $298k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • WP
    WEST PENN ALLEGHENY HLTH SYSTEM
    one grant, 2020 · $963k
  • PS
    Presbyterian Seniorcare Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $34k · revenue +57%
  • AN
    AGH NON-PATIENT PAYMENTS
    one grant, 2017 · $17k
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
Wrc Pennsylvania Memorial Home

Wrc pennsylvania memorial home's mission is to provide choices for generations. built on a not-for-profit foundation of caring, the organization offers residential and personal care, home and community-based services, skilled and…

Health
2
Highlands Hospital

Highlands hospital is committed to providing health care to the community in a competent, nurturing and healing environment. our staff will provide support in times of crisis and furnish the resources necessary to promote a healthy…

Health
3
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
4
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
5
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health
6
Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc

Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.

Health
7
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Penn state health hampden medical center's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate and culturally responsive and equitable…

Health
8
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

The mission of penn state health holy spirit medical center is to nurture the healing ministry of the church, supported by education and research. fidelity to the gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we create…

Health
9
Wayne Memorial Hospital

It is the mission of wayne memorial hospital to provide quality healthcare with compassion, advocacy, respect, excellence, and service; to promote wellness in our community; and to be proactive in responding to our community's needs.

Health
10
Upmc Williamsport

UPMC Williamsport is a subsidiary of UPMC Susquehanna. The mission of UPMC Susquehanna and its subsidiaries is to serve the community by providing outstanding patient care and shaping tomorrow's health care through clinical and…

Health
11
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
12
Pocono Health System

We heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Passavant Memorial Homes; the most unlike its peers is American Humane 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

20 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. 20 of the 48 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HIGHMARK HEALTH: $5,741,567 · OtherHIGHMARK HEALTHWEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYST: $2,812,694 · OtherWEST PENN ALLEGHENY HEALTH SYSTWEST PENN ALLEGHENY HLTH SYSTEM: $963,417 · OtherWEST PENN ALLEGHENY HLTH SYSTEMTHE KINGSLEY ASSOCIATION: $829,230 · OtherTHE KINGSLEY ASSOCIATION+25 more: $2,073,570 · Other+25 moreYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION GREATER PITTSBURGH: $663,384 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $496,769 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S C…Presbyterian SeniorCare: $298,169 · Human ServicesPresbyterian …FAMILY RESOURCES: $150,575 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESOUR…PASSAVANT MEMORIAL HOMES: $82,922 · Human ServicesMARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $82,922 · Human ServicesVISABILITY: $72,088 · Human ServicesST BARNABAS NURSING HOME INC: $331,692 · HealthBREATHE PENNSYLVANIA: $165,846 · HealthHERITAGE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $74,541 · HealthEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $72,088 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $46,991 · HealthHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $377,636 · AnimalsAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $82,922 · AnimalsWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $248,768 · EducationWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF: $82,922 · EducationWESLEY FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $102,440 · Crime & LegalPASSAVANT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $82,922 · PhilanthropyPresbyterian Seniorcare Foundation: $33,523 · Housing & Shelter
Other$12,420,478Human Services$1,846,829Health$691,158Animals$460,558Education$331,690Crime & Legal$102,440Philanthropy$82,922Housing & Shelter$33,523

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 budgetTHE KINGSLEY ASSOCIATION: $829,230 over 9y, 5.6% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION GREATER PITTSBURGH: $663,384 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $496,769 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $377,636 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetST BARNABAS NURSING HOME INC: $331,692 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetPresbyterian SeniorCare: $298,169 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $248,768 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBREATHE PENNSYLVANIA: $165,846 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCES: $150,575 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWESLEY FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $102,440 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetPASSAVANT MEMORIAL HOMES: $82,922 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $82,922 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetPASSAVANT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $82,922 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $82,922 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF: $82,922 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $74,541 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $72,088 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetVISABILITY: $72,088 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $46,991 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPresbyterian Seniorcare Foundation: $33,523 over 1y, 0.9% 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 THE KINGSLEY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds ST BARNABAS NURSING HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds Presbyterian SeniorCare ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BREATHE PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds WESLEY FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PASSAVANT MEMORIAL HOMES ↗
  • Who funds MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PASSAVANT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VISABILITY ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Presbyterian Seniorcare Foundation ↗

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…M L Mason Memorial Fu…Mason Martha LockhartThe United Way of Sou…Lockhart James H & Fl…Hillman Family Founda…Edward E Rieck Charit…Brooks Charles for Ch…McCune Foundation Pnc…The Ayco Charitable F…Mario Lemieux Foundat…Fisa Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA31.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · M L Mason Memorial Fund Sch B · Mason Martha Lockhart · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Lockhart James H & Florence D · Hillman Family Foundations · Edward E Rieck Charitable Trust · Brooks Charles for Charities · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Mario Lemieux Foundation · Fisa 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 M L Mason Mem Fund 12-26-35 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from M L Mason Mem Fund 12-26-35. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 48 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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