· Private foundation
Marc & Friends Charitable Trust
Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k3 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $216k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $147k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PITTSBURGH CLO | $80,500 |
| PITTSBURGH OPERA | $66,000 |
| RITE AID FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| TEMPLE EMANUEL OF SOUTH HILLS | $35,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY | $26,000 |
| MAKE-A-WISH ILLINOIS | $25,000 |
| PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $25,000 |
| GIRLS INC | $15,000 |
| CARNEGIE MUSEUMS PITTSBURGH | $15,000 |
| ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | $12,700 |
| MAKE-A-WISH OF GREATER PA & WV | $12,500 |
| POINT PARK UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| MARCH OF DIMES | $5,000 |
| DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND | $750 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…
Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.
To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.
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…
To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.
Incorporated in 1945, the pennsylvania builders association is a nonprofit professional trade organization representing approximately 4,066 members from across the commonwealth. pba members include contractors, builders, and remodelers,…
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
Tourism development organization dedicated to expanding the tourism economy across allegheny county.
To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Homeless Children's Education Fund and the most unlike its peers is Rite Aid Healthy Futures. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 15 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds RITE AID HEALTHY FUTURES ↗
- Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ↗
- Who funds POINT PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds DELTA CHI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Eqt Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Eden Hall Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Marc & Friends Charitable Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
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