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Margaret Raphael Foundation at a glance

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Margaret Raphael Foundation

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.

$507k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$75k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$2.6MPhilanthropy$43kHealth$20kHuman Services$10kHousing & Shelter$3k
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $319k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $175k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$9.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$75,000
GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC$50,000
ORPHANS OF THE STORM$50,000
HOPE HAVEN FARM SANCTUARY$37,300
ANIMAL FRIENDS$35,000
SOUTH HILLS PET RESCUE$35,000
ARABIAN RESCUE MISSION INC$32,000
HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE$25,000
HOMELESS CAT MANAGEMENT TEAM$20,000
BIRD LAB INC$20,000
RUNAWAYS ANIMAL RESCUE$20,000
TAMERLAINE SANCTUARY & PRESERVE$20,000
NATIONAL AVIARY PITTSBURGH INC$15,000
WILDLIFE WORKS$15,000
NO DOG LEFT BEHIND$15,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $318k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $175k → 16%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $58k → 16%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $50k → 16%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $25k → 16%OUTREACH TEEN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
IN
PA
NJ
KY
AZ
LA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 26 repeat orgs$273k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
17

Total granted

$2.4M
$218k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+3%

Still filing today

81%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • BC
    BEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $310k · revenue +63%
  • GA
    GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $308k · revenue +20%
  • OO
    ORPHANS OF THE STORM
    3× · 2022–2025 · $150k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • AP
    Animal Protectors of Allegheny Valley
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -4%
  • MM
    MALCOLMS MAGIC COMMUNITY CAT ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +4%
  • MF
    Monroeville Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $23k
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
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
2
Paws and Claws Animal Welfare Society Inc

Animal Rescue

Animals
3
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
4
Raskels Rescue
Animals
5
Anas Safe Haven Rescue Inc

Animal Welfare

Animals
6
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
7
Pets Without Partners

Find homes for homeless/abandoned dogs. Provide full vet car and housing while awaiting adoption,

Animals
8
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
9
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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10
Jl Animal Rescue Inc
Animals
11
Paws Animal Rescue Center

To help rescue unwanted pets

Animals
12
Pats Pets Corporation

Animal rescue

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Animal Rescue; the most unlike its peers is Bird Lab Inc. 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

38 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. 38 of the 47 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
23/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $310,000 · AnimalsBEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETYHEAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $259,400 · AnimalsHEAL ANIMAL RESCUEORPHANS OF THE STORM: $150,000 · AnimalsORPHANS OF THE STORMTHE ARABIAN RESCUE MISSION INC: $145,000 · AnimalsTHE ARABIAN RESCUE MISSION INCHOPE HAVEN FARM SANCTUARY: $132,500 · AnimalsHOPE HAVEN FARM SANCTUARYHumane Society Of Westmoreland County: $100,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE WORKS INC: $92,500 · AnimalsWASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $82,819 · AnimalsHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $75,000 · AnimalsAnimal Friends Inc: $70,000 · Animals+23 more: $529,870 · Animals+23 moreANIMAL FRIENDS OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY: $175,000 · OtherANIMAL FRIENDS O…SOUTH HILLS PET RESCUE: $130,000 · OtherSOUTH HILLS PET …Senior Hearts Rescue and Renewal: $33,060 · OtherSenior Hearts Re…MARGARET RAPHAEL FOUNDATION-TR: $20,000 · OtherPETS FOR THE ELDERLY: $15,000 · Other+5 more: $32,000 · Other+5 moreGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $308,338 · Human ServicesGUARDIAN ANGE…+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesMonroeville Foundation Inc: $22,956 · PhilanthropyUNITED DISABILITIES SERVICES: $20,000 · Health
Animals$1,947,089Other$405,060Human Services$318,338Philanthropy$22,956Health$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $310,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $308,338 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetHEAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $259,400 over 2y, 42% of budgetORPHANS OF THE STORM: $150,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ARABIAN RESCUE MISSION INC: $145,000 over 5y, 8.4% of budgetHOPE HAVEN FARM SANCTUARY: $132,500 over 5y, 23% of budgetHumane Society Of Westmoreland County: $100,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetWILDLIFE WORKS INC: $92,500 over 5y, 24% of budgetWASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $82,819 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAnimal Friends Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBUTLER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $60,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSPERANZA ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNo Dog Left Behind: $45,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetRunaways Animal Rescue: $42,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetBird Lab Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPAW WARRIORS INC: $27,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCLUB PET ADOPTION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetAnimal Protectors of Allegheny Valley: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMALCOLMS MAGIC COMMUNITY CAT ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetUNITED DISABILITIES SERVICES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWashington Humane Society: $19,870 over 1y, 47% of budgetGRAY PAWS SANCTUARY: $17,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetNO DOG LEFT BEHIND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetORPHANS OF THE STORM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBedford County Humane Society: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetOutreach Teen and Family Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHumane Society of Greene County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetANIMAL ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetHELLO BULLY: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% 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…Eqt FoundationPeterson Family Found…Shear Family Foundati…The Cigna Group Found…Fred J and Shirley H …The United Way of Sou…Jessie Corson TrustJames and Melanie Cro…Herbert G Feldman Cha…Edward B Dunlap Jr Fo…Hillman Family Founda…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA27.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Peterson Family Foundation-Tr · Shear Family Foundation Inc · The Cigna Group Foundation · Fred J and Shirley H Jordan Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Jessie Corson Trust · James and Melanie Crockard Foundation · Herbert G Feldman Charitable Foundation · Edward B Dunlap Jr Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 Margaret Raphael Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Margaret Raphael Foundation 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 47 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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