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Milan Puskar Foundation Inc

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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
65
Grants FY2024
53
Organizations funded FY2023
43%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 53
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$48M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Milan Puskar Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $710k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureEmploymentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving65$2.1M52%
FY202353$2.1M43%
FY202249$2.4M51%
FY202137$1.8M57%
FY202022$1.2M91%
FY20194$350kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$2.4MHealth$2.2MEducation$2.1MFood & Nutrition$954kYouth Development$549kHousing & Shelter$397kPhilanthropy$393kEmployment$226kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$1,150,00050%
The Foundation of Monongalia General Hospital$500,000313%
Milan Puskar Health Right Inc$360,00043%
Chestnut Mountain Ranch Inc$357,000410%
United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc$287,72644%
The Pantry Plus More Inc$284,250516%
Monongalia County Schools$275,0003n/a
Bartlett House Inc$230,00045%
Libera Inc$215,000511%
Mission West Virginia Inc$195,00042%
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All grantees of Milan Puskar Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$1,150,00050%
The Foundation of Monongalia General Hospital$500,000313%
Milan Puskar Health Right Inc$360,00043%
Chestnut Mountain Ranch Inc$357,000410%
United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc$287,72644%
The Pantry Plus More Inc$284,250516%
Monongalia County Schools$275,0003n/a
Bartlett House Inc$230,00045%
Libera Inc$215,000511%
Mission West Virginia Inc$195,00042%
West Virginia Health Right Inc$150,00020%
Laurens Wish Addiction Triage Cente$150,000316%
Christian Help Inc$147,50042%
Christian Help Inc of Mingo County$142,000314%
West Virginia Black Heritage Festival Inc$140,000165%
Preston County Workshop Inc$126,04026%
Shack Neighborhood House Inc$125,00047%
Facing Hunger Foodbank Inc$125,00020%
Food for Preston Inc$124,000426%
Empty Bowls Monongalia$120,000533%
Morgantown Area Youth Services Project$120,000429%
Golden Girl Inc$120,00023%
West Liberty University Foundation Inc$112,80022%
Scotts Run Settlement House Inc$110,00054%
Star Club Inc$107,475330%
The West Virginia Casa Association Inc$105,000313%
Boys Club of Parkersburg Inc$100,00025%
Morgantown Area Meals on Wheels$100,00058%
Catholic Charities West Virginia Inc$100,00021%
Pace Enterprises of West Virginia$100,00011%
The Disability Action Center Inc$96,00019%
Mountaineer Food Bank Inc$85,00020%
The Appalachian Reading Center Inc$82,400411%
Monongalia County Child Advocacy Center Inc$80,00026%
Community Networks Inc$80,00043%
Jacob's Ladder Assistance Fund Inc$80,000367%
Morgantown Early Learning Facility$80,00023%
Stepping Stones Inc$70,00024%
The University of Charleston Inc$70,00010%
Fairmont State Foundation Inc$60,00021%
Boone Memorial Hospital Inc$60,00020%
Project Healthy Kids Inc$57,000123%
Developmental Therapy Center Inc$50,00014%
The Cherry River Foundation Inc$50,000112%
The Childrens Home of Wheeling Inc$50,00013%
Monongalia County Society for Crippled Children and Adults Inc$50,000116%
Preston County Youth Center Inc$50,00017%
McDowell County Commission on Aging Inc$50,00012%
West Virginia State University Foundation Inc$50,00021%
Community Connections Inc$49,00011%
Change Initiative Corporation$45,900232%
On Eagles' Wings Inc$45,302213%
Union Rescue Mission Inc$40,00015%
Native American Community Center$40,000217%
Aspire Services Center Inc$40,000211%
Mid Ohio Valley Health Dept$37,0001n/a
Walking Miraclesorg$37,000111%
Morgantown Community Resources$35,00013%
Pollen 8 Inc$35,00012%
Youth Services System Inc$34,40020%
Access 304 Inc$30,000223%
Fpc Hope Center Inc$30,0001n/a
Community Bridge$27,400117%
Parkersburg Area Coalition for the Homeless Inc$25,000113%
West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition Inc$25,00011%
West Virginians for Affordable Health Care$25,00018%
Hoh Share Inc$25,00016%
Enact Inc$25,0001n/a
Abundant Life Recovery Housing Network$25,000111%
Able Families Inc$25,00015%
Mylan Park Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Seed Sower Inc$25,00012%
BARN Community Group$25,000112%
Project Rainbow$25,000111%
Healing House$25,000112%
Big Creek People in Action Inc$25,00015%
Heartbeat of the Valley Inc$25,000135%
Inspiring Dreams Network Corp$25,000119%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Tri State Inc$25,00015%
Childhood Language Disorders Center Inc$23,31313%
Cabwaylingo Appalachian Mission Inc$22,92018%
Larry Joe Harless Community Ctr Fdn Inc$20,00012%
Community Markets Inc$20,000110%
Rape and Domestic Violence Information C$15,00012%
Arnettsville Community Association$15,0001n/a
Susan Dew Hoff Memorial Clinic Inc$15,00013%
Community Kitchen Inc$13,97529%
Natures Mountain Classroom$10,0001n/a
Keep Your Faith Corporation Inc$10,0001n/a
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$10,00010%
Mountaineer Area Rescue Group Inc$9,0001n/a
Big Laurel Learning Center Inc$7,50018%
Marshall University Foundation Incorporated$5,00010%
Casa of Marion County Inc$5,00013%
Mason County Schools$2,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Milan Puskar Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 86 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWest Virginia University Foundation Inc: $1,150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Foundation of Monongalia General Hospital: $500,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetMilan Puskar Health Right Inc: $360,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetChestnut Mountain Ranch Inc: $357,000 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetUnited Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc: $287,726 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetThe Pantry Plus More Inc: $284,250 over 5y, 16% of budgetBartlett House Inc: $230,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetLibera Inc: $215,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetMission West Virginia Inc: $195,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetWest Virginia Health Right Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLaurens Wish Addiction Triage Cente: $150,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetChristian Help Inc: $147,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetChristian Help Inc of Mingo County: $142,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetWest Virginia Black Heritage Festival Inc: $140,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetPreston County Workshop Inc: $126,040 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetShack Neighborhood House Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetFacing Hunger Foodbank Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFood for Preston Inc: $124,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetEmpty Bowls Monongalia: $120,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetMorgantown Area Youth Services Project: $120,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetGolden Girl Inc: $120,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetWest Liberty University Foundation Inc: $112,800 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetScotts Run Settlement House Inc: $110,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetStar Club Inc: $107,475 over 3y, 30% of budgetThe West Virginia Casa Association Inc: $105,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetBoys Club of Parkersburg Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetMorgantown Area Meals on Wheels: $100,000 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetCatholic Charities West Virginia Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPace Enterprises of West Virginia: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Disability Action Center Inc: $96,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetMountaineer Food Bank Inc: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Appalachian Reading Center Inc: $82,400 over 4y, 11% of budgetMonongalia County Child Advocacy Center Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetCommunity Networks Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetJacob's Ladder Assistance Fund Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 67% of budgetMorgantown Early Learning Facility: $80,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetStepping Stones Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetThe University of Charleston Inc: $70,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFairmont State Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBoone Memorial Hospital Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetProject Healthy Kids Inc: $57,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetDevelopmental Therapy Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetThe Cherry River Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetThe Childrens Home of Wheeling Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMonongalia County Society for Crippled Children and Adults Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetPreston County Youth Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetMcDowell County Commission on Aging Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWest Virginia State University Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 86.

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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.

Bernard McDonough Foundation IncWV64.3× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · Encova Foundation of West Virginia · Pallottine Foundation of Huntington West Virginia · The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc · Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation · Your Community Foundation of North Central Wv Inc · United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc · Bowles Rice Foundation · Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust · George D Hott Foundation · Firstenergy 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.

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About Milan Puskar Foundation Inc

How much does Milan Puskar Foundation Inc give?
Milan Puskar Foundation Inc reported 65 grants totaling $2,142,633 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 53 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Milan Puskar Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Health (22%), Education (21%).
Who are Milan Puskar Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: West Virginia University Foundation Inc ($1.1M), The Foundation of Monongalia General Hospital ($500k), Milan Puskar Health Right Inc ($360k).
Does Milan Puskar Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Milan Puskar Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Milan Puskar Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc, Encova Foundation of West Virginia, Pallottine Foundation of Huntington West Virginia.
Where is Milan Puskar Foundation Inc based?
Milan Puskar Foundation Inc is based in WV.

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 129 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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