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Montague Family 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.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$8k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$110kInternational$55kEducation$33kHuman Services$33kEnvironment$16kFood & Nutrition$16kHousing & Shelter$11kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$398k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pine Island Camp$7,600
Doctors Without Borders$7,600
The Columbus Academy$4,300
Public Broadcasting Service Foundat$3,300
Canine Partners for Life$2,000
National Public Radio$2,000
Conservation Lands Foundation$1,600
Western PA Diaper Bank$1,000
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank$1,000
Homeless Children Education Fund$1,000
Familylinks$1,000
Grow Pittsburgh$1,000
Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh$1,000
Native Renewables Inc$1,000
PA Cleanways of Allegheny County$1,000
02The need
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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, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Canine Partners for Life: $3k → 6%Familylinks: $1k → 11%Puppies Behind Bars: $1k → 17%Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program: $2k → 5%Freedom Service Dogs of America: $1k → 8%Canine Partners for Life: $3k → 6%Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program: $2k → 5%Freedom Service Dogs of America: $1k → 8%Canine Partners for Life: $2k → 6%Jeremiah's Place: $1k → 11%Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program: $2k → 5%Canine Partners for Life: $2k → 6%Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program: $1k → 5%Canine Partners for Life: $2k → 6%Familylinks: $1k → 11%Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program: $1k → 5%Canine Partners for Life: $1k → 6%Familylinks: $1k → 11%Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program: $1k → 5%Canine Partners for Life: $1k → 6%Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program: $1k → 5%Familylinks: $1k → 11%Familylinks: $1k → 11%Landforce: $1k → 11%Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh: $1k → 11%Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh: $1k → 11%Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh: $1k → 11%Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh: $1k → 11%Bethlehem Haven of Pittsburgh: $1k → 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

AK
ME
NH
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
AL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$267k · 20 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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20

Total granted

$267k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+36%

Still filing today

95%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • PI
    Pine Island Camp
    9× · 2017–2025 · $101k · revenue +88%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +98%
  • TC
    THE COLUMBUS ACADEMY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $19k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • AW
    ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue -45%
  • OC
    OCEAN CONSERVANCYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +31%
  • PB
    PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +46%
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
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

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,…

Animals
2
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
3
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.

Recreation & Sports
4
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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5
Riverlife

Riverlife's mission is to create, activate, and celebrate pittsburgh's riverfronts, connecting people through exceptional places and experiences.

Environment
6
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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9
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
10
University of Pittsburgh

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…

Education
11
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
12
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Homeless Children's Education Fund; the most unlike its peers is United States Equestrian Team Foundation 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

43 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. 43 of the 46 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
34/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Pine Island Camp: $100,719 · Recreation & SportsPine Island CampUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION …MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $55,160 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIE…+1 more: $900 · InternationalCANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $13,600 · Human ServicesCANINE PARTNER…Adopt-A-Native Elder: $9,600 · Human ServicesAdopt-A-Native…FAMILYLINKS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFAMILYLINKS IN…BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $5,000 · Human ServicesBETHLEHEM HAVE…FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $2,000 · Human Services+4 more: $3,696 · Human Services+4 moreTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMY: $19,300 · EducationTHE COLUMBUS…CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH: $6,000 · EducationCARNEGIE LIB…FAME: $4,000 · EducationFAMEEXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationEXTRA MILE E…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $9,000 · OtherBLUE RIDGE AREA …Public Broadcasting Service Foundat: $3,300 · OtherPublic Broadcast…Western PA Diaper Bank: $3,000 · OtherWestern PA Diape…THE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 · OtherTHE STUDENT CONS…NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $2,000 · OtherPITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC: $2,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC: $5,600 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHO…HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $5,400 · OtherHOMELESS CHILDRE…EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2,000 · Other+9 more: $7,406 · Other+9 moreTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,000 · EnvironmentALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE: $2,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $2,000 · EnvironmentConservation Lands Foundation: $1,600 · EnvironmentRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $1,000 · EnvironmentPA CLEANWAYS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $754 · EnvironmentGROW PITTSBURGH: $5,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $1,754 · Food & Nutrition
Recreation & Sports$109,719International$56,060Human Services$38,896Education$33,300Other$42,706Environment$11,354Food & Nutrition$6,754

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 budgetPine Island Camp: $100,719 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $55,160 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMY: $19,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE PARTNERS FOR LIFE: $13,600 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAdopt-A-Native Elder: $9,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC: $5,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $5,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGROW PITTSBURGH: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILYLINKS INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFAME: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $1,754 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Lands Foundation: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH CONSERVATION CORPS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $754 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $696 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $696 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEAR FOUNDATION: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION: $110 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.

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.

Richard King Mellon F…The Pittsburgh Founda…Hillman Family Founda…Eqt FoundationThe Grable FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsMassey Charitable Tru…Allegheny FoundationSnee-Reinhardt Charit…Eden Hall FoundationThe Jack Buncher Foun…The United Way of Sou…
Richard King Mellon FoundationPA30× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Eqt Foundation · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Massey Charitable Trust · Allegheny Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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
    2get no government money at all
    13report 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.
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    How do I get to Montague Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Montague Family 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 46 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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