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· Public charity

New Sun Rising

To build vibrant communities through culture, sustainability, and opportunity.

$70k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$70k
Largest
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.5MCommunity Improvement$380kHealth$241kEmployment$115kFood & Nutrition$90kYouth Development$65kEducation$53kHuman Services$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$70,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHARPSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION$70,000
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 (FY20–23, $152k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CASA SAN JOSE: $100k → 11%FOUNDATION OF HOPE: $12k → 11%AWAKEN PITTSBURGH: $20k → 11%CENTER THAT CARES: $10k → 11%GREATER VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $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.
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 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.

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Artsmiths of Pittsburgh Art and Cultural Center Inc

Our mission is address inequity by engaging our community in the making and appreciation of art.

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Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse

Pittsburgh center for creative reuse inspires creativity, conservation, and community engagement through reuse.

Arts & Culture
3
Resonance Works

Resonance works is a Pittsburgh-based performing arts non-profit that empowers musicians and inspires audiences with intimate, genre-defying productions featuring everything from opera and musical theatre to orchestral, choral, and chamber…

Arts & Culture
4
Pennsylvania College of Technology Community Arts Center Inc

Contributing to our communities through artistic experiences and creative collaborations based on the following organization values: Promote Inclusivity--including the embrace and promotion of fairness, equity, diversity and inclusion,…

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Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation

The mission of pittsburgh public theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. pittsburgh public theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate, and (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
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Shakespeare in Clark Park

Shakespeare in Clark Park produces cultural events which bridge the gap between audiences and artists by inviting community members to take part in making and shaping our productions. Our productions are rooted in the people of…

Arts & Culture
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Emprendedores Inc

Education, arts and culture.

Arts & Culture
8
Belmont Alliance Civic Association

Community development resources

Youth Development
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Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.

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10
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh

The mission of the organization is the promotion of visual art through visual and verbal presentations and educational outreach programs. the organization provides a place for new art and attempts to stimulate and expand the public's…

Arts & Culture
11
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
12
Pittsburgh Festival Opera

Pittsburgh festival opera presents innovative opera for imaginative audiences. pittsburgh festival opera is pittsburgh's modern music drama company and, as such, focuses on creating new works, on reinterpreting older works in new ways, on…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Empowerment Association Inc; the most unlike its peers is When She Thrives. 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

40 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. 40 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
37/40
Grantees still filing
19/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY THEATER PROJECT CORPORATION: $200,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY THEATER PROJECT CORPORATIONTHE MATTRESS FACTORY LTD: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MATTRESS FACTORY LTDSILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHYVILLAGE THEATER COMPANY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureVILLAGE THEATER COMPANYTOUCHSTONE CENTER FOR CRAFTS: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTOUCHSTONE CENTER FOR CRAFTSHILL DANCE ACADEMY THEATRE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureHILL DANCE ACADEMY THEATREAssemble Inc: $100,000 · Arts & CultureAssemble IncSHANA SIMMONS DANCE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSHANA SIMMONS DANCETHE LEGACY ARTS PROJECT INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LEGACY ARTS PROJECT INCThree Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras: $95,000 · Arts & CultureThree Rivers Young Peoples OrchestrasPittsburgh School for the Choral Arts: $75,000 · Arts & CultureNEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY: $74,325 · Arts & CultureGREATER PITTSBURGH ARTS COUNCIL: $67,747 · Arts & CultureWESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $65,000 · Arts & CultureBalafon West African Dance Ensemble: $61,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $17,500 · Arts & CulturePROGRAM TO AID CITIZEN ENTERPRISE INC: $231,000 · HealthPROGRAM TO…IMAGINE FURTHER COLLECTIVE INC: $10,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY…BLOOMFIELD-GARFIELD CORPORATION: $100,000 · Community ImprovementBLOOMFIEL…CASA SAN JOSE: $100,000 · Human ServicesAwaken Pittsburgh: $20,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION OF HOPE INC: $11,710 · Human ServicesGREATER VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER THAT CARES: $10,000 · Human ServicesSHARPSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION: $70,000 · OtherSHARPSBURG …A S VISION: $20,000 · OtherA S VISIONWHEN SHE THRIVES: $15,000 · OtherWHEN SHE TH…Pittsburgh Public Schools: $10,000 · OtherNORTH WAY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY: $10,000 · OtherTHE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PA: $20,000 · OtherTHE MENTORI…PITTSBURGH NATIONAL YOUTH BOXING: $15,000 · OtherPITTSBURGH …HOPE FOR TOMORROW INC: $12,500 · OtherOZANAM INC: $12,500 · OtherDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $10,000 · OtherMillvale Community Library: $10,000 · OtherTRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $15,000 · OtherTRADE INSTI…+6 more: $41,500 · Other+6 moreBeaver County Regional Council of Governments: $100,000 · Public BenefitFarm To Table Buy Local: $90,000 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$1,455,572Health$241,000Community Improvement$200,000Human Services$151,710Other$261,500Public Benefit$100,000Food & Nutrition$90,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPROGRAM TO AID CITIZEN ENTERPRISE INC: $231,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY THEATER PROJECT CORPORATION: $200,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCASA SAN JOSE: $100,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetTHE MATTRESS FACTORY LTD: $100,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetSILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY: $100,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetVILLAGE THEATER COMPANY: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTOUCHSTONE CENTER FOR CRAFTS: $100,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetHILL DANCE ACADEMY THEATRE: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetAssemble Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetBeaver County Regional Council of Governments: $100,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetSHANA SIMMONS DANCE: $100,000 over 1y, 78% of budgetBLOOMFIELD-GARFIELD CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTHE LEGACY ARTS PROJECT INC: $100,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetThree Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras: $95,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFarm To Table Buy Local: $90,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetPittsburgh School for the Choral Arts: $75,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY: $74,325 over 1y, 80% of budgetSHARPSBURG NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION: $70,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH ARTS COUNCIL: $67,747 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetWESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $65,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBalafon West African Dance Ensemble: $61,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetTHE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PA: $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAwaken Pittsburgh: $20,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetTRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPITTSBURGH NATIONAL YOUTH BOXING: $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetOZANAM INC: $12,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetFOUNDATION OF HOPE INC: $11,710 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMillvale Community Library: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetGREATER VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget1HOOD MEDIA ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Genesis Collective Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCORAOPOLIS YOUTH CREATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetECOSOCIALIST HORIZONS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 17% 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…The Heinz EndowmentsOpportunity FoundationHillman Family Founda…Poise FoundationProgram to Aid Citize…Richard King Mellon F…The Grable FoundationEden Hall FoundationStaunton Farm Foundat…Arts Equity & Educati…McCune Foundation Pnc…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA73.8× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Opportunity Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Poise Foundation · Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise Inc · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · Arts Equity & Education Fund · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na

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 New Sun Rising funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from New Sun Rising. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%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
    0get no government money at all
    17report 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 New Sun Rising?

    Find your warmest path to New Sun Rising 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 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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