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Northwest Charitable 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
234
Grants FY2025
198
Organizations funded FY2024
38%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
149 to 212
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$14M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Northwest Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $239k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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
FY2025still arriving229$1.0M55%
FY2024198$986k38%
FY2023162$918k37%
FY2022178$953k38%
FY2021172$923k42%
FY2020149$921k30%
FY2019200$931k39%
FY2018212$993k46%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$2.7MCommunity Improvement$1.3MHuman Services$1.1MHousing & Shelter$867kHealth$829kEducation$820kArts & Culture$614kYouth Development$405kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
MO
WV
TN
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 496 grantees
All grantees of Northwest Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Fund of Warren County Inc$530,060911%
Bradford Educational Foundation$180,00082%
Buffalo Urban League Inc$156,50071%
Erie Downtown Development Corporation$150,00064%
United Way of Erie County$121,89490%
Young Mens Christian Association of Warren PA$110,00071%
Warren General Hospital$100,00090%
Dickinson Center Inc$100,00050%
Variety Club of Buffalo New York Inc$95,000856%
Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment G$66,50092%
Warren Library Association$63,00041%
Warren County Development Association$60,00055%
Warren Sports Boosters$50,000221%
Junior Achievement of Western New York$49,67563%
Mary Lee Tucker Fund Inc$45,45098%
Trwib Inc$45,00020%
United Way of Greater Niagara Inc$44,50091%
Food Helpers$43,50041%
Buffalo Niagara Partnership Inc$43,34660%
United Way of Buffalo and Erie County$40,00040%
University of Pittsburgh$40,00040%
Brothers of Mercy Facilities Foundation$37,50051%
Bradford Hospital Foundation$37,50043%
Headwaters Charitable Trust$37,30073%
United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc$37,00050%
Arc Human Services Inc$36,00040%
Bradford Area Alliance$35,00023%
Young Men's Christian Association of Muncie Indiana Inc$35,00030%
Voices for Independence$33,16670%
Neighborhood Alliance$32,50070%
Erie Dawn Inc$32,50091%
Blessing House$32,11991%
Lorain County Health & Dentistry$32,07550%
Bradford Ecumenical Home Inc$31,50050%
Good Knights Inc$30,30043%
Fulton Theatre Company$30,00150%
Jubilee Ministries$30,00040%
Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc$30,00030%
Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership$30,00011%
Belmont Housing Resources for Wny Inc$30,00020%
United Way of Venango County and Titusville Region$29,00081%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Centre County Inc$28,00042%
Clearfield Area United Way$27,60082%
Resource Council of WNY Inc$26,50044%
Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center Inc$25,50053%
Crawford County Mental Health Awareness Program Inc$25,50031%
Tioga County Homeless Initiative$25,00018%
Housing Transitions Inc$25,00080%
The Guidance Center$25,00010%
Second Harvest$25,0001n/a
Active Aging Inc$24,90050%
Flower City Habitat for Humanity Inc$24,65770%
Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania$24,15090%
Big 30 Allstar Charities Classic$24,000520%
Black Achievers Inc$23,00056%
Juneteenth Festival Inc$22,50047%
43north Bpc Inc$22,50030%
Family Children & Community Association$22,00050%
Leadership Buffalo Inc$20,50021%
Water Street Ministries$20,20030%
Wepa Empowerment Center Inc$20,01643%
Butler County Family YMCA$20,00020%
Indiana Black Expo Inc$20,00020%
Erie Homes for Children & Adults Inc$20,00010%
Allies for Children$20,00022%
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc$20,00040%
Imani Christian Academy$20,00020%
Chautauqua Institution$20,0001n/a
French Creek District Development Corporation$20,000238%
The Challenge Program Inc$20,00021%
Cameron County Community Chest$19,9208n/a
City Mission of the Evangelical Churches of Erie$19,16720%
Centre County United Way$19,00040%
St Martin Center$18,00030%
Lancaster Science Center$17,50070%
Young Womens Christian Association of Bradford$17,50031%
York County Literacy Council$17,50051%
Blueprints$17,35040%
Heart of Indiana United Way Inc$17,00030%
United Way of Western Crawford County$17,00062%
Wny Heroes Inc$16,80050%
Young Men's Christian Association of Centre County$16,75740%
Iroquois School District Foundation$16,600610%
Guardian Angel Center Inc$15,50045%
Lorain County Urban League Inc$15,15051%
Hm3 Partners Independence Fund Inc$15,00014%
Warren County 4th of July Organization$15,00077%
The Foundation of the Lancaster Chamber$15,00011%
Centre Hall Fire Co$15,00022%
Northland Public Library Foundation$15,00032%
St Leo School$15,0002n/a
Marburn Academy$15,00020%
Phase 4 Learning Center Inc$15,00020%
Cultural Alliance of York County$15,00040%
Friendship Table$14,60063%
The Service Collaborative of Wny$14,50050%
Buffalo Sabres Foundation$14,00030%
Lebanon Valley Chamber Foundation$13,5006n/a
United Way of Lancaster County$13,45210%
The Bottleworks Inc Ethnic Arts Center$13,00031%
North Coast Community Homes Inc$13,00020%
Muncie Mission Ministries Inc$13,00020%
Neighborhood Housing Services of Rochester Inc$12,50030%
Jamestown Community Learning Council$12,50031%
Kane Area Community Center Inc$12,00025%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ind$12,00030%
Lutheran Seniorlife Foundation$12,00011%
United Way of the Bradford Area Inc$11,50021%
Potter Co Educational Council Inc$11,50040%
Near Northwest Neighborhood Inc$11,05030%
Ecorehab of Muncie Inc$11,00031%
Lutheran Home at Kane$11,00020%
United Way of the Titusville Region$11,00061%
Jefferson Educational Society of Erie Inc$11,00041%
Chautauqua Opportunities Inc$11,00040%
South Buffalo Charter School$10,20020%
Crossroads United Way Inc$10,17540%
United Way of St Joseph County Inc$10,07030%
Don Mills Achievement Center$10,00013%
Centre Safe$10,00020%
Cornerstone of Hope Inc$10,00010%
Tioga County Partnership for Community Health$10,00011%
Our Lady of the Wayside Inc$10,00040%
Johnsonburg Community Trust$10,000120%
Dollar Energy Fund Inc$10,00010%
Ben Franklin Technology Partners Corporation$10,00013%
General McLane Foundation$10,00018%
Thomas Struthers Trust$10,00011%
The River Valley Regional YMCA$10,0001n/a
Lorain Historical Society$10,00021%
Saca Development Corporation$10,00010%
Sisters of Charity Hospital Foundation$10,00011%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Elkhart County Inc$10,00020%
Iba Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Lorain County Community Development$10,00023%
Mercy Center for Women Inc$10,00020%
Buffalo Prep Inc$10,00030%
People United for Sustainable Housing Inc$10,00040%
Jefferson Defrees Family Center$10,00061%
Best of the Batch Foundation$9,7001n/a
Dubois Area United Way$9,65062%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Pa$9,50030%
Sheffield Area Ecumenical Food Pantry$9,5004n/a
YMCA of the Roses$9,40020%
James V Brown Library$9,0001n/a
Warrenforest Higher-Education Council$9,00021%
Food Bank of the State College Area Inc$8,61620%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa Inc$8,50020%
Habitat for Humanity - Midohio$8,50020%
Bradford Learning Center$8,32851%
The Teachers Desk Inc$8,08521%
Net Positive Inc$8,02031%
Oberlin Early Childhood Center$8,00021%
Erie United Methodist Alliance$8,00020%
Habitat for Humanity of Grant County Inc$7,90032%
Power Packs Project$7,84521%
Young Mens Christian Association of Olean Ny and Bradford Pa$7,50030%
10000 Friends of Pennsylvania$7,50022%
Lakewood Memorial Library$7,50031%
Evergreen Elm Inc$7,50010%
White Pine Center for Healing Corp$7,50031%
Hudson Rotary Foundation Inc$7,50038%
Neighborhood Allies Inc$7,50020%
Lancaster County Food Hub$7,20020%
Soul to Sole Inc$7,00043%
Leadership Lorain County Inc$7,00031%
Community First Fund$7,00040%
Bradford Area Public Library$7,00040%
Johnstown Area Regional Industries$7,00030%
Rouse-Brokenstraw Associates Corporation$7,00011%
McKean County Habitat for Humanity$7,0003n/a
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center$6,80020%
Wheeler Mission Ministries Inc$6,50030%
Community Shelter Services Inc$6,50030%
Gahanna Residents in Need$6,5001n/a
Veterans Miracle Center$6,50052%
Hope Initiatives CDC Incorporated$6,30030%
Eagles Nest Leadership Corporation$6,0003n/a
Family Services of Warren County Inc$6,00030%
Bellefonte Lacrosse Association$6,0003n/a
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$6,00030%
Breadwinners Academy$6,0002n/a
Chautauqua Leadership Network$6,00026%
Robert H Jackson Center Inc$6,00021%
United Way of Mifflin-Juniata$6,00040%
Cradle Beach Inc$6,00010%
Northeast Quadrant Advanced Life Support Inc$6,00010%
Community Services of Venango County Inc$6,00020%
Center for Family Services Inc$5,99120%
Responsive to Our Community Inc$5,70021%
Grove City Area United Way$5,70041%
Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach Inc$5,67530%
Ellen Curry Foundation$5,60042%
Clinton County United Way Inc$5,50041%
Lycoming County United Way Inc$5,50040%
Horses of Hope Inc$5,50023%
Dress for Success Indianapolis$5,50020%
Bradford Hospital Auxiliary Inc$5,300218%
United Fund of the Corry Area Inc$5,04171%
Mt Olive Development Corp$5,00034%
Eliza Jennings Inc$5,00010%
Variety the Childrens Charity$5,0001n/a
Clearfield County Public Library$5,00011%
Niagara Falls Boys & Girls Club Inc$5,0001n/a
First Shiloh Youth Foundation Inc$5,00021%
Cameron County Outdoor Youth Activities Inc$5,00022%
Reg Lenna Center for the Arts Inc$5,00010%
Providence Heights Alpha School$5,0001n/a
Partners in Progress Inc$5,00010%
Ruth M Smith Center$5,0001n/a
Cancer Bridges$5,00011%
Titusville Area Hospital$5,00010%
Western New York Law Center Inc$5,00010%
Kane Area Childrens Museum Inc$5,0001n/a
Hill Community Development Corporation$5,00010%
Mhy Family Services$5,00010%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$5,00010%
Community Development for All People$5,00010%
Saving Grace Ministries Inc$5,00010%
African American Veterans Monument Inc$5,00016%
Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard$5,0001n/a
Euell a Wilson Center Inc$5,00011%
Julia Hospice & Palliative Care$5,00011%
Titusville Regional Literacy Council$5,0001n/a
Italian American Charity Golf Association$5,000216%
North East Education Foundation$5,00016%
Kane Area School District$5,0001n/a
Madis Hope Foundation Inc$5,0002n/a
Early Connections Inc$5,00010%
Futures Rehabilitation Center Inc$5,00010%
Meca Inc$5,00021%
Erie Arts and Music Festival$5,00014%
Habitat for Humanity of Warren County$5,000217%
The Economic Development Group Inc$5,00010%
412 Thrive$5,00021%
Westerville Area Resource Ministry$5,00010%
Lebanon Community Library$5,00020%
Lancaster City Alliance$5,00010%
Lakeshore Community Services Inc$5,00010%
Frank Sarris Public Library$5,00020%
Harger Utility Charities Inc$5,00013%
El Centro de Servicios Sociales Inc$5,0001n/a
Bayfront East Side Taskforce Inc$5,00020%
Lorain County Chamber of Commerce Inc$5,00011%
Kinzua Wrestling Club Inc$5,00012%
Greater Muncie Economic Development Corporation$5,0001n/a
Harrisburg Academy$5,00010%
Kane Community Hospital Foundation$5,00014%
Meadville Area Family YMCA$4,90010%
Tri-Municipal Park Inc$4,503111%
Izzitorg$4,50020%
Jamestown Renaissance Corporation$4,50020%
Foundation for Free Enterprise Education$4,50030%
Destinations Bradford$4,50061%
The USA Youth Fly Fishing Team Inc$4,5002n/a
Family Services of Nw Pa$4,50020%
American Cancer Society Inc$4,50040%
United Way Huntingdon County Inc$4,50030%
Meadville Public Library$4,41730%
Lebanon County Christian Ministries$4,33810%
Community Missions of the Niagara Frontier Inc$4,25020%
Curwensville Regional Development Corporation$4,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$4,00020%
Art in the Wilds$4,0004n/a
Girls on the Run Michiana$4,00040%
Johnstown Business District Coalition$4,000112%
Kane Area Food Pantry$4,0003n/a
City of Franklin$4,0004n/a
Erie Civic Theatre Association$4,00010%
Union City Family Support Center Inc$4,00011%
Safenet Inc$4,00010%
The Adam Blakey Holiday Foundation$3,7502n/a
Stitch Buffalo Inc$3,65015%
Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County$3,50030%
United Way of Clarion County$3,50021%
Out of the Cold Centre County Inc$3,50030%
Safe Journey$3,50020%
Erins Purpose Inc$3,50034%
Bradford Area Christian Academyinc$3,50031%
Pa Ecommerce Institute$3,5001n/a
South Bend Heritage Foundation Inc$3,5001n/a
716 Squash Inc$3,50011%
C2 Your Health Womens Initiative Inc$3,0001n/a
Leadership Centre County$3,00012%
Back to Basics Outreach Ministries$3,00030%
Outreach Teen and Family Services Inc$3,00030%
Ronald McDonald House of Danville Inc$3,00010%
Keystone Community Education Council$3,00030%
Cross Community Inc$3,0001n/a
North Allegheny Foundation$3,00012%
Lorain County Safe Harbor Corp$3,00010%
Free Books for Kids Town$3,0003n/a
Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Inc$3,00020%
Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center$3,00030%
Lorain County Manufacturing Council$3,0001n/a
Performing Arts Collective Alliance$3,0001n/a
Crime Victim Center of Erie County Inc$3,00020%
Habitat for Humanity Buffalo Inc$2,50010%
Community Kitchen of Monroe County Inc$2,50020%
Hempfield Foundation$2,50012%
Enlightened Learning Center Inc$2,50013%
St Marys Area United Way$2,50011%
Raise28$2,50011%
Open Buffalo Inc$2,50010%
Beverly Gray Business Exchange Center Inc$2,5001n/a
Armstrong Habitat for Humanity Inc$2,50012%
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio$2,50010%
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation$2,5001n/a
Maria House Project$2,50011%
Compeer of Lebanon County$2,50012%
Recovery Resources$2,50010%
Pink Out Inc$2,50011%
Zem Zem Shriners$2,50010%
The Center for Youth Services Inc$2,50010%
Erie Free Store$2,5001n/a
Classroom Connections of Eci Inc$2,50010%
Dress for Success Buffalo$2,50010%
Youth Enrichment Association$2,5001n/a
City Fresh$2,50011%
Firefish Arts Inc$2,50012%
A Better Way Services Inc$2,50010%
Columbia Presbyterian Church$2,5001n/a
T3 Sports Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
Beatitude House Inc$2,50010%
Oakland Planning and Development Corporation$2,50010%
YWCA Lancaster$2,50010%
Rail 66 Country Trail$2,50011%
Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective Inc$2,5001n/a
Growth Partnership for Ashtabula Co$2,5001n/a
Centre County Youth Service Bureau$2,50010%
Mommys Imagination Station Inc$2,50011%
Warwick Community Ambulance Association Inc$2,50010%
The Bison Children's Scholarship Fund Inc$2,50010%
Open Door Initiative of Oil City$2,5001n/a
Eries Black Wall Street$2,50011%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbus Inc$2,5001n/a
Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity Inc$2,50010%
Community Reach Inc$2,5001n/a
Buffalo Black Nurses Inc$2,50013%
Bradford Youth Trap League$2,5001n/a
Cultivate Culinary School and Catering Inc$2,40010%
Byron Saunders Foundation$2,35011%
Latinos Unidos of York$2,33716%
Milagro House Inc$2,20010%
412 Food Rescue Inc$2,00010%
Greater Johnstown Community YMCA$2,00010%
Mishawaka Food Pantry Inc$2,00010%
The Caring Cupboard Inc$2,00010%
Lorain Jewish Welfare Fund$2,0002n/a
Young People Who Care Inc$2,0001n/a
Kane Area United Fund$2,0002n/a
Appalachian Youth Service$2,00010%
Feeding Pennsylvania$2,00020%
Hearts of Patriots$2,00034%
Deepwood Foundation$2,00010%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$2,00010%
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation$2,0002n/a
The Christ Child Society of South Bend Inc$2,00010%
La Casa de Amistad Inc$2,0001n/a
Wca Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Edinboro Food Pantry$2,0001n/a
Redbank Valley Historical Society Inc$2,00011%
Young Adult Survivors United$2,00011%
Help-Hard$2,0001n/a
North East Community Food Pantry$2,00012%
Womensafe Inc$2,00020%
Niagara University$2,00010%
Bradford-Tioga Head Start Inc$2,00010%
Hicksville Community Service Center$2,00015%
Long's Park Amphitheater Foundation$2,00021%
House of Hope of Warren County$2,00022%
Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,67510%
ON DRUGS Inc$1,62010%
Centre Volunteers in Medicine$1,61910%
Muncie Land Bank Inc$1,50011%
Lancaster Farmland Trust$1,50010%
O'Hana Heritage Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Hooktown Holidays$1,5003n/a
El Batey Inc$1,50011%
Hershey Food Bank and Community Outreach Inc$1,50010%
Warren Area Student Union Inc$1,50012%
FB Community Land Trust Inc$1,5001n/a
Honor Flight Northeast Indiana Inc$1,50010%
St Susan Center Inc$1,50010%
Young Women's Christian Association of Rochester and Monroe County$1,50010%
Greece Ecumenical Food Shelf and Clothing Closet Inc$1,50010%
The Warehouse$1,5001n/a
Carey Services Inc$1,50010%
Christian Life Academy Inc$1,50010%
Wellsboro Area Food Pantry$1,50012%
My Sisters Closet of Monroe County$1,5001n/a
Niagara Hospice Inc$1,50010%
White Rose Leadership Institute$1,50010%
Hamot Health Foundation$1,50010%
Realife Media Inc$1,5001n/a
Haven of Tioga County$1,50010%
City Mission Society Inc$1,35010%
United Way of Ashtabula County$1,2801n/a
The Boys & Girls Club Of The Northtowns Inc$1,25010%
Charitable Deeds & Services$1,25011%
Open Door Mission Inc$1,2501n/a
Foxdale Village Corporation$1,24910%
St Martins Healthcare Inc$1,2001n/a
Horses With Hope Inc$1,19511%
United Way of Lawrence County$1,00020%
First Night Bradford$1,0001n/a
Fruitbelt Coalition Inc$1,0001n/a
Sharpsburg Neighborhood Organization$1,00010%
Marianna Outdoorsmen Assn Inc$1,0001n/a
Pittsburgh Urban Christian School$1,00010%
Butler County Tourism Foundation Inc$1,00012%
Catapult Greater Pittsburgh$1,00010%
Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers$1,00020%
Dixie Sternwheeler Inc$1,00011%
Recovery Cafe of Muncie Inc$1,00010%
Lorain Police Officers Charitable$1,0001n/a
Network of the Spirit Ministries$1,0001n/a
Leadership York$1,00010%
Firefighter Arno Memorial Foundation Inc$1,00011%
Legacy of Blessings Adoption Foundation Inc$1,0001n/a
Erie County Fair Housing Partnership Inc$1,0001n/a
First United Methodist Church$1,0001n/a
Meadville Area Recreation Foundation$1,0001n/a
Sisters of St Joseph Neighborhood Network$1,00010%
Cardinal O'Hara High School$1,0001n/a
The Jared Box Project$1,0001n/a
Wee Care Closet$1,00010%
The Scenic Rivers Young Men's Christian Association$1,00010%
Penns Valley Youth Center$1,00010%
Big 30 Athletic Fund$1,0001n/a
Reach Yorktown Ministry Inc$1,00011%
General Care Services Inc$1,00010%
The Marfan Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Casa of Kosciusko County Inc$1,00010%
Young Mens Christian Association of Cleveland$1,00010%
Chautauqua Blind Association Inc$1,00010%
Cameron County Ambulance Service Inc$1,00010%
Isaiah 117 House$1,00010%
The Salvation Army$1,0001n/a
The Crossroads Foundation$1,00010%
Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania Inc$1,00010%
Greene County Foundation Inc$1,00010%
4-H Clubs of Greene County Inc$1,00011%
The Common Wheel$1,00010%
Child and Family Services of Erie County$1,00010%
Workshop Players Inc$8501n/a
Easter Seal Society of Western and Central Pennsylvania$80010%
Mental Health Association in Niagara County Inc$75010%
Jack & Jill Preschool Inc$7501n/a
Courageous Healing Inc$75010%
Advantage Stars Foundation$7501n/a
Blue Jacket Inc$75010%
Coach Mike Egts Foundation Inc$7501n/a
Kendal at Oberlin$50010%
Waterford Community Food Pantry$5001n/a
Lake-Geauga Habitat for Humanity Inc$50010%
Diamonds in the Ruff Animal Rescue Inc$5001n/a
Davids Challenge Incorporated Yound Achievers Program$5001n/a
Erie Police Athletic League$50010%
Wayne County Humane Society$5001n/a
Young Mens Christian Association of Corry Pennsylvania$50010%
Feathers of Love Inc$5001n/a
Lackawanna Community Development Corp$500114%
Because You Care Inc$50010%
Hearts for the Homeless of Wny Inc$5001n/a
Lockport Cares Inc$5001n/a
The Salvation Army$5001n/a
Foglemans Wounded Warrior Music Fest Inc$50018%
Penfield Ecumenical Food Shelf Inc$50010%
Artpark & Company Inc$50010%
A Safe Place$50010%
ALS Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter$5001n/a
Hamlin Memorial Library$50011%
Friends of Night People Inc$50010%
Christian Ministries of Delaware$50010%
Blessed Sacrament Rc Church$5001n/a
Harborcreek Youth Services Inc$50010%
Bethany Outreach Center$50010%
Susquehanna Health Foundation$50010%
Torn Space Theater Inc$50010%
Hearts in Bloom Buffalo Inc$5001n/a
Center for Community Resources Inc$50010%
Reagans Rainbows of Hope$5001n/a
West Side Community Services Inc$5001n/a
United Way of Lake County Inc$50010%
Neighbors Foundation of Grand Island Inc$50010%
The Potters Field 99$5001n/a
North Tonawanda Interchurch Food Pantry$50011%
Greater Erie Community Action Committee$50010%
Northern Chautauqua Canine Rescue Inc$5001n/a
The Intandem Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Ellwood City United Fund$50012%
Project Love Inc$5001n/a
Magical Meadows Inc$4731n/a
Feed My Sheep Muncie Inc$2501n/a
State College Community Land Trust Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 362 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Northwest Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Fund of Warren County Inc: $530,060 over 9y, 11% of budgetBradford Educational Foundation: $180,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetBuffalo Urban League Inc: $156,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetErie Downtown Development Corporation: $150,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetUnited Way of Erie County: $121,894 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Warren PA: $110,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetWarren General Hospital: $100,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDickinson Center Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetVariety Club of Buffalo New York Inc: $95,000 over 8y, 56% of budgetPittsburgh Community Reinvestment G: $66,500 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetWarren Library Association: $63,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetWarren County Development Association: $60,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetWarren Sports Boosters: $50,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetJunior Achievement of Western New York: $49,675 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetMary Lee Tucker Fund Inc: $45,450 over 9y, 8.4% of budgetTrwib Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Niagara Inc: $44,500 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetFood Helpers: $43,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBuffalo Niagara Partnership Inc: $43,346 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Buffalo and Erie County: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBrothers of Mercy Facilities Foundation: $37,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetBradford Hospital Foundation: $37,500 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetHeadwaters Charitable Trust: $37,300 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Lorain County Inc: $37,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetArc Human Services Inc: $36,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBradford Area Alliance: $35,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Muncie Indiana Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVoices for Independence: $33,166 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNeighborhood Alliance: $32,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetErie Dawn Inc: $32,500 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetBlessing House: $32,119 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetLorain County Health & Dentistry: $32,075 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBradford Ecumenical Home Inc: $31,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGood Knights Inc: $30,300 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetFulton Theatre Company: $30,001 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJubilee Ministries: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPenn Highlands Healthcare Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Downtown Partnership: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBelmont Housing Resources for Wny Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Venango County and Titusville Region: $29,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Centre County Inc: $28,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetClearfield Area United Way: $27,600 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetResource Council of WNY Inc: $26,500 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetBradford Creative and Performing Arts Center Inc: $25,500 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetCrawford County Mental Health Awareness Program Inc: $25,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTioga County Homeless Initiative: $25,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetHousing Transitions Inc: $25,000 over 8y, 0.4% 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 200.

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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.

Erie Community FoundationPA70.2× affinity49 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Erie Community Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The John R Oishei Foundation · United Way of Erie County · Community Foundation of Warren County · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Western New York Foundation · Philo & Sarah Blaisdell Foundation · M J Surgala Tr · Community Foundation of the Northern Alleghenies · First Niagara 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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Find your warmest path to Northwest Charitable 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.

About Northwest Charitable Foundation

How much does Northwest Charitable Foundation give?
Northwest Charitable Foundation reported 234 grants totaling $1,075,531 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 149 and 212 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Northwest Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Community Improvement (13%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Northwest Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Fund of Warren County Inc ($530k), Bradford Educational Foundation ($180k), Buffalo Urban League Inc ($157k).
Does Northwest Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Northwest Charitable Foundation 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 Northwest Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Erie Community Foundation, Firstenergy Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc.
Where is Northwest Charitable Foundation based?
Northwest Charitable Foundation is based in PA.

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 872 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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