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Orris C&B Dewey Hirtzel Memorial Fd at a glance

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Orris C&B Dewey Hirtzel Memorial Fd

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
52
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$320k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.0MHealth$1.3MScience & Tech$870kPublic Safety & Disaster$413kEmployment$150kArts & Culture$55kEnvironment$51kHuman Services$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k32 grants · $180k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $387k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $410k
  • $250k+1 grant · $320k
$7,500
Median grant
13
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE$320,000
THE SIGHT CENTER OF NORTHWEST PA$175,000
THIEL COLLEGE$125,000
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE$110,000
NORTH EAST HISTORICAL SOCIETY$48,846
EAST ERIE COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SER$45,833
LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICIN$45,000
PENN STATE BEHREND COLLEGE$45,000
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (MAIN)$40,000
CRESCENT HOSE COMPANY$32,500
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$20,000
GANNON UNIVERSITY$20,000
MERCYHURST COLLEGE$20,000
CARLOW UNIVERSITY$10,000
SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY$10,000
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 (FY24–24, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE SIGHT CENTER OF NORTHWEST PA: $175k → 15%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
NE
KY
WV
VA
DC
OK
LA
TX
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.
$5.3M · 61 repeat orgs$631k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

61 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
23

Total granted

$5.3M
$384k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+6%

Still filing today

44%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $247k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthPublic Safety & DisasterScience & TechCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • LE
    LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $855k · revenue +11% · 92% of their budget
  • TC
    THIEL COLLEGE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $250k · revenue +17%
  • GU
    GANNON UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $215k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • LE
    LAKE ERIE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2020 · $70k
  • BV
    BROOKSIDE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
    one grant, 2020 · $65k · revenue -34%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $55k
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
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
Walsh University Inc

Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…

Education
6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
Widener University

Empowering our community of learners to discover and create better futures.

Education
8
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
9
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Meredith College

Meredith college, grounded in the liberal arts and committed to professional preparation, educates and inspires students to live with integrity and provide leadership for the needs, opportunities and challenges of society.

Education
12
Le Moyne College

The College is a diverse learning community that strives for academic excellence in the Catholic and Jesuit tradition through comprehensive programs rooted in the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Syracuse University; the most unlike its peers is Fairfield Hose Company. 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 99 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
31/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENN STATE BEHREND COLLEGE: $642,500 · OtherPENN STATE BEHREND COLLEGECHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH: $315,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGHPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $297,500 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (MAIN): $175,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (MAIN)MERCYHURST COLLEGE: $97,500 · Other+55 more: $1,082,790 · Other+55 moreTHIEL COLLEGE: $250,000 · EducationTHIEL COLLEGEGANNON UNIVERSITY: $215,000 · EducationGANNON UNIVERSITYALLEGHENY COLLEGE: $155,000 · EducationALLEGHENY COLLEGELAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE: $154,000 · EducationLAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OST…ERIE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $150,000 · EducationERIE CENTER FOR ARTS AND…UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $97,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH+23 more: $272,500 · Education+23 moreLAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $855,033 · Science & TechLAKE ERIE RESEAR…HAMOT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $750,000 · HealthHAMOT HEALTH F…+2 more: $20,000 · HealthCRESCENT HOSE COMPANY: $80,000 · Public Safety & DisasterFULLER HOSE COMPANY NO 1: $70,000 · Public Safety & DisasterBROOKSIDE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $65,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE SIGHT CENTER OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA: $175,000 · Human ServicesEAST ERIE COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION: $30,815 · Community ImprovementNORTH EAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,610,790Education$1,294,000Science & Tech$855,033Health$770,000Public Safety & Disaster$215,000Human Services$175,000Community Improvement$30,815Philanthropy$15,000

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 budgetLAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $855,033 over 4y, 92% of budgetHAMOT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $750,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetTHIEL COLLEGE: $250,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGANNON UNIVERSITY: $215,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SIGHT CENTER OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA: $175,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetALLEGHENY COLLEGE: $155,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE: $154,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetERIE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $150,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $97,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCRESCENT HOSE COMPANY: $80,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetFULLER HOSE COMPANY NO 1: $70,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetBROOKSIDE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $65,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetMcCord Memorial Library Association: $37,500 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEAST ERIE COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION: $30,815 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetPOINT PARK UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Northern University: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALBION COLLEGE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBaldwin Wallace University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCARLOW UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH EAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALFRED UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRFIELD HOSE COMPANY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Mount Union: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANISIUS UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCYHURST UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBluffton University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $2,500 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.

  • Who funds LAKE ERIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds HAMOT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THIEL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GANNON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE SIGHT CENTER OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGHENY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds ERIE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds CRESCENT HOSE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds FULLER HOSE COMPANY NO 1 ↗
  • Who funds BROOKSIDE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds McCord Memorial Library Association ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds EAST ERIE COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds POINT PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Ohio Northern University ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ALBION COLLEGE ↗

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 Founda…North East Community …Robert S & Janet L Mi…Wabtec FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Erie Community FoundationPA25.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Erie Community Foundation · North East Community Foundation · Robert S & Janet L Miller Family Fdn · Wabtec Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Orris C&B Dewey Hirtzel Memorial Fd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Orris C&B Dewey Hirtzel Memorial Fd. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Northeastern University: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report 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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Find your warmest path to Orris C&B Dewey Hirtzel Memorial Fd 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 99 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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