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Otto Ruth Varner-Seneca Valley High at a glance

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Otto Ruth Varner-Seneca Valley High

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$46k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$256kRecreation & Sports$6kHealth$3k
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$6,000
GROVE CITY COLLEGE$6,000
SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY$6,000
SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$3,000
DAYTON UNIVERSITY$1,500
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$1,500
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE$1,500
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$1,500
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY$1,500
BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$1,500
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$1,500
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY$1,500
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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
RI
UT
VA
MD
DE
DC
LA
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$242k · 29 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
10

Total granted

$242k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+22%

Still filing today

72%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationRecreation & 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

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    5× · 2021–2025 · $29k · revenue +11%
  • GC
    GROVE CITY COLLEGE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $22k · revenue +50%
  • RM
    ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $12k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +22%
  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +18%
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
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
2
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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3
Albright College

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

Education
4
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
5
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
6
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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7
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
8
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
9
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
10
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
11
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
12
Delaware State University

Delaware state university is a public, comprehensive, 1890 land-grant institution that offers access and opportunity to diverse populations from delaware, the nation, and the world. (continued on schedule o.)building on its heritage as a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Delaware; the most unlike its peers is University of Michigan. 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

29 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. 29 of the 44 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
24/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $28,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $21,500 · EducationGROVE CITY COLLEGESAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $13,500 · EducationSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $9,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRITAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITYCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $6,500 · EducationGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $6,000 · EducationTHIEL COLLEGE: $6,000 · EducationLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $6,000 · EducationSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · Education+12 more: $32,750 · Education+12 morePENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $39,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYSLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $18,500 · OtherSLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITYROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $12,000 · OtherROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITYDAYTON UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · OtherCarnegie Mellon University: $6,000 · OtherMIAMI UNIVERSITY: $4,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,500 · Other+12 more: $23,800 · Other+12 moreNorthwestern University: $4,500 · Recreation & SportsCOLLEGE YEAR IN ATHENS INC: $1,500 · InternationalBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · Community Improvement
Education$143,750Other$114,300Recreation & Sports$4,500International$1,500Community Improvement$1,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $28,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $21,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHIEL COLLEGE: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGANNON UNIVERSITY: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Northern University: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWalsh University Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE YEAR IN ATHENS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLEGHENY COLLEGE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 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.

Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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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 Otto Ruth Varner-Seneca Valley High funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Otto Ruth Varner-Seneca Valley High. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 25%
  • University of Delaware: 25% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report 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.

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 44 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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