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Ovington Foundation at a glance

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Ovington Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$57k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% 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$101kYouth Development$96kHealth$82kAnimals$59kEnvironment$47kHuman Services$38kPhilanthropy$32kArts & Culture$29kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Troop 301$21,400
Mario Lemieux Foundation$6,706
Hollow Oak Land Trust$5,250
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Ryan Douglas Field of the Dreams$5,000
Rappahannock Senior Center$3,000
It's About the WarriorOrg$3,000
St Paul's School$2,500
Woodstock Fire Department$2,500
Last Chance Corral$2,494
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Zachary's Mission: $1k → 10%RIP Medical Debt: $3k → 9%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

ME
NY
IA
OH
PA
CA
WV
VA
SC
AL
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$575k · 20 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
10

Total granted

$575k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
-5%

Still filing today

50%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
AnimalsRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEnvironmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • ML
    MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $56k · revenue +79%
  • HO
    HOLLOW OAK LAND TRUST INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $45k · revenue +69%
  • HP
    HM3 PARTNERS INDEPENDENCE FUND INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $32k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • HT
    Holy Trinity Catholic Church
    one grant, 2018 · $12k
  • MF
    MAHARISHI FOUNDATION USA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -26%
  • MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue ×11
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
Hard Luck Animal Welfare Advocates

Our organizations mission is to provide access to veterinary medical care for our communitys most vulnerable pets. Hard Luck Animal Welfare Advocates has partnered with the City of Stockton to provide veterinary medical care to community…

Animals
2
Humc Medical Observation Pa

To serve as the physician services component of a tax-exempt healthcare delivery network and to thereby promote, support & further the charitable purposes, programs & services of hmh hospitals corp.

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3
Wayne Memorial Hospital

It is the mission of wayne memorial hospital to provide quality healthcare with compassion, advocacy, respect, excellence, and service; to promote wellness in our community; and to be proactive in responding to our community's needs.

Health
4
Martha's Farm Animal Sanctuary
Animals
5
Upmc Williamsport

UPMC Williamsport is a subsidiary of UPMC Susquehanna. The mission of UPMC Susquehanna and its subsidiaries is to serve the community by providing outstanding patient care and shaping tomorrow's health care through clinical and…

Health
6
Charlies Kids Foundation Inc

Charlie's kids advocates for safe sleep to prevent infant death.

Health
7
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
8
Whitley Memorial Hospital Inc

Whitley memorial hospital, inc. works to improve the health of our communities and provides quality health services to all who entrust their care to us.

Health
9
Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals

Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.

Health
10
Washington Adventist Hospital Foundation Inc

We extend god's care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

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11
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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12
Upmc Carlisle

Upmc carlisle's mission is to serve the community by providing access to outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health care system through clinical and technological innovation, research and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pirates Charities; the most unlike its peers is Last Chance Corral. 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

17 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. 17 of the 30 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Troop 301: $94,632 · OtherTroop 301Monday After the Masters Pro Am Inc: $54,600 · OtherMonday After the Masters Pro Am IncIndividual grant recipient: $36,978 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRappahannock Senior Center: $28,500 · OtherRappahannock Senior CenterSt Paul's School: $28,000 · OtherSt Paul's SchoolIt's About the WarriorOrg: $26,000 · OtherIt's About the WarriorOrgIndividual grant recipient: $25,079 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAIM WOMEN'S CENTER: $20,500 · OtherAIM WOMEN'S CENTERRyan Douglas Field of the Dreams: $18,000 · Other+8 more: $41,532 · Other+8 moreMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $55,754 · PhilanthropyMARIO LEMIEUX FO…HM3 PARTNERS INDEPENDENCE FUND INC: $32,300 · PhilanthropyHM3 PARTNERS IND…HANCOCK COUNTY HUMANE FOUNDATION INC: $31,896 · AnimalsHANCOCK CO…LAST CHANCE CORRAL: $24,687 · AnimalsLAST CHANC…HOPE HAVEN FARM SANCTUARY: $2,000 · AnimalsHOLLOW OAK LAND TRUST INC: $45,090 · EnvironmentELLIOTT WEST END ATHLETIC ASSN: $16,500 · Recreation & SportsPIRATES CHARITIES: $10,850 · Recreation & SportsHOLLOWAY PARK FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesZacharys Mission: $1,000 · Human ServicesWreaths Across America: $3,800 · Public BenefitBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 · Health
Other$373,821Philanthropy$88,054Animals$58,583Environment$45,090Recreation & Sports$29,350Human Services$4,000Public Benefit$3,800Health$2,000

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 budgetMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $55,754 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHOLLOW OAK LAND TRUST INC: $45,090 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetHM3 PARTNERS INDEPENDENCE FUND INC: $32,300 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetHANCOCK COUNTY HUMANE FOUNDATION INC: $31,896 over 4y, 15% of budgetLAST CHANCE CORRAL: $24,687 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetAIM WOMEN'S CENTER: $20,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetELLIOTT WEST END ATHLETIC ASSN: $16,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetWOODSTOCK FIRE DEPARTMENT: $11,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPIRATES CHARITIES: $10,850 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMAHARISHI FOUNDATION USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWreaths Across America: $3,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HAVEN FARM SANCTUARY: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLLOWAY PARK FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetZacharys Mission: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc: $300 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 MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOLLOW OAK LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds HM3 PARTNERS INDEPENDENCE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HANCOCK COUNTY HUMANE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAST CHANCE CORRAL ↗
  • Who funds AIM WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ELLIOTT WEST END ATHLETIC ASSN ↗
  • Who funds WOODSTOCK FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds PIRATES CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds MAHARISHI FOUNDATION USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Wreaths Across America ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HAVEN FARM SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLLOWAY PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Zacharys Mission ↗
  • Who funds Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc ↗

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.

Aetna Foundation IncVerizon FoundationPaypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Aetna Foundation IncCT15.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · 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 Ovington Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ovington Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 30 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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