· Private foundation
Paul G Benedum Jr Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k10 grants · $240k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $450k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YMCA OF COLLIER COUNTRY-NAPLES FL | $100,000 |
| SHADY SIDE ACADEMY | $100,000 |
| CARNEGIE INSTITUE-MUSEUMS | $100,000 |
| BROWN UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| VALLEY SCHOOL OF LIGONIER - NATURE PLAYGROUND & TROUT PROGRAM | $50,000 |
| PITTSBURGH URBAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $35,000 |
| SHADY SIDE ACADEMY | $35,000 |
| THE KISKI SCHOOL | $30,000 |
| CROSSROADS FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| LINSLY SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY | $20,000 |
| BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE OF PITTSBURGH | $20,000 |
| VALLEY SCHOOL OF LIGONIER | $20,000 |
| GROVE CITY COLLEGE | $20,000 |
| WHEELING COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SSSHADY SIDE ACADEMY5× · 2020–2024 · $255k · revenue +54%
- TKTHE KISKI SCHOOL5× · 2020–2024 · $138k · revenue +13%
- TCTHE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $105k · revenue +67%
Funded once
- YOYMCA OF COLLIER COUNTRY-NAPLES FLone grant, 2024 · $100k
- CICARNEGIE INSTITUE-MUSEUMSone grant, 2024 · $100k
- VSVALLEY SCHOOL OF LIGONIER - NATURE PLAYGROUND & TROUT PROGRAMone grant, 2024 · $50k
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.
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.
An independent college preparatory school for girls from age three through twelfth grade.
Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…
A coeducational, college preparatory school serving students in grades 6-12 with a mission of "inspiring students to risk being their best".
The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…
All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.
To operate a private school for age 3 through eighth grade students.
A preschool through 12th grade, private, college preparatory school. the school's mission statement is "together, cultivating the best in each for the benefit of all."
Germantown academy inspires students to be independent in thought; confident in expression; compassionate in spirit; collaborative in action; and honorable in deed. germantown academy is a private school educating students from pre-k…
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…
The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.
Challenging and nurturing mind, body, and spirit, we inspire boys and girls to lead lives of purpose, faith, and integrity.
To prepare students for advanced education, successful careers and responsible citizenship through academic excellence and humanitarian ideals.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 14 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SHADY SIDE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds PITTSBURGH URBAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE KISKI SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE LINSLY SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds GROVE CITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds VALLEY SCHOOL OF LIGONIER ↗
- Who funds HOPE IGNITES PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds WHEELING COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paul G Benedum Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul G Benedum Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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