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Pembroke Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$365k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$201k
Largest
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.1MHealth$409kPhilanthropy$395kReligion$234kHuman Services$141kArts & Culture$109kCrime & Legal$66kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $253k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRADFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$201,000
FUTURES ENDOWMENT TRUST$52,000
UNITED WAY OF BRADFORD$18,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
FRIENDSHIP TABLE$6,000
DERRICK CITY VOL FIRE DEPT$6,000
NO FELINE LEFT BEHIND$6,000
CASA$5,000
REGINA A QUICK CENTER FOR THE ARTS$5,000
BRADFORD FAMILY YMCA$5,000
CARE FOR CHILDREN$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$5,000
COLT 45 STRONG FOUNDATION$5,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$5,000
BRADFORD LANDMARK SOCIETY$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $71k) 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%CASA OF MCKEAN COUNTY: $5k → 15%CASA OF MCKEAN COUNTY: $5k → 15%CASA OF MCKEAN COUNTY: $5k → 15%CASA OF MCKEAN COUNTY: $5k → 15%CASA OF MCKEAN COUNTY: $5k → 15%CASA OF MCKEAN COUNTY: $5k → 15%CASA OF MCKEAN COUNTY: $500 → 15%CASA OF MCKEAN COUNTY: $500 → 15%FRIENDSHIP TABLE: $10k → 15%FRIENDSHIP TABLE: $6k → 15%FRIENDSHIP TABLE: $5k → 15%FRIENDSHIP TABLE: $5k → 15%FRIENDSHIP TABLE: $5k → 15%FRIENDSHIP TABLE: $5k → 15%FRIENDSHIP TABLE: $2k → 15%FRIENDSHIP TABLE: $1k → 15%FRIENDSHIP TABLE: $1k → 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
NY
OH
PA
VA
NC
DC
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.
$2.6M · 46 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
38

Total granted

$2.6M
$96k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+13%

Still filing today

43%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsReligionHuman 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

  • BE
    BRADFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +16%
  • FT
    FRIENDSHIP TABLE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +58%
  • DC
    Derrick City Volunteer Fire Department Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $36k · revenue +155%

Funded once

  • FC
    FREDONIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK INC
    one grant, 2018 · $75k · revenue -32%
  • CO
    CITY OF BRADFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2019 · $9k
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +163%
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
Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation
Education
2
Bradford Hospital

The mission of bradford regional medical center is to provide the highest quality medical services in response to the healthcare needs of the region, to promote community wellness, and to restore health and comfort to patients as swiftly…

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3
Bradford Area Alliance

To enhance the quality of life throughout the Bradford region by facilitating, strengthening, and assisting our civic, business and government organizations.

Health
4
West Bradford Fire Co

The west bradford fire company is a volunteer fire company providing fire suppression/rescue and prevention services to west bradford, east bradford and newlin townships all in the state of pennsylvania. the fire company provides mutual…

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Bradford Regional Medical Services

Multi-specialty physician group practice organized to serve patients in bradford, pa, and the surrounding area.

Health
6
Bradford Woods Volunteer Fire Company

The mission of this fire company is to prevent and extinguish fires in the borough of bradford woods, pa and assist neighboring fire companies as needed.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono

Our mission is who we are and what we do: to provide world class care close to home. our vision is what we aim for to best serve our community: to build a healthier community.

Health
8
Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center Inc

Provide quality, diverse arts programming to impact our communities and enrich people's lives in the twin tiers

Arts & Culture
9
Community Medical Center

Strive to make better health easier by providing access to affordable, high quality health services through equitable, innovative, and inclusive care models that support patient care, education, research, and community service.

Health
10
Bradford Charitable Foundation

To provide charitable contributions for the good of children in the pittsburgh and surrounding areas.

Philanthropy
11
Berlin Area Ambulance Assoc Inc

The organization provides emergency medical service and ambulance transportation to individuals in the berlin pennsylvania area.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Brady Township Volunteer Fire Rescue and Ambulance Co Inc

To provide emergency fire, rescue and ambulance services to Brady Township and surrounding communities.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dickinson Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Eldred World War Ii Museum Inc. 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

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 97 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
23/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BEACON LIGHT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $361,575 · OtherBEACON LIGHT BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCHURCH OF ASCENSION: $231,250 · OtherCHURCH OF ASCENSIONFUTURES ENDOWMENT TRUST: $215,250 · OtherFUTURES ENDOWMENT TRUSTUNITED WAY OF BRADFORD: $178,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF BRADFORDBRADFORD FAMILY YMCA: $56,000 · Other+70 more: $378,860 · Other+70 moreBRADFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,015,150 · EducationBRADFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFREDONIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK INC: $75,000 · EducationFREDONIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIV…+1 more: $2,000 · EducationFRIENDSHIP TABLE: $39,550 · Human ServicesCASA OF MCKEAN COUNTY: $31,000 · Human ServicesCARE FOR CHILDREN: $33,100 · HealthColt 45 Strong Inc: $10,000 · HealthEVERGREEN ELM INC: $8,000 · HealthBRADFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $7,750 · Health+6 more: $1,550 · HealthMCKEAN CO PA SOCIETY OF THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $16,950 · AnimalsNO FELINE LEFT BEHIND IN MCKEAN COUNTY: $16,200 · AnimalsSOUTHERN TIER SYMPHONY INC: $22,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $50 · Arts & CultureCHAUTAUQUA FOUNDATION INC: $16,050 · Philanthropy+2 more: $800 · Philanthropy
Other$1,421,435Education$1,092,150Human Services$70,550Health$60,400Animals$33,150Arts & Culture$22,050Philanthropy$16,850

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 budgetBRADFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,015,150 over 8y, 11% of budgetFREDONIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDSHIP TABLE: $39,550 over 9y, 3.7% of budgetBradford Landmark Society: $37,500 over 9y, 17% of budgetDerrick City Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $36,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetCARE FOR CHILDREN: $33,100 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetCASA OF MCKEAN COUNTY: $31,000 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetSOUTHERN TIER SYMPHONY INC: $22,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMCKEAN CO PA SOCIETY OF THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $16,950 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetNO FELINE LEFT BEHIND IN MCKEAN COUNTY: $16,200 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetCHAUTAUQUA FOUNDATION INC: $16,050 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetColt 45 Strong Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetEVERGREEN ELM INC: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTUNA VALLEY TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetBRADFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $7,750 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLEWIS RUN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $6,100 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS COUNCIL INC: $2,300 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRADFORD LEARNING CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDESTINATIONS BRADFORD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCHAUTAUQUA REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE FOUNDATION OF WNY INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHAUTAUQUA LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDICKINSON CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELDRED WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDNEY FOUNDATION OF WNY INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $50 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 BRADFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FREDONIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP TABLE ↗
  • Who funds Bradford Landmark Society ↗
  • Who funds Derrick City Volunteer Fire Department Inc ↗
  • Who funds CARE FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF MCKEAN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN TIER SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
  • Who funds MCKEAN CO PA SOCIETY OF THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds NO FELINE LEFT BEHIND IN MCKEAN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CHAUTAUQUA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Colt 45 Strong Inc ↗
  • Who funds EVERGREEN ELM INC ↗
  • Who funds TUNA VALLEY TRAIL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BRADFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEWIS RUN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗

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.

Philo & Sarah Blaisdell FoundationPA43.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Philo & Sarah Blaisdell Foundation · Community Foundation of the Northern Alleghenies · Northwest Charitable Foundation · United Way of the Bradford Area Inc · Mukaiyama Rice Foundation · Hultquist Foundation Inc · Reginald a & Elizabeth S Lenna Fdn Inc Dba Lenna Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Pembroke Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pembroke Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Pembroke Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Pembroke 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.

    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 97 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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