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Phillip H Wimmer and Betty L Wimmer Family Foundation at a glance

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Phillip H Wimmer and Betty L Wimmer Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$264k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$948kPhilanthropy$353kHealth$127kReligion$56kArts & Culture$54kHuman Services$49kAnimals$40kYouth Development$34kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $58k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY$50,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH$50,000
SHADY SIDE ACADEMY$50,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
JCC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH$12,500
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$10,000
412 GIVES BACK$10,000
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY WESTERN PA$10,000
CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH$6,000
POINT PARK UNIVERSITY$5,000
COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL$5,000
MIAMI WATERKEEPER$5,000
PROJECT DESTINY INC$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE$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 (FY18–25, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $5k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $5k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $5k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $5k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $5k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $5k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $5k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $5k → 11%SECOND HARVEST: $1k → 11%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.
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 33 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
23

Total granted

$1.5M
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+14%

Still filing today

48%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    8× · 2018–2025 · $415k · revenue +24%
  • SS
    SHADY SIDE ACADEMY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $390k · revenue +54%
  • CM
    Carnegie Mellon University
    8× · 2018–2025 · $105k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • SP
    SOHO PLAYHOUSE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +20%
  • LP
    LEAD PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -88%
  • EA
    EASTERN ATLANTIC STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · 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
Pittsburgh Council On Higher Education

To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.

Education
2
University of Pittsburgh

The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…

Education
3
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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4
The Friends of the Pittsburgh Institutions
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5
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
6
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc

Phipps' mission is to inspire and educate all with the beauty and importance of plants, to advance sustainability and promote human and environmental well-being through action and research, and to celebrate its historic glasshouse.

Environment
7
Allegheny Conference On Community Development

See schedule othe allegheny conference on community development (accd) and affiliates - the greater pittsburgh chamber of commerce (chamber), the pennsylvania economy league of greater pittsburgh(pelgp) and the pittsburgh regional alliance…

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8
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc

See schedule o for the description of pittsburgh ballet theatre inc.'s primary mission.the ballet is pittsburgh's source and ambassador for extraordinary ballet experiences that give life to the classical tradition, nurture new ideas and,…

Arts & Culture
9
Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.

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10
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
11
Pittsburgh Business Group On Health

An employer-led coalition that champions outcomes-based, cost-effective healthcare through education, market expertise, group purchasing, comparative data and decision support.

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12
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Residential Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Little Fox Tobys Foundation. 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

30 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. 30 of the 62 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
18/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $415,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRITSHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $390,000 · EducationSHADY SIDE ACADEMYTHE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $102,500 · EducationTHE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH+1 more: $8,000 · EducationCarnegie Mellon University: $105,000 · OtherCarnegie Mellon UniversityIndividual grant recipient: $81,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNATIONAL MS SOCIETY WESTERN PA: $47,500 · OtherNATIONAL MS SOCIETY WESTERN PARODEF SHALOM CONGREGATION: $43,000 · OtherRODEF SHALOM CONGREGATIONCOMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherJCC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $25,000 · OtherUPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER: $22,500 · OtherCENTER FOR AUTISM RESEARCH: $20,000 · Other+37 more: $202,750 · Other+37 moreUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION: $290,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH FEDERATI…JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $105,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF G…+3 more: $9,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $40,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesPITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION: $17,500 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $12,000 · Arts & CultureSOHO PLAYHOUSE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH: $22,500 · AnimalsNO DOG LEFT BEHIND INC: $15,000 · AnimalsPROJECT DESTINY INC: $30,000 · Youth Development
Education$915,500Other$571,750Philanthropy$404,500Human Services$41,000Arts & Culture$39,500Animals$37,500Youth Development$30,000

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 budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $415,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $390,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION: $290,000 over 6y, 24% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $105,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $105,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $102,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT DESTINY INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNO DOG LEFT BEHIND INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOHO PLAYHOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLEAD PITTSBURGH: $10,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetBISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget412 GIVES BACK: $10,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetNUCCI-FINNY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $8,000 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetEASTERN ATLANTIC STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIMOTHY E NETTLES MEMORIAL FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFERN HOLLOW NATURE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Little Fox Tobys Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetFox Chapel District Association: $2,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds SHADY SIDE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT DESTINY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH RESIDENTIAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds NO DOG LEFT BEHIND INC ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SOHO PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds LEAD PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC ↗
  • Who funds 412 GIVES BACK ↗
  • Who funds NUCCI-FINNY SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds EASTERN ATLANTIC STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS ↗
  • Who funds POINT PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TIMOTHY E NETTLES MEMORIAL FUND ↗

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.

The Burke Family Foun…The Burke FoundationThe Fine FoundationHillman Family Founda…David S Shapira Found…The Grable FoundationRichard King Mellon F…The Pittsburgh Founda…Irving & Aaronel Dero…Adams Foundation IncThe Simpson Family Fo…Eckert Seamans Charit…
The Burke Family FoundationPA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Burke Family Foundation · The Burke Foundation · The Fine Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · David S Shapira Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Irving & Aaronel Deroy Gruber Foundation · Adams Foundation Inc · The Simpson Family Foundation U/A Dtd 10/19/1999 · Eckert Seamans Charitable 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 Phillip H Wimmer and Betty L Wimmer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Phillip H Wimmer and Betty L Wimmer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 19%
  • Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc: 19% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 62 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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