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Pierce Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Pierce Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$79k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$246kHealth$81kEnvironment$54kPhilanthropy$37kCommunity Improvement$33kEducation$17kHuman Services$17kAnimals$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $42k
$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REGIONAL OFFICE OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM$12,000
WARRIOR HOMES OF COLLIER$10,000
ADIRONDACK HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
YOUTH HAVEN$10,000
NCH CENTER FOR PHILANTHROPY$7,500
ARTIS-NAPLES - ANNUAL FUND$5,000
ROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION - GRATWICK SOCIETY$5,000
NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN$5,000
TUPPER LAKE VOLUNTEER A&E SQUAD$3,000
KALEIDA HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,500
TUPPER LAKE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$2,000
TUPPER ARTS$2,000
NICHOLS SCHOOL - ANNUAL FUND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE$1,250
CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA$1,000
GEOFF-NELSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY$1,000
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 (FY18–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GOLDEN PAWS ASSISTANCE DOGS: $1k → 10%YOUTH HAVEN: $10k → 10%WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $1k → 13%YOUTH HAVEN: $1k → 10%BUFFALO CITY MISSION: $1k → 13%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$487k · 29 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
15

Total granted

$487k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+13%

Still filing today

55%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • BF
    BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY
    5× · 2019–2023 · $150k · revenue +33%
  • NB
    NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $27k · revenue +79%
  • NZ
    NAPLES ZOO INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $15k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • LQ
    LP-EC QUALITY DESTINATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue -45% · 63% of their budget
  • AA
    ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY - SUMMER OF AK BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • WW
    WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +8%
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
Zoological Society of Buffalo Inc

Building community; creating connections; saving wildlife through a collaboration for change: the buffalo zoo will be a center of conservation excellence, providing leadership to secure a future where wildlife thrives. we embody our…

Animals
2
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences

Inspire joyful exploration of science and nature through engaging experiences, unique resources, and exceptional staff.

Arts & Culture
3
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
4
Zoological Society of Buffalo Foundation Inc

To promote public awareness of the financial needs of zoological society of buffalo, inc. (the buffalo zoo) as well as the full time devotion to seeking, receiving, holding, maintaining, and reinvesting funds on behalf of buffalo zoo.

Animals
5
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
6
Thompson Park Conservancy Inc

Zoo new york, by example and action, provides knowledge and motivation for conserving nature in new york state through science-based natural and cultural experiences.

Arts & Culture
7
Buffalo Niagara Partnership Foundation

The buffalo niagara partnership foundation is a vehicle for the initiations and promotion of key economic development projects in the buffalo area.

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8
Buffalo Niagara Partnership Inc

By mobilizing members and strategic partners around common goals, the partnership grows private investment and jobs in buffalo niagara through advocacy, business development, and convening.

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9
Ralph Wilson Park Conservancy Inc

The organization was formed for the specific purpose of operating, maintaining and protecting parks and public spaces in the city of buffalo, new york, including but not limited to parks and public spaces owned or operated by the city of…

Recreation & Sports
10
New York League of Conservation Voters

See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…

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11
Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful

To promote a culture of environmental stewardship through volunteer and educational opportunities.

Environment
12
The Adirondack Council Inc

The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naples Botanical Garden Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tupper Lake Public Library. 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

28 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. 28 of the 47 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY - ANNUAL BOARD GIFT: $50,000 · OtherALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY - ANNUAL BOARD GIFTNCH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $42,500 · OtherNCH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONARTIS-NAPLES - ANNUAL FUND: $30,000 · OtherARTIS-NAPLES - ANNUAL FUNDADIRONDACK HEALTH FOUNDATION: $22,000 · OtherADIRONDACK HEALTH FOUNDATIONROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION - GRATWICK SOCIETY: $20,000 · OtherROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION - GRATWICK SOCIETYREGIONAL OFFICE OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: $12,000 · OtherNCH CENTER FOR PHILANTHROPY: $10,000 · OtherNAPLES ZOO INC: $15,000 · OtherNAPLES ZOO INCLP-EC QUALITY DESTINATION INC: $11,000 · OtherWARRIORS HOMES OF COLLIER INC: $10,000 · Other+19 more: $50,350 · Other+19 moreBUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY: $149,650 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMYTUPPER ARTS INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $4,800 · Arts & CultureNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $26,750 · EnvironmentUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY: $20,000 · PhilanthropyKALEIDA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthTUPPER LAKE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE & EMERGENCY SQUAD INC: $4,000 · HealthNICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO: $7,500 · EducationELMWOOD-FRANKLIN SCHOOL INC: $6,000 · EducationTUPPER LAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,500 · EducationTHE HILARY GRACE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationYOUTH HAVEN INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesWNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesGolden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$272,850Arts & Culture$169,450Environment$26,750Philanthropy$20,000Health$19,000Education$16,250Human Services$16,000

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 budgetBUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY: $149,650 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $26,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKALEIDA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNAPLES ZOO INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLP-EC QUALITY DESTINATION INC: $11,000 over 1y, 63% of budgetYOUTH HAVEN INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWARRIORS HOMES OF COLLIER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTUPPER ARTS INC: $9,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO: $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetELMWOOD-FRANKLIN SCHOOL INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTUPPER LAKE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE & EMERGENCY SQUAD INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION OF WNY: $2,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTUPPER LAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGolden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGFWC NAPLES WOMAN'S CLUB INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HILARY GRACE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BUFFALO INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GARRET CLUB INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSING THRESHOLDS INC: $250 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 BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds KALEIDA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES ZOO INC ↗
  • Who funds LP-EC QUALITY DESTINATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds WARRIORS HOMES OF COLLIER INC ↗
  • Who funds TUPPER ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds NICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO ↗
  • Who funds ELMWOOD-FRANKLIN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS ↗
  • Who funds COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TUPPER LAKE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE & EMERGENCY SQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds WNY WOMEN'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY MISSION SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION OF WNY ↗
  • Who funds TUPPER LAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds Golden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc ↗
  • Who funds GFWC NAPLES WOMAN'S CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HILARY GRACE FOUNDATION 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.

Community Foundation …The Baird FoundationThe Ayco Charitable F…Lippes Family Charita…Zemsky Family Foundat…The Osc Charitable Fo…The Ralph C Wilson Jr…Robert C & Jane E Hol…The Donald F & Barbar…Edwin M Johnston Jr F…Simple Gifts FundFoundation for Jewish…
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The Baird Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Lippes Family Charitable Foundation · Zemsky Family Foundation · The Osc Charitable Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Robert C & Jane E Holder Foundation · The Donald F & Barbara L Newman Family Foundation · Edwin M Johnston Jr Family Foundation · Simple Gifts Fund · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Youth Haven Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 47 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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