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Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation

To actively promote physical well-being, encourage teamwork, stress the value of education and provide essential life skills to young people in our community through youth hockey and other activities.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$6.0MRecreation & Sports$2.4MEducation$835kYouth Development$474kArts & Culture$431kHuman Services$401kAnimals$155kPublic Safety & Disaster$151kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 18 grants below total $587,810 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,845,362 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $2,257,552 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $269k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $319k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE$150,000
UPMC WESTERN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$64,243
UPMC WESTERN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$54,450
UPMC WESTERN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
UPMC WESTERN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$45,000
THREAD INTERNATIONAL PBC INC DAY OWL$25,000
UNITED WAY$25,000
UPMC PRESBYTERIAN-SHADYSIDE$25,000
UPMC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$20,000
AIU3$20,000
ALS ASSOCIATION$19,205
PIHL GIRLS' DIVISION FOR SPORTS MATTER GAME SUPPORT OF DSGF$15,000
INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DIALOGUE - US (HOST OF THE STRONG CITIES NETWORK)$15,000
PITTSBURGH HARDBALL ACADEMY$12,500
CARNEGIE INITIATIVE$12,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–23, $687k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OPERATION WARM: $10k → 6%CHRISTIAN LAYMAN CORPS: $5k → 10%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $57k → 11%JAMESON'S ARMY: $5k → 12%PITTSBURGH PENGUINS BLIND HOCKEY PROGRAM: $25k → 13%CRISIS CENTER OF LAWRENCE COUNTY: $5k → 13%SHEETZ FAMILY CHARITIES INC DBA SHEETZ FOR THE KIDZ: $5k → 13%THE SHOE BOX PROJECT: $10k → 17%GUARDIAN ANGEL MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $20k → 16%OPERATION WARM: $10k → 6%PENGUINS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $80k → 12%ENVISION BLIND SPORTS: $20k → 13%THE SHOE BOX PROJECT: $9k → 17%OPERATION WARM: $10k → 6%ZACHARY'S MISSION: $5k → 10%ENVISION BLIND SPORTS: $20k → 13%ENVISION BLIND SPORTS: $20k → 13%ENVISION BLIND SPORTS: $5k → 13%CAMP CADET OF SOMERSET COUNTY: $5k → 14%VIP SPORTS: $5k → 13%CAMP CADET - SOMERSET COUNTY: $5k → 14%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $10k → 11%GLADE RUN LUTHERAN SERVICES: $5k → 9%THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%BEVERLY'S BIRTHDAYS: $15k → 10%THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%BEVERLY'S BIRTHDAYS: $10k → 10%BEVERLY'S BIRTHDAYS: $5k → 10%BEVERLY'S BIRTHDAYS: $5k → 10%THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $5k → 11%THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%SMALL SEEDS DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 11%SMALL SEEDS DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 11%OPERATION BACKPACK CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%THE CENTER THAT CARES: $10k → 11%WARD HOME INC: $10k → 11%THE WATSON INSTITUTE: $5k → 11%WARD HOME: $5k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $45k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 11%WESLEY SPECTRUM SERVICES: $10k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 11%THE BRADLEY CENTER: $10k → 11%HOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE: $10k → 11%HOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE: $10k → 11%BLIND & VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $20k → 11%BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $20k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
IL
NY
PA
CA
CO
WV
VA
DC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$9.4M · 81 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

81 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 75 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

81
85

Total granted

$9.4M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+15%

Still filing today

83%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $320k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
    6× · 2017–2022 · $5.0M · revenue +44% · 30% of their budget
  • PP
    PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +46%
  • EB
    ENVISION BLIND SPORTS
    5× · 2017–2023 · $95k · revenue +151%

Funded once

  • BC
    Braddock Carnegie Library Assoc
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue -56%
  • HC
    HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -35%
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +26%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
2
The Children's Institute Parent Company

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
3
Point Park University

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…

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4
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
5
The Pittsburgh Promise Foundation

The pittsburgh promise promotes high educational aspirations among urban youth, funds scholarships for post-secondary access, and fuels a prepared and diverse regional workforce.

Philanthropy
6
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
7
The Childrens Institute Foundation

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Philanthropy
8
Jeremiah's Place Pittsburgh Relief Nursery

Jeremiah's place will protect children and strengthen families by providing a safe haven of respite, health, renewal, and support for children and families during times of crisis. we strive to serve as a leading voice for child abuse…

Human Services
9
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
10
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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11
Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association

The pittsburgh venture capital association was founded in 1982 to catalyze venture investment and entrepreneurialism in western pennsylvania. since then it has become the leading voice of private equity investors in the region.through a…

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12
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Amateur Hockey and the most unlike its peers is Coherent Ii-Vi Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPublic LibrariesSenior Affordable HousingHealth System Support Organ…Regional Economic Developme…Parks & Environmental Conse…Community Social ServicesEmergency Medical ServicesCorporate Retiree Benefits …Education Support Organizat…Performing Arts Organizatio…Pittsburgh Social Justice O…Regional Arts OrganizationsDisability Services & Commu…Early Childhood Education C…Family Philanthropic Founda…Charter and Independent Sch…Faith-Based Emergency Assis…Union Member Benefit Funds
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 27 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number17%3%<5yr13%8%5–10yr19%26%10–20yr19%27%20–35yr16%23%35–55yr17%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value17%3%<5yr13%4%5–10yr19%22%10–20yr19%57%20–35yr16%8%35–55yr17%7%55yr+

The field is 17% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 7% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%3/176
the rest of the field
7%
1,046/14,039

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

153 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 153 of the 177 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
146/153
Grantees still filing
98/153
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION — $4,966,232 · PhilanthropyMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION+8 more — $255,441 · PhilanthropyPITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY — $1,332,072 · Recreation & SportsPITTSBURGH PENGUI…SOUTHERN TIER ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES INC — $85,000 · Recreation & SportsMIGHTY PENGUINS SLED HOCKEY — $70,000 · Recreation & Sports+10 more — $275,430 · Recreation & Sports+10 moreHOCKEY STICKS TOGETHER FOUNDATION — $457,000 · OtherHOCKEY STICKS TOGETH…HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $100,000 · OtherALLEGHENY INTERMEDIATE UNIT — $99,523 · OtherSIDNEY CROSBY FOUNDATION — $92,007 · OtherNORTH CATHOLIC (EXCEL HOCKEY ACADEMY) — $75,000 · OtherNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC — $70,000 · Other+65 more — $1,183,093 · Other+65 moreENVISION BLIND SPORTS — $95,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $90,000 · Human ServicesPittsburgh Penguins Alumni Association — $80,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC — $57,267 · Human ServicesVISABILITY — $40,000 · Human ServicesOperation Warm Inc — $40,000 · Human ServicesBEVERLY'S PGH — $35,000 · Human ServicesTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesHOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE — $25,000 · Human Services+21 more — $209,368 · Human ServicesUPMC WESTERN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — $213,693 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — $56,420 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $45,250 · HealthCHRISTOPHERS KITCHEN — $44,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH — $40,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF PITTSBURGH AND MORGANTOWN INC — $35,000 · HealthACHIEVA — $34,608 · HealthAUTISM SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH INC DBA AUTISM PITTSBURGH — $30,000 · HealthTHE PINK AGENDA INC — $25,000 · Health+16 more — $160,912 · HealthBraddock Carnegie Library Assoc — $200,000 · Arts & CultureCIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $150,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF FLIGHT 93 NATIONAL MEMOR — $40,000 · Arts & CultureThe City Theatre Company Inc — $40,000 · Arts & CultureSLB RADIO PRODUCTIONS INC — $38,800 · Arts & CultureSOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL — $37,500 · Arts & CultureMANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN'S GUILD — $22,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more — $44,105 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $100,000 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH — $45,000 · EducationSTOREHOUSE FOR TEACHERS D/B/A THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP — $45,000 · EducationTHE HEITZ 61 MEMORIAL FOUNDATION IN — $39,500 · EducationASSET INC — $25,000 · EducationNEGRO EDUCATIONAL EMERGENCY DRIVE — $25,000 · EducationLITERACY PITTSBURGH — $20,000 · EducationCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH — $20,000 · EducationIMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $17,500 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DIALOGUE-US — $15,000 · EducationPITTSBURGH COUNCIL ON HIGHER EDUCATION — $15,000 · Education+6 more — $44,000 · Education
Philanthropy$5,221,673Recreation & Sports$1,762,502Other$2,076,623Human Services$696,635Health$684,883Arts & Culture$572,905Education$411,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION — $4,966,232 over 6y, 30% of budgetPITTSBURGH PENGUINS ELITE AMATEUR HOCKEY — $1,332,072 over 7y, 11% of budgetHOCKEY STICKS TOGETHER FOUNDATION — $457,000 over 4y, 58% of budgetBraddock Carnegie Library Assoc — $200,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVISION BLIND SPORTS — $95,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AND UPMC MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION — $87,843 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN TIER ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES INC — $85,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC — $70,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMIGHTY PENGUINS SLED HOCKEY — $70,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $62,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC — $57,267 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — $56,420 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity — $51,800 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPITTSBURGH WARRIORS HOCKEY — $45,598 over 2y, 17% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $45,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH — $45,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH ICE — $45,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetCHRISTOPHERS KITCHEN — $44,000 over 3y, 34% of budgetWORLD VISION INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH — $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PSP STRONG ASSOCIATION — $40,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetVISABILITY — $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF FLIGHT 93 NATIONAL MEMOR — $40,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetOPERATION TROOP APPRECIATION — $40,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetOperation Warm Inc — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HEITZ 61 MEMORIAL FOUNDATION IN — $39,500 over 5y, 39% of budgetSLB RADIO PRODUCTIONS INC — $38,800 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetSOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL — $37,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INTERSCHOLASTIC HOCKEY LEAGUE — $36,792 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF PITTSBURGH AND MORGANTOWN INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBEVERLY'S PGH — $35,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY — $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetACHIEVA — $34,608 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH INC DBA AUTISM PITTSBURGH — $30,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC — $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNO DOG LEFT BEHIND INC — $25,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetPRESSLEY RIDGE — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASSET INC — $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLUMINARI INC — $25,000 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetTHE PINK AGENDA INC — $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The United Way of Sou…The Pittsburgh Founda…Upmc GroupHillman Family Founda…Richard King Mellon F…The Grable FoundationEqt FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsSnee-Reinhardt Charit…The Jack Buncher Foun…Aj and Sigismunda Pal…Staunton Farm Foundat…
The United Way of Southwestern PennsylvaniaPA107.5× affinity57 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Upmc Group · Hillman Family Foundations · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Eqt Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc — 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 177 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2.4M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

Source object · view filing

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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