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Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting.

$44M
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$237kArts & Culture$135kEducation$35kHealth$13k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $31,265, the rows itemized in this filing. The $44,411,499 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $44,380,234 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$198M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE$17,765
CHUCK COOPER FOUNDATION$7,500
PITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP$6,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE: $15k → 11%SEARCHLIGHT NEW MEXICO: $14k → 12%BROADWAY DREAMS FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%MISSISSIPPI TODAY: $20k → 11%SEPTEMBER 11 NATIONAL MEMORIAL TRAIL: $10k → 7%NATURAL CHOICES LLC: $14k → 11%ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE: $36k → 11%SEARCHLIGHT NEW MEXICO: $6k → 12%BROADWAY DREAMS FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE: $35k → 11%BROADWAY DREAMS FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%CHUCK COOPER FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE: $31k → 11%CHUCK COOPER FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE: $29k → 11%CHUCK COOPER FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE: $18k → 11%CHUCK COOPER FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%PITTSBURGH CIVIC LIGHT OPERA: $10k → 11%CHUCK COOPER FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%PITTSBURGH CIVIC LIGHT OPERA: $6k → 11%MAGEE- WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE & FOUNDATION: $13k → 11%URBAN INNOVATION21: $25k → 11%URBAN INNOVATION21: $25k → 11%AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF WESTERN PA: $13k → 11%AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF WESTERN PA: $10k → 11%PITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $6k → 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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$342k · 7 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$342k
$72k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-13%
+255%

Still filing today

86%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEducationHealthOther
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

  • AC
    ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
    5× · 2017–2024 · $148k · revenue +159%
  • UI
    URBAN INNOVATION21
    2× · 2017–2018 · $50k
  • BD
    Broadway Dreams Foundation Corporation
    3× · 2017–2020 · $50k · revenue -4%

Funded once

  • DS
    DEEP SOUTH TODAYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +273%
  • PB
    PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +46%
  • NC
    NATURAL CHOICES LLC
    one grant, 2023 · $14k
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
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
2
Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc

To be the leader in advancing marketplace trust.

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3
Society of American Business Editors and Writers

Members of the society for advancing business editing and writing (sabew) band together in the individual and collective pursuit of the highest standards of economic journalism. it is sabew's mission as an independent, non-profit…

Arts & Culture
4
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc

To create, to present, to preserve, and to extend the great repertoire of classical dancing through exciting performances and educational programming of the highest quality, presented to the widest possible audience. american ballet…

Arts & Culture
5
Texas Association of Business

As the state chamber of commerce, tab is the most influential and dominant voice for public policy issues affecting business in texas. through proven results-oriented advocacy and member services, tab develops a climate in texas which…

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6
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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7
Greater Washington Partnership

We identify shared opportunities and core challenges and offer solutions to the region's most critical issues including skills and talent, regional mobility, infrastructure and inclusive economic growth.

Recreation & Sports
8
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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9
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
10
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
11
Women's Business Enterprise National Council

Wbenc's mission is to fuel economic growth globally by identifying, certifying, and facilitating the development of women-owned businesses.

Civil Rights
12
Forum of Executive Women

Our core mission is to bring together, and leverage the influence of, professional women to expand the impact and power of women in the workplace and beyond.our vision is that women will achieve (continued on schedule o)equitable…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chuck Cooper 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

12 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. 12 of the 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $148,133 · OtherALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTURBAN INNOVATION21: $50,000 · OtherURBAN INNOVATION21SEARCHLIGHT NEW MEXICO NEWS: $20,000 · OtherSEARCHLIGHT NEW MEXICO NEWSNATURAL CHOICES LLC: $14,000 · OtherNATURAL CHOICES LLCSeptember 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance: $10,000 · OtherBroadway Dreams Foundation Corporation: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBroadway Dreams Foundation …DEEP SOUTH TODAY: $20,000 · Arts & CultureDEEP SOUTH TODAYCIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $15,500 · Arts & CultureCIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATI…PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE I…Chuck Cooper Foundation: $35,000 · EducationChuck Coo…AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF WESTERN PA: $23,000 · Community ImprovementPITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $6,000 · Community ImprovementMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Health
Other$242,133Arts & Culture$100,500Education$35,000Community Improvement$29,000Health$12,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $148,133 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetURBAN INNOVATION21: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBroadway Dreams Foundation Corporation: $50,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetChuck Cooper Foundation: $35,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF WESTERN PA: $23,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetSEARCHLIGHT NEW MEXICO NEWS: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetDEEP SOUTH TODAY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $15,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeptember 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $6,000 over 1y, 3.8% 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.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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
    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 13 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 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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