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Ppl Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
283
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$3.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$20MHealth$4.3MEducation$3.5MHuman Services$2.4MArts & Culture$2.0MCommunity Improvement$1.1MEnvironment$1.0MYouth Development$1.0MOther$0
02FY2025 · 283 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k180 grants · $563k
  • $10k–50k96 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $212k
  • $250k+4 grants · $4.4M
$5,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$54M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY$3,108,912
UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND$498,533
LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$400,000
ARTSQUEST$352,200
RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$88,950
GREATER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY UNITED WAY$73,419
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK$50,000
NORTHERN RI FOOD PANTRY$30,000
MCAULEY CORPORATION$30,000
DOWNCITY DESIGN$25,000
GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA$24,000
SCHUYLKILL UNITED WAY$20,899
UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA$20,867
UNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY$20,117
CEDAR CREST COLLEGE$20,100
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $858k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YMCA OF PAWTUCKET INC: $10k → 7%GETTING AHEAD FOUNDATION: $8k → 11%POCONO SERVICES FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $10k → 12%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $30k → 11%NEW HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 9%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $25k → 11%NEW HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 9%REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER: $15k → 10%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $13k → 11%SCHUYLKILL WOMEN IN CRISIS: $10k → 12%NEW HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 9%REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER: $13k → 10%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $10k → 11%YMCA OF BUCK AND HUNTERDON COUNTIES: $7k → 6%RIVER VALLEY REGIONAL YMCA: $20k → 12%EAST BAY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $10k → 7%IN-SIGHT: $8k → 7%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $7k → 11%RIVER VALLEY REGIONAL YMCA: $15k → 12%ELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY HOUSING & OUTREACH SERVICES: $8k → 9%KINDNESS IS MAGIC INC: $10k → 11%PROGRESSO LATINO: $10k → 14%POCONO SERVICES FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $25k → 12%EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY & TRAINING OF NORTHEASTERN PA: $25k → 13%POCONO SERVICES FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN: $17k → 12%EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY & TRAINING CENTER OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $10k → 13%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $24k → 7%EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY & TRAINING CENTER OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $6k → 13%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $12k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $12k → 7%RIVER VALLEY REGIONAL YMCA: $7k → 12%NORTHEAST SIGHT SERVICES: $10k → 15%BLOOMSBURG AREA YMCA: $10k → 14%THE INSTITUTE: $10k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS CENTRAL PA CHAPTER: $8k → 12%THE INSTITUTE: $10k → 15%ROOTS 2 EMPOWER: $10k → 14%FEDERAL HILL HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 14%HAZLETON INTEGRATION PROJECT INC: $15k → 15%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $30k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $10k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $10k → 9%GREATER PROVIDENCE YMCA: $15k → 14%PINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS: $8k → 11%THE INSTITUTE: $10k → 15%PINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS: $8k → 11%THE KINDNESS PROJECT: $25k → 11%VIA OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY INC: $20k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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RI
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SC
DC
OK
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AL
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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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$32M · 517 repeat orgs$4.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

517 repeat relationships: 189 still active in FY2025, 328 since wound down; 89 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

517
608

Total granted

$32M
$4.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+11%

Still filing today

80%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $567k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY
    7× · 2017–2025 · $16M · revenue +179%
  • A
    ARTSQUEST
    7× · 2017–2025 · $715k · revenue +98%
  • SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY UNITED WAY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $281k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • OH
    OPERATION HELP PPL - ALLENTOWN PA
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • OH
    OPERATION HELP
    one grant, 2020 · $500k
  • RC
    RESURRECTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +184%
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.

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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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2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

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
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
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Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Adamstown Area Library

The mission of the adamstown library is to maintain and improve the quality of life in our community by providing access to cultural, intellectual, and informational resources and programs to promote life-long learning for all ages. the…

Education
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The Public School of Germantown

Germantown academy inspires students to be independent in thought; confident in expression; compassionate in spirit; collaborative in action; and honorable in deed. germantown academy is a private school educating students from pre-k…

Education
9
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
10
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
11
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
12
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Educational Opportunity Centers of Pennsylvania; the most unlike its peers is The Chicken Coop Theatre Company. 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

762 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. 762 of the 1,234 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)
156
Early backer (in before they grew)
740/762
Grantees still filing
503/762
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $15,610,907 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEYUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $1,252,246 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC+16 more: $2,135,544 · Philanthropy+16 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $3,908,126 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER LEHIGH VAL…OPERATION HELP PPL - ALLENTOWN PA: $500,000 · OtherOPERATION HELP: $500,000 · Other+94 more: $5,257,865 · Other+94 moreARTSQUEST: $714,625 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $267,427 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $169,340 · Arts & CultureLANCASTER SCIENCE CENTER: $156,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DA VINCI DISCOVERY CENTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $130,438 · Arts & CultureNORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $72,000 · Arts & CultureTHE COOPERAGE PROJECT: $71,102 · Arts & CultureNORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ASSOCIATION: $67,560 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $353,651 · Arts & CultureRESURRECTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $100,000 · EducationTHE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC: $86,205 · EducationTHADDEUS STEVENS FOUNDATION: $77,090 · EducationNORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $75,550 · EducationPENNSYLVANIA'S STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $70,693 · EducationTHE JOSHUA GROUP: $62,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION & ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT: $55,579 · EducationPGSS CAMPAIGN INC: $55,100 · EducationTHE LITERACY CENTER: $54,125 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $53,800 · EducationCOMMUNITY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $53,000 · EducationGEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED: $52,500 · Education+17 more: $616,643 · EducationNEW VENTURE FUND: $490,500 · EnvironmentWILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC: $340,781 · EnvironmentWILDLIFE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $75,500 · EnvironmentSAVE THE BAY INC: $60,500 · EnvironmentEARTH CONSERVANCY: $40,500 · EnvironmentLACAWAC SANCTUARY FOUNDATION INC: $39,750 · Environment+4 more: $116,100 · EnvironmentDOWNCITY DESIGN: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEAF PROJECT INC: $82,400 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $51,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROVIDENCE AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE: $46,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $41,000 · Youth DevelopmentSUMMER PROGRAM FOR YOUTH: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALLENTOWN INC: $36,500 · Youth DevelopmentPittsburgh Botanic Garden: $34,000 · Youth DevelopmentLYKENS VALLEY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $33,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE FACTORY MINISTRIES: $32,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PAWTUCKET: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINSI TRAILS COUNCIL #502 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $27,750 · Youth DevelopmentRHODE ISLAND KIDS COUNT INC: $25,200 · Youth DevelopmentWORKFORCE WAYNE INC: $64,000 · Community ImprovementPOCONO NORTHEAST DEVELOPMENT FUND DBA NCAC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementFOCUS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC: $59,350 · Community ImprovementALLENTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $57,500 · Community ImprovementPROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $55,500 · Community ImprovementPenn's Northeast Inc: $53,500 · Community ImprovementTHE IMPROVED MILTON EXPERIENCE: $45,000 · Community ImprovementASSETS LANCASTER: $32,500 · Community ImprovementNEWPORT COUNTY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $30,000 · Community ImprovementGREATER WILKES-BARRE GROWTH PARTNERSHIP: $30,000 · Community ImprovementDowntown Shenandoah Inc: $27,000 · Community ImprovementCAPITAL REGION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $26,000 · Community ImprovementDIAMOND CITY PARTNERSHIP INC: $25,000 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$18,998,697Other$10,165,991Arts & Culture$2,002,143Education$1,487,285Environment$1,163,631Youth Development$609,850Community Improvement$565,350

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $15,610,907 over 7y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $1,252,246 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetARTSQUEST: $714,625 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $490,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC: $340,781 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA VALLEY UNITED WAY: $280,897 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $267,427 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $214,957 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER HAZLETON INC: $173,287 over 9y, 5.6% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $169,340 over 6y, 18% of budgetLANCASTER SCIENCE CENTER: $156,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES: $153,272 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetTHE DA VINCI DISCOVERY CENTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $130,438 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $128,892 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY: $120,036 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $119,147 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLYCOMING COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $114,416 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $108,950 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRESURRECTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetREAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $100,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetDOWNCITY DESIGN: $100,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $99,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA: $98,739 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $94,100 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSCHUYLKILL UNITED WAY: $93,040 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetTHE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC: $86,205 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetPOCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY: $84,165 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetLEAF PROJECT INC: $82,400 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetLEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $78,900 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY: $78,434 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHADDEUS STEVENS FOUNDATION: $77,090 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH CENTRAL PA: $77,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetNORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $75,550 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetWILDLIFE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $75,500 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA'S STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetNORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $72,000 over 1y, 83% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEPA INC: $71,500 over 3y, 10% of budgetTHE COOPERAGE PROJECT: $71,102 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $70,693 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMCAULEY CORPORATION: $70,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ASSOCIATION: $67,560 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTY: $67,343 over 6y, 54% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $66,300 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $66,150 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetFOR THE CAUSE INC: $64,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetWORKFORCE WAYNE INC: $64,000 over 4y, 6.7% 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 UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF RHODE ISLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTSQUEST ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER HAZLETON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds THE DA VINCI DISCOVERY CENTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds LYCOMING COUNTY UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds RESURRECTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC ↗
  • Who funds REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds DOWNCITY DESIGN ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHUYLKILL UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds POCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY ↗

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.

United Way of the Gre…Lehigh Valley Communi…Harry C Trexler EstateAir Products Foundati…Martin Guitar Charita…The Donald B and Doro…The Century Fund TrustEssa Bank & Trust Fou…The Champlin Foundati…Allone CharitiesMoses Taylor Foundati…First Community Found…
United Way of the Greater Lehigh ValleyPA132.3× affinity105 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Harry C Trexler Estate · Air Products Foundation · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · The Century Fund Trust · Essa Bank & Trust Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · Allone Charities · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
97report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ppl Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ppl 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 1234 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home