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Psc Helping Hands Foundation

PSC HELPING HANDS FOUNDATION's purpose is to support psc employees and the communities in which we work, with specific focus on improving public education, protecting the environment, disaster response, and supporting community needs.

$285k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$39k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $173,690, the rows itemized in this filing. The $285,171 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $111,481 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 $10k5 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $139k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$58k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY$38,822
BATON ROUGE GENERAL FOUNDATION$20,000
VEF BENEFIT FOR CHILDREN$20,000
HOWARD ENERGY PARTNERS$16,050
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA$14,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$10,000
UNITED WAYS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA$10,000
GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION$10,000
SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION$8,160
CLEAR CREEK EDUCATION FOUNDATION$7,648
ALIQUIPPA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP$7,500
ARMAND BAYOU NATURE$6,010
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY FOUNDATION$5,500
02The need
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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 (FY24–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%ALIQUIPPA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $8k → 10%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $10k → 17%GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%VEF BENEFIT FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 16%ARMAND BAYOU NATURE: $6k → 16%CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY: $39k → 19%UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA: $14k → 23%SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $8k → 16%BATON ROUGE GENERAL FOUNDATION: $20k → 19%HOWARD ENERGY PARTNERS: $16k → 16%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 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
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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2
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
3
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
4
United Way of Brazoria County

To educate, unite and focus our community's resources in order to efficiently address the most critical needs of Brazoria County

Philanthropy
5
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
6
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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7
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
8
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
9
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
10
Houston Independent School District Foundation

The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…

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11
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
12
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio Area Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Vulcan Materials Company Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY: $38,822 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL AREA UNITED WAYVALERO ENERGY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyVALERO ENERGY FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA: $14,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANAUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INCSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $8,160 · PhilanthropySAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATIONGENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherGENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUND…HOWARD ENERGY PARTNERS: $16,050 · OtherHOWARD ENERGY PARTNERSVULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY FOUNDATION: $5,500 · OtherVULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY FO…Teach for America Inc: $10,000 · EducationTeach for A…CLEAR CREEK EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $7,648 · EducationCLEAR CREEK…Galveston Bay Foundation Inc: $10,000 · EnvironmentGalveston …Armand Bayou Nature Center Inc: $6,010 · EnvironmentArmand Bay…Aliquippa Economic Development Corporation: $7,500 · Public Benefit
Philanthropy$90,982Other$41,550Education$17,648Environment$16,010Public Benefit$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY: $38,822 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVALERO ENERGY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $8,160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAR CREEK EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $7,648 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAliquippa Economic Development Corporation: $7,500 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetArmand Bayou Nature Center Inc: $6,010 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY FOUNDATION: $5,500 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.

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.

American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE5.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Psc Helping Hands Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Psc Helping Hands Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Psc Helping Hands Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Psc Helping Hands 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 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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