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Riggs Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$111k
Granted FY2021
36
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Riggs Family Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Greater Johnstown, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Riggs Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 19 organizations, $111k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Philanthropy$437kAnimals$76kArts & Culture$75kYouth Development$72kHealth$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$47kRecreation & Sports$33kReligion$27kOther$0
02FY2021 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k33 grants · $74k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $37k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Somerset Co Fair Jr Livestock Sale$15,664
Johnstown Symphony Orchestra$11,600
Community Foundation for Alleghenies$10,000
Somerset County Recreation & Trails Association$7,500
Laurel Arts$7,000
The Learning Lamp$5,000
Sipesville Volunteer Fire Company$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Somerset County$5,000
The Challenge Program Inc$5,000
Somerset Inc$4,500
Somerset Area Little League$3,970
Zion Hoffman Lutheran Church$3,600
Somerset Historical Society$2,500
Boswell Volunteer Fire Dept$2,500
American Cancer Society$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%1889 Foundation: $1k → 16%1889 Foundation: $1k → 16%1889 Foundation: $1k → 16%1889 Foundation: $1k → 16%1889 Foundation: $1k → 16%Camp Cadet of Somerset County: $1k → 14%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$415k · 37 repeat orgs$84k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2021, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
33

Total granted

$415k
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+123%

Still filing today

43%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Public Safety & DisasterArts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesYouth 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

  • LA
    LAUREL ARTS INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $35k · revenue +31%
  • TC
    THE CHALLENGE PROGRAM INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $25k · revenue +73%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOMERSET COUNTY INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $21k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • UP
    Universily Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • OV
    OHIO VALLEY UNIVERSITY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +56%
  • ND
    NEXT DAY MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Somerset County Chamber of Commerce

The somerset county chamber of commerce is a non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting the somerset county, pennsylvania region as a superior locale in which to live, work, vacation and conduct business.

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2
Somerset County Foundation for Higher Education

To support somerset county, pennsylvania residents in obtaining post- secondary education.

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3
Somerset County Economic Developmen Council

The organization was created for the economic development of somerset county, pennsylvania, with it's mission to promote industrial, commercial and retail growth in the county by recruiting and assisting new firms to locate in the county,…

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4
Somerset Country Club

Private country club located in mendota heights, mn. facilities include: golf, tennis, swimming pool and fine dining.

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5
Southeastern Adams Volunteer Emergency Services Inc

Provide fire and ambulance service to southeastern adams county pa

Public Safety & Disaster
6
Saucon Valley Community Center

A community center which provides a meeting place and programs for the recreation and social welfare of all age groups in the community.

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7
South Central Emergency Medical Services Inc

Provide emergency medical services.

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8
Somerset County 4-H Association

To support the 4-h program (rutgers cooperative development - youth development program, somerset county, nj) in somerset county by providing a building for meeting space, sponsoring the annual 4-h fair, and providing other program support.

Youth Development
9
Perseverance Volunteer Fire Co No 1

The support of a fire engine, hook and ladder and hose company for the control of fire in the borough of souderton and the surrounding community.

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Penn Volunteer Fire Department

All volunteer fire department provides fire and rescue services to the surrounding communities.

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11
Somers Volunteer Fire Departmen Inc

Volunteer Fire DepartmentCommunity Education and Protection

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Chippewa Township Vfd

The mission of the Chippewa Township VFD is to provide fire services for Chippewa Township, PA, a township with a population of approximately 9,000 people.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 1889 Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Somerset County Rails to Trails. 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

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 77 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
26/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN: $403,364 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN+1 more: $900 · PhilanthropySomerset Co Fair Jr Livestock Sale: $70,343 · OtherSomerset Co Fair Jr Livestock SaleCommunity Foundation for Alleghenies: $25,000 · OtherCommunity Foundation for AllegheniesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOMERSET COUNTY INC: $21,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOMERSET COUNTY INCUniversity of Pittsburgh Cancer Inst: $20,000 · OtherUniversity of Pittsburgh Cancer InstUniversily Pittsburgh Cancer Institute: $20,000 · OtherUniversily Pittsburgh Cancer InstituteZION HOFFMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH: $17,850 · OtherJunior Achievement: $17,500 · OtherSomerset Historical Society: $12,500 · Other+55 more: $143,770 · Other+55 moreLAUREL ARTS INC: $34,800 · Arts & CultureJOHNSTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $16,800 · Arts & CultureTHE MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSIPESVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $19,000 · Public Safety & DisasterBOSWELL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $10,500 · Public Safety & DisasterSOMERSET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterJENNERSTOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $4,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE CHALLENGE PROGRAM INC: $25,300 · Youth DevelopmentSOMERSET COUNTY RAILS TO TRAILS: $17,500 · EnvironmentAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S SICKLE CELL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 · Health
Philanthropy$404,264Other$347,963Arts & Culture$56,600Public Safety & Disaster$38,500Youth Development$25,300Environment$17,500Health$11,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN: $403,364 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLAUREL ARTS INC: $34,800 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetTHE CHALLENGE PROGRAM INC: $25,300 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOMERSET COUNTY INC: $21,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetSIPESVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $19,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetJOHNSTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $16,800 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetBOSWELL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $10,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLAUREL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE: $5,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LEARNING LAMP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO VALLEY UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget1889 FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetSOMERSET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $5,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSOMERSET INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBEGINNINGS INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJENNERSTOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER JOHNSTOWN COMMUNITY YMCA: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN OF THE PROMISE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S SICKLE CELL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP HARMONY INC: $500 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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN ↗
  • Who funds LAUREL ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHALLENGE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOMERSET COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SIPESVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds SOMERSET COUNTY RAILS TO TRAILS ↗
  • Who funds JOHNSTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds BOSWELL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES INC ↗
  • Who funds LAUREL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds THE MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING LAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds OHIO VALLEY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds 1889 FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds SOMERSET VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds SOMERSET INC ↗
  • Who funds BEGINNINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds JENNERSTOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗

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 Wheeler Family Ch…1889 Foundation IncNisource Charitable F…The Jacob Fend Founda…David a Glosser Found…Lee Initiatives IncUnited Way of the Sou…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Greater JohnstownPA40.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown · The Wheeler Family Charitable Foundation · 1889 Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · The Jacob Fend Foundation · David a Glosser Foundation · Lee Initiatives Inc · United Way of the Southern Alleghenies 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 Riggs Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Riggs Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    12report 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 Riggs Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Riggs Family 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 77 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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