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Rita M McGinley Foundation at a glance

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Rita M McGinley Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$850k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.7MHuman Services$285kHealth$237kFood & Nutrition$200kArts & Culture$186kReligion$114kYouth Development$108kPhilanthropy$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $285k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.7M
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE$850,000
CENRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$500,000
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL$350,000
CARLOW UNIVERSITY$200,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$45,000
ACBA FOUNDATION ATTORNEYS AGAINST HUNGER$25,000
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS$25,000
CHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION$25,000
PITTSBURGH PROMISE$25,000
OZANAM BASKETBALL PROGRAM$20,000
BRADDOCK CARNEGIE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION$20,000
HOLY FAMILY FOUNDATION$20,000
THEA BOWMAN FOUNDATION$15,000
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION$15,000
SAINT ANTHONYS$10,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $310k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $13k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $13k → 11%STRICKLAND GLOBAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $10k → 11%JUBILEE ASSOCIATION: $250k → 11%JUBILEE ASSOCIATION: $25k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.5M · 30 repeat orgs$531k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
23

Total granted

$6.5M
$114k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+26%

Still filing today

50%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $417k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SV
    SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +14%
  • CU
    CARLOW UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $900k · revenue +57%
  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    4× · 2020–2023 · $608k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • LV
    LIGONIER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $18k · revenue +26%
  • CO
    CONGREGATION OF PASSIONIST MISSION ST PAULS MONASTERY
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
  • LS
    LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POORgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +150% · 58% of their budget
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
Alvernia University

Alvernia university is a catholic comprehensive university with a liberal arts foundation founded by the bernardine franciscan sisters in 1958. see continuation on schedule o.

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2
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
3
Desales University

Desales is a catholic, salesian university that inspires transformative learning through the liberal arts and professional studies by energizing students to be who they are and be that well.

Education
4
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
5
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
6
The Friends of the Pittsburgh Institutions
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7
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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8
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
9
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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10
Saint Francis University

As the oldest franciscan institution of higher learning in the united states, saint francis university draws inspiration from our catholic tradition and expresses the lived example of saint francis of assissi in the modern world. continued…

Education
11
Collegium Institute

Collegium Institute is a Catholic intellectual apostolate that fosters the Catholic intellectual tradition within the University of Pennsylvania community and within the greater region and secular academia. (Continued on Sch. O)

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12
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh

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

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Pittsburgh Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Little Sisters of the Poor. 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

27 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. 27 of the 61 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC: $1,700,000 · OtherCENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INCST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY: $500,000 · OtherST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITYDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL: $350,000 · OtherDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY MEDICALOZANAM BASKETBALL PROGRAM: $120,000 · Other+38 more: $711,750 · Other+38 moreSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE: $1,075,000 · EducationSAINT VINCENT COLLEGECARLOW UNIVERSITY: $900,000 · EducationCARLOW UNIVERSITYDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $607,500 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRITCHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH: $90,000 · Education+2 more: $14,750 · EducationJUBILEE ASSOCIATION INC: $275,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $225,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $75,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $175,000 · Health+2 more: $10,000 · HealthPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $135,000 · EnvironmentBraddock Carnegie Library Assoc: $100,000 · Arts & CultureLIGONIER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $17,500 · Arts & CultureIRISH AMERICAN JUDICIAL INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$3,381,750Education$2,687,250Human Services$310,000Philanthropy$300,000Health$185,000Environment$135,000Arts & Culture$130,000

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 budgetSAINT VINCENT COLLEGE: $1,075,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCARLOW UNIVERSITY: $900,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $607,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY: $500,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJUBILEE ASSOCIATION INC: $275,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $225,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $135,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBraddock Carnegie Library Assoc: $100,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH: $90,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPREAMBULA GROUP: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLIGONIER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $17,500 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetChuck Cooper Foundation: $13,750 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $10,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetIRISH AMERICAN JUDICIAL INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetMARY & ALEXANDER LAUGHLIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPITTSBURGH HARDBALL ACADEMY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CARLOW UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JUBILEE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds Braddock Carnegie Library Assoc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOLY FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PREAMBULA GROUP ↗
  • Who funds LIGONIER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Chuck Cooper Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ↗
  • Who funds DRY BONES MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds STRICKLAND GLOBAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds IRISH AMERICAN JUDICIAL INSTITUTE ↗

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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…The United Way of Sou…Richard King Mellon F…Upmc GroupPeter C Dozzi Family …The Jack Buncher Foun…The Grable FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsHillman Family Founda…Eqt FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA26.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Upmc Group · Peter C Dozzi Family Foundation Aka Eugene Dozzi Charitable Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Hillman Family Foundations · Eqt Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%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
    3report 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

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    How do I get to Rita M McGinley Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rita M McGinley 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 61 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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