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Rp Simmons Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$3.3MArts & Culture$1.1MSocial Science$500kPhilanthropy$459kReligion$301kRecreation & Sports$92kCommunity Improvement$75kHuman Services$67kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$1,000,000
UNITED WAY PALM BEACH COUNTY$100,000
NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY$50,000
ANGELUS ACADEMY$5,000
SEWICKLEY VALLEY YMCA$5,000
EXTRA MILE FOUNDATION$5,000
SEWICKLEY VALLEY COMMUNITY FUND$2,000
PALM BEACH SYMPHONY$1,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$1,000
STAY OFF THE STREET$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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Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%UNION AID SOCIETY: $15k → 11%WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $5k → 11%BETHLEHEM HAVEN: $5k → 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

NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
VA
AZ
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.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 25 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
28

Total granted

$2.9M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+41%

Still filing today

72%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SA
    SEWICKLEY ACADEMY
    3× · 2019–2021 · $895k · revenue +28%
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    3× · 2021–2023 · $600k · revenue +11%
  • RM
    ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $150k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • CM
    Carnegie Mellon Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1.5M · revenue +27%
  • TO
    TREE OF LIFE CONGREGATION
    one grant, 2022 · $300k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY SOUTHWESTERN PA
    one grant, 2023 · $150k
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
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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2
Pittsburgh Council On Higher Education

To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.

Education
3
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
4
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

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

Education
5
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation

The mission of pittsburgh public theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. pittsburgh public theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate, and (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
6
Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.

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7
Carnegie Institute

To preserve and expand the resources of art and science as agents of personal growth and social advancement in pittsburgh and beyond.

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Presenting diverse, quality performing & visual art; managing arts facilities; advancing arts education; and creating & developing pittsburgh's cultural district as a destination for entertainment, business, and urban living, thus…

Arts & Culture
10
Wilson College

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

Education
11
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
12
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

By sharing resources and fostering meaningful relationships that strengthen the region's creative community, the greater pittsburgh arts council builds a more resourced, connected, and informed arts sector, empowering artists and arts…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Pittsburgh; the most unlike its peers is Center for Biological Diversity Inc. 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

35 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. 35 of the 54 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
28/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Carnegie Mellon University: $1,500,000 · OtherCarnegie Mellon UniversityUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH IPF CENTER: $500,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH IPF CENTERTREE OF LIFE CONGREGATION: $300,000 · OtherTREE OF LIFE CONGREGATIONROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · OtherUNITED WAY SOUTHWESTERN PA: $150,000 · Other+24 more: $307,400 · Other+24 moreSEWICKLEY ACADEMY: $895,245 · EducationSEWICKLEY ACADEMYUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $600,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $100,000 · EducationTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMYSTEEL CITY SQUASH INC: $90,000 · Education+4 more: $125,000 · Education+4 morePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $1,000,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY…+6 more: $36,000 · Arts & CultureUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc: $300,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $15,000 · Human ServicesUnion Aid Society: $15,000 · Human ServicesBETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthMARY & ALEXANDER LAUGHLIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $3,000 · Health
Other$2,907,400Education$1,810,245Arts & Culture$1,036,000Philanthropy$305,000Human Services$36,000Food & Nutrition$22,500Health$13,000

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 budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $1,500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSEWICKLEY ACADEMY: $895,245 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $600,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Palm Beach County Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEIGHBORHOOD ACADEMY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSTEEL CITY SQUASH INC: $90,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $75,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE MENDELSSOHN CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH: $50,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetCR JRS CHIP: $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSweetwater Art Center: $26,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnion Aid Society: $15,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetANGELUS ACADEMY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSewickley Valley Community Fund: $4,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMARY & ALEXANDER LAUGHLIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH OPERA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR HOPE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEWICKLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThree Rivers Rowing Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOY OF MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $1,000 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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…Richard King Mellon F…Hillman Family Founda…The Grable FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsThe Peirce Family Fou…Clapp G H Decd Char a…Eden Hall FoundationEqt FoundationThomas Marshall Found…Allegheny FoundationSnee-Reinhardt Charit…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA31.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The Peirce Family Foundation Inc · Clapp G H Decd Char and Ed Tr · Eden Hall Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Thomas Marshall Foundation · Allegheny Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable 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 Rp Simmons Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rp Simmons Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Joy of Music Program Inc: 1% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
15report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Rp Simmons Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Rp Simmons 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 54 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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