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Russell Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2024.

Animals$124kHealth$23kPhilanthropy$15kArts & Culture$5kReligion$4kHuman Services$4kFood & Nutrition$4kHousing & Shelter$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOP DOG PET CARE$5,000
ADVENTURES IN TRAINING WITH A PURPO$1,000
ROTARY CLUB$625
FRIENDS OF BOLTS RESCUE$500
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 (FY18–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WELLNESS FOR VETERANS: $250 → 10%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOG: $1k → 16%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $250 → 17%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $300 → 8%VERLAND FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%VERLAND FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%VERLAND FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%VERLAND FOUNDATION: $450 → 11%BAPTIST HOMES FOUNDATION: $250 → 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

NH
MN
IL
NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
MS
TX
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$144k · 15 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
55

Total granted

$144k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+59%

Still filing today

53%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • AF
    Animal Friends Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $113k · revenue +24%
  • VF
    VERLAND FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $3k · revenue +92%
  • MR
    MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2023 · $2k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • GB
    GEORGIA BARONE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Humane Pennsylvania Foundation

To encourage and motivate the making of gifts and donations by deed, will, or otherwise, for the advancement, promotion, extension, and maintenance of the various causes and objectives fostered by the humane pennsylvania.

Animals
2
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
3
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
4
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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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
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
10
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
11
University of Pittsburgh

The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…

Education
12
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Animal Rescue; the most unlike its peers is Michael Douglas Scichilone Foundation. 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

37 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. 37 of the 76 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
30/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Animal Friends Inc: $113,110 · AnimalsAnimal Friends Inc+7 more: $4,050 · AnimalsIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUPMC: $11,900 · OtherUPMCGEORGIA BARONE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherGEORGIA BARONE FOUNDATIONTOP DOG PET CARE: $5,000 · OtherTOP DOG PET CAREIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBISHOP CANEVIN FUND: $3,000 · Other+42 more: $24,910 · Other+42 moreVERLAND FOUNDATION INC: $3,450 · Human ServicesGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $500 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $300 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $250 · Human ServicesWELLNESS FOR VETERANS: $250 · Human ServicesBAPTIST HOMES FOUNDATION: $250 · Human ServicesMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $2,250 · HealthCraig Hospital Foundation: $1,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $870 · HealthMICHAEL DOUGLAS SCICHILONE FOUNDATION: $500 · HealthHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $1,700 · PhilanthropyTC OPEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $500 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $250 · PhilanthropyROARING FORK CONSERVANCY: $1,500 · EnvironmentGREENER PARTNERS: $1,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $250 · EnvironmentTHE CENTER FOR THEATER ARTS: $2,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $600 · Arts & Culture
Animals$117,160Other$89,810Human Services$6,000Health$4,620Philanthropy$3,450Environment$2,750Arts & Culture$2,600

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 budgetAnimal Friends Inc: $113,110 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetVERLAND FOUNDATION INC: $3,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THEATER ARTS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $1,700 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBURGER KING CANCER CARING CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROARING FORK CONSERVANCY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTC OPEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADVENTURES IN TRAINING WITH A PURPOSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENER PARTNERS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $870 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMICHAEL DOUGLAS SCICHILONE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBARKS OF HOPE A NJ NONPROFIT CORP: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN ALLEGHENY COMMUNITY LIBRARY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLNESS FOR VETERANS: $250 over 1y, 10% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAPTIST HOMES FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBridging Bionics Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTHENTITY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $100 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.

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…Eqt FoundationRichard King Mellon F…Hillman Family Founda…Clapp G H Decd Char a…Edward B Dunlap Jr Fo…The United Way of Sou…Citizens Charitable F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA23.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Clapp G H Decd Char and Ed Tr · Edward B Dunlap Jr Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Russell Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Russell Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%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
    2get 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

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    How do I get to Russell Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Russell Charitable 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 76 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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