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Sokolski Family Foundation at a glance

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Sokolski Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$147k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Community Improvement$231kHuman Services$130kRecreation & Sports$45kInternational$45kPublic Benefit$43kArts & Culture$31kHealth$29kReligion$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WARREN MAJENGO FOUNDATION$45,000
RUTH M SMITH CENTER$30,000
THOMAS STRUTHERS TRUST$25,000
YMCA OF WARREN PA$25,000
WARREN COUNTY DEVELOP ASSOCIATION$22,200
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 (FY25–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%RUTH M SMITH CENTER: $30k → 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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$466k · 8 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$466k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+91%
-1%

Still filing today

50%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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
HealthCrime & LegalArts & CulturePublic BenefitFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • WC
    WARREN COUNTY DEVELOP ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $231k
  • YO
    YMCA OF WARREN PA
    4× · 2021–2025 · $84k
  • WS
    Warren Sports Boosters
    2× · 2022–2023 · $45k · revenue -75%

Funded once

  • LH
    LANDER HOPE CLINICgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +32%
  • AO
    ASSOC OF RECOVERY OF CHILDREN
    one grant, 2021 · $11k
  • WC
    Women's Care Center of Erie County Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -26%
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
The Women's Clinic of Columbus

Women's health clinic focusing on helping at-risk parents deal with issues related to prenancy and parenting.

Health
2
True Womens Center

Christian Ministry focused on providing services to individuals experiencing a crisis pregnancy.

Health
3
Parkville Womens Clinic

PWC provides free medical support, pregnancy counseling and options education to those facing unplanned pregnancies. PWC also provides free parental education, clothing, diapers & support to those in need.

Human Services
4
Warren Library Association

The mission of the warren library association is to provide all citizens in its service area access to library materials and information services which address the needs and expand the aspirations of the community for formal and lifelong…

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5
Community Foundation of Warren County

Enhancing and sustaining the quality of life in Warren County through philanthropy.

Philanthropy
6
Wyandotte Pregnancy Clinic Inc

Pregnancy counseling

Health
7
Pregnancy Resource Clinic of North Penn Dba North Care Women's Clinic

The north care women's clinic is a non-profit licensed medical clinic offering help, hope and healing to people experiencing an unexpected pregnancy. our mission is to compassionately empower individuals to make healthy and informed…

Health
8
The Women's Center

The mission of The Women's Center is to significantly improve the mental health and well-being of all members of our community through counseling, education, and support - regardless of ability to pay.

—
9
Mayfair Women's Clinic Inc

Providing hope and direction for women in crisis as we work to promote the value of every life from conception.

Health
10
Woodland Park Pregnancy Center

Providing free pregnancy related and STI related medical services for those facing unplanned pregnancy.

Health
11
Jefferson County Pregnancy Care Center MyLife Medical & Resource Center

Assist women with crisis pregnancies and strengthen families in the communities

Health
12
Pregnancy Support Center of Carroll County Inc

To provide pregnancy support, medical information, pregnancy testing, limited obstetrical ultrasound, and parenting instruction for individuals confronted with an unexpected pregnancy. Our care for women is given, all to the Glory of God!

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Association for the Recovery of Children. 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

11 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. 11 of the 17 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WARREN COUNTY DEVELOP ASSOCIATION: $231,200 · OtherWARREN COUNTY DEVELOP ASSOCIATIONYMCA OF WARREN PA: $84,000 · OtherYMCA OF WARREN PAST JOSEPH CHURCH: $18,000 · Other+6 more: $37,500 · Other+6 moreWarren Majengo Foundation: $45,000 · InternationalWarren Sports Boosters: $45,000 · EducationALLEGHENY VALLEY VETERANS CENTER: $42,500 · Public BenefitLANDER HOPE CLINIC: $25,000 · HealthWomen's Care Center of Erie County Inc: $5,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 · HealthTHOMAS STRUTHERS TRUST: $31,000 · Arts & CultureRUTH M SMITH CENTER: $30,000 · Human Services
Other$370,700International$45,000Education$45,000Public Benefit$42,500Health$32,000Arts & Culture$31,000Human Services$30,000

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 budgetWarren Sports Boosters: $45,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetALLEGHENY VALLEY VETERANS CENTER: $42,500 over 2y, 29% of budgetTHOMAS STRUTHERS TRUST: $31,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetLANDER HOPE CLINIC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetWomen's Care Center of Erie County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NW PA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE RECOVERY OF CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 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.

Community Foundation …Richard T Betts Famil…Northwest Charitable …Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Warren CountyPA22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Warren County · Richard T Betts Family Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · 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 Sokolski Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sokolski Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Sokolski Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Sokolski 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 17 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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