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Standard Charitable Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$186k
Granted FY2021
24
Grants FY2021
24
Organizations funded FY2021
17%
First-time grantees FY2021
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Median grant, FY2021
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2021
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 35
FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
2
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 17% of the organizations Standard Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202124$186k17%
FY202025$137k40%
FY201935$236k60%
FY201816$77k75%
FY201726$127kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Housing & Shelter$178kHuman Services$138kCommunity Improvement$117kEducation$79kFood & Nutrition$65kYouth Development$51kPublic Safety & Disaster$29kCrime & Legal$26kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of Standard Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mon Valley Initiative$62,00040%
Westmoreland County Food Bank Inc$40,00040%
Storehouse for Teachers D/B/A the Education Partnership$30,56940%
Reading Is Fundamental Pittsburgh$30,00041%
Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment G$29,50032%
Casa of Westmoreland Inc$23,50042%
Sarah Heinz House Association$17,50020%
Homeless Children's Education Fund$17,50031%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region$15,00022%
Operation Warm Inc$13,16040%
Blackburn Center Inc$13,00030%
Feeding the Spirit$12,70033%
Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard$12,50020%
Westmoreland Human Opportunities Inc$10,00020%
Regional Family Young Men's Christi Association of Laurel Highlands$10,0001n/a
Fort Ligonier Association$10,00020%
Powerlink$10,0002n/a
Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation$10,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc$10,00020%
Maryland Salem Children's Trust Inc$8,00020%
Achieva$7,50020%
Evergreen Heritage Center Foundatio$7,50021%
Western Maryland Food Bank$5,00011%
Ellerslie Volunteer Fire Company I$5,00012%
Murrysville Community Library$5,00011%
Central Westmoreland Habitat for Humanity Inc$5,00012%
YMCA of Cumberland Maryland Inc$5,00010%
Adelphoi Village Inc$5,00010%
Westmoreland County Chamber of Commmerce Education$5,0001n/a
Pitcare Inc$5,00013%
Mt Pleasant EMS Inc$5,0001n/a
Pennies From Heaven Inc$5,0001n/a
Greensburg Hempfield Area Library$4,72020%
Stoneybrook Foundation$4,50021%
Community College of Allegheny County Educational Foundation$4,00010%
The Latrobe Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Ligonier Valley School District Foundati$2,50013%
Familylinks Inc$2,50010%
Corriganville Volunteer Fire Company$2,50011%
Young Womens Christian Assoc of Westmoreland Cou$2,50010%
Art Expression Inc$2,50012%
Casa of Western Maryland Inc$2,50014%
Sheep Inc Health Care Center$2,5001n/a
Scottdale Public Library$2,50011%
Southmoreland Youth Athletic Association Inc$1,3001n/a
Southwestern Pennsylvania Council for the Arts$6001n/a

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($276k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Standard Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMon Valley Initiative: $62,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWestmoreland County Food Bank Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetStorehouse for Teachers D/B/A the Education Partnership: $30,569 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetReading Is Fundamental Pittsburgh: $30,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetPittsburgh Community Reinvestment G: $29,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetCasa of Westmoreland Inc: $23,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetSarah Heinz House Association: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHomeless Children's Education Fund: $17,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region: $15,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $13,160 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBlackburn Center Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding the Spirit: $12,700 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetVeterans Place of Washington Boulevard: $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWestmoreland Human Opportunities Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFort Ligonier Association: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBloomfield-Garfield Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMaryland Salem Children's Trust Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAchieva: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEvergreen Heritage Center Foundatio: $7,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWestern Maryland Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEllerslie Volunteer Fire Company I: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMurrysville Community Library: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCentral Westmoreland Habitat for Humanity Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetYMCA of Cumberland Maryland Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAdelphoi Village Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPitcare Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetGreensburg Hempfield Area Library: $4,720 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetStoneybrook Foundation: $4,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity College of Allegheny County Educational Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Latrobe Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLigonier Valley School District Foundati: $2,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFamilylinks Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCorriganville Volunteer Fire Company: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Assoc of Westmoreland Cou: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetArt Expression Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCasa of Western Maryland Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetScottdale Public Library: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

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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.

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About Standard Charitable Foundation

How much does Standard Charitable Foundation give?
Standard Charitable Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $185,780 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does Standard Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (23%), Human Services (18%), Community Improvement (15%).
Who are Standard Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Mon Valley Initiative ($62k), Westmoreland County Food Bank Inc ($40k), Storehouse for Teachers D/B/A the Education Partnership ($31k).
Does Standard Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Standard Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Standard Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Dollar Bank Foundation.
Where is Standard Charitable Foundation based?
Standard Charitable Foundation is based in PA.

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 73 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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