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· Public charity

Steelers Charities

To actively promote youth sports, social justice and other charitable endeavors.

$690k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$1.1MPhilanthropy$1.1MEducation$627kHuman Services$281kRecreation & Sports$220kFood & Nutrition$175kAnimals$83kPublic Benefit$79kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $663,295, the rows itemized in this filing. The $689,775 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $26,480 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $191k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $388k
$37,767
Median grant
5
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ART ROONEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND$149,837
UNITED WAY$101,765
STEELERS CHARITIES- YOUTH FOOTBALL FUND$68,978
CHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION$67,646
UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER$38,903
CANCER BRIDGES$38,903
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOODBANK$37,921
THE SALVATION ARMY$37,767
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$37,767
ROBIN'S HOME$9,312
OPERATION TROOP APPRECIATION$9,312
SHADOW WARRIORS PROJECT$9,312
GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS$9,312
PATRIOT PARK FOUNDATION$9,312
CREATIVETS$9,312
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 (FY17–25, $167k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS: $33k → 16%SHADOW WARRIORS PROJECT: $9k → 9%JEREMIAH'S PLACE: $10k → 11%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $27k → 16%IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA: $9k → 17%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS: $9k → 16%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $8k → 16%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS: $6k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF PITTSBURGH: $25k → 11%LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH INC: $10k → 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

ME
WI
MI
NY
IN
PA
NJ
CA
CO
KY
WV
TN
DC
OK
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 16 repeat orgs$630k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
42

Total granted

$2.2M
$515k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
0%

Still filing today

88%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPublic BenefitEducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AR
    ART ROONEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    8× · 2017–2025 · $548k · revenue +76% · 89% of their budget
  • CN
    CHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH
    6× · 2017–2025 · $329k · revenue +71% · 32% of their budget
  • UG
    UPMC GROUP
    6× · 2019–2025 · $250k · revenue +104%

Funded once

  • PP
    PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2017 · $53k · revenue +20%
  • BO
    Best of the Batch Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -29%
  • TE
    THOMAS E STARLZ TRANSPLANTATION INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2018 · $48k
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
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
2
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
3
Wounded Warrior Project Inc

Wounded warrior project (wwp) is the nation's leading veterans service organization, focused on the total well-being of post - 9/11 veterans, active-duty service members, and their families. our programs, advocacy, and awareness efforts…

Human Services
4
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc

The tragedy assistance program for survivors (taps) is america's national nonprofit organization that has cared for the loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes since 1994. taps ensures these living legacies of service and sacrifice do not…

Health
5
Head Strong Project Inc

The head strong project (headstrong) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 that provides barrier-free, stigma-free ptsd treatment to veterans, transitioning service members, and family members connected to their care.

Health
6
Pittsburgh Hires Veterans

Providing one-on-one free support and aid to any active military members, including the national guard and reserves, and veterans of the u.s. military, searching for education, training and employment opportunity.

Employment
7
The Commit Foundation

The commit foundation empowers those who have served and their families to create purposeful and fulfilling transitions by providing personalized programs, resources, and the support of community.

Human Services
8
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
9
Wounded Veterans Relief Fund Inc

Wounded veterans relief fund (wvrf), founded in 2009, is a veteran-led 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. our mission is to provide urgent financial assistance and critical dental care to florida's eligible wounded and disabled veterans.…

Human Services
10
Vietnam Veterans of America Inc

To support a full range of issues affecting vietnam veterans, as well as, all veterans. vva is the only congressionaly chartered organization exclusively dedicated to vietnam-era veterans and their families.

Public Benefit
11
Amvets (American Veterans)

Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…

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12
Global Coalition for Adaptive Research Inc

Our mission is pioneering collaborative, innovative clinical trials to speed the discovery and development of cures.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh; the most unlike its peers is Patriot Park 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

42 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. 42 of the 65 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
24/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ART ROONEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $548,456 · OtherART ROONEY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDUPMC GROUP: $250,380 · OtherUPMC GROUPTHE SALVATION ARMY: $145,250 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYUPMC SPORTS CONCUSSION PROGRAM: $120,355 · OtherUPMC SPORTS CONCUSSION PROGRAMTHOMAS E STARLZ TRANSPLANTATION INSTITUTE: $48,290 · OtherPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $53,267 · Other+29 more: $234,355 · Other+29 moreUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $983,767 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY WORLDWIDESTEELERS CHARITIES: $68,978 · PhilanthropySTEELERS CHARITIESBest of the Batch Foundation: $50,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $40,312 · PhilanthropyThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $199,635 · HealthThe Susan G Kom…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $173,782 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSP…CANCER BRIDGES: $92,338 · HealthCANCER BRIDGESCancer Care Inc: $24,796 · Health+2 more: $19,000 · HealthCHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH: $328,735 · EducationCHUCK NOLL…ADVENTURES IN TRAINING WITH A PURPOSE: $15,312 · Education+2 more: $11,000 · EducationGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $174,695 · Food & NutritionGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $83,251 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $25,000 · Human ServicesJEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY: $10,000 · Human ServicesBETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10,000 · Human ServicesSWP INC dba SHADOW WARRIORS: $9,312 · Human ServicesIRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $8,531 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION TROOP APPRECIATION: $28,151 · Public BenefitWreaths Across America: $20,000 · Public BenefitWOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · Public BenefitPATRIOT PARK FOUNDATION: $9,312 · Public BenefitGuitars For Vets Inc: $9,312 · Public Benefit
Other$1,400,353Philanthropy$1,143,057Health$509,551Education$355,047Food & Nutrition$174,695Human Services$167,094Public Benefit$79,275

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $983,767 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetART ROONEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $548,456 over 8y, 89% of budgetCHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH: $328,735 over 6y, 32% of budgetUPMC GROUP: $250,380 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $199,635 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $174,695 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $173,782 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER BRIDGES: $92,338 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $83,251 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetSTEELERS CHARITIES: $68,978 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $53,267 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBest of the Batch Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetOPERATION TROOP APPRECIATION: $28,151 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCancer Care Inc: $24,796 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUSA FOOTBALL INC: $20,061 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWreaths Across America: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS PLACE OF WASHINGTON BOULEVARD: $16,917 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH FISHER HOUSE INC: $15,312 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetADVENTURES IN TRAINING WITH A PURPOSE: $15,312 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVETERANS BREAKFAST CLUB: $13,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetWOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPATRIOT PARK FOUNDATION: $9,312 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetCREATIVETS: $9,312 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRobins Home Inc: $9,312 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $8,531 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROLLING THUNDER INC: $8,530 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetA SCHOOLS PITTSBURGH'S COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRENOVATING HOPE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…The United Way of Sou…Richard King Mellon F…Hillman Family Founda…Pirates CharitiesSnee-Reinhardt Charit…McElhattan FoundationEden Hall FoundationThe Grable FoundationEqt FoundationJames Frances McCandl…Fisa Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA32.4× affinity15 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 · Hillman Family Foundations · Pirates Charities · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · McElhattan Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Eqt Foundation · James Frances McCandless Trust · Fisa 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 Steelers Charities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steelers Charities. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%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
    11report 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 Steelers Charities?

    Find your warmest path to Steelers Charities 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 65 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 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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