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The Baughman 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$54kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kEducation$47kHuman Services$46kRecreation & Sports$39kAnimals$28kFood & Nutrition$24kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$3,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LATROBE-GLSD PARKS AND RECREATION$3,500
CAMP IROCK$3,500
MISSOULA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$3,500
BAGEL RESCUE$3,500
KYLE PEASE FOUNDATION$3,500
MARIANNA OUTDOORSMEN ASSOC$3,500
ANIMAL FRIENDS$3,500
RESPITE RETREATS$3,500
CHARTIERS VALLEY ROBOTICS BOOSTERS$3,500
OAKDALE HOSE COMPANY$3,500
FEEDING THE SPIRIT$3,500
GREENSBURG-HEMPFIELD AREA LIBRARY$3,500
OUR CARING HEARTS$3,500
PENN TRAFFORD COMMUNITY EDUCATION$3,500
CAMP NOT-A-WHEEZE$3,250
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $3k → 9%UNION MISSION: $4k → 19%RESPITE RETREATS: $4k → 6%RESPITE RETREATS: $4k → 6%RESPITE RETREATS: $4k → 6%RESPITE RETREATS: $4k → 6%FEEDING THE SPIRIT: $4k → 10%RESPITE RETREATS: $3k → 6%RESPITE RETREATS: $3k → 6%WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIAPER BANK: $4k → 11%WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIAPER BANK: $4k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MT
OH
PA
UT
VA
MD
AZ
SC
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$193k · 19 repeat orgs$126k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
28

Total granted

$193k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+25%

Still filing today

79%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 Safety & DisasterAnimalsPhilanthropyEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • GH
    GREENSBURG HEMPFIELD AREA LIBRARY
    6× · 2019–2025 · $23k · revenue +11%
  • RR
    RESPITE RETREATS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +124%
  • MO
    MARIANNA OUTDOORSMEN ASSN INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $13k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORKgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +25%
  • TH
    THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +27%
  • TM
    TRI-CITY MEALS ON WHEELS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +89%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cranberry Township Emergency Medical Service

To preserve life and promote health and safety in our community.

Health
2
Weisenberg Volunteer Fire Department

Weisenberg volunteer fire departments mission is to provide volunteer fire protection and ambulance service to the residents of weisenberg township

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Lawrence Park Volunteer Fire Department

Providing emergency, safety and fire services to lawrence park township pennsylvania.

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Bradford Woods Volunteer Fire Company

The mission of this fire company is to prevent and extinguish fires in the borough of bradford woods, pa and assist neighboring fire companies as needed.

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Fivepointville Fire Company

Fivepointville fire companys mission is to protect lives and properties in the event of fire and other emergencies occuring in the brecknock township and surrounding areas

Public Safety & Disaster
6
Ashville Volunteer Fire Co

Ashville fire company is a volunteer organization that protects the residents of ashville and surrounding areas from fires and related accidents.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Lancaster Township Fire Department

The mission of the lancaster township fire department is to serve the community by protecting lives,property and the environment in a safe, efficient and professional manner. the fire department is responsible for extinguishing fires, fire…

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Owings Mills Volunteer Fire Company of Baltimore County Inc

Provide protection of life and property through fire prevention, suppression and emergency medical services to the community of owings mills and the citizens of baltimore county

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9
Penn Volunteer Fire Department

All volunteer fire department provides fire and rescue services to the surrounding communities.

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10
Fleetwood Fire Company

Protection of property and lives in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania

Public Safety & Disaster
11
Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company

Provide fire extinguishment services for the township and promote fire prevention and fire safety to the community through public awareness.

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12
Bloomsburg Volunteer Ambulance Association

Community ambulance service serving residents in the greater bloomsburg, pennsylvania area

Public Safety & Disaster

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc and the most unlike its peers is Greensburg Fire Dept Board of Control. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyVolunteer Fire DepartmentsLand Conservation Organizat…Food Pantries & AssistanceCancer Support OrganizationsUnited Way FederationsAnimal Rescue and AdoptionPublic Library SupportChild and Family ServicesHomeless Services & ShelterSenior Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 15 years old; the field is 19. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%21%5–10yr19%39%10–20yr17%18%20–35yr15%12%35–55yr17%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%24%5–10yr19%34%10–20yr17%15%20–35yr15%8%35–55yr17%18%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/36
the rest of the field
9%
7,129/78,126

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
22/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $19,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHOPECAM INC — $10,500 · OtherHOPECAM INCIndividual grant recipient — $9,000 · OtherREWIND - REUSE CENTER AND WORKSHOP — $8,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF PICKENS COUNTY — $7,000 · OtherSOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP LIBRARY — $7,000 · OtherHarrison City Fire Protection Association — $7,000 · OtherMARIANNA OUTDOORSMEN ASSN INC — $13,000 · OtherMARIANNA OUTDOORSMEN ASSN INCBAGEL RESCUE INC — $7,000 · Other+23 more — $82,500 · Other+23 moreRESPITE RETREATS INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesRESPITE RETREA…WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIAPER BANK — $7,000 · Human ServicesWESTERN PENNSY…THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE HELPING HA…THE UNION MISSION — $3,500 · Human ServicesTHE UNION MISS…FEEDING THE SPIRIT — $3,500 · Human ServicesFEEDING THE SP…4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC — $3,000 · Human Services4 PAWS FOR ABI…GREENSBURG HEMPFIELD AREA LIBRARY — $22,500 · EducationGREENSBUR…MISSOULA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $3,500 · EducationMISSOULA …OAKDALE HOSE COMPANY — $10,500 · Public Safety & DisasterPresto Volunteer Fire Department — $7,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTOWNVILLE AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC — $3,500 · Public Safety & DisasterGREENSBURG FIRE DEPT BOARD OF CONTROL — $3,000 · Public Safety & DisasterAnimal Friends Inc — $10,500 · AnimalsALL BUT FURGOTTEN INC — $7,000 · AnimalsBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC — $3,500 · AnimalsCAMP NOT-A-WHEEZE — $6,750 · HealthATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC — $5,000 · HealthABIDING MISSIONS — $3,500 · HealthLOWER KISKI AMBULANCE SERVICE INC — $2,500 · HealthTHE KYLE PEASE FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 · PhilanthropyFoster Love Project — $7,000 · PhilanthropyBREATHESTRONG CF INC — $3,500 · Philanthropy
Other$170,000Human Services$42,000Education$26,000Public Safety & Disaster$24,000Animals$21,000Health$17,750Philanthropy$17,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGREENSBURG HEMPFIELD AREA LIBRARY — $22,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetRESPITE RETREATS INC — $20,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetMARIANNA OUTDOORSMEN ASSN INC — $13,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetHOPECAM INC — $10,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAnimal Friends Inc — $10,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOAKDALE HOSE COMPANY — $10,500 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PICKENS COUNTY — $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIAPER BANK — $7,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE KYLE PEASE FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPresto Volunteer Fire Department — $7,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFoster Love Project — $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBAGEL RESCUE INC — $7,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALL BUT FURGOTTEN INC — $7,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHarrison City Fire Protection Association — $7,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCAMP NOT-A-WHEEZE — $6,750 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRI-CITY MEALS ON WHEELS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNION MISSION — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING THE SPIRIT — $3,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBREATHESTRONG CF INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOWNVILLE AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC — $3,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetABIDING MISSIONS — $3,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENSBURG FIRE DEPT BOARD OF CONTROL — $3,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLOWER KISKI AMBULANCE SERVICE INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Pittsburgh Founda…The United Way of Sou…Snee-Reinhardt Charit…Hillman Family Founda…American Endowment Fo…Shell USA Company Fou…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA19.4× affinity8 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 · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · American Endowment Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Baughman Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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