Skip to content
The Bradley Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Bradley 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.

$17k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$37kHealth$21kFood & Nutrition$16kReligion$6kRecreation & Sports$5kCivil Rights$5kYouth Development$4kCommunity Improvement$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,036
Median grant
2
States reached
$144k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ISAIAH 177 HOUSE$4,127
WOMENS CENTER AND SHELTER$4,000
ALS ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN PA$2,000
SOUTH FAYETTE SOFTBALL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION$1,200
DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM$1,036
SALVATION ARMY - PATHWAY OF HOPE PROGRAM$1,000
FEDERAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$1,000
BRIDGEVILLE FOOD BANK$1,000
AUTISM SPEAKS$1,000
NOSE TO TAIL CAT RESCUE$750
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $2k → 14%AMERICAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%AMERICAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%AMERICAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%AMERICAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%AMERICAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%WOMENS CENTER AND SHELTER: $4k → 11%WOMENS CENTER AND SHELTER: $4k → 11%WOMENS CENTER AND SHELTER: $4k → 11%WOMENS CENTER AND SHELTER: $4k → 11%WOMENS CENTER AND SHELTER: $4k → 11%WOMENS CENTER AND SHELTER: $4k → 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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$101k · 18 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
7

Total granted

$101k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+3%

Still filing today

50%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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
    WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH
    6× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +28%
  • AB
    AMERICAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +173%
  • CI
    CENTER IN MIDLAND PA
    2× · 2020–2021 · $4k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue +3%
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • TC
    THE CROSSROADS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +67%
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
Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank

The central pennsylvania blood bank (cpbb) is a community based blood program committed to providing a quality blood supply, responsive to community needs, in a cost effective manner. cpbb works to promote, secure, and coordinate 100% of…

Health
2
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
3
Northern Illinois Blood Bank Inc D/B/a Rock River Valley Blood Center

Rock river valley blood center, in partnership with our community, is dedicated to providing safe, high value blood products and services to people in need.

Health
4
The Baptist Home of Philadelphia

The mission of the baptist home of philadelphia is dedicated to providing quality continuing care living facilities and support services in a christian environment respecting the dignity and sanctity of all individuals regardless of their…

Human Services
5
Pittsburgh Business Group On Health

An employer-led coalition that champions outcomes-based, cost-effective healthcare through education, market expertise, group purchasing, comparative data and decision support.

—
6
Sustainable Pittsburgh

Provide information to decision maker in the pittsburgh region to promote economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental quality for sustainable solutions for communities and businesses.

Environment
7
The Arc of Greater Pittsburgh

The organization advocates with, empowers, and supports people with disabilities and their families throughout their lives.

Human Services
8
Beyond Celiac

Beyond celiac unites with patients and partners to drive diagnosis, advance research, and accelerate the discovery of new treatments and a cure.

Health
9
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
10
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
11
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
12
Upmc Williamsport

UPMC Williamsport is a subsidiary of UPMC Susquehanna. The mission of UPMC Susquehanna and its subsidiaries is to serve the community by providing outstanding patient care and shaping tomorrow's health care through clinical and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania; the most unlike its peers is Nose 2 Tail Cat Rescue. 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

16 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. 16 of the 27 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIDGEVILLE FOOD BANK: $16,000 · OtherBRIDGEVILLE FOOD BANKSALVATION ARMY - PATHWAY OF HOPE PROGRAM: $7,600 · OtherSALVATION ARMY - PATHWAY OF HOPE PROGRAMALS Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter: $7,000 · OtherALS Association Western Pennsylvania ChapterFEDERAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $6,000 · OtherFEDERAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCHAUTISM SPEAKS: $6,000 · OtherAUTISM SPEAKSDEFENDERS OF FREEDOM: $4,813 · OtherDEFENDERS OF FREEDOMIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLIONS WRESTLING PARENTS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,060 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · Other+8 more: $10,000 · Other+8 moreWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $24,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GRE…AMERICAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION…ISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $4,127 · Human ServicesISAIAH 117 HOUSEAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its…THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $4,000 · PhilanthropyCENTER IN MIDLAND PA: $4,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTH FAYETTE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION: $2,400 · Recreation & SportsPIRATES CHARITIES: $1,105 · Recreation & SportsHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 · Health
Other$67,473Human Services$35,127Philanthropy$4,000Community Improvement$4,000Recreation & Sports$3,505Housing & Shelter$2,000Health$1,000

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 budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $24,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetALS Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter: $7,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $4,127 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER IN MIDLAND PA: $4,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTH FAYETTE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION: $2,400 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNOSE 2 TAIL CAT RESCUE: $1,750 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPIRATES CHARITIES: $1,105 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Fayette Band Boosters Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWINDS INC: $750 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.

  • Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds ALS Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ISAIAH 117 HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds CENTER IN MIDLAND PA ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH FAYETTE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds American Brain Tumor Association ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds NOSE 2 TAIL CAT RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds PIRATES CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds THE CROSSROADS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds South Fayette Band Boosters Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWINDS INC ↗

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 United Way of Sou…The Pittsburgh Founda…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The United Way of Southwestern PennsylvaniaPA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Pittsburgh 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 The Bradley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bradley Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 27 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.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Bradley Family’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home