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The Bruce and Barbara Wiegand Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$860k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$3.2MArts & Culture$1.3MEducation$604kScience & Tech$400kPhilanthropy$242kEnvironment$153kRecreation & Sports$106kInternational$91kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k48 grants · $126k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $47k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EYE & EAR FOUNDATION OF PITTSBURGH$859,720
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST$251,667
ARTIS-NAPLES INC$27,000
HEINZ HISTORY CENTER$10,250
THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA$10,000
THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION$8,500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$8,000
NCH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$7,500
CARNEGIE MUSEUMS OF PITTSBURGH$5,239
SALVATION ARMY$5,239
JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$5,000
ST CLAIR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
CARE INC$5,000
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY$4,400
PHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS$4,100
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 (FY17–24, $162k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HUMAN COALITION: $2k → 5%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $16k → 11%HUMAN COALITION: $2k → 5%HUMAN COALITION: $2k → 5%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $15k → 11%HUMAN COALITION: $2k → 5%HUMAN COALITION: $2k → 5%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $15k → 11%HUMAN COALITION: $2k → 5%FLOURISH NOW INC: $3k → 10%HUMAN COALITION: $2k → 5%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%HUMAN COALITION: $2k → 5%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $2k → 11%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $2k → 10%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $2k → 10%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $2k → 10%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $2k → 10%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $2k → 10%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $2k → 10%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $2k → 10%GRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $2k → 10%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $4k → 11%BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $3k → 11%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $3k → 11%BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $3k → 11%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $3k → 11%BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $3k → 11%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $3k → 11%BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $3k → 11%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $3k → 11%BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $3k → 11%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $3k → 11%BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $3k → 11%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $2k → 11%BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $3k → 11%FAMILY GUIDANCE: $2k → 11%BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION SERVICES OF PITTSBURGH: $3k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PGH: $2k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PGH: $2k → 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

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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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.9M · 62 repeat orgs$90k to everyone else

62 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
11

Total granted

$5.9M
$82k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+62%

Still filing today

71%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentRecreation & 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

  • EA
    EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +187%
  • PC
    PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST
    8× · 2017–2024 · $958k · revenue +41%
  • AI
    ARTIS-NAPLES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $141k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • HC
    HARVARD COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • CC
    COVENANT CHURCH OF NAPLES
    one grant, 2018 · $19k
  • SH
    SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +12%
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.

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Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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2
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
3
University of Pittsburgh

The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…

Education
4
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc

See schedule o for the description of pittsburgh ballet theatre inc.'s primary mission.the ballet is pittsburgh's source and ambassador for extraordinary ballet experiences that give life to the classical tradition, nurture new ideas and,…

Arts & Culture
5
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
6
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
7
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
8
Greater Pittsburgh Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc

Tourism development organization dedicated to expanding the tourism economy across allegheny county.

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9
Pittsburgh Council On Higher Education

To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.

Education
10
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
11
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pittsburgh Cultural Trust; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. 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

54 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. 54 of the 77 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
53/54
Grantees still filing
44/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHADY SIDE ACADEMY CENTER FOR SCIENCE & INNOVATION: $599,459 · OtherSHADY SIDE ACADEMY CENTER FOR SCIENCE & INNOVA…ST CLAIR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $512,193 · OtherST CLAIR HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONNCH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $384,495 · OtherNCH HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK: $277,107 · OtherALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORKCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $226,000 · OtherCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCHARVARD COLLEGE: $129,158 · Other+31 more: $489,412 · Other+31 moreEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $1,862,672 · HealthEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION+6 more: $80,574 · HealthPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $958,115 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRU…ARTIS-NAPLES INC: $141,246 · Arts & CultureARTIS-NAPLES INCHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $65,230 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $146,618 · Arts & Culture+11 moreWheaton College: $146,518 · EducationCENTRAL DIESEL POWER COMPANY: $14,000 · EducationSTEEL CITY SQUASH INC: $14,000 · EducationTHE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $14,000 · EducationSHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $10,155 · Education+1 more: $3,600 · EducationLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $68,716 · Human ServicesVISABILITY: $24,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $23,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN COALITION: $16,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $14,000 · Human ServicesGRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $14,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $39,877 · EnvironmentPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $30,199 · EnvironmentWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $8,000 · EnvironmentNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $40,706 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $31,000 · International
Other$2,617,824Health$1,943,246Arts & Culture$1,311,209Education$202,273Human Services$162,216Environment$83,076International$71,706

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 budgetEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $1,862,672 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $958,115 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $226,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWheaton College: $146,518 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $141,246 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $69,514 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $68,716 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $65,230 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $54,086 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $42,398 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $40,706 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $40,323 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $39,877 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $39,820 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $31,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $30,199 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVISABILITY: $24,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY GUIDANCE INC: $23,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER BRIDGES: $16,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetPITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION: $16,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN COALITION: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pittsburgh Project: $16,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES: $15,083 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $14,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL DIESEL POWER COMPANY: $14,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetGRACE PLACE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $14,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSTEEL CITY SQUASH INC: $14,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKIDSVOICE: $13,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe City Theatre Company Inc: $12,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSHADY SIDE ACADEMY: $10,155 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHATHAM BAROQUE INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NAPLES PLAYERS INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPittsburgh Action Against Rape: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWQED MULTIMEDIA: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania: $8,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMONTOUR TRAIL COUNCIL: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Mt Lebanon Public Library: $8,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetDUQUESNE CLUB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BUTLER COUNTY INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $5,574 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $5,000 over 3y, 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 EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
  • Who funds COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Wheaton College ↗
  • Who funds ARTIS-NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds PHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds VISABILITY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY GUIDANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CANCER BRIDGES ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH PUBLIC THEATER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN COALITION ↗
  • Who funds The Pittsburgh Project ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL DIESEL POWER COMPANY ↗

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 Southwestern PennsylvaniaPA37.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Bruce and Barbara Wiegand Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bruce and Barbara Wiegand Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
18report 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.
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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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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