· Private foundation
The Bruce Family Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k25 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $29k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $115k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $65,000 |
| BUTZ SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| SHENANGO AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT | $17,304 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA THE MORAINE TRAILS COUNCIL | $12,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,200 |
| WESTMINSTER COLLEGE | $4,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY | $1,700 |
| CRAY YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES | $1,500 |
| ARISE | $1,000 |
| CITY RESCUE MISSION | $1,000 |
| CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| LCF FILLING IN THE GAPS FUND | $1,000 |
| SHENANGO COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS | $1,000 |
| STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BSBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MORAINE TRAILS COUNCIL8× · 2017–2024 · $57k · revenue +42%
- WCWESTMINSTER COLLEGE8× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +7%
- ALARISE LAWRENCE COUNTY8× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +116%
Funded once
- MPMARTI PARK FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $15k
- SUSAVANNAH UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $6k
- UUPMCone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
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.
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
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…
The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.
Upmc carlisle's mission is to serve the community by providing access to outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health care system through clinical and technological innovation, research and education.
Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)
We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. samaritan hospital is a member of st. peter's health partners and…
The mission of main line hospitals, inc. is to provide a comprehensive range of safe, high quality health services, complemented by educational and research activities that meet healthcare needs and improve the quality of life in the…
We heal, comfort, and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.
Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.
It is the mission of wayne memorial hospital to provide quality healthcare with compassion, advocacy, respect, excellence, and service; to promote wellness in our community; and to be proactive in responding to our community's needs.
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 51 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MORAINE TRAILS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds WESTMINSTER COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ARISE LAWRENCE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds LARK ENTERPRISES INC ↗
- Who funds NEW CASTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds HOYT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds NEW CASTLE PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds United Way of Lawrence County ↗
- Who funds CRAY YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF NEW CASTLE INC ↗
- Who funds Faith and Learning International NFP ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Hoyt Foundation · Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Joseph y Moses Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Bruce Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bruce Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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