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The Buhl Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
83
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$5.7MEducation$4.8MCommunity Improvement$3.5MYouth Development$3.3MHuman Services$2.8MPhilanthropy$2.0MEnvironment$1.1MHousing & Shelter$879kOther$0
02FY2025 · 83 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k28 grants · $2.2M
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.0M
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$108M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION$250,000
THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST$250,000
PROJECT DESTINY INC$250,000
RIVERLIFE$250,000
A SCHOOLS$175,000
RISING TIDE PARTNERS$150,000
PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY$125,000
PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY$125,000
AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER$100,000
PITTSBURGH HOUSING DEVELOPMENT$100,000
ALLEGHENY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$100,000
CHARLES STREET AREA CORPORATION$77,000
SMITHFIELD UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST$75,000
THE HEAR FOUNDATION$75,000
SARAH HEINZ HOUSE$75,000
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 (FY18–25, $3.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $75k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $175k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $175k → 11%THE NEW SUN RISING: $100k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $100k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $52k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $30k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $25k → 11%THE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $100k → 11%THE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $25k → 11%AUBERLE: $180k → 11%AUBERLE: $180k → 11%AUBERLE: $180k → 11%LANDFORCE: $25k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $75k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $60k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%KIDCELERATE: $40k → 11%KIDCELERATE: $25k → 11%STRONG WOMEN STRONG GIRLS: $25k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $25k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $200k → 11%FOUNDATION OF HOPE: $85k → 11%FOUNDATION OF HOPE: $75k → 11%FOUNDATION OF HOPE: $75k → 11%FOUNDATION OF HOPE: $75k → 11%FOUNDATION OF HOPE: $75k → 11%FOUNDATION OF HOPE: $75k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $60k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $25k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM: $25k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $150k → 11%PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN WORK: $75k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF PITTSBURGH: $50k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH: $30k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $25k → 11%LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 11%NORTH SIDE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT: $100k → 11%NORTH SIDE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT: $35k → 11%THE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $75k → 11%CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $75k → 11%THE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $50k → 11%REIMAGINE REENTRY INC: $25k → 11%REIMAGINE REENTRY INC: $25k → 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

NY
MA
PA
CA
VA
DC
GA
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24M · 138 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

138 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2025, 95 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

138
87

Total granted

$24M
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+6%

Still filing today

80%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $897k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • PD
    PROJECT DESTINY INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +100%
  • CI
    CARNEGIE INSTITUTE
    4× · 2018–2021 · $1.1M · revenue +28%
  • AS
    A SCHOOLS PITTSBURGH'S COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FRED ROGERS COMPANY
    one grant, 2019 · $200k · revenue +14%
  • GP
    GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANKgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $150k · revenue +83%
  • I
    IOBY
    one grant, 2018 · $150k
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
Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.

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2
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

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

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
Pittsburgh Technology Council

Membership organization formed to help tech companies succeed through a proven platform of business development, talent retention, government relations, and visibility services. companies at all growth stages use the pittsburgh technology…

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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
Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse

Pittsburgh center for creative reuse inspires creativity, conservation, and community engagement through reuse.

Arts & Culture
9
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
10
Pittsburgh Robotics Network

To accelerate the adopotion of robotic solutions by bridging this large and dynamic community to the world.

Community Improvement
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
Pittsburgh United

Pittsburgh United, Inc. strives to advance social & economic justice in the

Community Improvement
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 The Greenwood Plan. 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

186 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 186 of the 250 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
45
Early backer (in before they grew)
180/186
Grantees still filing
108/186
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MATCHING GRANTS: $548,691 · OtherMATCHING GRANTSFineview Citizens Council: $545,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY: $500,000 · OtherALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $453,300 · OtherRISING TIDE PARTNERS: $450,000 · OtherPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $576,500 · OtherPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCYNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $355,000 · Other+102 more: $6,813,660 · Other+102 moreCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $1,150,000 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTECHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $580,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM …PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $450,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH CULTURA…NORTHSIDE CULTURAL COLLABORATIVE INC: $335,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHSIDE CULTURAL…THE FRED ROGERS COMPANY: $200,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH OPERA INC: $170,000 · Arts & CultureNEW HAZLETT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $170,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MATTRESS FACTORY LTD: $161,000 · Arts & Culture+27 more: $1,518,000 · Arts & Culture+27 moreTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $2,375,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTSBURGH P…THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $716,375 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY O…THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $440,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTSBURGH F…POISE FOUNDATION: $230,000 · PhilanthropyPOISE FOUNDATIONJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $205,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $199,325 · PhilanthropyNEW SUN RISING: $657,000 · Human ServicesNEW SUN RISINGAUBERLE: $540,000 · Human ServicesAUBERLEFOUNDATION OF HOPE INC: $460,000 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION OF …URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $395,000 · Human ServicesURBAN IMPACT F…THE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $325,000 · Human ServicesTHE CITIZEN SC…URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $225,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE O…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH: $180,000 · Human ServicesNorth Side Partnership Project: $154,500 · Human Services+13 more: $744,370 · Human Services+13 morePROJECT DESTINY INC: $1,811,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT D…THE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PA: $180,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MENTO…YOUTHPLACES: $113,000 · Youth DevelopmentINFINITE LIFESTYLE SOLUTIONS INC: $100,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $137,000 · Youth Development+3 moreA SCHOOLS PITTSBURGH'S COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION: $1,131,000 · EducationA SCHOOLS…MANCHESTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $255,000 · EducationMANCHESTE…MANCHESTER ACADEMIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $204,500 · EducationMANCHESTE…IN OUR BACKYARDS INC: $150,000 · EducationIN OUR BA…ASSET INC: $90,000 · EducationCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH: $80,000 · Education+6 more: $342,000 · Education+6 moreRIVERLIFE: $700,000 · EnvironmentVENTURE OUTDOORS INC: $70,000 · EnvironmentNINE MILE RUN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION: $60,000 · Environment+5 more: $113,000 · Environment
Other$10,242,151Arts & Culture$4,734,000Philanthropy$4,165,700Human Services$3,680,870Youth Development$2,341,000Education$2,252,500Environment$943,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $2,375,000 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetPROJECT DESTINY INC: $1,811,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $1,150,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetA SCHOOLS PITTSBURGH'S COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION: $1,131,000 over 8y, 24% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $716,375 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetRIVERLIFE: $700,000 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetNEW SUN RISING: $657,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $580,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetPITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY: $576,500 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetFineview Citizens Council: $545,000 over 6y, 51% of budgetAUBERLE: $540,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFOUNDATION OF HOPE INC: $460,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $453,300 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetRISING TIDE PARTNERS: $450,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $450,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $440,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $395,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetNATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC: $355,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetNORTHSIDE CULTURAL COLLABORATIVE INC: $335,000 over 5y, 100% of budgetTHE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $325,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetNORTHSIDE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY: $300,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetTHE MANCHESTER CITIZENS CORPORATION: $300,000 over 4y, 69% of budgetTRYING TOGETHER: $300,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMANCHESTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $255,000 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetPOISE FOUNDATION: $230,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $225,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $205,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMANCHESTER ACADEMIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $204,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSARAH HEINZ HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $201,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetTHE FRED ROGERS COMPANY: $200,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH: $180,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PA: $180,000 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetNORTHSIDE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: $175,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetTHE HEAR FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetPITTSBURGH OPERA INC: $170,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetNEW HAZLETT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $170,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetTHE MATTRESS FACTORY LTD: $161,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetThe Consortium for Public Education: $160,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetNorth Side Partnership Project: $154,500 over 3y, 16% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIN OUR BACKYARDS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetARTISTS IMAGE RESOURCE INC: $135,000 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetHOSANNA HOUSE INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCITY OF ASYLUM: $122,300 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetUNITED METHODIST CHURCH UNION: $122,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetCharles Street Corporation: $117,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetSLB RADIO PRODUCTIONS INC: $115,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetYOUTHPLACES: $113,000 over 3y, 4.7% 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 THE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT DESTINY INC ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds A SCHOOLS PITTSBURGH'S COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds RIVERLIFE ↗
  • Who funds NEW SUN RISING ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Fineview Citizens Council ↗
  • Who funds AUBERLE ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds RISING TIDE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AVIARY IN PITTSBURGH INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE CULTURAL COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds THE MANCHESTER CITIZENS CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TRYING TOGETHER ↗
  • Who funds MANCHESTER YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds POISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds MANCHESTER ACADEMIC CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SARAH HEINZ HOUSE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FRED ROGERS COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PGH ↗
  • Who funds THE MENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF SW PA ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ↗
  • Who funds THE HEAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH OPERA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW HAZLETT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗

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 Heinz EndowmentsHillman Family Founda…The Grable FoundationRichard King Mellon F…The Pittsburgh Founda…McCune Foundation Pnc…The Fine FoundationEden Hall FoundationEqt FoundationStaunton Farm Foundat…The United Way of Sou…Opportunity Foundation
The Heinz EndowmentsPA196.2× affinity110 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Heinz Endowments · Hillman Family Foundations · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · The Fine Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Opportunity 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 Buhl Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Buhl 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
83report 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Buhl Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Buhl Foundation 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 250 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.

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