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The Dougherty Family Foundation at a glance

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The Dougherty 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.

$46k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$784kReligion$230kEducation$89kHuman Services$61kInternational$55kYouth Development$46kCivil Rights$15kAnimals$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
10
States reached
$210k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACTING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES$7,500
THE CURETIVITY FOUNDATION$6,000
ST PATRICK CHURCH$5,100
HEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL$3,500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$3,500
THE SISTERS SERVANTS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY$3,000
ASPCA$2,500
MCKEOWN FOUNDATION$2,000
TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION$2,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$1,500
MAKE A WISH SOUTHERN FLORIDA$1,500
CHARITY SMITH NATIONAL SOCIETY OF MEMORIAL FUNDS$1,100
CRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL$1,050
THE FATHER BILL ATKINSON SERVICE CORPS CENTER$1,000
AMIGOS DE JESUS ORPHANAGE$1,000
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 (FY17–24, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FATHER CHUCK'S CHALLENGE: $8k → 7%GOOD COUNSEL: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%FRIENDS FOR FRIENDS: $4k → 7%FRIENDS FOR FRIENDS: $3k → 7%FRIENDS FOR FRIENDS: $3k → 7%FRIENDS FOR FRIENDS: $3k → 7%FRIENDS FOR FRIENDS: $3k → 7%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

ID
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 39 repeat orgs$118k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
20

Total granted

$1.2M
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+43%

Still filing today

67%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LS
    LIFE SCIENCE CARES INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $250k · revenue +739%
  • PM
    PAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $250k · revenue +59%
  • CV
    COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $69k · revenue +120%

Funded once

  • MISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +51%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +70%
  • SJ
    ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
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
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
Calvary Hospital Inc

The mission of calvary hospital is to care for the medical, emotional and spiritual needs of our adult patients with advanced cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. it is the only fully accredited acute care hospital in the u.s. devoted…

Health
5
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
6
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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7
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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8
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
9
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
10
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
11
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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12
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

43 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. 43 of the 66 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
31/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIFE SCIENCE CARES INC: $250,000 · HealthLIFE SCIENCE CARES INCPAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 · HealthPAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $69,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINEBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $60,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INCST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $45,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $26,000 · Health+8 more: $72,000 · Health+8 moreST PATRICK CHURCH: $143,850 · OtherST PATRICK CHURCHHEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL INC: $28,500 · OtherHEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL INCST CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARY: $26,000 · OtherST CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARYAMIGOS DE JESUS ORPHANAGE: $22,550 · OtherAMIGOS DE JESUS ORPHANAGEST JOHN THE EVANGELIST: $20,000 · OtherST JOHN THE EVANGELISTSISTERS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY: $20,000 · OtherSISTERS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART…+29 more: $107,562 · Other+29 moreACTING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: $40,761 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $23,000 · EducationCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL: $5,150 · EducationTHE GESU SCHOOL INC: $3,000 · Education+1 more: $1,500 · EducationBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOUNDING FORWARD (FORMERLY THE UNION LEAGUE LEGACY FOUNDATION): $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS FOR FRIENDS: $13,500 · Human ServicesFATHER CHUCK'S CHALLENGE: $8,200 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,200 · Human ServicesGOOD COUNSEL INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $20,500 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $2,000 · Public BenefitTravis Manion Foundation: $12,000 · PhilanthropyHANSEN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MCKEOWN FOUNDATION CO JOSEPH MCKEOWN: $2,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITYSMITH NONPROFIT FOUNDATION: $1,050 · Philanthropy
Health$772,500Other$368,462Education$73,411Youth Development$40,000Human Services$25,900Public Benefit$22,500Philanthropy$20,050

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 budgetLIFE SCIENCE CARES INC: $250,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetPAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $69,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $60,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $45,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetACTING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: $40,761 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetHEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL INC: $28,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION HOSPITAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $20,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDING FORWARD (FORMERLY THE UNION LEAGUE LEGACY FOUNDATION): $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS FOR FRIENDS: $13,500 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $12,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH FOR LIFE EDUCATION & DEFENSE FUND: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MELMARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEADSTRONG FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPhilabundance: $6,180 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Curetivity Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL: $5,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROLIFE ACROSS AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE HARBOR OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $4,635 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GESU SCHOOL INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $2,030 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALIGHT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MCKEOWN FOUNDATION CO JOSEPH MCKEOWN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLeadership Institute: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA SALLE ACADEMY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITYSMITH NONPROFIT FOUNDATION: $1,050 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD COUNSEL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJ WOOD PLATT CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $513 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCURE DUCHENNE: $500 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.

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 Pfizer Foundation…Wsfs Cares FoundationConnelly FoundationUnited Way of Greater…Lincoln Financial Fou…John and Carole Barth…Morgan Stanley Global…Daniels Family Founda…The Cedarcrest Charit…The Ayco Charitable F…The Cigna Group Found…Chubb Charitable Foun…
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY17.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Connelly Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · John and Carole Bartholdson Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Daniels Family Foundation · The Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation Aka Blbb Charitable · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · Chubb Charitable 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 Dougherty Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dougherty Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Hansen Foundation Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 66 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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