Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs 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.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,640,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $66M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation) funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $1.2M | 60% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $629k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $775k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $527k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $4.1M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merakey Allegheny Valley School | $5,620,738 | 6 | 2% |
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $1,350,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Special Day Foundation Inc | $1,230,000 | 2 | 100% |
| N-Abletek Inc | $560,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adventure for All Corporation | $226,823 | 2 | 20% |
| Variety the Childrens Charity | $219,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Community Haven For Adults And Children With Disabilities Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $172,587 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art | $150,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Always B Smiling Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 17% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merakey Allegheny Valley School | $5,620,738 | 6 | 2% |
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $1,350,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Special Day Foundation Inc | $1,230,000 | 2 | 100% |
| N-Abletek Inc | $560,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adventure for All Corporation | $226,823 | 2 | 20% |
| Variety the Childrens Charity | $219,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Community Haven For Adults And Children With Disabilities Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $172,587 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art | $150,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Always B Smiling Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Woods Services Inc | $90,524 | 3 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania Advocates and Resources for Autism and Intellectu | $75,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Glade Run Foundation | $23,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Try a Special Needs Organization | $18,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Riding for the Handicapped of Western PA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Arc of Dauphin County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($185k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation) supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation) with peer funders
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About The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation)
- How much does The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation) give?
- The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation) reported 8 grants totaling $3,505,022 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation) fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (45%), Human Services (38%), Education (8%).
- Who are The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation)'s largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Merakey Allegheny Valley School ($5.6M), The University of Florida Foundation Inc ($1.4M), Special Day Foundation Inc ($1.2M).
- Does The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation) fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation) accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation)?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Jack Buncher Foundation, The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
- Where is The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation) based?
- The Eamon Foundation (F/K/A Avs Foundation) is based in PA.
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