· Private foundation
The Elder 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k24 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE ROTARY FOUNDATION | $11,200 |
| VISABILITY | $1,200 |
| PRESBYTERIAN ASSOCIATION | $1,100 |
| CLARION HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $1,100 |
| RIVER CITY BRASS BAND | $1,100 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,100 |
| PA ELKS HOME SERVICE | $900 |
| PENNSYLVANIA ELKS LEGACY TRUST | $900 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HELP FUND | $800 |
| ASHBURY U METH CHURCH | $800 |
| HILLCREST UNITED PRES | $800 |
| WQED | $700 |
| Individual grant recipient | $600 |
| YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH | $400 |
| LAUREL ARTS | $400 |
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 (FY19–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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: 22 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WMWQED MULTIMEDIA7× · 2019–2025 · $5k · revenue +7%
- TNTHE NEXT STEP CENTER INC7× · 2019–2025 · $3k · revenue +1%
- TLTHE LEARNING LAMP INC7× · 2019–2025 · $3k · revenue +69%
Funded once
- SSTARone grant, 2019 · $380
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.
Whyy is the philadelphia region's leading public media provider, serving southeastern pennsylvania, southern new jersey, and all of delaware.
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.
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…
To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.
Phillycam provides transformative opportunities for people and communities to express themselves, to learn from each other, and to produce and share media reflective of the experiences of everyday people.
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.
To create a space in our communities through education and cultural experiences that celebrate the joy of discovery and entertainment.
To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.
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.
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…
To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.
The mission of pittsburgh public theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. pittsburgh public theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate, and (continued on schedule o)
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 33 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 THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds RIVER CITY BRASS BAND INC ↗
- Who funds WQED MULTIMEDIA ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds THE NEXT STEP CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds LAUREL ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE LEARNING LAMP INC ↗
- Who funds THE MOUNTAIN PLAYHOUSE ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds VISABILITY ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CAMP SOLES INC ↗
- Who funds ZIP WITH US INC ↗
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 · Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Elder Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Elder Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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