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The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$276k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
4%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 29
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$4.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $920 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionPhilanthropyYouth 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving26$276k15%
FY202423$240k4%
FY202321$204k10%
FY202221$206k0%
FY202129$314k14%
FY202023$252k9%
FY201925$254k8%
FY201829$224k31%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$1.2MArts & Culture$512kHuman Services$216kEducation$153kAnimals$118kPublic Safety & Disaster$34kPhilanthropy$10kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IA
OH
PA
CA
MD
KS
TN
NC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Eye and Ear Foundation$240,00091%
Shadyside Hospital Foundation$200,00082%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$145,00060%
University of Pittsburgh$125,00050%
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc$115,50090%
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh$115,00090%
Upmc$110,0003n/a
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$80,00090%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$48,35080%
Carnegie Institute$43,80080%
Pittsburgh Opera Inc$40,00090%
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation$35,00080%
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation$22,50090%
Community Care Connections Inc$20,10070%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$15,3001n/a
Parkview Volunteer Fire Department$10,00090%
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$5,00010%
Butler Area Public Library$5,00011%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,15050%
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh$3,00040%
Butler County Humane Society$2,95050%
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$1,10010%
Crisis Center North Inc$1,00010%
Stop the Judgment Project$92012%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chesapeake Inc$70010%
Foxwall Emergency Medical Services Inc$50010%
Penn Township Volunteer Fire Department$50010%
The Clear Fund$50010%
The Community at Holy Family Manor$50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$43030%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$42020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$25010%
Hosanna Industries Inc$24010%
Movember Foundation$20020%
American Cancer Society Inc$10010%
The Flatwater Foundaton$10010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$10010%
Prospect Community Library$1001n/a
Butler County Sportsmen for Youth Inc$1001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$7510%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania$5310%
The Gathering Place$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($844k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEye and Ear Foundation: $240,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetShadyside Hospital Foundation: $200,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $145,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPhipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Inc: $115,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetZoological Society of Pittsburgh: $115,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPittsburgh Cultural Trust: $80,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $48,350 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Institute: $43,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Opera Inc: $40,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation: $35,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPittsburgh Public Theater Corporation: $22,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Care Connections Inc: $20,100 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetParkview Volunteer Fire Department: $10,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDuquesne University of the Holy Spirit: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetButler Area Public Library: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $3,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Library of Pittsburgh: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetButler County Humane Society: $2,950 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrisis Center North Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStop the Judgment Project: $920 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chesapeake Inc: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoxwall Emergency Medical Services Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPenn Township Volunteer Fire Department: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Community at Holy Family Manor: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $430 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $420 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHosanna Industries Inc: $240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMovember Foundation: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Flatwater Foundaton: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania: $53 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gathering Place: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Hillman Family FoundationsPA23.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust

How much does The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust give?
The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust reported 26 grants totaling $275,515 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (53%), Arts & Culture (23%), Human Services (10%).
Who are The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Eye and Ear Foundation ($240k), Shadyside Hospital Foundation ($200k), Shriners Hospitals for Children ($145k).
Does The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hillman Family Foundations, The Fine Foundation, Richard King Mellon Foundation.
Where is The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust based?
The Frank E Rath Spang & Company Charitable Trust is based in PA.

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 60 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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