Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Frank Varischetti Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $181k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,093
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations The Frank Varischetti Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $256k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $181k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $968k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $144k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $89k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $91k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $525k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $506k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $109k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc | $1,191,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Brockway Volunteer Hose Company | $106,603 | 3 | 9% |
| City of Dubois | $100,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Flying Dove Ranch Inc | $31,858 | 2 | 29% |
| Guardian Angel Center Inc | $20,600 | 3 | 7% |
| Young People Who Care Inc | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Free Medical Clinic of Dubois Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 2% |
| The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dubois Area Food Pantry Inc | $4,500 | 1 | 2% |
| We Care for Kids | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc | $1,191,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Brockway Volunteer Hose Company | $106,603 | 3 | 9% |
| City of Dubois | $100,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Flying Dove Ranch Inc | $31,858 | 2 | 29% |
| Guardian Angel Center Inc | $20,600 | 3 | 7% |
| Young People Who Care Inc | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Free Medical Clinic of Dubois Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 2% |
| The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dubois Area Food Pantry Inc | $4,500 | 1 | 2% |
| We Care for Kids | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mengle Memorial Library | $1,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Brockway Old Fashioned 4th of July Inc | $1,600 | 2 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Lighthouse Community Church | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Frank Varischetti Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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: Glenn & Ruth Mengle Foundation Trust · Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · Dubois Area United Way · Gray Family Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Frank Varischetti Foundation
- How much does The Frank Varischetti Foundation give?
- The Frank Varischetti Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $181,475 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Frank Varischetti Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (47%), Education (32%), Public Safety & Disaster (5%).
- Who are The Frank Varischetti Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc ($1.2M), Brockway Volunteer Hose Company ($107k), City of Dubois ($100k).
- Does The Frank Varischetti Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Frank Varischetti Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Frank Varischetti Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Glenn & Ruth Mengle Foundation Trust, Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust, Dubois Area United Way.
- Where is The Frank Varischetti Foundation based?
- The Frank Varischetti Foundation is based in PA.
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