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The H Glenn Sample Jr Md Memorial Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$263k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$782kHuman Services$327kFood & Nutrition$180kArts & Culture$166kHousing & Shelter$147kEducation$136kAnimals$88kCrime & Legal$87kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $230k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH SIDE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER$20,000
NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY$15,000
MATERNITY CARE COALITION$15,000
BRIDGE OF HOPE HARRISBURG AREA$15,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES$15,000
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$15,000
YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS$12,500
SUPPORT CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCATES$12,008
PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND$10,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF PHILADELPHIA$10,000
PATHWAYS TO HOUSING PA$10,000
THE UNITED COVENANT UNION$10,000
VIRTUA HEALTH FOUNDATION INC$10,000
ORDINARIE HEROES$10,000
HOMELESS ADVOCACY PROJECT$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $380k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%POTTSTOWN AREA SENIOR CENTER: $15k → 7%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS IN: $35k → 16%CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES INC: $5k → 12%MARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION: $15k → 9%Christian Laymans Corps: $10k → 10%INC VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $8k → 22%MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INC: $10k → 19%FAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $6k → 7%OFF THE FLOOR PITTSBURGH: $15k → 11%CARE COORDINATION SERVICES: $10k → 19%ONE HOUSE AT A TIME: $5k → 7%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $10k → 11%Water Street Ministries: $20k → 9%Beverlys Birthdays: $25k → 10%COMPUTER REACH: $5k → 11%LOFT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $13k → 9%PENNSLYVANIA WOMEN WORK: $15k → 11%RAINBOW KITCHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 11%CASA OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY: $8k → 22%CENTER FOR VICTIMS: $13k → 11%FAMILY PROMISE OF PHILADELPHIA: $10k → 22%MAYA ORGINAZIATION: $9k → 11%SEAMAAC: $10k → 22%ASSOCIATED SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 22%ASSOCIATED SERVICES FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 22%RUTHS WAY INC: $10k → 11%BRADLEY CENTER: $20k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PGH: $25k → 11%BLIND AND VISION REHABILITATION: $25k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
MI
NY
OR
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

12%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$267k · 9 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

9 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
140

Total granted

$267k
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+23%

Still filing today

78%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $206k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NS
    NORTH SIDE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER
    3× · 2018–2025 · $55k · revenue +35%
  • MF
    MOVEABLE FEAST INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $28k · revenue +26%
  • YC
    YORK COUNTY FOOD BANK
    2× · 2022–2023 · $25k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • RM
    RIMERSBURG MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $60k · revenue -57%
  • KK
    KENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +48%
  • V
    VITALANT
    one grant, 2021 · $40k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
2
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health
3
Family Health Council of Central Pa Inc

The mission of the family health council of central pennsylvania, inc. (fhccp) is to build and support community-based health networks through partnerships, education, advocacy, and effective resource allocation.

Health
4
Philadelphia Children's Alliance

Pca promotes healing and justice for sexually abused children in philadelphia. using a multidisciplinary approach, we collaborate with our partners in child protection, law enforcement, and medical and mental health services to provide…

Crime & Legal
5
Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc

Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.

Health
6
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
7
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc C/O the Organization

Enforcing and protecting the rights of individuals and families by providing accessible, creative, and high quality legal assistance and working collaboratively for systemic change.

Crime & Legal
8
Jeremiah's Place Pittsburgh Relief Nursery

Jeremiah's place will protect children and strengthen families by providing a safe haven of respite, health, renewal, and support for children and families during times of crisis. we strive to serve as a leading voice for child abuse…

Human Services
9
Pathways Pa Inc

To provide residential and community-based services and advocacy for women, children, and families, providing job training and employment assistance, as well as outreach and residential programs in order to help its clients achieve…

Human Services
10
The Baptist Home of Philadelphia

The mission of the baptist home of philadelphia is dedicated to providing quality continuing care living facilities and support services in a christian environment respecting the dignity and sanctity of all individuals regardless of their…

Human Services
11
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

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.

Health
12
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Support Center for Child Advocates and the most unlike its peers is Somerset County Mobile Food Bank. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%1%<5yr13%5%5–10yr19%30%10–20yr17%22%20–35yr15%21%35–55yr17%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%1%<5yr13%4%5–10yr19%28%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr15%22%35–55yr17%23%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.8% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.8%1/132
the rest of the field
9%
7,128/78,030

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

131 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 131 of the 173 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
128/131
Grantees still filing
80/131
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

RIMERSBURG MEDICAL CENTER — $60,258 · OtherVITALANT — $40,000 · Other+88 more — $1,044,354 · Other+88 moreGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesGUARDIAN ANGELS MED…WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $25,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER AND …VISABILITY — $25,000 · Human ServicesVISABILITYBEVERLY'S PGH — $25,000 · Human ServicesBEVERLY'S PGHWATER STREET MINISTRIES — $20,000 · Human ServicesRAINBOW KITCHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES — $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRADLEY CENTER INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGE OF HOPE HARRISBURG AREA — $18,917 · Human ServicesOFF THE FLOOR PITTSBURGH — $15,000 · Human ServicesPENNSYLVANIA WOMEN WORK — $15,000 · Human ServicesPOTTSTOWN AREA SENIORS' CENTER — $15,000 · Human ServicesMARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION — $14,625 · Human Services+17 more — $150,562 · Human Services+17 moreNORTH SIDE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER — $55,000 · HealthNORTH SIDE CHRIST…SUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 · HealthSUBURBAN HOSPITAL…ONE DAY TO REMEMBER INC — $25,000 · HealthONE DAY TO REMEMB…VISION TO LEARN — $22,500 · HealthVISION TO LEARNCANCER BRIDGES — $17,500 · HealthLending Hearts — $17,420 · HealthMaternity Care Coalition — $15,000 · HealthA CALL TO CARE INC — $15,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN — $15,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC — $12,500 · Health+15 more — $121,162 · Health+15 moreNATIONAL CHORAL COUNCIL INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureNEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY — $15,000 · Arts & CulturePRIMA ARTS INC — $15,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION — $15,000 · Arts & CultureJames Dick Foundation for the Performing Arts — $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA SCENIC WORKS — $7,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $1,103 · Arts & CultureTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $21,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $10,178 · EducationCR JRS CHIP — $10,000 · EducationSAINT JAMES SCHOOL — $10,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education — $10,000 · EducationCHANGE THE CONVERSATION INC — $10,000 · EducationEDUCATION LAW CENTER INC — $7,556 · EducationKIPP BALTIMORE INC — $7,500 · EducationHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA — $5,000 · Education+1 more — $2,500 · EducationKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 · PhilanthropyJAMIE'S DREAM TEAM — $15,000 · PhilanthropyPASSAVANT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $12,500 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropySupport Center for Child Advocates — $44,508 · Crime & LegalCRAY YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC — $15,000 · Crime & LegalSIDE PROJECT INC — $12,500 · Crime & LegalHOMELESS ADVOCACY PROJECT — $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,144,612Human Services$399,104Health$356,082Arts & Culture$130,603Education$93,734Philanthropy$87,500Crime & Legal$82,008

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNORTH SIDE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER — $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates — $44,508 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSUBURBAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC — $35,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMOVEABLE FEAST INC — $27,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC — $27,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSISTERS PLACE INC — $27,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetONE DAY TO REMEMBER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYORK COUNTY FOOD BANK — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVISABILITY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBEVERLY'S PGH — $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSOMERSET COUNTY MOBILE FOOD BANK — $24,788 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetVISION TO LEARN — $22,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERLAND — $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRAINBOW KITCHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES — $20,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTHE BRADLEY CENTER INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CHORAL COUNCIL INC — $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBRIDGE OF HOPE HARRISBURG AREA — $18,917 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY — $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER BRIDGES — $17,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetLending Hearts — $17,420 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetOFF THE FLOOR PITTSBURGH — $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMaternity Care Coalition — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH HARDBALL ACADEMY INC — $15,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetA CALL TO CARE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY — $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJAMIE'S DREAM TEAM — $15,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA WOMEN WORK — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPOTTSTOWN AREA SENIORS' CENTER — $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLIFE'SWORK OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPRIMA ARTS INC — $15,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCRAY YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPITTSBURGH HISTORY & LANDMARKS FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBURGER KING CANCER CARING CENTER — $15,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetMARS HOME FOR YOUTH FOUNDATION — $14,625 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN PA INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEGINNINGS INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPASSAVANT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSIDE PROJECT INC — $12,500 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetTHE LOFT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP — $12,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetJames Dick Foundation for the Performing Arts — $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAIR PEACE CHARITIES — $11,815 over 1y, 7.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Pittsburgh Founda…Snee-Reinhardt Charit…Upmc GroupThe United Way of Sou…Aj and Sigismunda Pal…Hillman Family Founda…Massey Charitable Tru…Eqt FoundationHoward & Nell E Mille…Richard King Mellon F…W W Smith Charitable …Staunton Farm Foundat…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA55× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Upmc Group · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · Hillman Family Foundations · Massey Charitable Trust · Eqt Foundation · Howard & Nell E Miller Foundat · Richard King Mellon Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The H Glenn Sample Jr Md Memorial Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Center for Family Services — 73% of income from government
  • Maryland Family Network Inc — 66% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc — 33% of income from government
  • Moveable Feast Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Side Project Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
45report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 173 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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