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The Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation

THE JEROME BETTIS BUS STOPS HERE FOUNDATION is working to provide education, sports, technology, and recreational opportunities to the underprivileged youth of the inner-city.

$81k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2023.

Recreation & Sports$125kHealth$31kEducation$17kEmployment$10kHuman Services$10kPhilanthropy$10kYouth Development$6k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $60,299, the rows itemized in this filing. The $81,035 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $20,736 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $54k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$334k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION$14,000
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER$10,299
NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY$10,000
HOLTZ HEROS$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$10,000
CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ALANTA$6,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%HOLTZ HEROS: $10k → 5%JASMINE NYREE HOME: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

1
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
Point Park University

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…

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5
Northwestern University

Northwestern is committed to excellent teaching, innovative research and the personal and intellectual growth of its students in a diverse academic community.

Recreation & Sports
6
Northeastern University
Education
7
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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10
Johns Hopkins University

The mission of the johns hopkins university is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for life-long learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.

Education
11
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Holtz's Heroes Foundation Inc Fka Lou's Lads Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Da Bigger Picture. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
3/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Notre Dame du Lac: $135,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacCHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH: $40,000 · EducationCHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN INJURY RESEARCHNSORO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,181 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $6,591 · EducationHOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesJASMINE NYREE HOME: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $6,000 · HealthRYAN SHAZIER FUND FOR SPINAL REHABILITATION: $5,010 · HealthATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,299 · Arts & CultureDA BIGGER PICTURE: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUSA STAFFING IMPACT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Membership BenefitVICTOR GREEN FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · Other
Education$201,772Human Services$20,000Health$11,010Arts & Culture$10,299Philanthropy$10,000Membership Benefit$10,000Other$5,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $135,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH: $40,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,299 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLTZ'S HEROES FOUNDATION INC FKA LOU'S LADS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDA BIGGER PICTURE: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUSA STAFFING IMPACT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetODYSSEY INC: $6,591 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRYAN SHAZIER FUND FOR SPINAL REHABILITATION: $5,010 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
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.

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.

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Jerome Bettis Bus Stops Here Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 13 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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