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The Lovejoy Family Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Lovejoy Family Charitable Trust

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.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$103kEmployment$69kEducation$64kFood & Nutrition$40kInternational$20kPhilanthropy$17kHealth$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $103k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECOND HARVEST COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE$25,000
TRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH$23,000
WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH$20,000
CASA SAN JOSE$20,000
GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$15,000
THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION$5,000
FIRE AID LA$5,000
LADIES OF CHARITY$5,000
HELLO NEIGHBOR$5,000
905 WESA$1,800
02The need
03

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 (FY20–25, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.

area typical 11%CASA SAN JOSE: $20k → 11%CASA SAN JOSE: $5k → 11%CASA SAN JOSE: $1k → 11%CASA SAN JOSE: $1k → 11%HELLO NEIGHBOR: $5k → 11%SECOND HARVEST: $5k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $20k → 11%WOMEN'S CENTER & SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $10k → 11%WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIAPER BANK: $3k → 11%YOU ARE COVERED PROJECT: $1k → 11%WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIAPER BANK: $103 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
PA
CA
AR
NC
DC
GA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$209k · 13 repeat orgs$114k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$209k
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+13%

Still filing today

85%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureEmploymentPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TI
    TRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH
    5× · 2021–2025 · $69k · revenue +152%
  • GP
    GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    5× · 2020–2025 · $37k · revenue +13%
  • WC
    WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH
    2× · 2024–2025 · $30k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • PE
    PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $60k · revenue +213%
  • SH
    Second Harvest
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -42%
  • 412 FOOD RESCUE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
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.

04Its 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
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.

International
2
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
3
Global Solutions Pittsburgh

The global switchboard stewards a diverse network of people and organizations to promote equitable global engagement in the pittsburgh region. we strive to build a region where all people value diversity, practice empathy, and work…

International
4
Philabundance

PHILABUNDANCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY WHILE HEALTHY FOOD GOES TO WASTE. OUR MISSION IS TO DRIVE HUNGER FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND TO END HUNGER FOR GOOD. We have a commitment to always…

Food & Nutrition
5
Wedontwaste Inc

We Dont Waste increases food access and protects the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.

Food & Nutrition
6
Summit Legal Aid

Civil justice for those in need, their homes secured, families protected, and finances fortified.

Crime & Legal
7
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
8
Sustainable Pittsburgh

Provide information to decision maker in the pittsburgh region to promote economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental quality for sustainable solutions for communities and businesses.

Environment
9
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
10
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
11
Young Women's Christian Association Greater Pittsburgh

Ywca greater pittsburgh is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. we envision a community that advances education, opportunity, and equity regardless of gender, race, or…

Human Services
12
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Pittsburgh Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Dup 15Q Alliance. 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

22 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. 22 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropyPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOU…THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $12,100 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATIO…WOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $30,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHEL…CASA SAN JOSE: $27,000 · Human ServicesCASA SAN JOSEHELLO NEIGHBOR: $5,000 · Human ServicesHELLO NEIGHBORSecond Harvest: $5,000 · Human ServicesSecond HarvestWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIAPER BANK: $2,603 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesTRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $69,200 · EmploymentTRADE INSTITUTE OF PITT…SECOND HARVEST COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE: $25,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST CO…LADIES OF CHARITY: $5,000 · OtherLADIES OF CHARITYFIRE AID: $5,000 · OtherFIRE AIDFOX CHAPEL GOLF CLUB SCHOLAR: $3,500 · OtherFOX CHAPEL GOLF C…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $2,000 · OtherUNITED WAY: $2,000 · OtherNETWORK FOR GOOD: $5,150 · OtherNETWORK FOR GOODPITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $2,800 · OtherHOMEWOOD CHIDREN'S VILLAGE: $2,053 · Other+1 more: $500 · OtherGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $37,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTS…412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $2,500 · Food & Nutrition412 FOOD RESC…RAZOM INC: $11,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $1,050 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNHCR: $1,000 · International+1 more: $500 · InternationalDUP 15Q ALLIANCE: $11,000 · Health
Philanthropy$72,100Human Services$70,603Employment$69,200Other$53,003Food & Nutrition$39,500International$24,550Health$11,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH: $69,200 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $37,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER AND SHELTER OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCASA SAN JOSE: $27,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $12,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAZOM INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUP 15Q ALLIANCE: $11,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $5,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELLO NEIGHBOR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIAPER BANK: $2,603 over 2y, 0.2% of budget412 FOOD RESCUE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWOOD CHIDREN'S VILLAGE: $2,053 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWQED MULTIMEDIA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Hillman Family Founda…The Pittsburgh Founda…The Grable FoundationRichard King Mellon F…The Heinz EndowmentsThe Benter FoundationEden Hall FoundationStaunton Farm Foundat…Poise FoundationEqt FoundationBny Mellon Charitable…National Philanthropi…
Hillman Family FoundationsPA19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hillman Family Foundations · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The Benter Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · Poise Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Lovejoy Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lovejoy Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Lovejoy Family Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to The Lovejoy Family Charitable Trust 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 28 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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