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The Michael & Nancy Pia Foundation the Michael and Nancy Pia Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$91k
Granted FY2019
11
Grants FY2019
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Education$140kHealth$29kHousing & Shelter$27kHuman Services$13kArts & Culture$10kCommunity Improvement$8kReligion$1kYouth Development$500Other$0
02FY2019 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k8 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA$25,000
GOOD NEIGHBORS HOME REPAIR$25,000
CENTERVILLE LAYTON SCHOOL$10,000
SANFORD SCHOOL$5,000
GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$5,000
AHHAH$5,000
SCRANTON PREP SCHOOL$5,000
UPLAND SCHOOL$5,000
NEMOURS CHILDREN HOSPITAL$3,000
NEUMANN COLLEGE$2,000
ASSUMPTION BVM CHURCH$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PARTNERS IN OUTREACH: $5k → 6%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $8k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA: $25k → 6%GOOD NEIGHBORS HOME REPAIR: $25k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA: $700 → 6%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 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.
$151k · 5 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
10

Total granted

$151k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+183%

Still filing today

60%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SS
    SANFORD SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $90k · revenue +52%
  • LH
    LCH Health and Community Services
    2× · 2017–2019 · $26k · revenue +98%
  • DC
    DELAWARE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • RV
    RSVP Volunteersgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +55%
  • YO
    YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +2%
  • PI
    PARTNERS IN OUTREACHgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +183%
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
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
2
Sewickley Public Library

The mission of the Sewickley Public Library is to provide lifelong learning oppurtunities to the children and adults of the greater Quaker Valley Community.

Education
3
Kennett Square Preschool Cooperative

Preschool education for 3, 4 and 5 year old children in the kennett square, pennsylvania area

Education
4
Chester Charter Scholars Academy

Chester charter scholars academy prepare children to employ their intellectual and creative powers to enrich their community.

Education
5
Penn Hills Library

A welcoming community center that provides information and equitable access to space, collections, materials, programs and services that enrich the quality of life and facilitate lifelong learning.

Education
6
Adamstown Area Library

The mission of the adamstown library is to maintain and improve the quality of life in our community by providing access to cultural, intellectual, and informational resources and programs to promote life-long learning for all ages. the…

Education
7
The Public School of Germantown

Germantown academy inspires students to be independent in thought; confident in expression; compassionate in spirit; collaborative in action; and honorable in deed. germantown academy is a private school educating students from pre-k…

Education
8
Dalton Community Library

Public lending library

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9
Children First Pa

Summary

Human Services
10
Princeton Friends School

Drawing on a rich tradition of quaker values and practices, princeton friends school is committed to creating a diverse, vibrant learning community in which young people engage their natural curiosity; discover and express their individual…

Education
11
Keystone Smiles Community Learning Center Inc

To empower and strengthen people of all ages, with a focus on children and youth, to enhance the quality of their lives through learning and service.

Education
12
Community Day School

At community day school, we are committed to raising proud jews, confident leaders, and accomplished learners who value excellence and prioritize community. as educators, administrators, and staff, we hold ourselves to the highest ethical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lch Health and Community Services; the most unlike its peers is The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia Inc. 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

12 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. 12 of the 22 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SANFORD SCHOOL: $90,000 · EducationSANFORD SCHOOLCENTREVILLE LAYTON SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationCENTREVILLE LAYTON SCHOOL+1 more: $3,000 · EducationLCH Health and Community Services: $25,700 · Human ServicesLCH Health and Community Servi…GOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesGOOD NEIGHBORS INCYMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $7,625 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINEPARTNERS IN OUTREACH: $5,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERS IN OUTREACHSCRANTON PREP SCHOOL: $15,000 · OtherSCRANTON PREP SCHOOLNEUMANN COLLEGE: $10,000 · OtherNEUMANN COLLEGERSVP Volunteers: $8,352 · OtherRSVP VolunteersAHHAH: $5,000 · OtherAHHAHUPLAND SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherUPLAND SCHOOLGREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherGREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOO…NEMOURS CHILDREN HOSPITAL: $3,000 · OtherNEMOURS CHILDREN HOSPITAL+5 more: $3,080 · Other+5 moreDELAWARE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFAMILY PROMISE INC: $2,100 · Housing & ShelterTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Education$103,000Human Services$63,325Other$54,432Arts & Culture$10,000Housing & Shelter$2,100Recreation & Sports$500

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 budgetSANFORD SCHOOL: $90,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLCH Health and Community Services: $25,700 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCENTREVILLE LAYTON SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDELAWARE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRSVP Volunteers: $8,352 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $7,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN OUTREACH: $5,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $2,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKENNETT LIBRARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC: $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.

Chester County Commun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Cabot-Kjellerup Found…The Dansko Foundation…Welfare Foundation IncDelaware Community Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Chester County Community FoundationPA19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chester County Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Cabot-Kjellerup Foundation · The Dansko Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Michael & Nancy Pia Foundation the Michael and Nancy Pia Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Michael & Nancy Pia Foundation the Michael and Nancy Pia Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Delaware Children's Museum Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Sanford School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.

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 22 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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