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The Myrtle Forsha Memorial Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$101k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$565kEducation$121kHuman Services$35kInternational$35kYouth Development$20kHousing & Shelter$15kCommunity Improvement$12kRecreation & Sports$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
$12,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONNECTING CHAMPIONS$30,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS$20,000
AYUDATE INCORPORATED$12,500
BLOOMFIELD DEVELOPMENT CORP$12,000
FOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE$10,000
WALKING MIRACLES FAMILY FOUNDATION$9,471
THE CHRYSALIS INITIATIVE$7,500
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 (FY17–17, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Westmoreland County Blind Association: $15k → 10%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.

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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$427k · 12 repeat orgs$404k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
29

Total granted

$427k
$350k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+26%

Still filing today

75%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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
HealthEducationInternationalHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    4× · 2018–2024 · $88k · revenue +40%
  • CC
    CONNECTING CHAMPIONS
    3× · 2021–2025 · $78k · revenue +7%
  • CB
    CANCER BRIDGES
    2× · 2022–2024 · $31k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • EA
    EYE AND EAR FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $26k · revenue +187%
  • BB
    BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +76%
  • LI
    LuMind IDSC Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $21k · revenue -48%

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
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
4
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
5
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
6
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
7
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
8
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium

The national nurse-led care consortium (nncc) strives to advance nurse-led healthcare through policy, consultation, and programs to reduce health disparities and meet people's primary care and wellness needs.

Health
9
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
10
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

Health
11
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
12
Upmc

Support of subsidiary tax-exempt healthcare, education and research organizations (see schedule o)

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Health Care Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is Bloomfield Development Corporation. 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 26 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%3%<5yr14%16%5–10yr18%19%10–20yr18%22%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr17%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%2%<5yr14%21%5–10yr18%27%10–20yr18%20%20–35yr13%11%35–55yr17%20%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/39
the rest of the field
12%
3,772/32,528

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

39 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. 39 of the 45 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
25/39
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CANCER BRIDGES — $31,000 · HealthCANCER BRIDGESLending Hearts — $30,915 · HealthLending HeartsEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION — $25,997 · HealthEYE AND EAR FOUNDATIONAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $25,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INCALLIES FOR HEALTH WELLBEING — $20,000 · HealthALLIES FOR HEALTH WELLBEINGNSABP FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · HealthNSABP FOUNDATION INCMAPLE TREE CANCER ALLIANCE — $20,000 · HealthMAPLE TREE CANCER ALLIANCEVISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION OF BUTLER COUNTY INC — $16,568 · HealthVISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION OF BUTLER …CHRYSALIS INITIATIVE — $15,000 · HealthCHRYSALIS INITIATIVEAYUDATE INCORPORATED — $12,500 · HealthYOUNG ADULT SURVIVORS UNITED — $12,000 · HealthFOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthThe Magee Memorial Hospital for Convalescents — $10,000 · Health+7 more — $31,147 · Health+7 morePARKINSON FOUNDATION OF — $38,255 · OtherPARKINSON FOUNDATION OFWALKING MIRACLES FAMILY FOUNDATION — $34,471 · OtherWALKING MIRACLES FAMILY FOUNDATIO…LuMind IDSC Foundation — $20,842 · OtherLuMind IDSC FoundationArthritis Foundation — $20,000 · OtherArthritis FoundationNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS — $20,000 · OtherNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSISBURGER KING CANCER CARING CENTER — $14,357 · OtherBURGER KING CANCER CARING CENTERHEARING AND SPEECH AGENCY OF — $12,500 · OtherGATEWAY MARYLAND INC — $10,000 · OtherSaint Anne School — $9,917 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES HEALTH CARE CENTER INC — $9,102 · OtherAT JACOBS WELL INC — $15,000 · OtherAT JACOBS WELL INCBloomfield Development Corporation — $12,000 · OtherPITTSBURGH WARRIORS HOCKEY — $11,290 · Other+2 more — $15,000 · Other+2 moreUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $88,364 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSB…CR JRS CHIP — $20,000 · EducationCR JRS CHIPWILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · EducationWILLS EYE FOUNDATION…DREAM PARTNERSHIP — $15,000 · EducationDREAM PARTNERSHIPJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $7,500 · EducationCONNECTING CHAMPIONS — $77,500 · Youth DevelopmentCONNECTING…BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION — $25,000 · InternationalGLOBAL LINKS — $10,000 · InternationalPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — $30,000 · PhilanthropyWESTMORELAND COUNTY BLIND ASSOCIATION — $15,000 · Human Services
Health$280,127Other$242,734Education$150,864Youth Development$77,500International$35,000Philanthropy$30,000Human Services$15,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $88,364 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTING CHAMPIONS — $77,500 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetCANCER BRIDGES — $31,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION — $25,997 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLuMind IDSC Foundation — $20,842 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALLIES FOR HEALTH WELLBEING — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCR JRS CHIP — $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNSABP FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMAPLE TREE CANCER ALLIANCE — $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetVISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION OF BUTLER COUNTY INC — $16,568 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHRYSALIS INITIATIVE — $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDREAM PARTNERSHIP — $15,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetWESTMORELAND COUNTY BLIND ASSOCIATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAT JACOBS WELL INC — $15,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetBURGER KING CANCER CARING CENTER — $14,357 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetAYUDATE INCORPORATED — $12,500 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetYOUNG ADULT SURVIVORS UNITED — $12,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetFOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL LINKS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGATEWAY MARYLAND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Magee Memorial Hospital for Convalescents — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES HEALTH CARE CENTER INC — $9,102 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSAMARITAN CENTER — $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH HILLS INTERFAITH MINISTRIES — $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $5,739 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKELLY ANNE DOLAN MEMORIAL FUND — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFaith & Gratitude Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budget412 THRIVE — $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHAIR PEACE CHARITIES — $4,685 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — $3,518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Virginia Hospital Center Foundation — $2,205 over 1y, 0.2% 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…Upmc GroupThe United Way of Sou…The Cigna Group Found…Hillman Family Founda…The H Glenn Sample Jr…The Jack Buncher Foun…Staunton Farm Foundat…Richard King Mellon F…Clapp G H Decd Char a…Massey Charitable Tru…Snee-Reinhardt Charit…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA35.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Upmc Group · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Cigna Group Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · The H Glenn Sample Jr Md Memorial Fund · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Clapp G H Decd Char and Ed Tr · Massey Charitable Trust · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable 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 Myrtle Forsha Memorial Trust 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 · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 45 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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