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The Oakledge Foundation at a glance

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The Oakledge Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$123k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$965kEducation$93kFood & Nutrition$65kHuman Services$65kInternational$50kHousing & Shelter$30kReligion$10kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$735k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
A CALL TO CARE INC$75,000
THE HEAD STRONG PROJECT$15,000
DECKER'S BLUEPRINT$10,000
THE STANLEY M MARKS BLOOD CANCER RESEARCH FUND$7,500
WESTMONT HILLTOP SCHOOL DISTRICT$5,000
FOOD ASSISTANCE MATCH INC$5,000
OVERCOMERS IN CHRIST$5,000
LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE MARGE FUND$500
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 (FY21–23, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNION AID SOCIETY: $5k → 11%WATER STREET MISSION: $10k → 9%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 11%FAMILYLINKS: $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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of The Oakledge Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Oakledge Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 8 repeat orgs$223k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
16

Total granted

$1.0M
$203k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+8%

Still filing today

63%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AC
    A CALL TO CARE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $825k · revenue +38% · 39% of their budget
  • HS
    HEAD STRONG PROJECT INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $90k · revenue +26%
  • IC
    IMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • CM
    Carnegie Mellon Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +27%
  • SC
    STEPHEN'S CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +25%
  • WS
    WATER STREET MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +14%
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
Mercy Life Center Corporation

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

Health
2
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
3
Health Care for the Homeless Inc

Health care for the homeless works to end homelessness through racially equitable health care, housing and advocacy in partnership with those of us who have experienced it.

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4
Pocono Health System

We 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 clinical research.

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5
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
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
Life St Mary

We, trinity health pace and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.life st. mary is a member of trinity health pace and trinity health.

Health
8
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
9
Extraordinary Home Care Dba St Marys Home Care

A certified home health agency (chha) providing home-based therapy and related rehabilitation services to children and young adults with special needs.

Health
10
Saint Joseph's Mercy Care Services Inc

We, saint joseph's health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. honoring the heritage and advancing the ministry of the sisters of…

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11
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
12
Trivium Life Services

Behavioral health, long-term support services, mental health therapy, substance, alcohol and drug abuse treatment as well as domestic violence offender intervention services

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Familylinks Inc; the most unlike its peers is Food Assistance Match Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

16 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. 16 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A CALL TO CARE INC: $825,000 · HealthA CALL TO CARE INCHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $90,000 · HealthHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC+3 more: $34,000 · HealthCarnegie Mellon University: $50,000 · OtherCarnegie Mello…THE BLESSING BOARD AT SHALER PLAZA: $40,000 · OtherTHE BLESSING B…DECKERS BLUEPRINT: $10,000 · OtherDECKERS BLUEPR…OVERCOMERS IN CHRIST: $10,000 · OtherOVERCOMERS IN …MEALS ON WHEELS AT DONALDSON'S CROSSROADS: $10,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEEL…CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH: $10,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARI…THE LANCASTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE LANCASTER …+6 more: $23,500 · Other+6 moreSTEPHEN'S CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCONVOY OF HOPE: $50,000 · InternationalWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILYLINKS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesUnion Aid Society: $5,000 · Human ServicesIMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $30,000 · EducationST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterFOOD ASSISTANCE MATCH INC: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Health$949,000Other$163,500Philanthropy$55,000International$50,000Human Services$35,000Education$30,000Housing & Shelter$10,000Food & Nutrition$5,000

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 budgetA CALL TO CARE INC: $825,000 over 5y, 39% of budgetHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $90,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN'S CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSTANLEY M MARKS BLOOD CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $17,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILYLINKS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnion Aid Society: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF W PA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD ASSISTANCE MATCH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% 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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…Community Foundation …The United Way of Sou…Eqt FoundationUpmc GroupCharities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Eqt Foundation · Upmc Group · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Oakledge Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Oakledge Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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
    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 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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