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The Peirce Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Peirce Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$5.1MArts & Culture$1.9MScience & Tech$1.0MHealth$676kEnvironment$449kCommunity Improvement$251kInternational$225kEmployment$125kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $725k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.2M
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY$1,010,000
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW$432,962
CARLOW UNIVERSITY$400,000
ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY$375,535
PITTSBURGH BOTANIC GARDEN$225,000
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST$200,000
LAUGHLIN CHILDRENS CENTER$100,000
PITTSBURGH NEW CHURCH SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA$100,000
URBAN IMPACT FUND$50,000
LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA$50,000
BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION$40,000
HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER$6,500
WQED$3,000
RIVERSIDE THEATER$2,500
VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART$2,000
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 (FY20–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER: $7k → 12%HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER: $7k → 12%HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER: $6k → 12%HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER: $4k → 12%HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER: $3k → 12%HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER: $500 → 12%SEWICKLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $200 → 11%SEWICKLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $100 → 11%SEWICKLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $100 → 11%SEWICKLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $100 → 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

WA
MN
MA
PA
CT
CA
VA
OK
FL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 57 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

57 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
21

Total granted

$13M
$121k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+31%

Still filing today

63%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHealthYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +23%
  • PS
    PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +23%
  • CU
    CARLOW UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • HI
    HOPE IGNITES PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +8%
  • TK
    THE KISKI SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +41%
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
Sewickley Township Public Library

Public Library providing educational, recreational and public services to approximately 6,000 Sewickley Township and Westmoreland County residents.

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2
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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3
Lehigh County Historical Society

To collect, preserve & publish the history & historical data relative to lehigh county for the education of the general public

Arts & Culture
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
6
Westmoreland Museum of American Art

The westmoreland museum of american art offers a place to share compelling and meaningful cultural experiences that open the door to new ideas, perspectives, and possibilities.

Arts & Culture
7
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design

Pennsylvania college of art & design is a professional art college offering a bfa degree, certificates, credentials, and curricula that enable students of all ages to pursue art as their life's work.

Education
8
Scenic Pittsburgh

To protect, preserve, and promote the scenic resources of southwestern pennsylvania.

Environment
9
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Inc

The mission of pittsburgh arts & lectures is to connect celebrated authors with the community, elevate civic discourse, and inspire creativity and a passion for the literary arts. our commitment to knowledge, learning, integrity, and…

Arts & Culture
10
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts

To create a space in our communities through education and cultural experiences that celebrate the joy of discovery and entertainment.

Arts & Culture
11
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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12
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pittsburgh Cultural Trust; the most unlike its peers is Orca Conservancy. 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

50 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 50 of the 84 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/50
Grantees still filing
38/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $1,548,700 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INCCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $1,004,000 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTEPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $906,500 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUSTHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $584,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNS…+11 more: $52,135 · Arts & CultureROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $2,193,241 · OtherROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITYPITTSBURGH NEW CHURCH SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH DYSLEXIA: $724,400 · OtherPITTSBURGH NEW CHURCH SCHOOL FOR C…Individual grant recipient: $300,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientURBAN IMPACT FUND: $300,000 · OtherURBAN IMPACT FUNDPARTNERS IN HEALTH - LIBERIA: $225,000 · OtherPARTNERS IN HEALTH - LIBERIA+47 more: $317,791 · Other+47 moreDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $2,256,251 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOL…CARLOW UNIVERSITY: $1,084,122 · EducationCARLOW UNIVERSITYLEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $150,855 · Education+7 more: $40,800 · EducationMARY & ALEXANDER LAUGHLIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $656,411 · Health+1 more: $700 · HealthPittsburgh Botanic Garden: $647,260 · Youth Development+1 more: $4,700 · Youth DevelopmentMANCHESTER BIDWELL CORPORATION: $125,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $500 · Public BenefitBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION: $40,000 · International
Arts & Culture$4,095,335Other$4,060,432Education$3,532,028Health$657,111Youth Development$651,960Public Benefit$125,500International$40,000

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 budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $2,256,251 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $2,193,241 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $1,548,700 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCARLOW UNIVERSITY: $1,084,122 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $1,004,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $906,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMARY & ALEXANDER LAUGHLIN CHILDREN'S CENTER: $656,411 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetPittsburgh Botanic Garden: $647,260 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $584,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetLEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $150,855 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetMANCHESTER BIDWELL CORPORATION: $125,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER INC: $26,100 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE IGNITES PITTSBURGH: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE KISKI SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC: $19,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWQED MULTIMEDIA: $14,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $6,711 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFERN HOLLOW NATURE CENTER INC: $6,600 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCENTER FOR HOPE: $6,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVILLAGE THEATER COMPANY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQUAKER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $4,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEXTRA MILE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetORCA CONSERVANCY: $3,400 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPITTSBURGH OPERA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOROUGH OF SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS HISTORY CENTER: $1,800 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN SUBCONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF W: $1,412 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetIMANI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUAKER VALLEY AMBULANCE AUTHORITY: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSweetwater Art Center: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSewickley Public Library: $550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSewickley Valley Community Fund: $500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSEWICKLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY SERVICES OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOLD SEWICKLEY POST OFFICE CORPORATION: $400 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetQUAKER VALLEY WRESTLING ASSOCIATION: $325 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSEWICKLEY CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHENY COUNTRY CLUB: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEWICKLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $170 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSewickley Valley Historical Society: $35 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds CARLOW UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ↗
  • Who funds MARY & ALEXANDER LAUGHLIN CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Pittsburgh Botanic Garden ↗
  • Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds MANCHESTER BIDWELL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IGNITES PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds THE KISKI SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds WQED MULTIMEDIA ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PHIPPS CONSERVATORY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds FERN HOLLOW NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR HOPE ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE THEATER COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds RIVERSIDE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds QUAKER VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗

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…Richard King Mellon F…Wp Snyder III Charita…Clapp G H Decd Char a…Allegheny FoundationThomas Marshall Found…The Grable FoundationEqt FoundationMcCune Foundation Pnc…Eden Hall FoundationHillman Family Founda…Rp Simmons Family Fou…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA38.5× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Wp Snyder III Charitable Fund · Clapp G H Decd Char and Ed Tr · Allegheny Foundation · Thomas Marshall Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Eqt Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · Eden Hall Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Rp Simmons Family 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 Peirce Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Peirce Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%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
    4get no government money at all
    13report 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 84 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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