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The Pocono Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Pocono Charitable Foundation

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.

$216k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$5.0MEducation$3.4MReligion$403kHuman Services$334kRecreation & Sports$300kFood & Nutrition$175kCivil Rights$126kHousing & Shelter$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$50,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$34k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME$100,000
MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY$50,000
SALPOINTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$50,000
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS$10,000
STEELE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION$5,000
CORONADO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%My Brother's Keeper Inc: $4k → 11%Covenant House: $5k → 17%Emergency Infant Services: $5k → 14%My Brother's Keeper Inc: $4k → 11%Covenant House: $5k → 17%Emergency Infant Services: $5k → 14%My Brother's Keeper Inc: $4k → 11%Covenant House: $1k → 17%ST LUKE'S HOME: $5k → 15%Assistance League of Tucson: $2k → 15%Assistance League of Tucson: $2k → 15%Assistance League of Tucson: $2k → 15%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

AK
NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
AZ
NM
OK
LA
TX
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.9M · 63 repeat orgs$640k to everyone else

63 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 59 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
12

Total granted

$8.9M
$635k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+85%

Still filing today

37%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCivil RightsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MU
    Marywood University
    4× · 2017–2025 · $800k · revenue +20%
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS
    5× · 2017–2025 · $320k · revenue +44%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    3× · 2017–2023 · $200k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • BA
    Banner Alzheimer's Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue +303%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH TD1 D (FKA JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION)
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • FB
    FATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +135%
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
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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4
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
7
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
8
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
9
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
10
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
11
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
12
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute. 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

29 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. 29 of the 77 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Banner Alzheimer's Institute: $3,500,000 · OtherBanner Alzheimer's InstituteSALPOINTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $1,120,000 · OtherSALPOINTE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLUniveristy of Notre Dame: $302,500 · Other+50 more: $2,008,500 · Other+50 moreMarywood University: $800,000 · EducationMarywood Universit…TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $320,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE CO…University of Notre Dame du Lac: $300,000 · EducationUniversity of Notr…KING'S COLLEGE: $150,000 · EducationKING'S COLLEGE+3 more: $35,000 · EducationBanner Alzheimer's Foundation: $500,000 · HealthBanner Alzhe…MILA'S MIRACLE FOUNDATION: $270,000 · HealthMILA'S MIRAC…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $200,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH…+6 more: $79,000 · Health+6 moreCommunity Food Bank Inc: $175,000 · Food & NutritionMy Brothers Keeper Inc: $12,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $11,000 · Human ServicesEmergency Infant Services Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesVIVA PIMA: $6,000 · Human ServicesSt Lukes in the Desert Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesARIZONA RIGHT TO LIFE: $15,000 · Civil RightsFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$6,931,000Education$1,605,000Health$1,049,000Food & Nutrition$175,000Human Services$44,000Civil Rights$15,000Housing & Shelter$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 budgetMarywood University: $800,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBanner Alzheimer's Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $320,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILA'S MIRACLE FOUNDATION: $270,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Inc: $175,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKING'S COLLEGE: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIFEMOVES: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SMITH-KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMy Brothers Keeper Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMatthew 25 Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPONDYLITIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEmergency Infant Services Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPREECLAMPSIA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCoronado Hospital Foundation: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVIVA PIMA: $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Lukes in the Desert Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $2,000 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.

  • Who funds Marywood University ↗
  • Who funds Banner Alzheimer's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds MILA'S MIRACLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds KING'S COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LIFEMOVES ↗
  • Who funds THE SMITH-KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA RIGHT TO LIFE ↗

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.

Community Foundation …The Bank of America C…Baird Foundation IncGs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
Community Foundation for Southern ArizonaAZ13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Father Bill's & Mainspring Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Preeclampsia Foundation Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Catholic Community Services Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 77 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home