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The Rider-Pool Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$11MArts & Culture$1.3MEnvironment$602kCommunity Improvement$515kRecreation & Sports$500kHousing & Shelter$359kEducation$220kCrime & Legal$124kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$500,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$514k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK$10,287,160
THE ALLENTOWN PARKNERSHIP$500,000
THE BAUM SCHOOL OF ART$500,000
WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC$500,000
ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM$500,000
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 (FY17–18, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OPERATION WARM INC: $1k → 6%FAMILY CONNECTION OF EASTON INC: $3k → 11%PROJECT OF EASTON INC: $2k → 11%NORTHEAST MINISTRY: $7k → 11%PINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS: $2k → 11%LEHIGH VALLEY CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC: $5k → 11%LEHIGH VALLEY CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC: $2k → 11%VIA OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $1k → 11%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$15M · 26 repeat orgs$819k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +37% since the first grant, against +20% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
29

Total granted

$15M
$319k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+20%

Still filing today

69%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • LV
    LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10M · revenue +19% · 93% of their budget
  • TB
    THE BAUM SCHOOL OF ART
    5× · 2017–2024 · $576k · revenue +178% · 26% of their budget
  • AA
    ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM
    3× · 2017–2024 · $550k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • LC
    LEHIGH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
    one grant, 2021 · $50k

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 Group

Working as an integrated system within highmark health, employees at all of ahn's care sites, including hospitals, health + wellness pavilions, primary and specialty care offices and more, are committed to improving health and promoting…

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2
Elwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware

Elwyn makes life better for people with developmental and behavioral health challenges.

Human Services
3
Lehigh Valley Physician Group

Establish and maintain a medical group consisting of clinicians employed by lehigh valley health network. this medical group will fulfill the charitable mission of promoting community health through health education, injury prevention, and…

Health
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
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
6
Elizabethtown College

Provide a transformative educational experience that cultivates strengths of its students.

Education
7
Philhaven

Philhaven promotes hope, healing and wholeness through the provision of behavioral resources.

Health
8
Literacy Council of Lanc-Leb Lva

Our mission is success through lifelong learning and learning for life. our vision is for adults to have the skills to transform their lives, sustain their families and strengthen their communities.

Education
9
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
10
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh

To heal. to teach. to empower. to amaze.

Education
11
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
12
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono

Our mission is who we are and what we do: to provide world class care close to home. our vision is what we aim for to best serve our community: to build a healthier community.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Humanistic Change Inc and the most unlike its peers is Cohesion Network. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyRegional History Preservati…Public Library SystemsIndependent K-12 SchoolsSenior Housing and CareResidential Treatment & Sup…Youth Development & Family …Lehigh Valley Community Ser…Youth Arts Education
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 44 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%2%<5yr13%5%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr15%20%20–35yr16%27%35–55yr17%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%17%<5yr13%5%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr15%3%20–35yr16%21%35–55yr17%42%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 17% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/46
the rest of the field
10%
307/3,144

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

44 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. 44 of the 57 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/44
Grantees still filing
32/44
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK — $10,337,160 · OtherLEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORKDOROTHY RIDER POOL HEALTH CARE TRUST — $697,259 · OtherDOROTHY RIDER POOL HEALTH CARE TRUSTTHE BAUM SCHOOL OF ART — $576,000 · Other+33 more — $1,381,300 · Other+33 moreTHE ALLENTOWN PARKNERSHIP — $500,000 · Community ImprovementRIPPLE COMMUNITY INC — $275,000 · Community ImprovementALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM — $550,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DA VINCI DISCOVERY CENTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC — $37,000 · Arts & CulturePENNYSLVANIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $32,000 · Arts & CultureBACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM — $30,000 · Arts & Culture+5 more — $29,500 · Arts & CultureWILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC — $592,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND — $25,000 · EnvironmentLEONARD PARKER POOL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH — $457,818 · HealthBUILDING 21 — $110,000 · EducationCOHESION NETWORK — $40,000 · EducationDESALES UNIVERSITY — $35,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC — $25,000 · EducationRESURRECTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC — $25,000 · EducationNORTH PENN LEGAL SERVICES — $70,000 · Crime & LegalSTEPHENS PLACE — $3,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$12,991,719Community Improvement$775,000Arts & Culture$678,500Environment$617,000Health$457,818Education$235,000Crime & Legal$73,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLEHIGH VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK — $10,337,160 over 2y, 93% of budgetDOROTHY RIDER POOL HEALTH CARE TRUST — $697,259 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetWILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC — $592,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetTHE BAUM SCHOOL OF ART — $576,000 over 5y, 26% of budgetALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM — $550,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTHE ALLENTOWN PARKNERSHIP — $500,000 over 1y, 56% of budgetRIPPLE COMMUNITY INC — $275,000 over 5y, 87% of budgetBUILDING 21 — $110,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF LEHIGH COUNTY INC — $71,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH PENN LEGAL SERVICES — $70,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOHESION NETWORK — $40,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTHE DA VINCI DISCOVERY CENTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC — $37,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDESALES UNIVERSITY — $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPENNYSLVANIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $32,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBACH CHOIR OF BETHLEHEM — $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESURRECTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBLOOM FOR WOMEN INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY — $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC — $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY BIKE WORKS — $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSAFE HARBOR EASTON INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetShareCare Faith in Action — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE LEHIGH CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BETHLEHEM PA — $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY CONNECTION OF EASTON INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALLENTOWN INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRADBURY-SULLIVAN LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOUCHSTONE THEATRE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPROJECT OF EASTON INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSATORI LTD — $1,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR HUMANISTIC CHANGE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVia of the Lehigh Valley Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

United Way of the Gre…Lehigh Valley Communi…Ppl FoundationAir Products Foundati…Harry C Trexler EstateThe Century Fund TrustMartin Guitar Charita…The Donald B and Doro…Sylvia Perkin Perpetu…Dexter F and Dorothy …Ross J Born and Wendy…Amaranth Foundation
United Way of the Greater Lehigh ValleyPA76× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Harry C Trexler Estate · The Century Fund Trust · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Sylvia Perkin Perpetual Charitable Trust · Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · Amaranth 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 Rider-Pool Foundation 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%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    23report 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

    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Rider-Pool Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Rider-Pool Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 57 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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