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The Tomahawk Hill Foundation at a glance

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The Tomahawk Hill Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$65k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$248kHuman Services$186kHealth$117kEducation$43kPublic Safety & Disaster$23kHousing & Shelter$14kYouth Development$9kFood & Nutrition$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $47k
$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOYALHANNA WATERSHED ASSOC$25,000
WESTERN PA CONSERVANCY$12,000
LIGONIER VALLEY YMCA OF PA$10,000
LIGONIER VALLEY FIRE COMPANIES$3,000
International Lyme and Associated$3,000
LIGONIER VALLEY LIBRARY ASSOC$3,000
Wounded Warrior Housing Project Inc$2,500
Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,500
THE SALVATION ARMY$2,000
VALLEY YOUTH NETWORK$2,000
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 (FY17–23, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%LIGONIER VALLEY YMCA: $35k → 10%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $8k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $8k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE RESCUE MISSION: $8k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $6k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $5k → 11%LIGONIER VALLEY YMCA: $20k → 10%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $4k → 11%LIGONIER VALLEY YMCA: $20k → 10%LIGONIER VALLEY YMCA: $20k → 10%LIGONIER VALLEY YMCA: $15k → 10%LIGONIER VALLEY YMCA: $15k → 10%Ligonier Valley Meals On Wheels: $3k → 10%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$643k · 14 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
5

Total granted

$643k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+43%

Still filing today

64%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
Human ServicesHealthEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LV
    LIGONIER VALLEY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIA ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $125k · revenue +154%
  • SH
    SHADYSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $89k · revenue +225%
  • LO
    LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $42k · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • WC
    WESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +43%
  • LV
    LIGONIER VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +38%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
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
Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce

Promote civic, commercial, recreational, historical, environmental and general interest in the ligonier valley of westmoreland county pennsylvania

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2
The Montana Land Reliance

The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.

Environment
3
Wilpen Fire Co of Ligonier Township

Provide fire protection and rescue services to the community

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Ligonier Valley Rail Road Association

To preserve the legacy of the Ligonier Valley Rail Road, conserve its vestiges, collect its relics & memorabilia, and educate the public about railroad history in the Ligonier Valley.

Arts & Culture
5
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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6
Lehigh Valley Health Network

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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7
Lake Lanier Association Inc

Form 990 - organizations mission protecting lake lanier, promoting a clean, full and safe lake. significant activities include shoreline protection, solar light program, annual shoreline cleanup, lake water monitoring, abandoned…

Environment
8
Lowcountry Center for Veterans Research

Lowcountry center for veterans research's (lcvr) mission is to advance discovery and innovation through research initiatives dedicated to improving the overall health and well-being of veterans living in the lowcountry.

Health
9
Locust Valley Library

Provide library services

Education
10
Lower Macungie Library

Lower macungie library strives to inform, enrich, and empower our community

Education
11
Lebanon Valley Volunteers in Medicine Clinic

Our mission is to serve the health and wellness needs of the uninsured who live in lebanon county, pa.

Health
12
United Way of Lackawanna Wayne and Pike Counties

To improve the quality of life of the people of lackawanna, wayne and pike counties and surrounding communities by serving as a catalyst for community problem solving and by conducting an efficient, encompassing volunteer fundraising…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ligonier Valley Young Mens Christia Association; the most unlike its peers is Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 22 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOYALHANNA WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $181,000 · EnvironmentLOYALHANNA WATERSHED ASSOCIATIO…LIGONIER VALLEY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIA ASSOCIATION: $125,000 · Human ServicesLIGONIER VALLEY YOUNG MENS CH…LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $42,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC+1 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesWESTERN PA CONSERVANCY: $67,000 · OtherWESTERN PA CONSERVANCYLIGONIER VALLEY LIBRARY: $33,500 · OtherLIGONIER VALLEY LIBRARYLIGONIER VALLEY YMCA OF PA: $20,000 · OtherLIGONIER VALLEY YMCA OF PATHE SALVATION ARMY: $9,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $8,500 · OtherLIGONIER VALLEY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $6,000 · Other+7 more: $15,300 · Other+7 moreSHADYSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $89,000 · HealthSHADYSIDE HOSPITAL …MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthMAGEE-WOMENS RESEAR…LIGONIER VALLEY FIRE COMPANIES: $22,500 · Public Safety & DisasterVALLEY YOUTH NETWORK: $9,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIGONIER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Environment$181,000Human Services$170,000Other$159,800Health$114,000Public Safety & Disaster$22,500Youth Development$9,000Arts & Culture$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 budgetLOYALHANNA WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $181,000 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetLIGONIER VALLEY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIA ASSOCIATION: $125,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetSHADYSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $89,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $42,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIGONIER VALLEY FIRE COMPANIES: $22,500 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH NETWORK: $9,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetLIGONIER VALLEY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLIGONIER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGONIER VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS: $3,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 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 LOYALHANNA WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGONIER VALLEY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SHADYSIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIGONIER VALLEY FIRE COMPANIES ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY YOUTH NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds LIGONIER VALLEY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LIGONIER VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGONIER VALLEY MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS 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.

Rk Mellon Family Foun…The Pittsburgh Founda…Laurel Ridge Foundati…Summit FoundationThe Dorothy Babcock F…Frances H & Harold E …Katherine Mabis McKen…Eden Hall FoundationRichard King Mellon F…
Rk Mellon Family FoundationPA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rk Mellon Family Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Laurel Ridge Foundation Inc · Summit Foundation · The Dorothy Babcock Family Charitable Foundation · Frances H & Harold E Gordon Charitable Foundation · Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · Richard King Mellon 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 Tomahawk Hill Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Tomahawk Hill Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's 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
    1report 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 22 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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