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The Washington Financial Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Washington Financial Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$282k
Granted FY2021
43
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$68kHealth$68kEducation$62kPhilanthropy$55kArts & Culture$22kHousing & Shelter$14kCommunity Improvement$13kAnimals$12kOther$0
02FY2021 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 43 grants below total $182,216, the rows itemized in this filing. The $281,966 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $99,750 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k34 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $126k
$1,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$473k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Washington Health Systems Foundation$25,000
WCCF$25,000
United Way of Washington County$14,321
John F. Kennedy Catholic School$12,000
PA Trolley Museum$10,000
Trinity Area School District$10,000
Trinity Area School District$10,000
Dress For Success Pittsburgh$10,000
Blueprints$10,000
Avella$8,250
Washington Business District Authority$5,000
Mon Valley Hospital Foundation$5,000
Blueprints$5,000
Main Street Farmers Market Inc.$4,670
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Ptts$4,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

23%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$85k · 10 repeat orgs$285k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
40

Total granted

$85k
$159k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+33%

Still filing today

60%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyHealthEmploymentOther
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

  • B
    BLUEPRINTS
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +17%
  • DF
    DRESS FOR SUCCESS PITTSBURGH
    2× · 2020–2021 · $11k · revenue +71%
  • WA
    WASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $5k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • PS
    Presbyterian SeniorCaregraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +32%
  • WH
    Washington Health System Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • WC
    WASHINGTON CITY MISSIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +33%
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.

03Its 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
Regional Workforce Collaborative - Swpa

To provide policy guidance, technical assistance, and program oversight for the city of pittsburgh and allegheny county, and to assist in the economic development of southwestern pa region.

Community Improvement
2
Vna Home Health Services

Vna home health services provides part-time, skilled, intermittent home health services that have been ordered by a physician and are medically necessary to the treatment of an illness or injury. vna home health services offers a wide…

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3
Wrc Pennsylvania Memorial Home

Wrc pennsylvania memorial home's mission is to provide choices for generations. built on a not-for-profit foundation of caring, the organization offers residential and personal care, home and community-based services, skilled and…

Health
4
The Presbyterian Medical Center of Washington Pennsylvania Inc

An esteemed short-stay & long-term skilled nursing facility with rehabilitation, dementia & hospice services that serves persons of all incomes & is committed to excellence & person-centered care.

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5
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pgh

Catholic charities serves to not only meet the immediate needs of the vulnerable within our communities but to provide solutions that embrace a path to stability for those we are privileged to serve. catholic charities is the primary…

Human Services
6
Gettysburg Hospital

Gettysburg hospital is a tax-exempt organization dedicated to providing high quality health care services for the people who live, work, travel through, and vacation in adams county, pennsylvania and northern maryland.

Health
7
Chambersburg Hospital

The chambersburg hospital is a regional non-profit health care organization committed to the improvement of the health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.

Health
8
Washington County Commission On Aging Inc/Area Agency On Aging

To plan and coordinate systems of services which help older americans, those with disabilities regardless of age and caregivers, maintain their independence through a variety of programs. these programs include, but are not limited to,…

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9
Women Against Abuse Inc

The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…

Human Services
10
Presbyterian Medical Center of Oakmont Pennsylvania Inc

An esteemed short-stay & long-term skilled nursing facility with rehabilitation, dementia & hospice services that serves persons of all incomes & is committed to excellence & person-centered care.

Health
11
Washington Drug & Alcohol Commission

To enrich the quality of life for persons who have experienced problems related to the use or abuse of alcohol and other drugs. this organization will ensure that clients receive the appropriate level of drug/alcohol treatment, while…

Health
12
Waynesboro Hospital

Waynesboro hospital is a regional nonprofit healthcare organization committed to the improvement of the health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connect Inc; the most unlike its peers is Burgettstown Area Community Development Corp. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 81 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Trinity Area School District: $30,000 · OtherTrinity Area School DistrictWCCF: $25,200 · OtherWCCFWashington Health System Foundation: $25,000 · OtherWashington Health System FoundationWashington Health Systems Foundation: $25,000 · OtherWashington Health Systems FoundationJohn F. Kennedy Catholic School: $12,000 · OtherPA Trolley Museum: $10,000 · OtherCitizen's Library: $10,000 · OtherPA Trolley Museum new pledge: $10,000 · OtherMake-A-Wish Foundation: $8,800 · Other+56 more: $100,956 · Other+56 morePresbyterian SeniorCare: $30,000 · Human ServicesPresbyterian Se…WASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $10,250 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON CITY…ARC HUMAN SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesARC HUMAN SERVI…DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA: $1,905 · Human Services+3 more: $500 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $14,321 · PhilanthropyWASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $3,000 · PhilanthropyBLUEPRINTS: $20,000 · Community ImprovementLITERACY COUNCIL OF SOUTHWESTERN PA: $750 · Community Improvement+1 more: $100 · Community ImprovementDRESS FOR SUCCESS PITTSBURGH: $11,000 · EmploymentMAIN STREET FARMERS MARKET INC: $6,670 · Food & NutritionWASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,250 · Animals
Other$256,956Human Services$52,655Philanthropy$27,321Community Improvement$20,850Employment$11,000Food & Nutrition$6,670Animals$5,250

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 budgetPresbyterian SeniorCare: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLUEPRINTS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $14,321 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS PITTSBURGH: $11,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetWASHINGTON CITY MISSION: $10,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARC HUMAN SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER IN THE WOODS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAngels Place Inc: $4,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHighland Park Community Development Corp: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA: $1,905 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDONORA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $800 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF SOUTHWESTERN PA: $750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPresbyterian Seniorcare Foundation: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH STRABANE FIRE DEPARTMENT: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR VICTIMS: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRADLEY CENTER INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBurgettstown Volunteer Fire Company: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON CHRISTIAN OUTREACH INC: $106 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARE CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBurgettstown Area Community Development Corp: $100 over 1y, 0.2% 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 Presbyterian SeniorCare ↗
  • Who funds BLUEPRINTS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON CITY MISSION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARC HUMAN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MAIN STREET FARMERS MARKET INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CENTER IN THE WOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds Angels Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds Highland Park Community Development Corp ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PA ↗

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.

Washington County Com…The Pittsburgh Founda…Hillman Family Founda…Eqt FoundationCentimark FoundationThe United Way of Sou…Snee-Reinhardt Charit…Richard King Mellon F…Nisource Charitable F…United Way of Washing…Salvitti Family Found…Cnx Foundation
Washington County Community FoundationPA46.8× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Washington County Community Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Eqt Foundation · Centimark Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · United Way of Washington County · Salvitti Family Foundation Ima · Cnx 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.
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How do I get to The Washington Financial Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Washington Financial Charitable 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 81 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $222k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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