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The Wright Promise at a glance

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The Wright Promise

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$422k
Granted FY2024still arriving
79
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k65 grants · $144k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $278k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$16k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Inspired Hearts and Hands Inc$37,552
The Payton Wright Foundation$30,300
The Lighthouse Foundation$30,080
4 Paws for Ability Inc$25,000
Blackhawk School District Education$21,453
The Payton Wright Foundation$20,000
Rochester Area School District$19,878
Individual grant recipient$17,500
Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit$14,000
Individual grant recipient$13,985
PUSH Beaver County$13,750
Nevins Hunting Friends$12,500
Gateway Rehabilitation Center$12,000
Concord Church$10,000
Blackhawk School District$5,200
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 (FY24–24, $96k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%The Lighthouse Foundation: $30k → 9%4 Paws for Ability Inc: $25k → 9%Inspired Hearts and Hands Inc: $38k → 9%Benjamin Banks Jr Memorial Foundati: $1k → 10%Adoption Connection PA: $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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of The Wright Promise’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 81% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 78%.

The Wright Promiselessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Beaver County

The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Beaver County is t0 support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Youth Development
2
Belmont Alliance Civic Association

Community development resources

Youth Development
3
Franklin Center of Beaver County

Organize initiatives strategically planned to spark the economy of the Aliquippa area, open new windows of opportunity for the communitys recovery and address critical needs of the areas low income and needy population.

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4
Monongahela Youth Baseball
Recreation & Sports
5
Beaver Creek Foundation
Philanthropy
6
Western Pennsylvania Foundation for the Arts
Arts & Culture
7
Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community

The beaver county marcellus awareness community seeks to protect the residents of southwestern pennsylvania, with emphasis on those in beaver county, by informing them about the health, safety, environmental and economic impacts of…

Environment
8
Benevolent Association of Pottsville
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9
Beaver Falls Historical Society

To educate the people of beaver county and surrounding areas about there history of the county. to house historical artifacts and preserve the historical value.

Arts & Culture
10
The Cornerstone of Beaver County

To coordinate local housing resources to prevent and end homelessness.

Human Services
11
Beaver Springs Volunteer Fire Company

To provide professional fire and rescue services to the residents of spring and adams township.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Pa Museum of Military Vehicles
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lighthouse Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Jumet Charitable 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

39 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. 39 of the 73 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
37/39
Grantees still filing
12/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Blackhawk School District Education: $27,709 · OtherBlackhawk School District EducationRochester Area School District: $19,878 · OtherRochester Area School DistrictIndividual grant recipient: $17,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBeaver Valley Intermediate Unit: $14,000 · OtherBeaver Valley Intermediate UnitIndividual grant recipient: $13,985 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPUSH BEAVER COUNTY INC: $13,750 · OtherPUSH BEAVER COUNTY INCCONCORD CHURCH: $10,000 · Other+46 more: $101,168 · Other+46 moreInspired Hearts and Hands Inc: $37,552 · Human ServicesInspired Hearts and Hands …THE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION: $30,080 · Human ServicesTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $25,000 · Human Services4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC+3 more: $5,500 · Human Services+3 moreTHE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $50,300 · EducationTHE PAYTON WRIG…MCCALL HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · EducationMCCALL HOME AND…JUMET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Education+2 more: $750 · EducationGATEWAY REHABILITATION CENTER: $12,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $5,000 · HealthCLUB HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · HealthNEVIN'S HUNTING FRIENDS: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentALIQUIPPA IMPACT INC: $5,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $918 · Youth DevelopmentCENTER IN MIDLAND PA: $5,500 · Community ImprovementASSERVO PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$217,990Human Services$98,132Education$58,050Health$19,000Youth Development$18,418Community Improvement$5,500Crime & Legal$5,000

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 budgetTHE PAYTON WRIGHT FOUNDATION INC: $50,300 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetInspired Hearts and Hands Inc: $37,552 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION: $30,080 over 1y, 2.3% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEVIN'S HUNTING FRIENDS: $12,500 over 1y, 23% of budgetGATEWAY REHABILITATION CENTER: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER IN MIDLAND PA: $5,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBEAVER COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetASSERVO PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBeaver Area Heritage Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRobins Home Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMCCALL HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetALIQUIPPA IMPACT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD NORTH MUSEUM OF PLAY: $4,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBeaver Falls Youth Network Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBF Jones Memorial Library: $2,700 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAdoption Connection PA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPALMYRA SPORTSMENS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCLUB HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJUMET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBenjamin M Banks Jr Memorial Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFRENCH CREEK VALLEY CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERSIDE BASEBALL FEDERATION: $800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLACKHAWK AREA YOUTH BASEBALL ASSN: $600 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACKHAWK BAND BOOSTERS: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BEAVER COUNTY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMonaca Public Library: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALLEGHENY COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChippewa Township VFD: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLUTHERAN SENIORLIFE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BEAVER COUNTY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAVER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $250 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.

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…The Beaver County Fou…Michael Baker Interna…The Grable FoundationThe Cigna Group Found…Nisource Charitable F…Solomon Mendel & Sylv…The United Way of Sou…Tickets for Kids Foun…United Way of Beaver …Lincoln Learning Solu…Staunton Farm Foundat…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA25.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Beaver County Foundation · Michael Baker International Foundation · The Grable Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Solomon Mendel & Sylvia Charitable Trust · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Tickets for Kids Foundation · United Way of Beaver County · Lincoln Learning Solutions Inc · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm 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 Wright Promise funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wright Promise. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Wright Promise?

    Find your warmest path to The Wright Promise 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 73 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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