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The Zachary Barker Chittick Foundation at a glance

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The Zachary Barker Chittick Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$37k
Granted FY2023
12
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$10k
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 2023.

Education$126kArts & Culture$52kYouth Development$10kHealth$9kHousing & Shelter$9kInternational$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kEnvironment$1kOther$0
02FY2023 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k11 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$551k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE$10,000
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNICAL STATE UNIV$7,000
UNITED FRIENDS SCHOOL OF THE GREATE$5,000
SEDONA ARTS CENTER INC$4,500
CIVIC THEATRE OF ALLENTOWN PA$2,500
LEHIGH VALLEY CENTER FOR INDEPENDEN$2,000
SEDONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL$1,500
ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM$1,500
PENNSYLVANIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL$1,500
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF EASTERN P$1,000
VILLAGE LIBRARY$500
SEDONA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY INC$490
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $10k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5k → 14%LEHIGH VALLEY CHILDRENS CENTERS INC: $1k → 11%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$170k · 11 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
10

Total granted

$170k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+67%

Still filing today

73%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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

  • PS
    PENNYSLVANIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
    5× · 2017–2023 · $10k · revenue +55%
  • SI
    Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop
    5× · 2017–2023 · $7k · revenue +156%
  • AA
    ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM
    6× · 2017–2023 · $4k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +46%
  • LV
    LEHIGH VALLEY CHILDREN'S CENTERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +38%
  • RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +35%
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
Lancaster County Council of the Arts

To enrich the quality of life in Lancaster County by building vibrant and inclusive communities connecting arts, culture, education, and economic vitality.

Arts & Culture
2
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc

See schedule oper the bylaws of the delaware & lehigh national heritage corridor(which were updated by the merged board of the national canal musuem and the d&l), our mission is to work with government entities, non-profit organizations…

Arts & Culture
3
Lebanon Valley Council On the Arts

Promote all art disciplines including exhibitions, dance productions, concerts, educational seminars and theatre. the organization has established a center for the arts in lebanon pennsylvania.

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4
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
5
Allentown Symphony Association Inc

Incorporated on july 2, 1951, the allentown symphony association (asa) is the operating organization of the allentown symphony orchestra (aso)and miller symphony hall (msh). the mission of the asa is to provide a first-class orchestra and…

Arts & Culture
6
San Lorenzo Valley Mountain Community Theater
Arts & Culture
7
Lehigh County Historical Society

To collect, preserve & publish the history & historical data relative to lehigh county for the education of the general public

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Lv Public Telecommunications Corp Wlvt-Tv Channel 39

"to educate, inspire, inform, entertain and stimulate the exchange of ideas for the enrichment of the public" begins with the broadcast of pbs programs that highlight issues of national importance, continues with the production of our emmy…

Arts & Culture
10
Adams County Library System Inc

The mission of the adams county library system (acls) is to connect people to opportunities that enrich their lives through the core values of stewardship, excellence and trustworthiness. the acls provides programming that centers on early…

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11
Cleveland Museum of Art

The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…

Arts & Culture
12
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (Lvedc)

The mission of the lehigh valley economic development corporation is to market the economic assets of the lehigh valley and to create partnerships to support the recruitment, growth and retention of employers, and the creation of jobs for…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Civic Theatre of Allentown Pa; the most unlike its peers is Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop. 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

22 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. 22 of the 27 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED FRIENDS SCHOOL OF THE GREATE: $73,675 · OtherUNITED FRIENDS SCHOOL OF THE GREATECALIFORNIA POLYTECHNICAL STATE UNIV: $50,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNICAL STATE UNIVLEHIGH VALLEY CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $9,000 · OtherLEHIGH VALLEY CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INCWORLD VISION FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Other+7 more: $2,440 · OtherSEDONA ARTS CENTER INC: $26,000 · Arts & CultureSEDONA ARTS CENTER INCPENNYSLVANIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $10,035 · Arts & CulturePENNYSLVANIA SHAKESPEARE F…Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop: $6,930 · Arts & CultureSedona International Film …ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM: $4,100 · Arts & CultureALLENTOWN ART MUSEUMCIVIC THEATRE OF ALLENTOWN PA: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,165 · Arts & CultureVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesLEHIGH VALLEY CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC: $8,700 · Housing & ShelterRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE VILLAGE LIBRARY: $500 · EducationSEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $500 · EducationLEHIGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $450 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $250 · Animals
Other$141,115Arts & Culture$50,730Human Services$16,000Housing & Shelter$8,700Environment$1,000Education$1,000Animals$700

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 budgetSEDONA ARTS CENTER INC: $26,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetPENNYSLVANIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $10,035 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING INC: $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetALLENTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC: $8,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSedona International Film Festival & Workshop: $6,930 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM: $4,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCIVIC THEATRE OF ALLENTOWN PA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $865 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VILLAGE LIBRARY: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEDONA PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEDONA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY INC: $490 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEHIGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Northern Arizona Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPBS 39 FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN SALISBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY ARTS AND CULTURAL ALLIANCE: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 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.

Harry C Trexler EstateLehigh Valley Communi…Ppl FoundationAmaranth FoundationThe Century Fund TrustUnited Way of the Gre…Air Products Foundati…The Arangio Family Fo…The Rider-Pool Founda…The Lehigh Gas Founda…Julius & Katheryn Hom…Lutron Foundation
Harry C Trexler EstatePA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Harry C Trexler Estate · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Amaranth Foundation · The Century Fund Trust · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Air Products Foundation · The Arangio Family Foundation · The Rider-Pool Foundation · The Lehigh Gas Foundation · Julius & Katheryn Hommer Foundation · Lutron 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 Zachary Barker Chittick Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Zachary Barker Chittick Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 27 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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