· Private foundation
Tighe Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k41 grants · $59k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $38k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Vanguard Charitable Trust | $85,000 |
| University of Pittsburgh | $28,000 |
| Scranton Area Foundation | $10,000 |
| St Joseph's House | $6,000 |
| Fred's Footsteps | $5,500 |
| Brighter Horizon Foundation | $5,000 |
| University of Scranton | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| ASHP Foundation | $5,000 |
| TJUH Foundation | $5,000 |
| St Margarets Church | $4,000 |
| Catholic Charities Appeal | $3,500 |
| Philadelphia Community Corps | $3,000 |
| St Margaret's School | $2,000 |
| Catholic Relief Services | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 6% of Tighe Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 91% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 94%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $112k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH2× · 2018–2020 · $59k · revenue +40%- SJSt Josephs House Inc2× · 2018–2020 · $11k · revenue +32%
- H'HOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC2× · 2018–2020 · $500 · revenue +576%
Funded once
- CICOMMONLIT INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +141%
- JHJefferson Health Institutional Advancementone grant, 2018 · $5k
- UWUNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIESone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +12%
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.
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.
Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…
As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
See schedule o.carlow university, rooted in its catholic identity and embodying the heritage and values of the sisters of mercy, offers transformational educational opportunities for a diverse community of learners and empowers them to…
To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.
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.
As the largest serving hunger-relief organization in the greater philadelphia region, share food program's mission is reducing regional food insecurity by providing nourishing food to a network of community-based partners and directly to…
With over 20 years of experience and over 30,000 scholarships awarded, csfp provides philadelphia children with eight-year, needs-based scholarships to attend safe, quality, k-8th grade schools. continued on schedule o.supporting…
We, trinity health of the mid-atlantic region and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy catholic medical center of southeastern…
Feeding pennsylvania is the partner state association of feeding america food banks. it is our mission to promote and aid our members in securing food and other resources to reduce hunger and food insecurity for their communities and…
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.
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 64 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds SCRANTON AREA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds St Josephs House Inc ↗
- Who funds COMMONLIT INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF LACKAWANNA WAYNE AND PIKE COUNTIES ↗
- Who funds BRIGHTER HORIZON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds University of Scranton ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY CORPS ↗
- Who funds IMPACT100 PHILADELPHIA INC ↗
- Who funds SPRING BREAK FOR AUTISM ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE POOR ↗
- Who funds ST JOSEPHS CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds IRISH EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC ↗
- Who funds SUNDAY BREAKFAST RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds Philabundance ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Chubb Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Philadelphia Foundation · Oppenheim Foundation · Eureka Foundation · The Hawk Family Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Connelly Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tighe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tighe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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