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Tribune-Review Charities at a glance

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Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$211k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$336kHealth$136kArts & Culture$66kPhilanthropy$63kAnimals$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$28kEnvironment$10kRecreation & Sports$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $132k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $80k
$7,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$58k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FSHD SOCIETY$35,000
PNA FOUNDATION$12,500
SLIPPERY ROCK FOUNDATION$12,000
THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION$10,000
EUREKA COMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE$10,000
WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE$8,000
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY$7,500
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY$7,500
CHATHAM UNIVERSITY$7,500
WHEATON COLLEGE$7,500
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY$7,500
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$7,500
OHIO UNIVERSITY$7,500
GROVE CITY COLLEGE$7,500
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$7,500
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 (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%VALLEY POINTS FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
KY
WV
VA
DC
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$526k · 24 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
10

Total granted

$526k
$77k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+3%

Still filing today

58%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationAnimalsHealthRecreation & SportsEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • FS
    FSHD SOCIETY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $105k · revenue +11%
  • GC
    GROVE CITY COLLEGE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $30k · revenue +2%
  • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $30k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • PP
    POINT PARK UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +12%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • WC
    WESTMORELAND CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -48%
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
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
Widener University

Empowering our community of learners to discover and create better futures.

Education
5
Westminster College

The mission of westminster college is to help students develop competencies, commitments, and characteristics which have distinguished human beings at their best. see continuation on schedule o.the liberal arts tradition is the foundation…

Education
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
9
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
10
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Pittsburgh; the most unlike its peers is Cat Crusaders. 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

25 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. 25 of the 44 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $45,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYSLIPPERY ROCK FOUNDATION: $28,000 · OtherSLIPPERY ROCK FOUNDATIONSLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY: $22,500 · OtherSLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITYEUREKA COMMUMITY AMBULANCE SERVICE: $20,000 · OtherEUREKA COMMUMITY AMBULANCE SERVICEPOINT PARK UNIVERSITY: $19,800 · OtherPOINT PARK UNIVERSITYCarnegie Mellon University: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherINDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PA: $15,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY: $15,000 · OtherPENN STATE NEW KENSINGTON: $15,000 · OtherHAMPTON UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · OtherPNA FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Other+12 more: $67,000 · Other+12 moreGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $30,000 · EducationGROVE CITY COLLEGESYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationSYRACUSE UNIVERSITYDelta Zeta Foundation: $25,500 · EducationDelta Zeta FoundationWheaton College: $22,500 · EducationWheaton CollegeTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $22,500 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITYTHE PRESS CLUB OF WESTERN PA: $20,000 · EducationTHE PRESS CLUB OF WESTERN PAUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $15,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $15,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY…WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $9,000 · EducationCHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · EducationFSHD SOCIETY: $105,000 · HealthFSHD SOCIETYCLEAR THOUGHTS FOUNDATION: $18,000 · HealthCLEAR THOUGHTS FOUN…THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $35,000 · PhilanthropyTRASH CAT RESCUE INC: $10,000 · AnimalsCALI CATS RESCUE: $5,000 · AnimalsZENBYCAT: $4,000 · AnimalsCat Crusaders: $2,500 · AnimalsWESTMORELAND CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · EnvironmentNorthwestern University: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsVALLEY POINTS FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$304,800Education$197,500Health$123,000Philanthropy$35,000Animals$21,500Environment$10,000Recreation & Sports$7,500Human Services$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 budgetFSHD SOCIETY: $105,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDelta Zeta Foundation: $25,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWheaton College: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEUREKA COMMUMITY AMBULANCE SERVICE: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE PRESS CLUB OF WESTERN PA: $20,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetPOINT PARK UNIVERSITY: $19,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAR THOUGHTS FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $15,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRASH CAT RESCUE INC: $10,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetWESTMORELAND CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTINGHOUSE ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALI CATS RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetZENBYCAT: $4,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCat Crusaders: $2,500 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetLAUREL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $1,000 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 FSHD SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GROVE CITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Delta Zeta Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Wheaton College ↗
  • Who funds THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EUREKA COMMUMITY AMBULANCE SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds THE PRESS CLUB OF WESTERN PA ↗
  • Who funds POINT PARK UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CLEAR THOUGHTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
  • Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds TRASH CAT RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTMORELAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WESTINGHOUSE ARTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY POINTS FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CALI CATS RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds ZENBYCAT ↗

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.

Equitrans Midstream F…The Pittsburgh Founda…Aetna Foundation IncAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Equitrans Midstream FoundationPA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Equitrans Midstream Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Tribune-Review Charities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tribune-Review Charities. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 44 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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