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Tull Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$15M
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$4.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$23MAnimals$7.3MHealth$7.2MArts & Culture$5.1MPhilanthropy$4.9MHuman Services$4.4MRecreation & Sports$2.5MEnvironment$1.1MOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+12 grants · $14M
$200,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$13k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEWICKLEY ACADEMY$4,000,000
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$2,000,000
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$2,000,000
THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION$1,000,000
NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM$1,000,000
USA BASKETBALL FOUNDATION$1,000,000
NAISMITH BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME$950,000
BABY2BABY$650,000
RETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST$400,000
ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY$250,000
HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$250,000
BPS FOUNDATION$250,000
RUSSELL WESTBROOK WHY NOT FOUNDATION$200,000
NEW YORK YANKEES FOUNDATION INC$150,000
THE UNIT FOUNDATION$125,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALLTRU INCORPORATED: $100k → 15%THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 6%THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $650k → 6%THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $500k → 6%UNION AID SOCIETY: $101k → 11%UNION AID SOCIETY: $100k → 11%URBAN IMPACT FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF MOON TOWNSHIP: $75k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

AK
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$38M · 31 repeat orgs$6.2M to everyone else

31 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
50

Total granted

$38M
$5.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+28%

Still filing today

87%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $725k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SA
    SEWICKLEY ACADEMY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $6.7M · revenue +22%
  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO
    4× · 2017–2021 · $6.0M · revenue +28%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $2.6M · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • TV
    THE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $655k · revenue -33%
  • NR
    NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $500k
  • RR
    REWIND RHINO EXTINCTION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $500k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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5
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
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
Us Naval Academy Foundation Inc

To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.

Education
8
Usf Research Foundation Inc

To promote, encourage and enhance research activities at the university of south florida.

Education
9
Pittsburg State University Foundation Inc

To maximize private gift support for pittsburg state university, exercise proper management of foundation assets, lay the groundwork for future fundraising success in support of the university's teaching, research and service/civic…

Education
10
New York University School of Law Foundation

The foundation, a subsidiary of new york university, fosters legal education and research at new york university's school of law by awarding scholarships, making grants for educational purposes related to law, and supporting programs of…

Education
11
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
12
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Oliver Scholars Program Inc and the most unlike its peers is Clements Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsYouth Sports ProgramsMilitary Veterans SupportFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Animal Rescue and ShelterOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…United Way AffiliatesEnvironmental Conservation …Cancer Support ServicesCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%23%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%24%20–35yr13%8%35–55yr16%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%13%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%13%20–35yr13%4%35–55yr16%52%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/69
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,496

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

68 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 68 of the 92 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
67/68
Grantees still filing
43/68
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Massachusetts Institute of Technology — $10,150,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of TechnologySEWICKLEY ACADEMY — $6,687,000 · EducationSEWICKLEY ACADEMYTrustees of Hamilton College — $1,000,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $1,000,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $725,000 · Education+8 more — $1,390,000 · Education+8 moreBABY2BABY — $1,300,000 · OtherBABY2BABYROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY — $1,000,000 · OtherROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSIT…NAISMITH BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME — $1,000,000 · OtherNAISMITH BASKETBALL HAL…JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC — $822,000 · OtherJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDAT…THE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC — $655,000 · OtherTHE VITAL GROUND FOUNDA…NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $500,000 · OtherREWIND RHINO EXTINCTION FOUNDATION — $500,000 · OtherBPS FOUNDATION — $500,000 · OtherMaine-Endwell Baseball Inc — $451,321 · OtherYELLOWSTONE FOREVER — $1,050,000 · OtherYELLOWSTONE FOREVERNEW VENTURE FUND — $1,000,000 · OtherNEW VENTURE FUNDTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN — $500,000 · Other+37 more — $2,734,371 · Other+37 moreRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC — $3,340,000 · HealthRETT SYNDROM…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — $2,641,200 · HealthCHILDREN'S H…HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $250,000 · Health+4 more — $315,000 · HealthZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO — $6,000,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL S…+4 more — $115,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC — $3,050,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL B…NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $1,098,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL …CARNEGIE INSTITUTE — $625,000 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE I…Stone Barns Restoration Corp DBA Stone Barns Center for Food & Agri — $450,000 · Arts & CultureStone Barn…+2 more — $250,000 · Arts & CultureUSA BASKETBALL FOUNDATION — $3,500,000 · Philanthropy+6 more — $365,000 · PhilanthropyTHIRD OPTION FOUNDATION — $2,150,000 · Human ServicesUnion Aid Society — $200,660 · Human ServicesALLTRU INCORPORATED — $100,000 · Human Services+2 more — $85,000 · Human Services
Education$20,952,000Other$12,012,692Health$6,546,200Animals$6,115,000Arts & Culture$5,473,000Philanthropy$3,865,000Human Services$2,535,660

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $10,150,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSEWICKLEY ACADEMY — $6,687,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO — $6,000,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetUSA BASKETBALL FOUNDATION — $3,500,000 over 3y, 96% of budgetRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC — $3,340,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC — $3,050,000 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION — $2,641,200 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetTHIRD OPTION FOUNDATION — $2,150,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetBABY2BABY — $1,300,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $1,098,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER — $1,050,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY — $1,000,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Hamilton College — $1,000,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $1,000,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC — $822,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $725,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC — $655,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetThe Unit Foundation Inc — $625,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE — $625,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN — $500,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBPS FOUNDATION — $500,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetStone Barns Restoration Corp DBA Stone Barns Center for Food & Agri — $450,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWilliam & Mary Foundation — $295,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPA Alliance Foundation — $250,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetRUSSELL WESTBROOK WHY NOT FOUNDATION INC — $244,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetUnion Aid Society — $200,660 over 2y, 29% of budgetLegacy Connections — $200,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPITCH IN FOR BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL — $175,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetRYAN SHAZIER FUND FOR SPINAL REHABILITATION — $150,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetVILLAGE THEATER COMPANY — $150,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetPIRATES CHARITIES — $150,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University — $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER — $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK YANKEES FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetNEW YORK COUNCIL NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES INC — $125,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetCHUCK NOLL FOUNDATION FOR BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH — $120,000 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetBest of the Batch Foundation — $105,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetHM3 PARTNERS INDEPENDENCE FUND INC — $100,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetALLTRU INCORPORATED — $100,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetGLOBAL WILDLIFE TRUST INC — $75,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF MOON TOWNSHIP — $75,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetEAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPOOKSTOCK FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Pittsburgh Founda…Richard King Mellon F…Upmc GroupMajor League Baseball…The Grable FoundationCitrone Foundation IncPirates CharitiesThe United Way of Sou…James Frances McCandl…McElhattan FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsEqt Foundation
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA26.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Upmc Group · Major League Baseball Charities Inc · The Grable Foundation · Citrone Foundation Inc · Pirates Charities · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · James Frances McCandless Trust · McElhattan Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Eqt Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Tull Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 35% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College — 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 92 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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