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United Service Foundation Inc

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.

$525k
Granted FY2023
36
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Religion$380kEducation$164kArts & Culture$121kCrime & Legal$105kHuman Services$98kInternational$93kHousing & Shelter$65kCivil Rights$63kOther$0
02FY2023 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 36 grants below total $354,800 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $525,450 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $170,650 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k23 grants · $109k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $196k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$6,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Someone To Tell It To$50,000
Body Wisdom, Inc.$26,000
Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth$25,000
LGBT Center of Central Pennsylvania$25,000
Kansas State University$25,000
Selfless Service$15,000
Eastern Mennonite Missions$15,000
World Help Foundation$15,000
Commonwealth Foundation$10,000
Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference$10,000
Bull City Athletic Association$10,000
American Friends Service Committee$10,000
Keystone Theatrics$10,000
Rebuilding Broken Places Comm. Dev. Corp.$8,000
New Holland Early Learning Center$8,000
02Your 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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$906k · 31 repeat orgs$318k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against +2% for the ones you funded once.

31 repeat relationships — 25 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
30

Total granted

$906k
$257k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+2%

Still filing today

61%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • RJ
    RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $70k · revenue +66%
  • ST
    SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $70k · revenue +12%
  • BW
    BODY WISDOM INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $66k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • EM
    Eastern Mennonite University
    one grant, 2022 · $35k · revenue +2%
  • PS
    PAXTON STREET HOME BENEVOLENT SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +28%
  • MM
    MENNONITE MISSION NETWORK
    one grant, 2021 · $25k

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

03Your 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
Bridge of Hope Inc

The mission of bridge of hope national is to engage christian faith communities in ending family homelessness through neighboring relationships that demonstrate christ's love.

Human Services
2
Legal Aid Justice Center

The legal aid justice center partners with communities and clients to achieve justice by dismantling systems that create and perpetuate poverty.

Crime & Legal
3
Transitional Living Centers Inc

Alternative incarcerated or convicted of a crime, nonprofit provider of residential services, counseling services & support to reinstate these men and women into society.

Crime & Legal
4
Center for Victims

Center for victims offers a public service in allegheny county by helping individuals, families, and communities heal from the trauma of sexual assault/abuse, intimate partner violence, community violence, and all forms of violence and…

Human Services
5
Justice Innovation Inc

The center for justice innovation is a non-profit organization that works to create a fair, effective, and humane justice system and build strong, thriving communities.

Crime & Legal
6
Liberty Ministries

The ministry exists to serve offenders in prison and ex-offenders in the community by showing god's love, providing practical assistance, and supporting biblical standards of justice.

7
Justicematters Inc

Justicematters addresses the roots and repercussions of human trafficking. we do this by providing trauma-informed legal services throughout north carolina and promoting just policies and practices impacting our clients and community. our…

Crime & Legal
8
Habitat for Humanity of Wicomico County Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. habitat for humanity wicomico adheres to a…

Housing & Shelter
9
Civil Righteousness Inc

Our purpose is to educate, train, and empower individuals through the production of media and artistic programming designed to impact and build skills and awareness about social and cultural needs; while fostering environments that affirm…

Arts & Culture
10
Mercy Life Center Corporation

We, pittsburgh mercy health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy life center is a member of pittsburgh mercy health system…

Health
11
Jubilee Ministries

Jubilee ministries exists to serve those affected by incarceration by being ambassadors of life change through the gospel of jesus christ.

Religion
12
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is AMIRACLE4SURE Inc and the most unlike its peers is Kratt Brothers Creature Hero Society. 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 backsteadyCommunity Literacy TutoringFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Veteran Support ServicesCommunity Theater CompaniesDevelopmental Disabilities …Civil Legal ServicesChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Environmental Advocacy and …Food Pantries and AssistanceAffordable Housing Developm…Early Childhood Care CentersChristian Youth CampsAddiction & Mental Health T…
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 26 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%11%<5yr13%13%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr15%18%35–55yr17%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%8%<5yr13%12%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr15%13%35–55yr17%28%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 11% of your grantees by number, and just 8% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/43
the rest of the field
9%
7,129/78,119

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.

03the grantee network

36 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 67 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
23/36
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY — $80,000 · OtherKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYMennonite Central Committee — $77,000 · OtherMennonite Central CommitteeEverence Foundation — $58,000 · OtherEverence FoundationEastern Mennonite Missions — $45,000 · OtherEastern Mennonite MissionsCenter for Justice and Peacebuilding — $39,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE — $36,000 · OtherEastern Mennonite University — $35,000 · OtherLGBT Center of Central Pennsylvania — $27,000 · OtherGlory of God Christian Fellowship — $27,000 · OtherCAMP HEBRON INC — $27,000 · Other+33 more — $299,800 · Other+33 moreSOMEONE TO TELL IT TO INC — $70,000 · Human ServicesSOMEONE TO TELL …JUBILEE HOME — $25,200 · Human ServicesJUBILEE HOMEPAXTON STREET HOME BENEVOLENT SOCIETY — $25,000 · Human ServicesPAXTON STREET HO…URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $16,000 · Human ServicesURBAN MINISTRIES…SELFLESSSERVICE INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesSELFLESSSERVICE …AMIRACLE4SURE INC — $11,000 · Human ServicesAMIRACLE4SURE IN…NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER — $10,000 · Human ServicesNORTH CAROLINA J…+1 more — $1,000 · Human ServicesBODY WISDOM INC — $66,000 · Arts & CultureBODY WISD…PAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER INC — $21,000 · Arts & CulturePAINTED B…KEYSTONE THEATRICS — $13,000 · Arts & CultureKEYSTONE …+1 more — $1,000 · Arts & CultureRESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY — $70,000 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER — $5,000 · Community ImprovementNEW HOLLAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER — $33,000 · EducationLEFT OUT ORGANIZATION PROGRAM INC — $11,000 · EducationSHALOM PROJECT — $6,800 · EducationLITITZ CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — $5,000 · EducationMESSIAH UNIVERSITY — $5,000 · EducationHANDFULS OF HOPE INC — $16,000 · InternationalCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC — $11,000 · InternationalWE HELP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $5,000 · InternationalCROSSNET MINISTRIES — $17,000 · ReligionPARISH RESOURCE CENTER INC — $14,000 · Religion
Other$750,800Human Services$173,200Arts & Culture$101,000Community Improvement$75,000Education$60,800International$32,000Religion$31,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY — $70,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetSOMEONE TO TELL IT TO INC — $70,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetBODY WISDOM INC — $66,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetEastern Mennonite University — $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HOLLAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER — $33,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCAMP HEBRON INC — $27,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetJUBILEE HOME — $25,200 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetPAXTON STREET HOME BENEVOLENT SOCIETY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER INC — $21,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCROSSNET MINISTRIES — $17,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetURBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHANDFULS OF HOPE INC — $16,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetSELFLESSSERVICE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetPARISH RESOURCE CENTER INC — $14,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetADVOZ — $14,000 over 2y, 56% of budgetKRATT BROTHERS CREATURE HERO SOCIETY — $13,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetAMIRACLE4SURE INC — $11,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC — $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHALOM PROJECT — $6,800 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetLITITZ CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWE HELP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetMESSIAH UNIVERSITY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT SIDE OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATI — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF CUMBERLAND AND PERRY COUNTIES — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFESTYLES OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ART HUMOR & SOUL INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

  • Who funds RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY
  • Who funds SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO INC
  • Who funds BODY WISDOM INC
  • Who funds Eastern Mennonite University
  • Who funds NEW HOLLAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER
  • Who funds CAMP HEBRON INC
  • Who funds JUBILEE HOME
  • Who funds PAXTON STREET HOME BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
  • Who funds PAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER INC
  • Who funds CROSSNET MINISTRIES
  • Who funds URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC
  • Who funds HANDFULS OF HOPE INC
  • Who funds SELFLESSSERVICE INC
  • Who funds PARISH RESOURCE CENTER INC
  • Who funds ADVOZ
  • Who funds KRATT BROTHERS CREATURE HERO SOCIETY
  • Who funds KEYSTONE THEATRICS
  • Who funds LEFT OUT ORGANIZATION PROGRAM INC
  • Who funds AMIRACLE4SURE INC
  • Who funds CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC

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.

Lancaster County Community FoundationPA21.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · High Foundation · Eden Bridge Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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.

04Through Plinth

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How do I get to United Service Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to United Service Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 67 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $524k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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