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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 it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 36 grants below total $354,800, the rows itemized in this filing. The $525,450 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $170,650 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized 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
Kansas State University$25,000
LGBT Center of Central Pennsylvania$25,000
Eastern Mennonite Missions$15,000
Selfless Service$15,000
World Help Foundation$15,000
Commonwealth Foundation$10,000
Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference$10,000
Keystone Theatrics$10,000
Bull City Athletic Association$10,000
American Friends Service Committee$10,000
Rebuilding Broken Places Comm. Dev. Corp.$8,000
Urban Ministries of Wake County$8,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$794k · 23 repeat orgs$375k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
28

Total granted

$794k
$243k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+10%

Still filing today

61%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $132k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementInternationalReligionOther
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

  • RJ
    RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY
    3× · 2020–2023 · $55k · revenue +454%
  • ST
    SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $53k · revenue +67%
  • CH
    CAMP HEBRON INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $50k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • T
    Timoteo
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • PS
    PAXTON STREET HOME BENEVOLENT SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +28%
  • MM
    MENNONITE MISSION NETWORK
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
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.

03Its 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
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.

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is AMIRACLE4SURE Inc; 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.
03the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 65 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/38
Grantees still filing
25/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $133,500 · OtherKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYCenter for Justice and Peacebuilding: $63,376 · OtherCenter for Justice and PeacebuildingMennonite Central Committee: $56,000 · OtherMennonite Central CommitteeTimoteo: $50,000 · OtherTimoteoCAMP HEBRON INC: $50,000 · OtherCAMP HEBRON INCEastern Mennonite Missions: $45,000 · OtherEastern Mennonite MissionsEverence Foundation: $38,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE: $32,000 · Other+32 more: $291,800 · Other+32 moreSOMEONE TO TELL IT TO INC: $53,000 · Human ServicesSOMEONE TO TEL…PAXTON STREET HOME BENEVOLENT SOCIETY: $25,000 · Human ServicesPAXTON STREET …JUBILEE HOME: $17,200 · Human ServicesJUBILEE HOMESELFLESSSERVICE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesSELFLESSSERVIC…AMIRACLE4SURE INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesAMIRACLE4SURE …NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesNORTH CAROLINA…URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesURBAN MINISTRI…THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $5,500 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR RURAL STRATEGIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesBODY WISDOM INC: $67,500 · Arts & CultureKEYSTONE THEATRICS: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureRESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY: $55,000 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $5,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $1,000 · Community ImprovementNEW HOLLAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $28,000 · EducationSHALOM PROJECT: $5,800 · EducationLEFT OUT ORGANIZATION PROGRAM INC: $5,000 · EducationMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationPARISH RESOURCE CENTER INC: $24,000 · ReligionCROSSNET MINISTRIES: $15,000 · ReligionHANDFULS OF HOPE INC: $16,000 · InternationalCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $16,000 · InternationalWE HELP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $5,000 · International
Other$759,676Human Services$149,700Arts & Culture$79,500Community Improvement$61,000Education$43,800Religion$39,000International$37,000

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 budgetBODY WISDOM INC: $67,500 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetRESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY: $55,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSOMEONE TO TELL IT TO INC: $53,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetCAMP HEBRON INC: $50,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetNEW HOLLAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $28,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetPAXTON STREET HOME BENEVOLENT SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPARISH RESOURCE CENTER INC: $24,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetADVOZ: $22,000 over 3y, 56% of budgetJUBILEE HOME: $17,200 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetHANDFULS OF HOPE INC: $16,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSELFLESSSERVICE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCROSSNET MINISTRIES: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAMIRACLE4SURE INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHALOM PROJECT: $5,800 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWE HELP CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetBRETHREN HOUSING ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLANCASTER MENNONITE CONFERENCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR RURAL STRATEGIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT SIDE OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATI: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget1 FOR THE PLANET INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLANCASTER HEALTH CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKRATT BROTHERS CREATURE HERO SOCIETY: $3,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCENTER FOR ART HUMOR & SOUL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 BODY WISDOM INC ↗
  • Who funds RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR OAKLAND YOUTH RJOY ↗
  • Who funds SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP HEBRON INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW HOLLAND EARLY LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PAXTON STREET HOME BENEVOLENT SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PARISH RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVOZ ↗
  • Who funds JUBILEE HOME ↗
  • Who funds HANDFULS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds SELFLESSSERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSNET MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds AMIRACLE4SURE INC ↗
  • Who funds KEYSTONE THEATRICS ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT LEVEL COMMUNITY HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗

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.

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

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.
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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 65 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.

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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