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Upmc Pinnacle Foundation

Through charitable giving, the UPMC PINNACLE FOUNDATION supports community benefit and education programs, needs of our hospitals, and provides resources that improve access and the quality of care throughout upmc pinnacle.

$9.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$4.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$39MEducation$100kHousing & Shelter$50kPublic Benefit$30kFood & Nutrition$25kHuman Services$15kRecreation & Sports$12kPhilanthropy$10k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $9,397,185, the rows itemized in this filing. The $9,614,861 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $217,676 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $97k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $145k
  • $250k+3 grants · $9.1M
$30,470
Median grant
2
States reached
$151M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PINNACLE HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES$4,339,544
UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS$4,129,507
UPMC PINNACLE$679,567
UPMC CARLISLE$95,271
LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE$50,000
CUMBERLAND COUNTY OF PA$30,470
QUANTUM IMAGING AND THERAPEUTIC ASSOCIATION$27,345
ANDREW S CRIMMEL$15,131
PARTNERSHIP FOR BETTER HEALTH$12,800
THE PEYTON WALKER FOUNDATION$11,050
CANCER BRIDGES$6,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Partnership for Better Health: $52k → 8%Hanover Apothocary Inc: $8k → 9%Lancaster LGBTQ Coalition: $10k → 9%CANCER BRIDGES: $7k → 11%Lebanon Valley College: $50k → 11%Veterans Outreach of Pennsylvania: $30k → 12%PARTNERSHIP FOR BETTER HEALTH: $13k → 8%AK Beatz LLC: $10k → 9%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $50k → 11%CUMBERLAND COUNTY OF PA: $30k → 12%Safe Harbour Inc: $10k → 8%ANDREW S CRIMMEL: $15k → 12%THE PEYTON WALKER FOUNDATION: $11k → 8%CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $25k → 12%United Way of the Capital Region: $10k → 8%Alder Health Services: $20k → 12%Tricounty Regional Planning Commission: $12k → 12%Community Check up Center of South Harrisburg: $10k → 12%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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39M · 5 repeat orgs$336k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
11

Total granted

$39M
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+27%

Still filing today

100%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $186k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyEducationPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • PH
    PINNACLE HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES
    6× · 2018–2024 · $24M · revenue +424%
  • UP
    UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $13M · revenue +72%
  • UP
    UPMC PINNACLE
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • VO
    VETERANS OUTREACH OF PENNSYLVANIA
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -57%
  • CP
    CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANKgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +27%
  • AH
    ALDER HEALTH SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -18%
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
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono

Our mission is who we are and what we do: to provide world class care close to home. our vision is what we aim for to best serve our community: to build a healthier community.

Health
2
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
3
Sadler Health Center Corporation

To advance the health of our community by providing inclusive, high quality and compassionate care.

Health
4
Pocono Health System

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.

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5
Chambersburg Hospital

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.

Health
6
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to 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 research.

Health
7
Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals

Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.

Health
8
Upmc Carlisle

Upmc carlisle's mission is to serve the community by providing access to outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health care system through clinical and technological innovation, research and education.

Health
9
Lehigh Valley Physician Group

Establish and maintain a medical group consisting of clinicians employed by lehigh valley health network. this medical group will fulfill the charitable mission of promoting community health through health education, injury prevention, and…

Health
10
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton

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.

Health
11
The Good Samaritan Hospital of Lebanon Pennsylvania

The good samaritan hospital is a tax-exempt organization dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate healthcare that improves the overall health of the community.

Health
12
Highlands Hospital

Highlands hospital is committed to providing health care to the community in a competent, nurturing and healing environment. our staff will provide support in times of crisis and furnish the resources necessary to promote a healthy…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lancaster Lgbtq Center; the most unlike its peers is Community Check Up Center of S. 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 22 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PINNACLE HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES: $24,289,438 · HealthPINNACLE HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICESUPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS: $12,762,373 · HealthUPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALSUPMC PINNACLE: $1,585,029 · Health+6 more: $202,237 · HealthCOUNTY OF CUMBERLAND: $30,470 · OtherQUANTUM IMAGING AND THERAPEUTIC ASSOCIAT: $27,345 · OtherANDREW S CRIMMEL: $15,131 · OtherTricounty Regional Planning Commission: $11,700 · OtherSTUDIO 117: $10,000 · OtherTHE LANCASTER LGBTQ CENTER: $10,000 · OtherHanover Apothocary Inc: $7,881 · OtherLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $100,000 · EducationVETERANS OUTREACH OF PENNSYLVANIA: $30,000 · Public BenefitCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $25,000 · Food & NutritionPEYTON WALKER FOUNDATION: $11,050 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $10,000 · PhilanthropySAFE HARBOUR INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Health$38,839,077Other$112,527Education$100,000Public Benefit$30,000Food & Nutrition$25,000Philanthropy$21,050Housing & Shelter$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPINNACLE HEALTH MEDICAL SERVICES: $24,289,438 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetUPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS: $12,762,373 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUPMC PINNACLE: $1,585,029 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUPMC CARLISLE: $95,271 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR BETTER HEALTH: $64,933 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetVETERANS OUTREACH OF PENNSYLVANIA: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALDER HEALTH SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPEYTON WALKER FOUNDATION: $11,050 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSAFE HARBOUR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Check Up Center of S: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCANCER BRIDGES: $6,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUPMC HANOVER: $5,533 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.

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.

Upmc GroupUnited Way of the Cap…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Upmc GroupPA15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Upmc Group · United Way of the Capital Region · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Upmc Pinnacle Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Upmc Pinnacle Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 22 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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