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Usher 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
166
Grants FY2024
146
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
119 to 146
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
25
Total assets, FY2024
$6.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Usher Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $254k 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 ServicesReligionHealthEducationCivil RightsCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving163$1.0M35%
FY2023146$961k27%
FY2022139$935k38%
FY2021119$1.7M45%
FY2020122$1.2Mn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$1.9MHuman Services$877kCrime & Legal$558kRecreation & Sports$356kEducation$345kYouth Development$345kHealth$273kInternational$244kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Prison Fellowship Ministries$500,00011%
The Blessing Board$385,170522%
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod$199,0004n/a
Family Guidance Inc$197,500516%
Hosanna House Inc$180,00042%
Pittsburgh Kids Foundation Inc$117,00051%
Pastoral Leadership Institute$100,00042%
Light of Life Ministries Inc$100,00050%
Pine Valley Bible Conference$85,00034%
South East Asia Prayer Center$80,00041%
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All grantees of Usher Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Prison Fellowship Ministries$500,00011%
The Blessing Board$385,170522%
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod$199,0004n/a
Family Guidance Inc$197,500516%
Hosanna House Inc$180,00042%
Pittsburgh Kids Foundation Inc$117,00051%
Pastoral Leadership Institute$100,00042%
Light of Life Ministries Inc$100,00050%
Pine Valley Bible Conference$85,00034%
South East Asia Prayer Center$80,00041%
James Connection$75,0005n/a
David Horowitz Freedom Center$70,00030%
Imani Christian Academy$63,00041%
Conservative Partnership Institute$55,00050%
Impact Africa Inc$50,00051%
Seneca Hills Bible Conference$50,00032%
Grove City College$50,00020%
Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots US$46,00051%
Ligonier Camp & Conference Center$40,00021%
One by One Leadership Foundation Inc$40,00045%
Coalition for Christian Outreach$40,00020%
Christ Church$37,5001n/a
National Legal and Policy Center$35,00040%
Adams Quest$31,000516%
Cr Jrs Chip$30,00021%
Inheritance of Hope Inc$30,00031%
First Descents$30,00030%
Bible League$25,0005n/a
Tree of Hope Inc$24,0003n/a
Crosspointe Church$21,8004n/a
Pittsburgh Symphony Inc$21,00030%
Food for the Poor Inc$20,00040%
Cornerstone$20,0001n/a
Redeemer Lutheran School$20,00021%
Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry Inc$20,00021%
Alliance Defending Freedom$20,00040%
Pregnancy Care Centers Dba Network of Life$18,00040%
Ryan Shazier Fund for Spinal Rehabilitation$15,00011%
Joni and Friends$15,00030%
Project Veritas$15,00030%
Friends of the Americas$14,00051%
Compassion International Incorporated$13,0005n/a
Break the Mold Inc$12,0002n/a
Angels Place Inc$10,50021%
Pittsburgh Urban Christian School$10,00050%
Community Living and Support Services Inc$10,00010%
Judicial Watch Inc$10,00040%
American Spectator Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Oxenreiter Foundation$10,000116%
Equip India Inc$10,00016%
Samaritan's Purse$10,00010%
Extra Mile Education Foundation$10,00050%
Penn Christian Academy$10,00050%
Cnn$10,0002n/a
Woodlands Foundation Inc$9,50030%
Partners for Quality Foundation$9,05231%
Allegheny Center Christian and Missionary Alliance Church$8,0001n/a
Overland Missions Inc$7,00040%
412 Thrive$7,0002n/a
The Colson Center for Christian Worldview$6,00050%
Hebron United Presbyterian Church$5,2691n/a
Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania Inc$5,00020%
The Fairness Center Inc$5,00010%
Open Doors Inc$5,00011%
The Children's Institute of Pittsburgh$5,00030%
Liberty Youth Ranch Inc$5,00050%
Pittsburgh Experiment$5,00051%
Concordia Theological Seminary$5,0001n/a
Cleaning For A Reason$5,0001n/a
Miracle League of Manasota Inc$5,00018%
Urban Impact Foundation$5,00010%
Faith & Gratitude Inc$5,00052%
Fellowship International Mission$5,0001n/a
Variety the Childrens Charity$5,00010%
Bible Study Fellowship$5,00010%
Birthright of Pittsburgh$4,50051%
Partners for Quality Inc$4,43410%
Creation Ministries International (Us) Inc$4,20040%
National House of Hope Inc$4,20043%
Central Catholic High School Inc$4,0751n/a
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation$3,50010%
America First Legal Foundation$3,00030%
Fellowship of Christians in Universities and Schools Inc$3,00030%
Mountain States Legal Foundation$2,60050%
Glade Run Lutheran Services$2,00010%
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund$2,00020%
First Liberty Institute$2,00010%
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Mario Lemieux Foundation$2,00020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,00010%
The Center for American Liberty$2,00040%
Christian Record Services Inc$2,00010%
Little Sisters of the Poor$1,90055%
The Heartland Institute$1,40040%
We Raise Foundation$1,30050%
Paws for Purple Hearts$1,30040%
Public Interest Legal Foundation$1,30030%
The Rutherford Institute$1,20050%
National Center for Police Defense Inc$1,00020%
Shared Hope International$1,00010%
Summit Ministries Inc$1,00020%
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$1,00010%
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$1,00050%
Amigos Ministries of Swfl Inc$1,00010%
The Human Life Foundation Inc$1,00050%
Freedom Center Foundation$1,00010%
F O C U S Inc$1,0001n/a
Visability$1,00010%
Saint Vincent College$1,00010%
Global Media Outreach$1,00050%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Co2 Coalition$1,00020%
Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty$9003n/a
Lower Valley Ambulance Service$80040%
Population Research Institute Inc$80020%
Alice Lloyd College$80040%
Computer Reach$80040%
Immokalee Pregnancy Center Inc$80040%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$80040%
Ashland University$60030%
Golden PAWS Assistance Dogs Inc$60030%
Liberty Counsel Inc$6003n/a
Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc$60030%
Answers in Genesis Inc$60030%
Accuracy in Media Inc$50030%
Museum of the Bible$50030%
Garden Club of Oakmont$50031%
Accuracy in Academia Inc$50030%
Moms for America Inc$40020%
American Family Association Inc$40020%
Gospel Revival Ministries Inc$40020%
Florida Sheriffs Association Inc$40020%
St Anthony Charitable Foundation$4002n/a
Jubilee Association Inc$30020%
March for Life Education & Defense Fund$30020%
Sidewalk Advocates for Life$30020%
Gun Owners Foundation$25010%
Capital Research Center$25010%
Move a Mountain Missions$25010%
The Daily Caller News Foundation$20020%
March for Life Action$20010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$20010%
Live Action$20010%
Lutheran Diaconal Association Inc$20010%
Jesusonline Ministries$20020%
Stand in the Gap Foundation$2001n/a
Sat-7 North America$20010%
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc$20010%
The Childrens Scholarship Fund$20010%
The Fund for American Studies$20010%
Reform America$20010%
Patrick Henry College$20010%
Paws of War Inc$20010%
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc$20010%
Life Legal Defense Foundation$20010%
Women's Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh$20020%
Sheep Inc Health Care Center$2001n/a
Oakmont Holiday Light Campaign$1001n/a
#Walkaway Foundation$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 166 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Usher Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPrison Fellowship Ministries: $500,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Blessing Board: $385,170 over 5y, 22% of budgetFamily Guidance Inc: $197,500 over 5y, 16% of budgetHosanna House Inc: $180,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetPittsburgh Kids Foundation Inc: $117,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetPastoral Leadership Institute: $100,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetLight of Life Ministries Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPine Valley Bible Conference: $85,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetSouth East Asia Prayer Center: $80,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetDavid Horowitz Freedom Center: $70,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetImani Christian Academy: $63,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetImpact Africa Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSeneca Hills Bible Conference: $50,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetGrove City College: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots US: $46,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLigonier Camp & Conference Center: $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetOne by One Leadership Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetCoalition for Christian Outreach: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNational Legal and Policy Center: $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAdams Quest: $31,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetCr Jrs Chip: $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetInheritance of Hope Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFirst Descents: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPittsburgh Symphony Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRedeemer Lutheran School: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAnchorpoint Counseling Ministry Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAlliance Defending Freedom: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPregnancy Care Centers Dba Network of Life: $18,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRyan Shazier Fund for Spinal Rehabilitation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJoni and Friends: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProject Veritas: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Americas: $14,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAngels Place Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPittsburgh Urban Christian School: $10,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Living and Support Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Spectator Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOxenreiter Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetEquip India Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetExtra Mile Education Foundation: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPenn Christian Academy: $10,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWoodlands Foundation Inc: $9,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPartners for Quality Foundation: $9,052 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetOverland Missions Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 135.

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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.

The United Way of Southwestern PennsylvaniaPA51.5× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · Donors Trust Inc · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Allegheny Foundation · Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation · Equitrans Midstream Foundation · Upmc Group · Brooks Foundation · Massey Charitable Trust

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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How do I get to Usher Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Usher Family Foundation 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.

About Usher Family Foundation

How much does Usher Family Foundation give?
Usher Family Foundation reported 166 grants totaling $1,023,136 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 119 and 146 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Usher Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Human Services (15%), Crime & Legal (10%).
Who are Usher Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Prison Fellowship Ministries ($500k), The Blessing Board ($385k), Lutheran Church Missouri Synod ($199k).
Does Usher Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Usher Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Usher Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust.
Where is Usher Family Foundation based?
Usher Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 329 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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