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Vernon C Neal & Alvina B Neal Fund at a glance

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Vernon C Neal & Alvina B Neal Fund

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.

$10k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$32kEducation$30kHuman Services$24kAnimals$23kPublic Benefit$9kFood & Nutrition$7kYouth Development$7kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$9,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANGEL RIDGE ANIMAL RESCUE INC$9,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $1.9M → 12%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $113k → 12%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $100k → 12%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $84k → 12%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $76k → 12%ANGEL RIDGE ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$67k · 8 repeat orgs$94k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
37

Total granted

$67k
$94k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+37%

Still filing today

63%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’22’24
Human ServicesAnimalsEducationHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • BH
    BROWNSON HOUSE INC
    2× · 2019–2022 · $18k · revenue +24%
  • AR
    Angel Ridge Animal Rescue Inc
    3× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +149%
  • SETON HILL UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2019–2022 · $6k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • CM
    City Mission
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
  • CM
    City Mission of Washington
    one grant, 2019 · $9k
  • WA
    WASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue +68%
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.

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Desales University

Desales is a catholic, salesian university that inspires transformative learning through the liberal arts and professional studies by energizing students to be who they are and be that well.

Education
2
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit

Duquesne serves god by serving students-through commitment to excellence in liberal and professional education, through profound concern for moral and spiritual values, through the maintenance of an ecumenical atmosphere open to diversity,…

Education
3
Alvernia University

Alvernia university is a catholic comprehensive university with a liberal arts foundation founded by the bernardine franciscan sisters in 1958. see continuation on schedule o.

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4
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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5
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
6
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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7
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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8
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pgh

Catholic charities serves to not only meet the immediate needs of the vulnerable within our communities but to provide solutions that embrace a path to stability for those we are privileged to serve. catholic charities is the primary…

Human Services
9
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
10
Wrc Pennsylvania Memorial Home

Wrc pennsylvania memorial home's mission is to provide choices for generations. built on a not-for-profit foundation of caring, the organization offers residential and personal care, home and community-based services, skilled and…

Health
11
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
12
Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery

See schedule o.power's mission is to help women reclaim their lives from addiction and related emotional health issues and improve the well-being of future generations. we provide a range of gender-responsive, trauma-informed drug and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sisters Place Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

15 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. 15 of the 45 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOLY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $11,750 · OtherHOLY FAMILY FOUNDATIONCity Mission: $11,500 · OtherCity MissionCongregation of Sisters of St.Joseph: $10,000 · OtherCongregation of Sisters of St.JosephCity Mission of Washington: $9,000 · OtherCity Mission of WashingtonGreater Washington Co. Food Bank: $5,500 · OtherGreater Washington Co. Food BankCongregation of the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace: $5,000 · OtherSisters of Notre Dame de Namur: $5,000 · Other+26 more: $44,250 · Other+26 moreAngel Ridge Animal Rescue Inc: $12,500 · AnimalsAngel Ridge An…WASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $8,000 · AnimalsWASHINGTON ARE…BROWNSON HOUSE INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesBROWNSON HOUS…DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF CUMBERLAND & PERRY COUNTIES: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesSETON HILL UNIVERSITY: $5,500 · EducationLA ROCHE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationPITTSBURGH MUSICAL THEATER: $3,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Diabetes Association: $2,000 · HealthST ANNE HOME: $1,000 · HealthSISTERS PLACE INC: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterMCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$102,000Animals$20,500Human Services$18,750Education$10,500Arts & Culture$3,000Health$3,000Housing & Shelter$2,000Philanthropy$500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBROWNSON HOUSE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetAngel Ridge Animal Rescue Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetHOLY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $11,750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $8,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSETON HILL UNIVERSITY: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSISTERS PLACE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST ANNE HOME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF CUMBERLAND & PERRY COUNTIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFUNCTIONAL LITERACY MINISTRY OF HAITI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMCGUIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISIS CENTER NORTH INC: $250 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.

  • Who funds BROWNSON HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Angel Ridge Animal Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOLY FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SETON HILL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LA ROCHE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PITTSBURGH MUSICAL THEATER ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds SISTERS PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Angels Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST ANNE HOME ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF CUMBERLAND & PERRY COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds FUNCTIONAL LITERACY MINISTRY OF HAITI ↗

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 Pittsburgh Founda…Centimark FoundationAj and Sigismunda Pal…Edward B Dunlap Jr Fo…The United Way of Sou…Snee-Reinhardt Charit…The Jack Buncher Foun…Eqt FoundationThe Cigna Group Found…Baird Foundation IncThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA22.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Centimark Foundation · Aj and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust · Edward B Dunlap Jr Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · Eqt Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Vernon C Neal & Alvina B Neal Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vernon C Neal & Alvina B Neal Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 45 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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