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Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency at a glance

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Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency

Promote the washington county pa tourism industry.

$406k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.0MRecreation & Sports$338kCommunity Improvement$296kFood & Nutrition$130kEnvironment$63kHealth$55kHuman Services$51kPublic Benefit$49kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 25 grants below total $385,002, the rows itemized in this filing. The $406,423 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $21,421 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $295k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,467
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEADOWCROFT ROCKSHELTER & HISTORIC$50,000
MARIANNA OUTDOORSMEN ASSOCIATION$31,750
BRADFORD HOUSE HISTORICAL$22,050
WEST ALEXANDER AGRICULTURAL ASSOC$20,000
WASHINGTON COUNTY CULTURAL TRUST$20,000
BOROUGH OF CANONSBURG$20,000
CITY OF WASHINGTON$19,500
WASHINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$18,735
LITTLE A TOWN ARENA$17,500
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON$15,375
SARRIS CANDIES$15,000
WASHINGTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR$15,000
GROUPE SEB$10,467
WASHINGTON FRONTIER LEAGUE BASEBALL$10,000
NORTH STRABANE TWP PARKS & REC$10,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $83k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FLIGHTFEST INC: $10k → 12%FLIGHTFEST INC: $7k → 12%FLIGHTFEST INC: $6k → 12%WASHINGTON COUNTY CULTURAL TRUST: $40k → 12%WASHINGTON COUNTY CULTURAL TRUST: $20k → 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 27 repeat orgs$339k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
17

Total granted

$1.7M
$286k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+28%

Still filing today

67%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • PS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY FAIRS
    6× · 2018–2025 · $160k · revenue ×16
  • WC
    WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $145k · revenue +177% · 30% of their budget
  • HS
    HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
    5× · 2017–2025 · $131k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • AB
    ALWAYS B SMILING INC
    one grant, 2023 · $55k · revenue -16%
  • CE
    CANONSBURG EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · 28% of their budget
  • CO
    CITY OF MONONGAHELA
    one grant, 2023 · $29k
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
Preservation of Williamsport Foundation Inc

Discover and preserve the historic resources throughout the city of williamsport, pa.

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2
Central Pennsylvania Tasting Trail

Promote tourism in Centre County PA

Community Improvement
3
Historical Society of Mount Lebanon

The historical society of mount lebanon serves and promotes the community by collecting, preserving, interpreting, and sharing its history in ways designed to inspire our present and guide our future.

Arts & Culture
4
Wasco Co Historical Museum
Arts & Culture
5
Anderson Twp Historical Society Inc
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6
Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce

Promote civic, commercial, recreational, historical, environmental and general interest in the ligonier valley of westmoreland county pennsylvania

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7
Washington County Historical Association

Museum

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8
Johnstown Historical Society
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9
Muncy Historical Society & Museum of History

Preservation of history and heritage of muncy, pa

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10
Biglerville Hist & Preserv Society

To preserve historical records.

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11
Mount Vernon Preservation Society
Arts & Culture
12
Tour-Ed Mine & Museum
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Washington County Agricultural Fair Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Pike Trail Council. 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

30 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. 30 of the 47 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM INC: $196,013 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM INCBRADFORD HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $112,356 · OtherBRADFORD HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONWASHINGTON FRONTIER LEAGUE BASEBALL: $53,302 · OtherWASHINGTON FRONTIER LEAGUE BASEBALLHOLLYWOOD CASINO AT THE MEADOWS: $51,427 · OtherHOLLYWOOD CASINO AT THE MEADOWSSARRIS CANDIES: $50,000 · OtherSARRIS CANDIESFamily Festivals Association Inc: $43,610 · OtherNORTH STRABANE TWP PARKS & REC: $40,600 · OtherCANONSBURG EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 · OtherCITY OF MONONGAHELA: $29,221 · Other+17 more: $257,107 · Other+17 moreWASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $144,505 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON COUNTY HISTO…HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $130,766 · Arts & CultureHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF W…Washington Symphonic Orchestra Inc: $80,125 · Arts & CultureWashington Symphonic Or…Little Lake Theatre Company: $74,444 · Arts & CultureLittle Lake Theatre Com…PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY FAIRS: $160,250 · Community ImprovementPENNSYLVANIA STATE A…CITY OF WASHINGTON CITYWIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $87,765 · Community ImprovementCITY OF WASHINGTON C…WASHINGTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR INC: $48,463 · Community ImprovementWASHINGTON COUNTY AG…MCDONALD AREA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $34,200 · Community ImprovementMCDONALD AREA REDEVE…Claysville Area Preservation and Revitalization Initiative: $15,000 · Community Improvement+2 more: $15,000 · Community ImprovementMARIANNA OUTDOORSMEN ASSN INC: $84,250 · Recreation & SportsMARIANNA OUT…WORLD SERIES TOURNAMENT INC: $49,518 · Recreation & SportsWORLD SERIES…MONTOUR TRAIL COUNCIL: $34,549 · Recreation & SportsMONTOUR TRAI…AQUATORIUM INNOVATIONS INC: $31,596 · Recreation & SportsAQUATORIUM I…NATIONAL ROAD HERITAGE CORRIDOR: $9,522 · Recreation & SportsCHARLEROI COMMUNITY PARK FUND: $9,090 · Recreation & SportsWASHINGTON COUNTY CULTURAL TRUST: $60,000 · Human ServicesFlightfest Inc: $23,425 · Human ServicesALWAYS B SMILING INC: $54,961 · HealthNational Pike Trail Council: $20,000 · Environment
Other$873,636Arts & Culture$429,840Community Improvement$360,678Recreation & Sports$218,525Human Services$83,425Health$54,961Environment$20,000

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 budgetPENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM INC: $196,013 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY FAIRS: $160,250 over 6y, 15% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $144,505 over 5y, 30% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $130,766 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBRADFORD HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $112,356 over 9y, 8.6% of budgetCITY OF WASHINGTON CITYWIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $87,765 over 5y, 74% of budgetMARIANNA OUTDOORSMEN ASSN INC: $84,250 over 3y, 11% of budgetWashington Symphonic Orchestra Inc: $80,125 over 7y, 13% of budgetLittle Lake Theatre Company: $74,444 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetALWAYS B SMILING INC: $54,961 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetWORLD SERIES TOURNAMENT INC: $49,518 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR INC: $48,463 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCANONSBURG EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetMONTOUR TRAIL COUNCIL: $34,549 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMCDONALD AREA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $34,200 over 2y, 26% of budgetAQUATORIUM INNOVATIONS INC: $31,596 over 3y, 39% of budgetFlightfest Inc: $23,425 over 3y, 16% of budgetNATIONAL DUNCAN GLASS SOCIETY INC: $20,412 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetLittle A Town Arena LLC: $17,500 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetClaysville Area Preservation and Revitalization Initiative: $15,000 over 1y, 74% of budgetMT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $12,684 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetMON VALLEY ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ROAD HERITAGE CORRIDOR: $9,522 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMONONGAHELA AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY INC: $9,250 over 1y, 14% of budgetBurgettstown Area Community Development Corp: $9,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetWASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE: $8,129 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Canonsburg Chamber of Commerce Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 6.7% 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 PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY FAIRS ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds BRADFORD HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF WASHINGTON CITYWIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MARIANNA OUTDOORSMEN ASSN INC ↗
  • Who funds Washington Symphonic Orchestra Inc ↗
  • Who funds Little Lake Theatre Company ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON COUNTY CULTURAL TRUST ↗
  • Who funds ALWAYS B SMILING INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD SERIES TOURNAMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR INC ↗
  • Who funds CANONSBURG EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTOUR TRAIL COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds MCDONALD AREA REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds AQUATORIUM INNOVATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Flightfest Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DUNCAN GLASS SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds National Pike Trail Council ↗
  • Who funds Little A Town Arena LLC ↗
  • Who funds Claysville Area Preservation and Revitalization Initiative ↗
  • Who funds MT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds MON VALLEY ALLIANCE ↗

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.

Washington County Com…Eqt FoundationPennsylvania Humaniti…Richard King Mellon F…Nisource Charitable F…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Washington County Community FoundationPA40.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Washington County Community Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Pennsylvania Humanities Council · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency?

    Find your warmest path to Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency 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 47 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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