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William and Patricia Straccia at a glance

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William and Patricia Straccia

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$280k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$480kEducation$410kHousing & Shelter$235kHealth$180kHuman Services$90kYouth Development$70kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kCommunity Improvement$25k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST THOMAS MORE CHURCH$120,000
ALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$55,000
MERCY SCHOOL FOR SPECIAL LEARNING$25,000
CAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE$25,000
DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN$15,000
MARY CAMPBELL CENTER$10,000
CAMELOT FOR CHILDREN$10,000
DESALES UNIVERSITY$10,000
PEDIATRIC CANCER FDN OF THE LEHIGH VALLE$5,000
ST ROCCOS CHURCH$5,000
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 (FY18–25, $260k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MARY CAMPBELL CENTER: $10k → 10%MARYS SHELTER: $15k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $10k → 11%MARY CAMPBELL CENTER: $10k → 10%MARY CAMPBELL CENTER: $10k → 10%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $15k → 11%PINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS: $5k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $15k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $10k → 11%PINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS: $5k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $10k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $10k → 11%CAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE: $25k → 11%CAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE: $25k → 11%CAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE: $20k → 11%CAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE: $20k → 11%CAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE: $15k → 11%CAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE: $15k → 11%CAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE: $15k → 11%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 25 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
3

Total granted

$1.5M
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+9%

Still filing today

48%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CG
    CAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $135k · revenue +86%
  • DU
    DESALES UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $105k · revenue +34%
  • VY
    VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $70k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • MS
    MARY'S SHELTER
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +9%
  • ST
    ST THOMAS MORE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • PC
    PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE LEHIG
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Holy Redeemer Health System

As a catholic health system, rooted in the tradition of the sisters of the holy redeemer, we care, comfort and heal, following the example of jesus, proclaiming the hope god offers in the midst of human struggle.

Health
2
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
3
St Joseph's Health System Subordinate Group Return

We are committed to providing exceptional quality care which sustains and improves both individual and community health, with a special concern for those who are poor, vulnerable and underserved.

—
4
Philhaven

Philhaven promotes hope, healing and wholeness through the provision of behavioral resources.

Health
5
Reading Hospital

Website: www.towerhealth.org/locations/reading-hospital the mission of reading hospital is to provide compassionate, accessible, high-quality, cost-effective healthcare to the community; to promote health; to education healthcare…

Health
6
Highmark Health Group

Working as an integrated system within highmark health, employees at all of ahn's care sites, including hospitals, health + wellness pavilions, primary and specialty care offices and more, are committed to improving health and promoting…

—
7
St Luke's Health Network Inc

The mission of the organization is to provide compassionate, excellent quality and cost effective healthcare to the residents of the communities we serve regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin or ability to pay. the…

Health
8
Sacred Heart Hospital of Allentown

The mission of the organization is to provide compassionate, excellent quality and cost effective healthcare to the residents of the communities we serve regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin or ability to pay. the…

—
9
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
10
Bethesda Children's Home

Bethesda's vision is to fulfill the social, emotional, spiritual, and behavioral health needs of children, families, and individuals by providing an effective and efficient continuum of care in a quality focused environment.

Human Services
11
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

Strive to make better health easier by providing access to affordable, high quality health services through equitable, innovative, and inclusive care models that support patient care, education, research, & community service.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opportunity House; the most unlike its peers is Desales University. 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 29 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST THOMAS MORE CHURCH: $235,000 · OtherST THOMAS MORE CHURCHMERCY SPECIAL LEARNING CENTER INC: $150,000 · OtherMERCY SPECIAL LEARNING CENTER INCDIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN: $120,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF ALLENTOWNALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC: $85,000 · OtherALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLICALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $75,000 · OtherALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLMORAVIAN UNIVERSITY: $70,000 · OtherMORAVIAN UNIVERSITYSACRED HEART FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherMARY CAMPBELL CENTER: $35,000 · Other+9 more: $140,000 · Other+9 moreCAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE: $135,000 · Human ServicesCAY GALGON LIFE HOU…VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE …THE MARY CAMPBELL CENTER INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE MARY CAMPBELL C…MARY'S SHELTER: $15,000 · Human ServicesMARY'S SHELTERPINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS: $10,000 · Human ServicesDESALES UNIVERSITY: $105,000 · EducationLEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL: $70,000 · HealthST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PA: $20,000 · HealthNEW BETHANY: $10,000 · HealthPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $5,000 · HealthOPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterCAMELOT FOR CHILDREN: $30,000 · Youth Development
Other$950,000Human Services$260,000Education$105,000Health$105,000Housing & Shelter$70,000Youth Development$30,000

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 budgetCAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE: $135,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetDESALES UNIVERSITY: $105,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $70,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMORAVIAN UNIVERSITY: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCAMELOT FOR CHILDREN: $30,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetTHE MARY CAMPBELL CENTER INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW BETHANY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMARY'S SHELTER: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEW BETHANY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 CAY GALGON LIFE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds DESALES UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SACRED HEART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMELOT FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE MARY CAMPBELL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PA ↗
  • Who funds NEW BETHANY INC ↗
  • Who funds MARY'S SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds NEW BETHANY ↗
  • Who funds PINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS ↗
  • Who funds PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY ↗

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.

United Way of the Gre…The Topper FoundationLehigh Valley Communi…Air Products Foundati…Ppl FoundationMd Lieberman Foundati…The Arangio Family Fo…Salvaggio Family Foun…Harry C Trexler EstateLeona Gruber Charitab…Faith in Families Fou…The Lehigh Gas Founda…
United Way of the Greater Lehigh ValleyPA28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · The Topper Foundation · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Md Lieberman Foundation · The Arangio Family Foundation · Salvaggio Family Foundation · Harry C Trexler Estate · Leona Gruber Charitable Trust · Faith in Families Foundation · The Lehigh Gas 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 William and Patricia Straccia funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William and Patricia Straccia. 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Mary Campbell Center Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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

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How do I get to William and Patricia Straccia?

Find your warmest path to William and Patricia Straccia 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 29 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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