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William F & Lynn D Gauss Fdn at a glance

· Private foundation

William F & Lynn D Gauss Fdn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$280k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$46k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$511kFood & Nutrition$423kHuman Services$318kEducation$290kYouth Development$237kReligion$136kArts & Culture$105kCommunity Improvement$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $260k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Duke University Health System$45,500
WATTS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST$30,000
DIVINE GRACE PARISH$29,950
UPMC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$25,000
ST ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH$25,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION - WPA CHAP$20,000
SHEPHERDS TABLE SOUP KITCHEN$19,950
THE ALS ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN$15,000
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$15,000
Mars United Presbyterian Church$15,000
ELFINWILD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$10,000
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$10,000
SHALER NORTH HILLS LIBRARY$5,000
MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FND$5,000
Northland Public Library Foundation$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $195k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPICE OF PITTSBURGH: $15k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPICE OF PITTSBURGH: $5k → 9%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTGRIES INC: $10k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTGRIES INC: $10k → 11%THE WOODLANDS FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%YMCA: $25k → 11%YMCA: $25k → 11%YMCA: $25k → 11%CORAOPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $20k → 11%CORAOPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $20k → 11%CORAOPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $20k → 11%CORAOPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 32 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
10

Total granted

$2.1M
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+62%

Still filing today

53%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH
    6× · 2017–2022 · $185k · revenue +61%
  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $130k · revenue +5%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2025 · $115k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • CI
    CARNEGIE INSTITUTE MUSEUM ON THE MOVE
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • CI
    CARNEGIE INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +62%
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Waynesboro Hospital

Waynesboro hospital is a regional nonprofit healthcare organization committed to the improvement of the health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.

Health
3
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
4
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
5
Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc

Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.

Health
6
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health
7
Gettysburg Hospital

Gettysburg hospital is a tax-exempt organization dedicated to providing high quality health care services for the people who live, work, travel through, and vacation in adams county, pennsylvania and northern maryland.

Health
8
Wayne Memorial Hospital

It is the mission of wayne memorial hospital to provide quality healthcare with compassion, advocacy, respect, excellence, and service; to promote wellness in our community; and to be proactive in responding to our community's needs.

Health
9
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
10
Good Samaritan Physician Services

Good samaritan physician services' mission is improving the health of patients and our communities as a multi-specialty group, built on a foundation of primary care and prevention, and coordinated within a comprehensive system of care to…

Health
11
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital

Charles cole memorial hospital's (upmc cole) mission is to serve the surrounding rural communities by providing quality patient care and improving the quality of life for all patients.

Health
12
Caromont Health

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Hills Community Outreach Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

23 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. 23 of the 44 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH: $170,000 · OtherST ANN CATHOLIC CHURCHCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION - WPA CHAP: $145,000 · OtherCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION - WPA CHAPNORTH HILLS FOOD BANK: $118,113 · OtherNORTH HILLS FOOD BANKWATTS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST: $114,581 · OtherWATTS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTISTALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK: $90,000 · OtherALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORKIndividual grant recipient: $78,113 · OtherIndividual grant recipientELFINWILD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $60,000 · OtherGREATER PGH COMM FOOD BANK: $55,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TUSCARORA COUNCIL: $52,500 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICALAUREL HIGHLANDS: $50,000 · OtherSHALER NORTH HILLS LIBRARY: $50,000 · OtherMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FND: $45,000 · Other+16 more: $280,726 · Other+16 moreTHE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH: $185,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOME …CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $115,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL …DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $100,994 · HealthDUKE UNIVERSITY HEAL…+1 more: $10,000 · HealthCORAOPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $75,000 · Human ServicesCORAOPOLI…YMCA OF THE ROSES: $75,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF T…LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF …GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPICE OF PITTSBURGH: $20,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMA…+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $129,674 · EducationREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $20,000 · EducationWQED MULTIMEDIA: $60,000 · Arts & CultureCIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSHEPHERD'S TABLE SOUP KITCHEN INC: $79,950 · Food & NutritionFRIENDS OF HAITI: $15,000 · International
Other$1,309,033Health$410,994Human Services$195,000Education$149,674Arts & Culture$85,000Food & Nutrition$79,950International$15,000

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 budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH: $185,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $129,674 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH HILLS FOOD BANK: $118,113 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $115,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $100,994 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERD'S TABLE SOUP KITCHEN INC: $79,950 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetCORAOPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $75,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetYMCA OF THE ROSES: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWQED MULTIMEDIA: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TUSCARORA COUNCIL: $52,500 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetNORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPICE OF PITTSBURGH: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $15,638 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF HAITI: $15,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetCIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWOODLANDS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH HILLS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD'S TABLE SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds CORAOPOLIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF THE ROSES ↗
  • Who funds WQED MULTIMEDIA ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TUSCARORA COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds READING IS FUNDAMENTAL PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPICE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds NORTHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF HAITI ↗
  • Who funds CIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗

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…Eqt FoundationSnee-Reinhardt Charit…Howard & Nell E Mille…The Grable FoundationThe United Way of Sou…Pittsburgh Penguins F…Equitrans Midstream F…Richard King Mellon F…Hillman Family Founda…Baird Foundation IncAetna Foundation Inc
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA28.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Eqt Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · Howard & Nell E Miller Foundat · The Grable Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation · Equitrans Midstream Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Baird Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation 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 William F & Lynn D Gauss Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William F & Lynn D Gauss Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report 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.

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 44 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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The endowment market
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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