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GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION

GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $604,095 to it, the largest being GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION ($429,095). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$23k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$604k
Net assets
$28k
2/2 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($248k) Expenses 100 ($275k) Net assets 100 ($17k)2018 Revenue 198 ($490k) Expenses 159 ($438k) Net assets 402 ($70k)2019 Revenue 80 ($197k) Expenses 78 ($215k) Net assets 300 ($52k)2020 Revenue 72 ($179k) Expenses 68 ($187k) Net assets 255 ($44k)2021 Revenue 25 ($61k) Expenses 17 ($46k) Net assets 339 ($59k)2022 Revenue 22 ($54k) Expenses 17 ($47k) Net assets 380 ($66k)2023 Revenue 33 ($83k) Expenses 24 ($65k) Net assets 483 ($84k)2024 Revenue 25 ($61k) Expenses 23 ($64k) Net assets 462 ($80k)2025 Revenue 9 ($23k) Expenses 28 ($76k) Net assets 159 ($28k)
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Revenue (9)Expenses (28)Net assets (159)Peer revenue range

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,526 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$27k
’17
$52k
’18
−$18k
’19
−$8k
’20
$15k
’21
$7k
’22
$18k
’23
−$2k
’24
−$52k
’25
2.6
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $365k → $106k.

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

71%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 53% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

100% of GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’22
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION's revenue fell 91% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−226% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−26% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,403 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
93%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Greater Pittsburgh Automobile Dealers Association · exempt
  • Greater Pittsburgh Automobile Dealers Association Services Inc · corp_trust

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION?
GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $604,095 to it, the largest being GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION ($429,095). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $604,095 in grants to GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION?
GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $429,095 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. What this page cannot tell you · view filing