Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC
NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,899,235 to it, the largest being THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ($898,884). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What North Hills Community Outreach Inc does
Mission
North hills community outreach (nhco) is an organization addressing the needs of people in crisis, hardship and poverty in 50 communities in allegheny county, pa.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Basic needs - nhco provided 23,066 services that assisted 4,290 families who experienced hardship, crisis, or poverty. The top two reasons people sought help at nhco this year were for hunger and general financial hardship. 1548 families received food from one of three nhco food pantries; including produce harvested from nhco's organic garden; 329 households received utility financial assistance to prevent shut offs or restore service and 727 received help with applying for utility grant programs; 201 households received housing assistance including rent & security deposit. Nhco's sharing projects are community sharing programs, items are donated by caring individuals and groups and then distributed to people in need: 162 families received utility credits through sharing winter warmth; 516 children received a winter coat; 607 families received a complete thanksgiving dinner; 826 children received new toys, games and other gifts for the holidays; 787 children received new backpacks and school supplies; 433 households received personal care products; and 430 families received spring cleaning products.
$1,502,283 spentof which $875,690 as grants$260,039 earned by the program63% of program spendingOlder adults - 418 older adults received 3,521 volunteer caregiving services including one on one rides, friendly visits, and home safety checks. 139 older adults took 8,711 rides on nhco's free rides for seniors shuttles.
$353,853 spentof which $7,386 as grants$73,926 earned by the program15% of program spendingSelf-sufficiency - nhco self-sufficiency assists households to stabilize or move to self-sufficiency when ready. 23 households enrolled in case management to get assist towards self-defined self-sufficiency goals; 122 people received transportation assistance including car repairs, insurance payments, bus passes, gas cards, ride sharing fees and aaa memberships; 713 individuals received tax preparation services; 56 individuals received a 30 minute legal consultation through nhco's ask the attorney program and 2 individuals received a one year legalshield membership; 15 adult students received educational assistance grants to continue their post-secondary education.
$511,421 spentof which $132,773 as grants$12,366 earned by the program22% of program spendingVolunteer services - 784 volunteers provided service to neighbors in need.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,367,557.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.6M to $2.2M (+40%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 6% · 2019 7% · 2020 7% · 2021 20% · 2022 12% · 2023 12% · 2024 14% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Scott Shaffer
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $329k → $536k.
15 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
83% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 27% · 2019 39% · 2020 26% · 2021 35% · 2022 21% · 2023 25% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
53% of NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
52% of NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.9M that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- St Pauls United Methodist Church · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC?
- NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,899,235 to it, the largest being THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ($898,884). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $3,899,235 in grants to NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC?
- THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA is the largest funder on record, with $898,884 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC 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.
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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 62 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. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing