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THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH
THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $534,513 to it, the largest being BNY MELLON FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWESTERN PA ($175,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,883 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,883 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Benter Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Nashared funderslocalportfolio match
- Fisa Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
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.
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: 2020 5% · 2021 12% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $35k.
1 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $88k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest University of Pittsburgh). These are real filings, and they are not money THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH raised.
From the IRS filings of THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 80% · 2020 93% · 2021 34% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — 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
17% of THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% 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
90% of THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 stateis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 10 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Benter Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchPA · backs 65 organizations that share your funders · funds 83 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Nashared funderslocalportfolio matchPA · backs 109 organizations that share your funders · funds 147 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Fisa Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchPA · backs 72 organizations that share your funders · funds 118 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Neighborhood Allies Inclocalportfolio matchPA · funds 114 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Forbes Fundslocalportfolio matchPA · funds 103 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Pennsylvania Cdfi Networkportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lloyd Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Byham Charitable Foundation Attn Helen Spalaris Foundation Managerportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jumpstart Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Grable Foundationshared funderslocalPA · backs 177 organizations that share your funders · funds 285 organizations near you
- McAuley Ministriesshared funderslocalPA · backs 61 organizations that share your funders · funds 119 organizations near you
- Arts Equity & Education Fundshared fundersPA · backs 39 organizations that share your funders
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $189 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $189
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH?
- THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $534,513 to it, the largest being BNY MELLON FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWESTERN PA ($175,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $534,513 in grants to THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH?
- BNY MELLON FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWESTERN PA is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER D/B/A VIBRANT PITTSBURGH 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 10funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing