FundersPennsylvania

Clarence S & Margaret F Fugh Fdn

Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 25-6062524. Reported 117 grants totalling $649,744 to 59 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,000median grant
$649,744granted, 2021-2024
59organizations funded
65%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,058,358assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Clarence S & Margaret F Fugh Fdn did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $40,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
64 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
35 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
15 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Shaler Area School DistrictGlenshaw, PA$90,000442024
Borough of SharpsburgSharpsburg, PA$44,500222022
Etna Community OrganizationPittsburgh, PA$37,500442024
Southern Allegheny Valley EmsPittsburgh, PA$35,000222024
Etna Volunteer Fire DepartmentPittsburgh, PA$32,500332024
Etna BoroughPittsburgh, PA$32,000112022
Borough of AspinwallAspinwall, PA$22,500222022
Second HarvestPittsburgh, PA$22,500442024
Camp Guyasuta - Boy Scouts of AmericaSharpsburg, PA$20,000442024
Addiction Recovery MinistrySharpsburg, PA$18,000442024
Etna Police DepartmentPittsburgh, PA$17,500332024
Etna Senior CitizensPitttsburgh, PA$17,500332024
Sharpsburg Community LibrarySharpsburg, PA$15,122442024
Bread of Life Food PantryEtna, PA$15,000332023
Aspinwall Police DepartmentPittsburgh, PA$12,500222024
Etna Economic DevelopmentPittsburgh, PA$12,500332024
Sharpsburg Borough PolicePittsburgh, PA$12,500222024
Boys and Girls Clubs of Western PaPittsburgh, PA$10,000112021
Society of St Vincent DepaulWaukesha, WI$10,000222024
Aspinwall Meals on WheelsBlawnox, PA$9,000332024
Etna Neighborhood AssociationPittsburgh, PA$8,500332024
Sharpsburg Historical SocietySharpsburg, PA$8,000332024
Danielle Horne C/O Pnc BankPittsburgh, PA$7,500222023
Etna Borough Athletic ClubPittsburgh, PA$7,500332024
Jordyn Helgert C/O Pnc BankPittsburgh, PA$7,500332023
Riley Nist C/O Pnc BankPittsburgh, PA$7,500332023
Sophie Pilarski C/O Pnc BankPittsburgh, PA$7,500332023
Sharpsburg Recreation CenterPittsburgh, PA$7,500332024
Etna Borough Community GardenPittsburgh, PA$6,000222023
Ashton Schutzman C/O Pnc BankPittsburgh, PA$5,000222023
Bread of Life Food PantrySummersville, WV$5,000112024
Cheyenne Turner C/O Pnc BankPittsburgh Pa, MP$5,000222022
Emily Ben C/O Pnc BankPittsburgh, PA$5,000222022
Etna Borough Deck HockeyPittsburgh, PA$5,000222023
Grace Ritter C/O Pnc BankPittsburgh, PA$5,000222022
Roots of FaithSharpsburg, PA$5,000112023
Sharpsburg Neighborhood OrganizationSharpsburg, PA$5,000112021
Sharpsburg Rec CenterSharpsburg, PA$5,000112021
Fox Families CarePittsburgh, PA$4,500222024
Sharpsburg Youth BaseballSharsburg, PA$4,000112021
Alyssa Mattheis C/O Pnc BankPittsburgh, PA$2,500112021
Arizona State Univ Fbo Alyssa MattheisTempe, AZ$2,500112024
Carnegie Mellon Univ Fbo Ashton SchutzmanPittsburgh, PA$2,500112024
Cheyenne Turner C/O Pnc BankPittsburgh, PA$2,500112023
Community College of Allegheny County Fbo Anna JablonowskiPittsburgh, PA$2,500112024
Fox Chapel CrewPittsburgh, PA$2,500112021
Indiana Univ of Pennslvania Fbo Riley NistIndiana, PA$2,500112024
Julia Kust C/O Pnc BankPittsburgh, PA$2,500112021
Rochester Institute of Tech Fbo Sophie PilarskiRochester, NY$2,500112024
Society of St Vincent DepaulPittsburgh, PA$2,500112022
Univ of Valley Forge Fbo Danielle HornePhoenixville, PA$2,500112024
Etnamillvale LibraryPittsburgh, PA$2,122112021
Rochester Institute of Tech Fbo Andrew WagnerRochester, PA$2,000112024
Univ of Colorado Boulder Fbo Sydney SchutzmanBoulder, CO$2,000112024
Univ of MD College of Pharmacy Fbo Molly BenBaltimore, MD$2,000112024
Univ of Nc Wilmington Fbo Mackenzie BenWilmington, NC$2,000112024
William and Mary Fbo Katherine HaasWilliamsburg, VA$2,000112024
Allegheny Rivertrail ParkPittsburgh, PA$1,500112021
Christ the Divine Teacher CatholicAspinwall, PA$1,500112021

33 of 59 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 65%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 28 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
8 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Crime & Legal
4 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
3 grants
Community Improvement
3 grants
Recreation & Sports
1 grant
Youth Development
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202135$160,744$2,500
202220$174,000$3,750
202330$159,000$3,500
202432$156,000$2,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Pennsylvania
$617K
Wisconsin
$10K
West Virginia
$5K
Mp
$5K
Arizona
$2K
New York
$2K
Virginia
$2K
North Carolina
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Clarence S & Margaret F Fugh Fdn's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 500 First Ave P7-Pfsc-03-Z, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 25-6062524 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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