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Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 25-6755515. Reported 129 grants totalling $3,311,457 to 51 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$17,500median grant
$3,311,457granted, 2021-2024
51organizations funded
81%of grantees funded again the next year
$20.8Massets, 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. Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation 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 $17,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $12,500 and $30,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $120,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$5,000 - $10,000
11 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
67 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
34 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
12 grants
$100,000 and Up
5 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
Sierra Buttes Trail StewardshipQuincy, CA$330,000332024
Coral Restoration Foundation IncKey Largo, FL$302,000442024
Community Support NetworkSanta Rosa, CA$150,000442024
Chanda Plan FoundationLakewood, CO$140,000442024
Florida Research Institute for Equine Nurturing Development & Safety IncFt Lauderdale, FL$135,000332024
International Medical CorpsPasadena, CA$130,000332024
Safe and SoundSan Francisco, CA$125,000442024
The Wild Animal SanctuaryKeenesburg, CO$120,000442024
Living Room Center IncSanta Rosa, CA$115,000332024
World Central Kitchen IncWashington, DC$110,000332024
Lighthouse of Broward CountyFort Lauderdale, FL$95,000442024
Star Kids Scholarship ProgramMiddletown, RI$95,000442024
Society of St Vincent De Paul Sonoma CountyRohnert Park, CA$95,000332023
Sierra Services for the BlindNevada City, CA$80,000112024
Clark County Food BankVancouver, WA$72,500442024
NeuabilityDenver, CO$72,500332023
Auburn Interfaith Food ClosetAuburn, CA$67,500442024
Food Finders Food Bank IncLafayette, IN$67,500442024
Palm Beach County Food BankLantana, FL$67,500442024
Redwood Empire Food BankSanta Rosa, CA$67,500442024
National AviaryPittsburgh, PA$65,000442024
Nested Integral Coaching ConstellationRedondo Beach, CA$60,000222024
Home Builders FoundationEnglewood, CO$55,000332024
PlaygroundBerkeley, CA$55,000332024
Buckelew ProgramsNovato, CA$50,000442024
Warrior Educational Films IncAuburn, CA$50,000112024
Center for Music By People With DisabilitiesMissoula, MT$47,500332024
FriendsFort Lauderdale, FL$45,000112023
Simply the BasicsSan Francisco, CA$45,000332023
Food OutreachSt Louis, MO$42,500332023
The Ann Arbor Women's GroupAnn Arbor, MI$38,000442024
Sonoma Family MealPetaluma, CA$35,000332024
Human Rights of AdvocatesMinneapolis, MN$30,000112022
Support Our StudentsSanta Rosa, CA$30,000112022
Verity - Compassion Safety Support a California CorpSanta Rosa, CA$30,000332024
St Louis Area FoodbankBridgeton Mo, MO$25,000222024
Inquiring Systems IncSanta Rosa, CA$20,000222024
Police Activities LeagueVancouver, WA$20,000112021
Headwaters Science InstituteSoda Springs, CA$17,500222024
Earth Island InstituteBerkley, CA$15,000112024
Team RubiconLos Angeles, CA$15,000112024
Bay Area Community CcounselingAnnapolis, MD$12,500222024
Place of Hope IncPalm Beach Gardens, FL$12,500112021
Center for Music By People With DisabilitiesMissoula, MN$12,000112021
Maverick Robotics Boosters IncLafayette, IN$10,000112024
Reuse AllianceDayton, OH$10,000112021
St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN$6,457112021
PBS FoundationArlington, VA$5,500112024
Dentists on WheelsPittsburg, CA$5,000112023
La Familia SanaCloverdale, CA$5,000112024
The Place of HopeEdmonds, WA$5,000112022

34 of 51 (67%) 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 81%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 77 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Food & Nutrition
15 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Animal Welfare
8 grants
Education
8 grants
Environment
8 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202128$818,457$20,000
202232$920,000$25,000
202332$742,000$15,000
202437$831,000$15,000

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. 48% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$1.6M
Florida
$657K
Colorado
$388K
District of Columbia
$110K
Washington
$98K
Rhode Island
$95K
Indiana
$78K
Missouri
$68K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $17,500. 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 California.
  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 Negley Flinn Charitable Foundation'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 25-6755515 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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