Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,685,346

Total expenses

$4,639,246

Contributions and grants received

$3,612,543

Grants paid

$3,626,427

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,072,803

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$52,755,999

Total liabilities, end of year

$460,222

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$52,295,777

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,182,190

Management and general expenses

$281,962

Fundraising expenses

$175,094

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,182,190

Program services were 90.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• GRANT-MAKING THE FOUNDATION OPERATES A DIVERSE GRANTS PROGRAM ORGANIZED IN EIGHT FUNDING AREAS OF ANIMAL WELFARE, ARTS & HUMANITIES, COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CONSERVATION & ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATION, HEALTH & FITNESS, HUMAN NEEDS, AND RELIGION & FAITH. ALTOGETHER, 272 NONPROFITS PROVIDING CHARITABLE SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY WERE SUPPORTED IN 2023.A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF GRANTS ARE AWARDED FOR CAPACITY-BUILDING, WHICH IS DEFINED AS ANY ACTIVITY THAT INCREASES THE NONPROFIT'S OPERATIONAL, PROGRAMMATIC, FINANCIAL, OR ORGANIZATIONAL MATURITY. FOUNDATION DONORS WITH DONOR ADVISED FUNDS HAVE ALSO EMBRACED THE CONCEPT OF CAPACITY-BUILDING GRANT-MAKING. IN 2023, 49 CAPACITY-BUILDING GRANTS RANGING FROM $5,000 TO $60,000 AND TOTALING $700,000 WERE ISSUED. FINANCIAL PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, AND DATA MANAGEMENT ARE FUNDING PRIORITIES, BUT GRANTS ARE ALSO ISSUED FOR FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, PROGRAM EXPANSION AND TECHNOLOGY.

  Expenses $1,969,147 · Grants $1,691,265

• COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP THE FOUNDATION WORKS TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS COMMUNITY ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO SERVES AS A LEADER AND CONVENER. FOR YEARS WE HAVE HOSTED FREE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS FOR LOCAL NONPROFITS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS IMPACTING THE SECTOR. WHILE WE HAD BEEN PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF THOSE SESSIONS, WE KNEW THAT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WAS NEEDED. IN RESPONSE WE DEVELOPED THE COMMUNITY PILLARS PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES IN-DEPTH EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS ON SIX BROAD TOPICS OF MISSION, STRATEGY & EVALUATION; GOVERNANCE & LEADERSHIP; LEGAL COMPLIANCE & ETHICS; FINANCE & OPERATIONS; FUNDRAISING & RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; AND PUBLIC AWARENESS & ADVOCACY. THE PILLARS PROGRAM WAS MODELED AFTER AN ACCREDITATION TOOL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, A LEADING AUTHORITY ON NONPROFIT GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT. THE INAUGURAL PILLARS CLASS CONVENED IN THE FALL OF 2023 AND A NEW CLASS WILL BE CONVENED EACH YEAR. IN 2023, WE ALSO LAUNCHED THE COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT WEBSITE AS OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, CHOOSING A WEB-BASED FORMAT SO THAT THE INFORMATION GLEANED FROM OUR RESEARCH, FOCUS GROUPS AND ANNUAL SURVEY, WOULD BE CONTINUOUSLY ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ALSO INCLUDED A COMPONENT THAT IS NOT COMMON WITH OTHER NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, THE ABILITY FOR NONPROFITS TO IDENTIFY THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. THE RESULT IS A CENTRALIZED LOCATION TO LEARN ABOUT BROAD COMMUNITY NEEDS, AS WELL AS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF MORE THAN 100 NONPROFITS PROVIDING VALUABLE SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR DONORS HAVE QUICKLY EMBRACED THIS NEW TOOL AND HAVE DIRECTED MORE THAN $100,000 IN GRANTS FROM DONOR ADVISED FUNDS TO NEEDS IDENTIFIED ON THE COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT WEBSITE. ANNUALLY, THE FOUNDATION HOSTS AN ANNUAL GIVING EVENT, WCCF GIVES, WHICH IS CONDUCTED OVER SEVERAL MONTHS. THE COMMUNITY GIVING BEGINS ON JUNE 1 WITH CHECK CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONCLUDES ON A DESIGNATED DAY IN SEPTEMBER, WHEN CREDIT CARD CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ALSO ACCEPTED FROM 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. VIA A DEDICATED WEBSITE. THE WCCF DOES NOT CHARGE ANY FEES TO THE CHARITIES OR TO THE DONORS TO FACILITATE WCCF GIVES, AND ANNUALLY SECURES A BONUS POOL TO ENCOURAGE GIVING. CUMULATIVELY, CLOSE TO $12,000,000 IN GRANTS HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH WCCF GIVES.

  Expenses $2,157,467 · Grants $1,935,162

• DONOR SERVICES THE FOUNDATION ACCEPTS AND ADMINISTERS A DIVERSITY OF GIFT AND FUND TYPES TO MEET THE VARIED PHILANTHROPIC OBJECTIVES OF OUR DONORS AND THE NEEDS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. WE WORK TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE DONORS IN IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING COMMUNITY ISSUES AND GRANT-MAKING OPPORTUNITIES. AS DETAILED ABOVE, WE CREATED THE COMMUNITY SNAPSHOT WEBSITE, WHICH SERVES TO EDUCATE DONORS ABOUT COMMUNITY NEEDS. DONORS MAY ALSO LEARN ABOUT LOCAL CHARITIES THROUGH OUR PRIMARY WEBSITE, WHICH FEATURES A SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF MORE THAN 100 REGISTERED 501(C)(3) LOCAL CHARITIES PROVIDING SERVICES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.

  Expenses $55,576

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• WASHINGTON CITY MISSION

  $508,843

  PROGRAM

• CASA FOR KIDS

  $165,123

  PROGRAM

• PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM

  $115,605

  PROGRAM

• LEMOYNE COMMUNITY CENTER

  $111,881

  PROGRAM

• NATIONAL DUNCAN GLASS SOCIETY

  $88,688

  PROGRAM

• PENNSYLVANIA ELKS MAJOR PROJECTS

  $88,478

  PROGRAM

• WASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY

  $84,558

  PROGRAM

• SETON-LASALLE HIGH SCHOOL

  $65,000

  PROGRAM

• THE BROWNSON HOUSE

  $59,759

  PROGRAM

• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

  $59,413

  PROGRAM

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

10 July 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202401929349300805

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