Pennsylvania · Public charity
1889 Foundation Inc
To support innovative programs and initiatives that improve and transform the overall health and wellness of our region.
- $4.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $4.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $52,340
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations 1889 Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $828k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 28 | $4.0M | 18% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $3.9M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $3.6M | 48% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $3.6M | 35% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $1.8M | 54% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $3.0M | 31% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $3.2M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $2.9M | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson University | $6,362,048 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc | $4,759,485 | 9 | 39% |
| Center for Population Health | $2,583,406 | 3 | 79% |
| Greater Johnstown Community YMCA | $2,549,997 | 5 | 50% |
| Hosanna Industries Inc | $2,000,000 | 4 | 42% |
| The Bottleworks Inc Ethnic Arts Center | $1,215,000 | 4 | 68% |
| Hyndman Area Health Center | $995,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Dlp Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center | $838,258 | 9 | n/a |
| The Learning Lamp Inc | $786,313 | 4 | 3% |
| Richland School District | $574,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 70 grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($767k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
1889 Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown · United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc · Lee Initiatives Inc · David a Glosser Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Concurrent Technologies Corporation · Ctc Foundation · The Jacob Fend Foundation · Riggs Family Foundation · McKinney Charitable Foundation · Highmark Foundation
How this is measured
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About 1889 Foundation Inc
- How much does 1889 Foundation Inc give?
- 1889 Foundation Inc reported 29 itemized grants totaling $3,988,842, out of $4,229,695 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does 1889 Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (63%), Housing & Shelter (9%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are 1889 Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Thomas Jefferson University ($6.4M), United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc ($4.8M), Center for Population Health ($2.6M).
- Does 1889 Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as 1889 Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown, United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc, Lee Initiatives Inc.
- Where is 1889 Foundation Inc based?
- 1889 Foundation Inc is based in PA.
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