· Private foundation
Afr Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k16 grants · $61k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $107k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CAMP HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $107,000 |
| CLEVE J FREDRICKSEN LIBRARY | $10,000 |
| DOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD | $10,000 |
| CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| LB SMITH ESTATE FOUNDATION INC | $10,000 |
| BETHESDA MISSION | $7,500 |
| CAMP CURTAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $6,000 |
| SUSQUEHANNA ART MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| CAMP HILL FIRE CO 1 | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF WEST SHORE THEATRE | $5,000 |
| THE COMMUNITY CHECK CENTER | $5,000 |
| HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA | $5,000 |
| HOMELAND HOSPICE | $3,000 |
| HARRISBURG CORAL SOCIETY | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CPCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +59%
- CJCLEVE J FREDRICKSEN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +9%
- LBL B SMITH ESTATE FOUNDATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +26%
Funded once
- HAHarrisburg Area Riverboat Socione grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -81%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $10k
- BMBERKS MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUMgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +118%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.
To collect, preserve & publish the history & historical data relative to lehigh county for the education of the general public
To preserve and promote the history of cambria county through its museum collections, library and archives
Our mission is to advocate for stewardship of Harrisburg architectural heritage and promote economic development that respects our cultural legacy
The chambersburg hospital is a regional non-profit health care organization committed to the improvement of the health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.
Penn state health hampden medical center's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate and culturally responsive and equitable…
Through disciplined preparation and thoughtful development of their repertoire, the harrisburg singers strive to enrich their listeners with experiences they will long remember and look forward to enjoying again. since 1984, the harrisburg…
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 38 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds CLEVE J FREDRICKSEN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds L B SMITH ESTATE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds Harrisburg Area Riverboat Soci ↗
- Who funds Open Stage of Harrisburg ↗
- Who funds HOMELAND CENTER ↗
- Who funds SUSQUEHANNA ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds WEST SHORE MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds THE ELEGANCE AT HERSHEY ↗
- Who funds ART ASSOCIATION OF HARRISBURG ↗
- Who funds BERKS MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds THE LION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF HARRISBURG AREA INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds DAUPHIN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY ↗
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: Hall Foundation · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · United Way of the Capital Region · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · Alexander and Jane Boyd Ta Foundation · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · The S Wilson and Grace M Pollock Foundation · McInroy-Sheffer People Trust Ta · Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Afr Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Afr Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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