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Allentown First Aid Squad Inc

Emergency Services

$538k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$102k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 20 grants below total $439,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $537,743 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $98,243 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $280k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $152k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$236k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Allentown Police Dept Trust Fund$102,000
Allentown Lions Club Foundation$50,000
Allentown United Methodist Church$40,000
Hope Fire Company No 1$30,000
Notonmywatch$25,000
Delaware Valley Radio Associatioin$20,000
Restoring Hearts Ministries of Trenton$20,000
Deborah Hospital Foundation$20,000
Hamilton Area YMCA$20,000
PEI Kids$15,000
Operation K9 Beethoven$10,000
Healing Warriors of New Jersey$10,000
Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey$10,000
SAVE - A Friend to Homeless Animals$10,000
Marty's Place Senior Dog Sanctuary Inc$10,000
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%The Arc Mercer County: $10k → 11%Hamilton Area YMCA: $20k → 11%Hamilton Area YMCA: $8k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

1
Hunterdon Humane Animal Shelter Inc
Animals
2
Easel Animal Rescue League Inc

Our mission is to reduce the number of unwanted dogs, cats and horses euthanized in mercer county, new jersey, through the power of collaborative coalitions and community alliances, while working to reduce the practice of euthanasia…

Animals
3
Wag On Inn Rescue

A group of dedicated volunteers, mostly located in Monmouth County, NJ. We are focused on rehoming dogs and cats of all ages and sizes. ur dogs come from shelters in the local area and the south, owner surrenders in the area, and from…

Animals
4
No Paw Left Behind Animal Rescue a Nj Nonprofit Corporation

Save dogs and cats from kill shelter get them the medical care spay neuter they need and find them forever homes through Adoption

Human Services
5
Nj Animal Advocacy Alliance

The mission of the nj animal advocacy alliance is to protect the welfare of all homeless animals by reducing the number of homeless animals, offering low cost spay and neuter clinics, raising awareness and educating our youth.

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6
Voorhees Animal Orphanage Inc

The Voorhees Animal Orphanage ("VAO") is a 501-c-3 non-profit Municipal Animal Shelter dedicated to providing shelter, food and medical care to stray and unwanted animals until permanent homes can be found. We are an open-intake shelter…

Animals
7
Grateful Paws

Grateful Paws NJ is a non-profit organization devoted to rescuing stray and abandoned animals throughout New Jersey, providing medical care and helping them to find new homes.

Animals
8
Almost Home Dog Rescue of Nj Inc

The mission of almost home dog rescue of nj is to care for and place abandoned and abused dogs into caring homes.

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9
Petpals of Southern New Jersey Inc

To provide assistancve in caring for the companion animals of people living with terminal or chronic illnesses as well as financially needy senior citizens.

Community Improvement
10
New Pawsibilities of Nj

New Pawsibilities cat rescue is a 501c3 dedicated to saving at-risk abandoned or surrendered cats. We will provide loving care vetting and foster care to any cats we take into our rescue. We promise to only intake the amount of animals…

Animals
11
Nj South Hills Pet Rescue Inc

Rescuing and adopting dogs and cats and Spay and Neuter Education

Animals
12
Shetland Sheepdog Placement Services of Nj Inc

Shetland sheepdog placement.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of New Jersey Inc; the most unlike its peers is Allentown Public Library Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 24 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
4/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Allentown Police Dept Trust Fund: $102,000 · OtherAllentown Police Dept Trust FundALLENTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $40,000 · OtherALLENTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCHHOPE FIRE COMPANY NO 1 INC: $30,000 · OtherHOPE FIRE COMPANY NO 1 INCNotonmywatch: $25,000 · OtherNotonmywatchFAITH TO FAVOR INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $25,000 · OtherFAITH TO FAVOR INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIESRESTORING HEARTS MINISTRIES OF TRENTON INC: $20,000 · OtherRESTORING HEARTS MINISTRIES OF TRENTON INCDELAWARE VALLEY RADIO ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · OtherDELAWARE VALLEY RADIO ASSOCIATIONALLENTOWN HIGH SCHOOL REDBIRD BAND BOOSTERS: $15,000 · Other+3 more: $25,500 · Other+3 moreALLENTOWN LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyALLENTOWN LIO…FIGHTING HARD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFIGHTING HARD…OPERATION K9 BEETHOVEN A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 · AnimalsOPERATION…Pet Rescue of Mercer Inc: $10,000 · AnimalsPet Rescu…SAVE A FRIEND TO HOMELESS ANIMALS: $10,000 · AnimalsSAVE A FR…MARTY'S PLACE SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY: $10,000 · AnimalsMARTY'S P…HAMILTON AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $28,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARCMERCER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesDEBORAH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC: $10,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS NEW JERSEY INC: $7,000 · HealthPREVENTION EDUCATION INC: $15,000 · Crime & LegalCAREGIVER VOLUNTEERS OF CENTRAL JERSEY- A FAITH IN ACTION PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · Environment
Other$302,500Philanthropy$60,000Animals$40,000Human Services$38,000Health$37,000Crime & Legal$15,000Environment$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALLENTOWN LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetHAMILTON AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $28,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPREVENTION EDUCATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ARCMERCER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION K9 BEETHOVEN A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetPet Rescue of Mercer Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIGHTING HARD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetSAVE A FRIEND TO HOMELESS ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEASTER SEALS NEW JERSEY INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Allentown First Aid Squad Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allentown First Aid Squad Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Easter Seals New Jersey Inc: 28% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Allentown First Aid Squad Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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