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Armstrong County Community Foundation

The foundation develops, manages and distributes charitable funding to meet existing and changing community needs.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$113k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$1.1MEducation$780kHealth$252kPublic Safety & Disaster$178kArts & Culture$135kReligion$107kHousing & Shelter$92kAnimals$71kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $616,109, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,137,342 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $521,233 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $367k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $202k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$112,556
RICHARD G SNYDER YMCA$89,933
LUTHERAN SENIOR LIFE FOUNDATION$40,000
EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION INC$37,158
ARMSTRONG COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM$31,681
ARMSTRONG SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATIO$26,100
HAVIN$24,096
HOSE CO NO 6 KITTANNING$22,895
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$18,751
GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$17,668
FORD CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY$17,090
ARTS ON THE ALLEGHENY$15,525
SUGARCREEK TOWNSHIP VFD$15,000
WORTHINGTON-WEST FRANKLIN VFD$15,000
VISION TO LEARN$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RICHARD G SNYDER YMCA: $207k → 13%RICHARD G SNYDER YMCA: $142k → 13%RICHARD G SNYDER YMCA: $138k → 13%RICHARD G SNYDER YMCA: $129k → 13%RICHARD G SNYDER YMCA: $98k → 13%RICHARD G SNYDER YMCA: $90k → 13%RICHARD G SNYDER YMCA: $88k → 13%HAVIN: $32k → 13%HAVIN: $26k → 13%HAVIN: $24k → 13%ARMSTRONG COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION A: $23k → 13%HAVIN: $11k → 13%HAVIN: $11k → 13%ARMSTRONG COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION A: $10k → 13%COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $10k → 13%HAVIN: $10k → 13%ARMSTRONG COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION A: $9k → 13%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $8k → 13%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $7k → 13%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $6k → 13%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $6k → 13%ARMSTRONG COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION A: $5k → 13%HAVIN: $5k → 13%ARMSTRONG COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $5k → 13%FAMILY ACTS: $8k → 13%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 24 repeat orgs$463k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
26

Total granted

$2.5M
$289k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+15%

Still filing today

71%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $174k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthPublic Safety & DisasterHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TT
    The Trinity Christian School Non-Profit Corporation
    6× · 2019–2024 · $423k · revenue +32%
  • EA
    EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $177k · revenue +326%
  • AC
    ARMSTRONG COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $120k · revenue +66% · 48% of their budget

Funded once

  • PC
    PENN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    one grant, 2019 · $24k · revenue -48%
  • AH
    Armstrong Health & Education Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · $21k · revenue -62%
  • HK
    HIS KIDS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2019 · $18k
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.

04Its 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
Adamstown Area Library

The mission of the adamstown library is to maintain and improve the quality of life in our community by providing access to cultural, intellectual, and informational resources and programs to promote life-long learning for all ages. the…

Education
2
North Penn Volunteer Fire Company

To provide protection and emergency medical services to residents of north wales borough, lower gwynedd township, upper gwynedd township and surrounding communities.

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3
Palmerton Area Library Association

Operate a public library

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4
Lancaster Township Fire Department

The mission of the lancaster township fire department is to serve the community by protecting lives,property and the environment in a safe, efficient and professional manner. the fire department is responsible for extinguishing fires, fire…

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Arnoldsburg Volunteer Fire Department

Provide firefighter services for Arnoldsburg and surrounding communties

Public Safety & Disaster
6
Lower Burrell Vol Fire #3

To provide fire and ambulance (and other emergency support) for emergency calls for the City of Lower Burrell, PA which has approximately 14,000 residents.

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7
Valley Community Library

Public lending library

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8
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital

Acmh is committed to improving the emotional and physical health of its patients through superior clinical care and the compassionate management of illness and disability.

Health
9
Alum Bank Community Fire Company

Provided Fire & Rescue Services to Alum Bank, PA and surrounding area.

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Penryn Fire Company 1 Inc

Volunteer fire company

Public Safety & Disaster
11
Pittsburg Volunteer Fire Department

Provide fire protection for over 100 members

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12
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company

Provide volunteer fire protection to derry township, dauphin county, pennsylvania.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Armstrong County Community Action Agency; the most unlike its peers is Family Acts Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 61 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
26/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RICHARD G SNYDER YMCA: $892,906 · Human ServicesRICHARD G SNYDER YMCAHELPING ALL VICTIMS IN NEED INC: $119,486 · Human ServicesHELPING ALL VICTIMS IN NEED INCARMSTRONG COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $63,385 · Human ServicesARMSTRONG COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY+2 more: $35,400 · Human ServicesFord City Public Library: $88,135 · OtherFord City Public LibraryNORTH AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH: $70,000 · OtherNORTH AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHUR…THE GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH OF WEST KITTANNING: $62,610 · OtherTHE GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH OF…UNION FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $28,000 · OtherORPHANS OF THE STORM INC: $44,856 · OtherORPHANS OF THE STORM INCPROGRESSIVE WORKSHOP OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY INC: $40,538 · OtherPROGRESSIVE WORKSHOP OF ARMS…LUTHERAN SENIORLIFE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherLUTHERAN SENIORLIFE FOUNDATI…+29 more: $370,361 · Other+29 moreThe Trinity Christian School Non-Profit Corporation: $422,557 · EducationThe Trinity Christi…Armstrong School District Foundation: $26,100 · Education+6 more: $62,073 · Education+6 moreEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $177,483 · HealthEYE AND E…Armstrong Health & Education Foundation: $20,750 · HealthArmstrong…Butler County Association for the Blind: $16,250 · HealthButler Co…VISION TO LEARN: $15,000 · HealthVISION TO…LOWER KISKI AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $15,000 · HealthLOWER KIS…WORTHINGTON WEST FRANKLIN VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT: $47,500 · Public Safety & DisasterSUGARCREEK TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO: $47,500 · Public Safety & DisasterHOSE COMPANY 1 OF FORD CITY PA: $21,720 · Public Safety & DisasterSOUTH BUFFALO TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $7,000 · Public Safety & DisasterARMSTRONG COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $119,730 · Arts & CulturePARKER PERSONAL CARE INC: $64,633 · Housing & ShelterArmstrong Habitat for Humanity Inc: $27,546 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$1,111,177Other$744,500Education$510,730Health$244,483Public Safety & Disaster$123,720Arts & Culture$119,730Housing & Shelter$92,179

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 budgetRICHARD G SNYDER YMCA: $892,906 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetThe Trinity Christian School Non-Profit Corporation: $422,557 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $177,483 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetARMSTRONG COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $119,730 over 3y, 48% of budgetHELPING ALL VICTIMS IN NEED INC: $119,486 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetFord City Public Library: $88,135 over 7y, 18% of budgetPARKER PERSONAL CARE INC: $64,633 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetARMSTRONG COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $63,385 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWORTHINGTON WEST FRANKLIN VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT: $47,500 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetSUGARCREEK TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE CO: $47,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetORPHANS OF THE STORM INC: $44,856 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetPROGRESSIVE WORKSHOP OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY INC: $40,538 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLUTHERAN SENIORLIFE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $27,900 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArmstrong Habitat for Humanity Inc: $27,546 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetArmstrong School District Foundation: $26,100 over 1y, 40% of budgetPENN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $23,977 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHose Co 6 Kittanning: $22,895 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHOSE COMPANY 1 OF FORD CITY PA: $21,720 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetArmstrong Health & Education Foundation: $20,750 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPORTERSVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $16,926 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFORT ARMSTRONG HORSEMENS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $16,475 over 2y, 11% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $16,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetButler County Association for the Blind: $16,250 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOWER KISKI AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetALLEGHENY COLLEGE: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR BETTER LIBRARIES: $7,522 over 1y, 31% of budgetFAMILY ACTS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLIFE CHOICES INC: $7,413 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $7,075 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $5,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArmstrong Center for Community Learning: $5,059 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

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.

Snyder Charitable Fou…The Pittsburgh Founda…Elmer & Annabelle Sny…The Sedwick Charitabl…The United Way of Sou…Aetna Foundation IncFidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Snyder Charitable Foundation David E Snyder TrusteePA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Snyder Charitable Foundation David E Snyder Trustee · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Elmer & Annabelle Snyder Foundation Mark a Snyder Co-Trustee · The Sedwick Charitable Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Aetna Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Armstrong County Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Armstrong County Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Armstrong County Community Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Armstrong County Community Foundation 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 61 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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