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Ashland Foundation

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.

$180k
Granted FY2023
119
Grants FY2023
15
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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 2025.

Philanthropy$964kHealth$74kHuman Services$60kEducation$50kEnvironment$29kAnimals$29kReligion$29kArts & Culture$27kOther$0
02FY2023 · 119 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 119 grants below total $142,600, the rows itemized in this filing. The $180,200 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $37,600 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.
$500
Median grant
15
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Worship Center$7,500
Special Olympics PA$7,500
Service Dogs of Virginia, Inc$5,500
Bucknell University$5,000
Patriot Paws Service Dogs$5,000
UDS Service Dogs$5,000
Mennonite Disaster Service$5,000
Greystone Manor Therapeutic Riding Center$5,000
Shippensburg University Foundation$3,500
Pennsylvania Canine Search and Rescue$3,500
AAFP Foundation$3,000
Pet Pantry of Lancaster County$3,000
Factory Ministries$3,000
Calvary Church Preschool$3,000
Strasburg Community Parks Foundation$2,500
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$205k · 90 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

90 repeat relationships: 90 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

90
34

Total granted

$205k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+29%

Still filing today

59%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • SD
    SERVICE DOGS OF VIRGINIA INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $11k · revenue +118%
  • Bucknell University
    2× · 2020–2023 · $10k · revenue +28%
  • PP
    PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS
    2× · 2020–2023 · $10k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +28%
  • SP
    St. Phillip the Apostle Church
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • FF
    FORGOTTEN FRIEND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +51%
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.

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
Lancaster General Health Foundation

The lancaster general health foundation is organized and operated to benefit, perform the functions of, or carry out the purposes of members of the healthcare system of lancaster general health, a non-profit corporation described in…

Philanthropy
2
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
3
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
4
Lancaster General Health

Provides managerial and financial support to its controlled organizations and is also responsible for undertaking activities designed to advance the general health of the community.

Health
5
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry

The lancaster chamber of commerce & industry's mission is to create the environment, facilitate partnerships, and lead on issues that elevate business success. the chamber has 5 strategic priorities: public policy, workforce, business…

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6
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
7
Chambersburg Hospital

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.

Health
8
Lancaster Country Day School

The mission of lancaster country day school is to empower students to explore their passions, find purpose, and become the best versions of themselves.

Education
9
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
10
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
11
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.

Recreation & Sports
12
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mental Health America of Lancaster County; the most unlike its peers is Longwood Gardens 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

89 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. 89 of the 154 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/89
Grantees still filing
66/89
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WORSHIP CENTER INC: $8,000 · OtherWORSHIP CENTER INCSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $7,750 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INCCalvary Church Preschool: $6,500 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA CANINE SEARCH AND RESCUE INC: $5,500 · OtherUDS Service Dogs: $5,000 · OtherMennonite Disaster Service: $5,000 · OtherLANCASTER CITY POLICE FOUNDATION: $4,900 · Other+97 more: $99,225 · Other+97 moreSERVICE DOGS OF VIRGINIA INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesSERVICE DOGS OF VI…PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10,000 · Human ServicesPATRIOT PAWS SERVI…CONESTOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $4,300 · Human ServicesCONESTOGA VALLEY C…POWER PACKS PROJECT: $3,200 · Human ServicesPOWER PACKS PROJEC…CHOICES HEALTHCARE: $2,750 · Human ServicesCHOICES HEALTHCAREWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $2,200 · Human ServicesMILAGRO HOUSE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCASA OF LANCASTER AND LEBANON COUNTIES: $2,000 · Human ServicesMISSION OF MERCY INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesLANCASTER DAY CARE CENTER: $1,500 · Human Services+5 more: $3,050 · Human Services+5 moreLANCASTER COUNTY THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC D/B/A GREYSTONE MANOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $7,000 · HealthLANCASTER …AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN: $6,000 · HealthAMERICAN A…TRANSPLANT HOUSE: $4,000 · HealthTRANSPLANT…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'…MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $1,000 · HealthISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC: $1,000 · Health+7 more: $3,550 · Health+7 moreBucknell University: $10,000 · EducationBucknell …SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationSHIPPENSB…LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $2,250 · EducationLANCASTER…LANCASTER COUNTY CAREER & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationLANCASTER…+3 more: $1,050 · EducationWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $8,300 · EnvironmentTHE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $1,000 · Environment+3 more: $400 · EnvironmentPET PANTRY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $4,500 · AnimalsFORGOTTEN FRIEND INC: $2,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $2,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $1,800 · AnimalsCENTERVILLE PET RESCUE: $1,000 · AnimalsPENNSYLVANIA STATE ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM: $450 · Animals+1 more: $350 · AnimalsTHE FACTORY MINISTRIES: $5,250 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $500 · Youth Development
Other$141,875Human Services$43,000Health$24,550Education$21,300Environment$12,700Animals$12,100Youth Development$5,750

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 budgetSERVICE DOGS OF VIRGINIA INC: $10,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBucknell University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $8,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $7,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC D/B/A GREYSTONE MANOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $7,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS FDN: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FACTORY MINISTRIES: $5,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLANCASTER CITY POLICE FOUNDATION: $4,900 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION: $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPET PANTRY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCONESTOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $4,300 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTRANSPLANT HOUSE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVISIONCORPS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPOWER PACKS PROJECT: $3,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHOICES HEALTHCARE: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $2,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY CAREER & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSTRASBURG-HEISLER LIBRARY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILAGRO HOUSE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFORGOTTEN FRIEND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCASA OF LANCASTER AND LEBANON COUNTIES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE VOCATIONAL SERVICES: $1,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER DAY CARE CENTER: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN MEDICAL & DENTAL ASSOCIAT: $1,400 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIBLE2SCHOOL: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTERVILLE PET RESCUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASHLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL INC: $800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHI ST JOSEPH CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLONGWOOD GARDENS INC: $700 over 2y, 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.

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.

Lancaster County Comm…Clark Associates Char…The Steinman Foundati…High FoundationGooding Group Foundat…Willis and Elsie Shen…Ppl FoundationRichard S & Ann B Bar…United Way of Lancast…Touchstone Foundation…The Abigail L Longene…Universal Leaf Founda…
Lancaster County Community FoundationPA76.7× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · The Steinman Foundation · High Foundation · Gooding Group Foundation · Willis and Elsie Shenk Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Richard S & Ann B Barshinger Family Fdn · United Way of Lancaster County · Touchstone Foundation Supporting Organization · The Abigail L Longenecker Memorial Foundation · Universal Leaf 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.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ashland Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ashland 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 154 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $180k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home