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Ballard Angels 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.

$31k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
54%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$12,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 71
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$345k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 54% of the organizations Ballard Angels Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving13$31k46%
FY202424$44k54%
FY202335$33k54%
FY202229$40k41%
FY202171$62k99%
FY20205$21k80%
FY20197$7k14%
FY20186$7k33%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$90kAnimals$41kHuman Services$23kYouth Development$15kReligion$15kPublic Benefit$12kInternational$12kHealth$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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DC
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Minsi Trails Council #502 Boy Scouts of America$15,00030%
Turning Point USA Inc$12,00010%
Samaritan's Purse$11,00020%
K9s for Warriors Inc$10,00010%
Christ Lutheran Church$8,0001n/a
Christ United Church Incorporated$6,0001n/a
Paws of War Inc$5,00010%
Our Children Have Rightsorg Inc$4,50015%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$3,50010%
Camp Freedom Inc$3,00030%
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All grantees of Ballard Angels Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Minsi Trails Council #502 Boy Scouts of America$15,00030%
Turning Point USA Inc$12,00010%
Samaritan's Purse$11,00020%
K9s for Warriors Inc$10,00010%
Christ Lutheran Church$8,0001n/a
Christ United Church Incorporated$6,0001n/a
Paws of War Inc$5,00010%
Our Children Have Rightsorg Inc$4,50015%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$3,50010%
Camp Freedom Inc$3,00030%
Domestic Violence Service Center Inc$2,50020%
Wings Flights of Hope$2,25040%
Mikeroweworks Foundation$2,00020%
National Rifle Association of America$2,00020%
Ronald McDonald House of Danville Inc$2,00040%
Marian Sutherland Kirby Library$2,00010%
Child Hunger Outreach Partners$1,50030%
The Guthrie Clinic$1,50020%
Valley Santa Inc$1,50011%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$1,15420%
Civilian Crisis Response Team Disaster Services$1,0001n/a
Brandons Forever Home$1,00010%
Dress for Success Luzerne County$1,00011%
Gary Sinise Foundation$1,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,00010%
Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers$1,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,00030%
Wings of Hope$7501n/a
Valley Regional Fire and Rescue Inc$50030%
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee$50010%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$50020%
Casa of Wyoming Valley$50010%
Tails of Valor Paws of Honor Program In$50010%
United Disabilities Services Foundation$50010%
Can Do Community Foundation$50010%
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc$50010%
Endometriosis Foundation of America Inc$50010%
Nepa Rainbow Alliance$5001n/a
American Wolf Foundation$5001n/a
Bethany House Inc$50010%
Greater Hazleton Street Hockey League$5001n/a
Savage Freedoms Relief Operations Inc$50010%
Haven of Peace Inc$45020%
Continuing the Mission Inc$40020%
Black Creek Food Pantry Inc$3001n/a
Grace Connection Corporation$2501n/a
Abuse & Rape Crisis Center Inc$25010%
Operation Bbq Relief$25010%
Prager University Foundation$25010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Rochester NY Inc$25010%
Towanda Area Christian Outreach$25010%
American Diabetes Association$25010%
Portland Museum of Art$23010%
Animal Care Sanctuary$20010%
Honor Flight Rochester Inc$20010%
House Rabbit Society$20010%
Way to Battle$20010%
March of Dimes Inc$20020%
Chemung County Performing Arts Inc Clemens Center$20010%
Bradford County Regional Arts Council Inc$20010%
Stray Haven Humane Society & Spca Inc$20010%
The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty To$20020%
American Cornerstone Institute Inc$20010%
Sayre Historical Society$15010%
Waverly Free Library$15010%
Ihs Volleyball Boosters$1001n/a
Rochester Hope for Pets$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 66 recipients with no EIN on record ($139k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ballard Angels Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMinsi Trails Council #502 Boy Scouts of America: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPaws of War Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOur Children Have Rightsorg Inc: $4,500 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetSpecial Olympics Pennsylvania Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Freedom Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDomestic Violence Service Center Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWings Flights of Hope: $2,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMikeroweworks Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Rifle Association of America: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House of Danville Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMarian Sutherland Kirby Library: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChild Hunger Outreach Partners: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Guthrie Clinic: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetValley Santa Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $1,154 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrandons Forever Home: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDress for Success Luzerne County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation for the Twin Tiers: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetValley Regional Fire and Rescue Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCasa of Wyoming Valley: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTails of Valor Paws of Honor Program In: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Disabilities Services Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCan Do Community Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFirehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEndometriosis Foundation of America Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethany House Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSavage Freedoms Relief Operations Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHaven of Peace Inc: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetContinuing the Mission Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAbuse & Rape Crisis Center Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Bbq Relief: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Rochester NY Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTowanda Area Christian Outreach: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Museum of Art: $230 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Care Sanctuary: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHonor Flight Rochester Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouse Rabbit Society: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWay to Battle: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 57.

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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.

Ppl FoundationPA22.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ppl Foundation · The Luzerne Foundation · United Way of Bradford County · The Tambur Family Foundation · The Tsb Foundation Inc · William G McGowan Charitable Fund · Firstenergy Foundation · First Federal Charitable Foundation · Robert y Moffat Charitable Trust · Kenneth and Caroline Taylor Family Foundation · Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation Inc · Allone Charities

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.

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About Ballard Angels Inc

How much does Ballard Angels Inc give?
Ballard Angels Inc reported 13 grants totaling $31,325 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 71 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Ballard Angels Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (35%), Animals (16%), Human Services (9%).
Who are Ballard Angels Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minsi Trails Council #502 Boy Scouts of America ($15k), Turning Point USA Inc ($12k), Samaritan's Purse ($11k).
Does Ballard Angels Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ballard Angels Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ballard Angels Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ppl Foundation, The Luzerne Foundation, United Way of Bradford County.
Where is Ballard Angels Inc based?
Ballard Angels Inc is based in PA.

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 135 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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