· Public charity
Ben Franklin Technology Partners Ne Pa
Our mission is to promote, sustain and invest in the transformation of our regional economy through innovation and partnering.
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.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $73k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $276k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| IHE BEV | $27,500 |
| JED POOLS | $27,500 |
| NOVA TECH AUTOMATION | $27,500 |
| HUMAN ACTIVE TECHNOLOGY | $27,500 |
| AMERICAN CRANE AND EQUIPMENT | $27,500 |
| SUMITOMO CRYOGENICS OF AMERICA | $21,877 |
| SOLAR TECHNOLOGY | $20,000 |
| GENTEX CORPORATION | $20,000 |
| FM BROWN | $18,480 |
| UNIVERSAL COMPRESSED AIR | $15,990 |
| BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY | $15,000 |
| WACKER SILICONE | $13,750 |
| LEVAN MACHINE CO | $13,090 |
| EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY | $7,500 |
| SCRANTON ENTERPRISE CENTER | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 96% of its 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.
74 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 57 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Bucknell University3× · 2023–2025 · $45k · revenue +12%- S(SLIBCO (SCR LACK IND BLDG CO)3× · 2023–2025 · $45k · revenue +43%
- WEWAYNE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP3× · 2023–2025 · $23k · revenue +451%
Funded once
- HCHB Custom Mediaone grant, 2017 · $100k
- PMPenn-Troy Manufacturingone grant, 2017 · $50k
- FFOLLETTone grant, 2024 · $48k
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.
The corporation was formed to lessen the burdens of government and act in the public interest; to facilitate economic activities throughout wayne county, ny including the location and expansion of civic, industrial and commercial…
To promote business development within lawrence county, illinois.
Enhance the economic well-being of lancaster county by bringing together business resources, capital and government for selective, measurable and sustainable growth.
Industry expansion in delaware county
The edc is committed to serving new and existing businesses and industries, and to assist with the creation and retention of quality jobs through direct and collaborative funding of projects for the economic well being of franklin county.
To facilitate both the creation and retention of jobs within erie county and increase economic opportunities for individuals and businesses through comprehensive economic development programs.
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Support member businesses through education and promotion, and support the quality of life in lancaster county through promoting compatible economic development.
Promote/improve business and stimulate growth
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
The mission of the lehigh valley economic development corporation is to market the economic assets of the lehigh valley and to create partnerships to support the recruitment, growth and retention of employers, and the creation of jobs for…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 121 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ben Franklin Technology Partners Ne Pa funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ben Franklin Technology Partners Ne Pa. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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