Pennsylvania · Public charity
Berks Alliance
To make strategic investments to enhance the vitality of the greater reading, pennsylvania area and support significant community revitalization and community development initatives.
- $111k
- Granted FY2023
- 4
- Grants FY2023
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $16,250
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Berks Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 4 | $111k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $272k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $125k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $292k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $145k | 89% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $120k | 86% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation | $150,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Transportation Economics & Management Systems Inc | $149,150 | 3 | n/a |
| Albright College | $104,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Lit Communities LLC | $79,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Progressive Urban Management Associates | $63,360 | 1 | n/a |
| Shuman Development Group | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Community First Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Reading | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berks Latino Workforce Development Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 11% |
| 18th WONDER IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION | $43,060 | 2 | 41% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation | $150,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Transportation Economics & Management Systems Inc | $149,150 | 3 | n/a |
| Albright College | $104,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Lit Communities LLC | $79,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Progressive Urban Management Associates | $63,360 | 1 | n/a |
| Shuman Development Group | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Community First Fund | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Reading | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berks Latino Workforce Development Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 11% |
| 18th WONDER IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION | $43,060 | 2 | 41% |
| Alvernia University | $36,549 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Reading Chamber & Economic Development Corporation | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Verde Mantis | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Screpesi's | $17,466 | 1 | n/a |
| Ecomap Technologies Inc | $16,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Piro's Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Econ Partners Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Allum Development Group LLC | $11,363 | 1 | n/a |
| Art of Business Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Berks County Chamber Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Reading Downtown Improvement District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wyomissing Fire Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Inperium Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Redeemed Properties of Reading | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| YMCA of Reading & Berks County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Balasios Lahaniatis | $8,873 | 1 | n/a |
| Berks Arts Council | $6,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Tradukitech | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Home Elite Ltd 5p Lafayette Venture Partners LP & 8th & Penn LP Tenants | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Goggle Works | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Berks Development Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Berks County Convention Center Authority | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Berks Alliance supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Berks County Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Berks County Inc
How this is measured
About Berks Alliance
- How much does Berks Alliance give?
- Berks Alliance reported 4 grants totaling $111,250 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Berks Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Community Improvement (29%), Education (28%), Social Science (14%).
- Who are Berks Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation ($150k), Transportation Economics & Management Systems Inc ($149k), Albright College ($105k).
- Does Berks Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Berks Alliance?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berks County Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Berks County Inc.
- Where is Berks Alliance based?
- Berks Alliance is based in PA.
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