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Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau

The organization develops, markets and promotes all tourism and hospitality-related businesses in the county to increase visitation; therefore, driving economic activity and supporting jobs in bucks county, pennsylvania. The organization also services visitors by distributing and providing bucks county travel information.

$568k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Itemized grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
51%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$513k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$13,350
Largest grant, FY2024
$29,200
Organizations funded a year
18 to 35
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$8.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 51% of the organizations Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $221k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’22’23
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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
FY2024still arriving31$513k13%
FY202335$513k51%
FY202229$593k28%
FY202018$370k17%
FY201919$403k16%
FY201825$389k24%
FY201728$451kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.0MCommunity Improvement$649kMembership Benefit$160kInternational$134kEducation$116kEnvironment$96kRecreation & Sports$50kFood & Nutrition$34kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 70 grantees
All grantees of Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of Washington Crossing Park Inc$318,000712%
The Bucks County Historical Society Inc$249,20073%
Bristol Riverside Theatre Co Inc$245,50072%
James a Michener Art Museum$227,50071%
Pennsbury Society$159,96379%
Pearl S Buck International Inc$133,93871%
Bucks County Wine Trail Ltd$118,350638%
Bucks County Playhouse Theater Inc$110,50061%
Heritage Conservancy Inc$107,90051%
Peddler's Village$105,5003n/a
Bucks County Children's Museum$86,70054%
New Hope Celebrates Inc$84,200611%
African American Museum of Bucks County$81,450418%
Snipes Farm and Education Center$57,70051%
Newtown Historical Association$55,00047%
Doylestown Business and Community Alliance$54,700333%
Tyler Park Center for the Arts Inc$52,000323%
Spinnerstown Hotel Inc$51,0502n/a
Bucks County Center for the Performing Arts Inc$44,350413%
Friends of the Delaware Canal Inc$42,81536%
Tma Bucks Foundation Inc$38,370445%
Historic Fallsington Inc$37,50047%
Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce$35,00033%
Middletown Grange Fair$34,00034%
Delaware River Towns Charities$33,0003n/a
The Tileworks of Bucks County Inc$31,30022%
Andalusia Foundation$30,22041%
Upper Bucks Chamber of Commerce$28,00034%
The Grundy Foundation$27,50030%
Pbr Productions LLC$26,9002n/a
Fractured Atlas Inc$25,56520%
The Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center$24,00024%
New Hope Historical Society$22,40028%
Citizens for the Preservation of Craven Hall$21,7503n/a
Newtown Hall Theatre Inc$20,00013%
Bucks County Tennis Association$20,000110%
Bristol Borough Raising the Bar Inc$20,00026%
Bucks County Community College Foundation Inc$20,00012%
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve Association$19,46021%
Bucks Beautiful Inc$17,50029%
Gather Place$17,430210%
Arete Gallery$16,5652n/a
The Hortulus Farm Foundation$16,20013%
Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County$15,6752n/a
New Hope Arts Inc$15,65021%
United States Association Ofcollegiate Fencing Clubs$15,0001n/a
County Theater Inc$15,00011%
The Falls Banquet$15,0001n/a
Perkasie Olde Towne Association$13,5001n/a
Artwrkd LLC$13,5001n/a
Greater New Hope Chamber O Commerce$13,500114%
Doylestown Historical Society Np$12,000111%
Friends of Silver Lake Nature Center$11,70015%
Bucks County Tour of Honor$10,0002n/a
New Hope Colony Foundation for the Arts Inc$10,000126%
Friends of Bolton Mansion$9,000110%
Little Rockers Bucks LLC$9,0001n/a
Msh Productions LLC$9,0001n/a
Tree Trails Adventures 2 LLC$8,0101n/a
Bicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia$8,00011%
Society for the Advancement of Pet Pigs Inc$7,56514%
The Bucks County Renaissance Fiare$7,1201n/a
Special Equestrians Inc$7,07511%
Experience Yardley$6,6001n/a
Historical Society of Hilltown Township$5,5001n/a
Bucks County Covered Bridge Society Inc$5,1001n/a
Lenape Chamber Ensemble Inc$5,0001n/a
Newtown Arts Company$5,0001n/a
Bucks County Choral Society$5,00012%
Bucks County Audubon Society$5,00012%

Where it is load-bearing

Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of Washington Crossing Park Inc: $318,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetThe Bucks County Historical Society Inc: $249,200 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetBristol Riverside Theatre Co Inc: $245,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetJames a Michener Art Museum: $227,500 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetPennsbury Society: $159,963 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetPearl S Buck International Inc: $133,938 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetBucks County Wine Trail Ltd: $118,350 over 6y, 38% of budgetBucks County Playhouse Theater Inc: $110,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetHeritage Conservancy Inc: $107,900 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBucks County Children's Museum: $86,700 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetNew Hope Celebrates Inc: $84,200 over 6y, 11% of budgetAfrican American Museum of Bucks County: $81,450 over 4y, 18% of budgetSnipes Farm and Education Center: $57,700 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetNewtown Historical Association: $55,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetDoylestown Business and Community Alliance: $54,700 over 3y, 33% of budgetTyler Park Center for the Arts Inc: $52,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetBucks County Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $44,350 over 4y, 13% of budgetFriends of the Delaware Canal Inc: $42,815 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetTma Bucks Foundation Inc: $38,370 over 4y, 45% of budgetHistoric Fallsington Inc: $37,500 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetCentral Bucks Chamber of Commerce: $35,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetMiddletown Grange Fair: $34,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetThe Tileworks of Bucks County Inc: $31,300 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetAndalusia Foundation: $30,220 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetUpper Bucks Chamber of Commerce: $28,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetThe Grundy Foundation: $27,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $25,565 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center: $24,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetNew Hope Historical Society: $22,400 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetNewtown Hall Theatre Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBucks County Tennis Association: $20,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetBristol Borough Raising the Bar Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetBucks County Community College Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve Association: $19,460 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBucks Beautiful Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetGather Place: $17,430 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetThe Hortulus Farm Foundation: $16,200 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNew Hope Arts Inc: $15,650 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCounty Theater Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGreater New Hope Chamber O Commerce: $13,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetDoylestown Historical Society Np: $12,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetFriends of Silver Lake Nature Center: $11,700 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetNew Hope Colony Foundation for the Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetFriends of Bolton Mansion: $9,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetBicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSociety for the Advancement of Pet Pigs Inc: $7,565 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSpecial Equestrians Inc: $7,075 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBucks County Choral Society: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% 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 49.

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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.

Foundations Community PartnershipPA36.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundations Community Partnership · Penn Community Bank Foundation · The Marvin and Dee Woodall Charitable Foundation · The Pearl Family Foundation Inc · Bbla Foundation Inc · The Byers Foundation · Bucks County Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Haley Foundation · Danaher Lynch Family Foundation · The Lehman Foundation · Morel Family 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.

Compare Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau with peer funders

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How do I get to Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau?

Find your warmest path to Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau 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.

About Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau

How much does Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau give?
Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau reported 31 itemized grants totaling $512,648, out of $568,173 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (61%), Community Improvement (20%), Membership Benefit (5%).
Who are Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of Washington Crossing Park Inc ($318k), The Bucks County Historical Society Inc ($249k), Bristol Riverside Theatre Co Inc ($246k).
Does Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 51% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundations Community Partnership, Penn Community Bank Foundation, The Marvin and Dee Woodall Charitable Foundation.
Where is Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau based?
Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau 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 70 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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