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Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau at a glance

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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.

$568k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 31 grants below total $512,648, the rows itemized in this filing. The $568,173 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $55,525 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $416k
$13,350
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF WASHINGTON CROSSING PARK$29,200
DISCOVER DOYLESTOWN$26,700
BRISTOL RIVERSIDE THEATRE$26,700
PEDDLER'S VILLAGE$26,700
BUCKS COUNTY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$26,700
JAMES A MICHENER ART MUSEUM$26,700
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF BUCKS COUNTY$26,700
BUCKS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MERCER MUSEUM$26,700
BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE THEATER INC$26,700
NEW HOPE CELEBRATES$26,700
PENNSBURY SOCIETY$23,363
SPINNERSTOWN HOTEL INC$22,250
TMA BUCKS FOUNDATION INC$20,470
TILEWORKS OF BUCKS COUNTY$17,800
PEARL S BUCK HOUSE$13,350
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DISCOVER DOYLESTOWN: $27k → 6%DISCOVER DOYLESTOWN: $18k → 6%DISCOVER DOYLESTOWN: $10k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 42 repeat orgs$297k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
24

Total granted

$2.9M
$268k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+12%

Still filing today

86%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF WASHINGTON CROSSING PARK INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $318k · revenue +131%
  • TB
    THE BUCKS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $249k · revenue +110%
  • BR
    BRISTOL RIVERSIDE THEATRE CO INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $246k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • NH
    NEWTOWN HALL THEATRE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +216%
  • BC
    BUCKS COUNTY TENNIS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -19%
  • BC
    BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +26%
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.

04Its 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
Bucks County Horse Park

The Bucks County Horse Park, Inc. part of the Bucks County Park System, is a unique facility dedicated to the preservation of natural environment for amateur equestrian pursuits. Located in Revere Pennsylvania, we provide a variety of…

Environment
2
Biglerville Hist & Preserv Society

To preserve historical records.

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3
Penn Theater Performance Company

The penn theater performance company will reinvigorate the historic penn theater as the region's premiere hub for arts, entertainment, culture, and heritage through community-centered, high quality, diverse events, promoting economic…

Arts & Culture
4
Pa Museums

Dedicated to promoting public awareness of the value of over 1,200 PA museums and historical orgs, providing valuable professional development opportunities, serving as the primary network org of musuem professionals and volunteers…

Arts & Culture
5
Phillips' Mill Community Association Inc

Phillips mill community association is a tax exempt membership organization dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of the artistic and cultural heritage on the bucks county area.

Arts & Culture
6
Preservation Delaware
Arts & Culture
7
Johnstown Historical Society
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8
Berks Arts Council

The mission of the berks arts council is to inspire, engage and unite our community through arts education, collaboration, and presentation.

Arts & Culture
9
Pa Museum of Military Vehicles
Arts & Culture
10
Tour-Ed Mine & Museum
Arts & Culture
11
Buckham Fine Arts Project

Enrich cultural life of the community

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12
New Bedford Preservation Society Inc

Historic preservation

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Bucks County Historical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Andalusia Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

53 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 53 of the 70 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/53
Grantees still filing
36/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF WASHINGTON CROSSING PARK INC: $318,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF WASHINGTON CROSSING PARK INCBRISTOL RIVERSIDE THEATRE CO INC: $245,500 · Arts & CultureBRISTOL RIVERSIDE THEATRE CO INCJAMES A MICHENER ART MUSEUM: $227,500 · Arts & CultureJAMES A MICHENER ART MUSEUMBUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE THEATER INC: $110,500 · Arts & CultureBUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE THEATER INCHERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC: $107,900 · Arts & CultureHERITAGE CONSERVANCY INCBUCKS COUNTY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $86,700 · Arts & CultureBUCKS COUNTY CHILDREN'S MUSEUMAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF BUCKS COUNTY: $81,450 · Arts & CultureAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF BUCKS COUNTYTyler Park Center for the Arts Inc: $52,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $185,495 · Arts & Culture+12 moreTHE BUCKS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $249,200 · OtherTHE BUCKS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN…PEDDLER'S VILLAGE: $105,500 · OtherPEDDLER'S VILLAGENewtown Historical Association: $55,000 · OtherSPINNERSTOWN HOTEL INC: $51,050 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE DELAWARE CANAL INC: $42,815 · OtherDoylestown Business and Community Alliance: $54,700 · OtherBUCKS COUNTY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $44,350 · Other+31 more: $508,590 · Other+31 morePENNSBURY SOCIETY: $159,963 · Membership BenefitBUCKS COUNTY WINE TRAIL LTD: $118,350 · Community ImprovementBRISTOL BOROUGH RAISING THE BAR INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementGREATER NEW HOPE CHAMBER O COMMERCE: $13,500 · Community ImprovementSNIPES FARM AND EDUCATION CENTER: $57,700 · EducationTMA BUCKS FOUNDATION INC: $38,370 · EducationDELAWARE RIVER TOWNS CHARITIES: $33,000 · EducationBUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationPEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC: $133,938 · InternationalNEW HOPE CELEBRATES INC: $84,200 · PhilanthropyTHE HORTULUS FARM FOUNDATION: $16,200 · PhilanthropyBucks County Tour of Honor: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$1,415,045Other$1,111,205Membership Benefit$159,963Community Improvement$151,850Education$149,070International$133,938Philanthropy$110,400

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
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.

Foundations Community…Penn Community Bank F…The Marvin and Dee Wo…The Pearl Family Foun…Bbla Foundation IncThe Byers FoundationBucks County Foundati…The Philadelphia Foun…The Haley FoundationDanaher Lynch Family …The Lehman FoundationMorel Family Foundati…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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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.

    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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