Pennsylvania · Community foundation
Centre Foundation Inc
Centre foundation formed to receive, hold and administer funds for the benefit of the community. Endowment funds generate earnings for grants to local 501(c)(3) organizations for the benefit of arts, humanities, culture, education, recreation and social service agencies in centre county pennsylvania and surrounding regions.
- $5.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 173
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 142
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $5.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,221
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $575,867
- Organizations funded a year
- 107 to 147
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $83M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Centre Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 160 | $5.1M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 142 | $3.9M | 10% |
| FY2022 | 147 | $4.1M | 10% |
| FY2021 | 146 | $3.7M | 10% |
| FY2020 | 145 | $3.8M | 23% |
| FY2019 | 115 | $2.8M | 18% |
| FY2018 | 113 | $2.4M | 20% |
| FY2017 | 107 | $2.5M | n/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.
Education$5.4MHealth$3.8MArts & Culture$3.7MReligion$2.1MFood & Nutrition$1.8MAnimals$1.8MYouth Development$1.7MHuman Services$1.5MOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
WA
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
WV
VA
MD
SC
OK
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University | $1,140,508 | 8 | n/a |
| Centre Volunteers in Medicine | $1,127,056 | 8 | 12% |
| Food Bank of the State College Area Inc | $797,075 | 8 | 10% |
| Centre Safe | $728,631 | 8 | 5% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $720,966 | 3 | n/a |
| The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $713,141 | 8 | 10% |
| Centre County Paws Inc | $685,107 | 8 | 10% |
| Schlow Library Foundation Inc | $668,007 | 8 | 36% |
| Boy Scouts of America Juniata Valley Council | $630,739 | 8 | 13% |
| South Hills School of Business and Technology | $579,121 | 8 | n/a |
Show all 248 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University | $1,140,508 | 8 | n/a |
| Centre Volunteers in Medicine | $1,127,056 | 8 | 12% |
| Food Bank of the State College Area Inc | $797,075 | 8 | 10% |
| Centre Safe | $728,631 | 8 | 5% |
| Union for Reform Judaism | $720,966 | 3 | n/a |
| The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $713,141 | 8 | 10% |
| Centre County Paws Inc | $685,107 | 8 | 10% |
| Schlow Library Foundation Inc | $668,007 | 8 | 36% |
| Boy Scouts of America Juniata Valley Council | $630,739 | 8 | 13% |
| South Hills School of Business and Technology | $579,121 | 8 | n/a |
| State College Area Meals on Wheels | $573,186 | 8 | 32% |
| 3 Dots Downtown | $439,318 | 5 | 58% |
| Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $437,659 | 8 | 8% |
| Strawberry Fields Inc | $436,491 | 8 | 1% |
| Housing Transitions Inc | $425,130 | 8 | 7% |
| Park Forest Village Day Nursery | $410,536 | 8 | 42% |
| Nittany Valley Symphony Inc | $403,894 | 8 | 51% |
| The Foundation for Mount Nittany Medical Center Inc | $396,731 | 8 | 2% |
| State Theatre Inc | $392,258 | 8 | 10% |
| State College Area School District | $375,661 | 7 | n/a |
| North Central Sight Services Inc | $363,334 | 8 | 1% |
| Centre Wildlife Care | $347,395 | 8 | 35% |
| Centre County Youth Service Bureau | $341,026 | 8 | 2% |
| Penns Valley Youth Center | $326,733 | 8 | 30% |
| Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts | $320,606 | 8 | 15% |
| Schlow Memorial Library | $320,529 | 8 | n/a |
| Centre Lifelink Emergency Medical Services Inc | $311,433 | 8 | 2% |
| Out of the Cold Centre County Inc | $300,150 | 7 | 22% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $297,935 | 8 | 0% |
| Interfaith Human Services Inc | $291,395 | 8 | 15% |
| Shippensburg University Foundation | $270,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Pets Come First Inc | $265,208 | 8 | 11% |
| Foxdale Village Corporation | $247,721 | 8 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $235,189 | 8 | 0% |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $231,543 | 8 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Centre County | $220,908 | 7 | 1% |
| Jana Marie Foundation | $212,923 | 8 | 10% |
| Easter Seal Society of Western and Central Pennsylvania | $211,411 | 8 | 0% |
| The State College Choral Society | $210,312 | 8 | 42% |
| Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County | $208,987 | 8 | 21% |
| Mid-State Literacy Council Inc | $208,197 | 8 | 12% |
| Acres Project | $206,181 | 8 | 48% |
| St Paul Lutheran Church | $203,641 | 5 | n/a |
| Centre County Historical Society | $201,670 | 8 | 16% |
| General Council on Finance & Admins of the United | $182,751 | 6 | n/a |
| Centre County United Way | $181,301 | 8 | 2% |
| Downtown State College Improvement District Inc | $180,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Centre County Library and Historical Musuem | $179,755 | 8 | 5% |
| Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $176,629 | 8 | 38% |
| Faithcentre | $175,870 | 6 | 8% |
| Centre Region Parks and Recreation Authority | $170,361 | 8 | n/a |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | $167,132 | 3 | n/a |
| Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund | $166,039 | 8 | 7% |
| The Salvation Army | $164,893 | 8 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology | $161,981 | 8 | n/a |
| Rhoneymeade Inc | $155,813 | 8 | 34% |
| Sight Loss Support Group of Cen- Tral Pennsylvania Inc | $144,396 | 8 | n/a |
| Performing Arts School of Central Pa | $140,405 | 8 | 9% |
| Alpha Fire Company | $138,992 | 8 | 12% |
| State College Community Land Trust Inc | $138,886 | 8 | 7% |
| Tides Inc | $138,339 | 7 | 16% |
| Centre HomeCare Inc | $134,637 | 8 | 1% |
| The Hundred Cat Foundation Inc | $132,303 | 8 | 28% |
| Pa Centre Chamber Orchestra Society | $129,350 | 8 | 26% |
| Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries Inc | $128,958 | 8 | 0% |
| Nittany Greyhounds Inc | $124,881 | 7 | 19% |
| Centre Crest Auxiliary | $124,442 | 7 | 57% |
| State College Friends School | $124,423 | 8 | n/a |
| Penns Valley Conservation Association | $123,393 | 8 | 23% |
| Misericordia University | $122,049 | 3 | 0% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $115,773 | 7 | 0% |
| Patton Township | $107,665 | 8 | n/a |
| The Hope Fund of Penns Valley Inc | $107,196 | 8 | 14% |
| Presbyterian Church USA | $102,770 | 4 | n/a |
| Commonfood Inc | $101,736 | 6 | 30% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Centre County Inc | $100,115 | 8 | 2% |
| Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America | $97,980 | 3 | n/a |
| House of Care | $95,847 | 4 | 16% |
| St Pauls United Methodist Church | $95,325 | 5 | n/a |
| Rowland Theatre Inc | $92,655 | 6 | 21% |
| Mount Nittany Conservancy Inc | $91,387 | 8 | 39% |
| Triyoga of Central Pennsylvania | $88,419 | 7 | 9% |
| Centre County Federation of Public Libraries | $87,531 | 6 | 4% |
| ON DRUGS Inc | $87,112 | 6 | 6% |
| The Arc of Centre County Pa Inc | $86,537 | 8 | 0% |
| Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association | $85,623 | 6 | 42% |
| Young Life | $85,612 | 5 | 0% |
| Acorn Active Media Foundation | $84,373 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Brit Shalom | $84,125 | 4 | n/a |
| Dyslexia Reading Center of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $82,083 | 7 | 32% |
| Friends of the Pa Military Museum | $81,751 | 8 | 88% |
| Nittany Performing Arts Centre | $81,239 | 6 | 30% |
| Ten Thousand Villages of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $76,587 | 5 | 19% |
| Nittany Beagle Rescue | $75,626 | 5 | 24% |
| Leadership Centre County | $75,573 | 8 | 8% |
| Pixie Dust Wishes Inc | $72,369 | 6 | 39% |
| Bridge of Hope Inc | $72,090 | 7 | 2% |
| St Josephs Catholic Academy Inc | $71,435 | 5 | n/a |
| Centre County Farmland Trust | $69,920 | 8 | 17% |
| Ridgelines Inc | $67,521 | 6 | 15% |
| Private Industry Council of Centre County Inc | $66,851 | 7 | 1% |
| Nittany Valley Figure Skating Club | $66,765 | 7 | n/a |
| Fondas Foundlings | $62,794 | 7 | n/a |
| State College Area School District Education Foundation Inc | $62,597 | 7 | 18% |
| FaithCentre Food Bank | $61,177 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Alternative In Criminal Justic | $60,016 | 7 | 7% |
| Pleasant Gap Fire Company No 1 | $56,994 | 8 | 1% |
| Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Inc | $56,992 | 8 | 0% |
| Centre LGBTQA Support Network | $56,476 | 5 | 12% |
| Centre Care Inc | $56,017 | 8 | 0% |
| Next Stage | $55,929 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $55,258 | 5 | 0% |
| State College Area Rollers | $52,457 | 6 | 34% |
| St John's Episcopal Church | $49,139 | 5 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa | $48,085 | 7 | 0% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $47,963 | 5 | n/a |
| Central Pa Institute of Science and Technology | $47,684 | 5 | n/a |
| Centre County Housing and Land Trust | $47,574 | 5 | 22% |
| Hands on Therapeutic Riding Program | $46,906 | 6 | n/a |
| State College Presbyterian Church | $46,187 | 5 | n/a |
| St Andrew's Episcopal Church | $44,878 | 5 | n/a |
| Rising Hope Therapeutic Riding Ctr | $41,694 | 5 | 18% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $41,387 | 5 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul Altoona-Johnstown | $41,137 | 5 | 1% |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $40,978 | 5 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $40,892 | 5 | 0% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $40,887 | 5 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $40,887 | 5 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $40,887 | 5 | 0% |
| Hopes Dream Rescue & Sanctuary Inc | $40,847 | 5 | 14% |
| Lock Haven University | $40,368 | 4 | n/a |
| Bible Baptist Church | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sedum Inc | $37,398 | 4 | 12% |
| Penns Valley Emergency Medical Services | $36,942 | 5 | 1% |
| Philipsburg Historical Foundation | $36,878 | 6 | 33% |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Anglican Church | $36,788 | 6 | n/a |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania | $35,622 | 2 | n/a |
| Spotlight Pa | $34,915 | 2 | 0% |
| Penn State University -Osher Lifelong Learning Institute | $34,083 | 4 | n/a |
| Centrepeace Inc | $32,661 | 4 | 2% |
| St Luke the Evangelist School | $32,514 | 4 | n/a |
| Hearts for Homeless | $30,328 | 2 | n/a |
| Shippensburg University | $30,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Juniata College | $28,946 | 2 | 0% |
| Howard Fire Company No 1 Inc | $27,709 | 3 | 3% |
| Central Pennsylvania Food Bank | $27,608 | 2 | 0% |
| The Music Academy | $27,024 | 3 | 5% |
| Lemont Village Association Inc | $26,653 | 4 | 53% |
| Bestwick Foundation | $26,626 | 1 | 46% |
| Planned Parenthood Keystone | $26,547 | 3 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $26,092 | 2 | 0% |
| The Makery of Central Pennsylvania | $25,224 | 1 | 23% |
| Foundation Property Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Taproot Kitchen Dba Meetinghouse on Atherton Inc | $24,866 | 4 | 16% |
| Nittany Mountain Biking Association | $24,271 | 3 | 53% |
| Society for Preservation & Encourmt of Barbershop Quartet Singing Amer | $22,406 | 3 | n/a |
| Historic Bellefonte Inc | $22,121 | 4 | 6% |
| Centre Region Bicycle Coalition | $21,992 | 4 | n/a |
| Crooked House | $21,891 | 2 | n/a |
| Aaronsburg Civic Club | $21,463 | 3 | n/a |
| Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Inc Gullah Museum of Hilton Headinc | $20,986 | 2 | 4% |
| Global Connections | $20,793 | 2 | n/a |
| Seton Hill University | $20,432 | 2 | 0% |
| Pleasant Gap United Methodist Church | $20,165 | 2 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Council on the Arts | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Port Matilda Emergency Medical | $19,906 | 2 | 2% |
| Philipsburg Borough | $19,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Thaddeus Stevens College of Tech | $19,095 | 3 | n/a |
| Downtown Bellefonte Inc | $17,279 | 2 | 15% |
| Whyy Inc | $17,204 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Development and Family Council of Centre County Inc | $16,698 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Francis University | $16,484 | 1 | 0% |
| Penns Valley Education Foundation Inc | $16,174 | 2 | 9% |
| Geneva College | $16,059 | 1 | 0% |
| Twnm Community Food Growing Program | $16,006 | 2 | n/a |
| Slippery Rock University Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nittany Christian School | $15,944 | 2 | 1% |
| Advent Historical Society | $15,801 | 2 | 33% |
| The Jared Box Project | $15,770 | 3 | 3% |
| Clarion University of Pa | $15,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Tempest Productions Inc | $14,225 | 2 | 10% |
| Random Acts of Reading | $13,643 | 1 | n/a |
| A Soldiers Hands Inc | $12,498 | 1 | 6% |
| Centre Region Down Syndrome Society | $12,410 | 2 | 12% |
| United States Military Academy | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Midpenn Legal Services | $11,888 | 2 | 0% |
| Penns Valley Area Historical Museum Association | $11,547 | 1 | n/a |
| California University of Pennsylvan | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Slippery Rock University | $11,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Mt Top Area Swimming Pool Association Inc | $11,232 | 2 | n/a |
| One Dog at a Time ODAAT | $11,035 | 2 | 10% |
| Wilkes University | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Constitution Day Centre Hall Inc | $10,814 | 2 | n/a |
| Bucknell University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| State of West Virginia | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Happy Valley Uganda Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Excel to Excellence Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Huntingdon Dance Company | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Ohio State University | $9,905 | 1 | n/a |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life at the Penn State University | $9,607 | 1 | 1% |
| Clarion University Foundation Inc | $9,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Go Reentry Specialists Inc | $9,171 | 1 | n/a |
| Sock & Buskin Theatre Company | $8,489 | 1 | 37% |
| Culinary Institute of America | $7,956 | 1 | 0% |
| Appalachian Food Works | $7,422 | 1 | 16% |
| Friends of Fuse | $7,305 | 1 | n/a |
| The Pennsylvania Mental Health Initiative | $7,294 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation | $7,221 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of Golden Pond | $7,123 | 1 | n/a |
| Boal Estate Museum | $7,069 | 1 | n/a |
| Partnership for Penns Valley Library Services | $7,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission Imprint | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vandance Inc | $6,985 | 1 | n/a |
| State College Area Rowing Association | $6,938 | 1 | n/a |
| Fred H Carlin Community Vision Foundation | $6,798 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Children's Center | $6,527 | 1 | 1% |
| O-An Zendo | $6,510 | 1 | n/a |
| Harris Township Community Service a Ssociation | $6,442 | 1 | n/a |
| Wilson College | $6,423 | 1 | 0% |
| New Leaf Initiative | $6,303 | 1 | 7% |
| Boalsburg Heritage Museum Association of Harris Township | $6,260 | 1 | 11% |
| State of Hope Foundation Inc | $6,173 | 1 | 23% |
| The Salon Professional Academy | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Orphan Care Alliance | $5,912 | 1 | 1% |
| Centre County Print Factory | $5,833 | 1 | n/a |
| Mach One Srs Team | $5,710 | 1 | n/a |
| Skills Foundation Inc | $5,647 | 1 | 3% |
| Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society Inc | $5,575 | 1 | 3% |
| University of Washington | $5,519 | 1 | n/a |
| United Baseball Inc | $5,488 | 1 | 6% |
| Rock Hill School at Linden Hall | $5,460 | 1 | n/a |
| Happy Valley Animals in Need | $5,363 | 1 | n/a |
| Messiah University | $5,352 | 1 | 0% |
| Parent Booster USA Inc | $5,344 | 1 | n/a |
| Soroptimist International of the Americas Inc | $5,248 | 1 | n/a |
| Collegian Inc | $5,224 | 1 | 1% |
| CentreBike | $5,194 | 1 | n/a |
| Acoustic Brew Coffeehouse Inc | $5,189 | 1 | n/a |
| State College Community Theatre Inc | $5,175 | 1 | n/a |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | $5,067 | 1 | n/a |
| Hearing Loss Association of America Inc | $5,032 | 1 | n/a |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pittsburgh Technical Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Centreville United Methodist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Philipsburg Revitalizaiton Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Triangle Tech | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Centre Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 29 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 160 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 160.
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.
The Happy Valley Adventure BureauPA82.6× affinity38 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau · Centre County United Way · The Hamer Foundation · The Blake and Linda Gall Family Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · The Poole Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Garver David B for Charity - Char Tr · Glenn O and Thelma M Hawbaker Family Foundation · The Louis E Silvi Foundation · Ferguson Foundation Inc · Port 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.
About Centre Foundation Inc
- How much does Centre Foundation Inc give?
- Centre Foundation Inc reported 173 itemized grants totaling $5,125,063, out of $5,559,327 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 107 and 147 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Centre Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (19%), Health (13%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Centre Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pennsylvania State University ($1.1M), Centre Volunteers in Medicine ($1.1M), Food Bank of the State College Area Inc ($797k).
- Does Centre Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Centre Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau, Centre County United Way, The Hamer Foundation.
- Where is Centre Foundation Inc based?
- Centre Foundation Inc is based in PA.
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