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Charles a and Leona K Gruber Fnd at a glance

· Private foundation

Charles a and Leona K Gruber Fnd

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$16k
Granted FY2026still arriving
6
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$48kHuman Services$19kHealth$11kFood & Nutrition$5kPhilanthropy$2kYouth Development$2k
02FY2026 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$382k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDN$5,000
BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH HOMES INC$3,500
CEDAR CREST COLLEGE$2,500
PROJECT OF EASTON INC$2,000
HILLSIDE SCHOOL$1,500
ARTSQUEST$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–26, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%MOMS OFFERING MOMS SUPPORT: $2k → 11%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHIL: $3k → 11%PROJECT OF EASTON INC: $2k → 11%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN &: $2k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE: $2k → 11%BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH HOMES INC: $4k → 11%LIFEPATH FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH HOMES INC: $3k → 11%LIFEPATH FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$67k · 9 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2026, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
11

Total granted

$67k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+2%

Still filing today

100%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • DU
    DESALES UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $13k · revenue +17%
  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $9k · revenue +42%
  • CF
    CAMELOT FOR CHILDREN
    3× · 2021–2024 · $7k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Common Place Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -22%
  • YF
    YOURPATH FOR ADULT LEARNERS
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • KN
    KIDSPEACE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR KIDS IN CRISIS
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +23%
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
Delaware Valley University

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…

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2
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
Lycoming College

The mission of lycoming college is to provide a distinguished baccalaureate education in the liberal arts and sciences within a coeducational, supportive, and residential setting.

Education
5
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
6
La Salle University

See schedule o for complete mission statement.la salle is a lasallian catholic university committed to the principle that all knowledge is practical and empowering, filled with the capacity to transform lives. anchored in the living…

Education
7
Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…

Education
8
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
9
Geneva College

Geneva college is a christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to god and neighbor.

Education
10
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
11
Valley Day School

Valley day school is a private, non-profit, state-funded, special education school licensed by the pennsylvania department of education for students who are experiencing learning and/or adjustment difficulties.

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12
Hilbert College

Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Children's Home of Easton Inc; the most unlike its peers is Desales University. 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

20 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. 20 of the 24 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $13,500 · EducationCEDAR CREST COLLEGEDESALES UNIVERSITY: $13,000 · EducationDESALES UNIVERSITYLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $8,500 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITYMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $7,000 · EducationMUHLENBERG COLLEGEBIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH HOMES INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesBIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHUR…THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $4,500 · Human ServicesTHIRD STREET ALLIANCE…LIFEPATH FOUNDATION: $2,100 · Human ServicesLIFEPATH FOUNDATIONPROJECT OF EASTON INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT OF EASTON INCVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE CO…MOMS OFFERING MOMS SUPPORT: $2,000 · Human ServicesMOMS OFFERING MOMS SU…MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · OtherMORAVIAN UNIVERSITYYOURPATH FOR ADULT LEARNERS: $3,000 · OtherYOURPATH FOR ADULT L…GREATER VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $2,000 · OtherGREATER VALLEY YOUNG…CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF THE GREATER: $2,000 · OtherCANCER SUPPORT COMMU…THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF EASTON INC: $2,000 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S HOME …SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $2,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD …THE HILLSIDE SCHOOL: $1,500 · OtherTHE HILLSIDE SCHOOLMEALS ON WHEELS OF THE GREATER: $1,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS OF T…CAMELOT FOR CHILDREN: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMELOT FOR C…The Common Place Inc: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Common Pl…LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyKIDSPEACE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR KIDS IN CRISIS: $2,000 · HealthFlint Hill Farm Educational Center Inc: $2,000 · Food & NutritionARTSQUEST: $1,500 · Arts & Culture
Education$42,000Human Services$19,100Other$18,500Youth Development$12,000Philanthropy$5,000Health$2,000Food & Nutrition$2,000Arts & Culture$1,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDESALES UNIVERSITY: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAMELOT FOR CHILDREN: $7,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH HOMES INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMORAVIAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Common Place Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIFEPATH FOUNDATION: $2,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKIDSPEACE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR KIDS IN CRISIS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlint Hill Farm Educational Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGREATER VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME OF EASTON INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Lehigh Valley Communi…Leona Gruber Charitab…Sylvia Perkin Perpetu…The Century Fund TrustUnited Way of the Gre…Air Products Foundati…Ppl FoundationSeruga R CharEssa Bank & Trust Fou…Harry C Trexler EstateJohn a and Margaret P…Caroline J S Sanders …
Lehigh Valley Community FoundationPA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Leona Gruber Charitable Trust · Sylvia Perkin Perpetual Charitable Trust · The Century Fund Trust · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Air Products Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Seruga R Char · Essa Bank & Trust Foundation · Harry C Trexler Estate · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · Caroline J S Sanders Td

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 Charles a and Leona K Gruber Fnd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles a and Leona K Gruber Fnd. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 24 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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