Pennsylvania · Public charity
Chester County Bar Foundation
To promote educational, literacy, scientific and charitable purposes.
- $179k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $128k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $31,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Chester County Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $128k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $141k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $130k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $170k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $147k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $150k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc | $218,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Crime Victims' Center of Chester County | $117,791 | 9 | 1% |
| Chester County Bar Association | $100,164 | 9 | 1% |
| Domestic Violence Center of Chester County | $96,750 | 9 | 1% |
| Friends Association for the Care and Pro | $77,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Gateway Horseworks | $70,160 | 8 | 8% |
| Seniorlaw Center | $59,000 | 7 | 0% |
| West Chester Child Access Center | $58,000 | 6 | n/a |
| HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc | $43,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Family Service of Chester County | $38,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc | $218,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Crime Victims' Center of Chester County | $117,791 | 9 | 1% |
| Chester County Bar Association | $100,164 | 9 | 1% |
| Domestic Violence Center of Chester County | $96,750 | 9 | 1% |
| Friends Association for the Care and Pro | $77,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Gateway Horseworks | $70,160 | 8 | 8% |
| Seniorlaw Center | $59,000 | 7 | 0% |
| West Chester Child Access Center | $58,000 | 6 | n/a |
| HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc | $43,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Family Service of Chester County | $38,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kennett Area Community Service | $16,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Fund for Women and Girls | $16,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Housing Partnership of Chester County Inc | $9,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cheyney University | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Department of Health | $860 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chester County Bar Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Philadelphia Foundation · The Fund for Women and Girls · United Way of Chester County Inc · Chester County Community Foundation · Independence Foundation · Genuardi Family Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Wsfs Cares Foundation · United Way of Southern Chester County · The Alliance for Health Equity · Td Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About Chester County Bar Foundation
- How much does Chester County Bar Foundation give?
- Chester County Bar Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $127,750, out of $179,400 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Chester County Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (69%), Human Services (13%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
- Who are Chester County Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc ($218k), Crime Victims' Center of Chester County ($118k), Chester County Bar Association ($100k).
- Does Chester County Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chester County Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The Fund for Women and Girls, United Way of Chester County Inc.
- Where is Chester County Bar Foundation based?
- Chester County Bar Foundation is based in PA.
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