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Cultural Alliance of York County

We are a catalyst, fueling the creative energy and vibrancy of our community through leadership, collaboration, and sustainability in order to enrich the quality of life of all our citizens.

$873k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Itemized grants FY2024
11
Organizations funded FY2023
9%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$579k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$11,862
Largest grant, FY2024
$255,769
Organizations funded a year
7 to 12
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$3.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Cultural Alliance of York County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’22’23
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving12$579k8%
FY202311$589k9%
FY202212$633k0%
FY202011$642k36%
FY20197$625k0%
FY201710$645kn/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$3.7MCommunity Improvement$8k

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 16 grantees
All grantees of Cultural Alliance of York County by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Inc$1,677,33589%
York County History Center$1,151,815811%
Creative York$279,093817%
York Symphony Orchestra$222,64085%
Dance It Forward$79,58083%
York Art Association Inc$52,09889%
Steam Into History Inc$45,70451%
Dreamwrights Youth and Family Theatre$45,65353%
York Junior Symphony Orchestra Inc$43,463819%
Susquehanna Folk Music Society Inc$38,48856%
Eichelberger Performing Arts Center$27,88331%
The Parliament$19,04036%
The Belmont Theatre$9,58922%
Main Street York Inc$8,03311%
Positive Energy Arts Foundation$5,91616%
The Grotto Community Center$5,87213%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cultural Alliance of York County supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetStrand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Inc: $1,677,335 over 8y, 9.0% of budgetYork County History Center: $1,151,815 over 8y, 11% of budgetCreative York: $279,093 over 8y, 17% of budgetYork Symphony Orchestra: $222,640 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetDance It Forward: $79,580 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetYork Art Association Inc: $52,098 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetSteam Into History Inc: $45,704 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetDreamwrights Youth and Family Theatre: $45,653 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetYork Junior Symphony Orchestra Inc: $43,463 over 8y, 19% of budgetSusquehanna Folk Music Society Inc: $38,488 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetEichelberger Performing Arts Center: $27,883 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Parliament: $19,040 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetThe Belmont Theatre: $9,589 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMain Street York Inc: $8,033 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPositive Energy Arts Foundation: $5,916 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetThe Grotto Community Center: $5,872 over 1y, 2.8% 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 16.

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.

Powder Mill FoundationPA32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Powder Mill Foundation · York County Community Foundation · The Arthur J and Lee R Glatfelter Foundation · York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc · White Rose Leadership Institute · The W Dale Brougher Foundation · Kinsley Foundation · Airie Knipel Harry V and J William Warehime Foundation · The Graham Foundation · The Stewart Foundation · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · Anne & Philip Glatfelter III 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.

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About Cultural Alliance of York County

How much does Cultural Alliance of York County give?
Cultural Alliance of York County reported 12 itemized grants totaling $578,926, out of $872,891 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Cultural Alliance of York County fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (100%), Community Improvement (0%).
Who are Cultural Alliance of York County's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Inc ($1.7M), York County History Center ($1.2M), Creative York ($279k).
Does Cultural Alliance of York County fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Cultural Alliance of York County?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Powder Mill Foundation, York County Community Foundation, The Arthur J and Lee R Glatfelter Foundation.
Where is Cultural Alliance of York County based?
Cultural Alliance of York County 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 16 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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