Pennsylvania · Public charity
Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation
To preserve, facilitate, promote and foster economic development within cumberland county and the surrounding regions, by providing integrated economic development and tourism marketing services to, and on behalf of, the citizens of the county, the south central pennsylvania region, and the commonwealth of pennsylvania.
- $7.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 84%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $26,913
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 94
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 84% of the organizations Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $995k 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 | 23 | $7.0M | 78% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $1.1M | 84% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 94 | $2.8M | 99% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $278k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $483k | 73% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $187k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $185k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sadler Health Center Corporation | $2,000,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Peyton Walker Foundation | $449,700 | 1 | 28% |
| Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Associati | $300,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Vickie's Angel Walk Inc | $275,309 | 1 | 16% |
| Shippensburg University Foundation | $260,868 | 1 | 1% |
| Carlisle Regional Performing Arts Center | $223,941 | 1 | 20% |
| The Splex | $150,724 | 2 | n/a |
| Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association | $123,428 | 1 | 15% |
| New Cumberland Olde Towne Assn | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet | $120,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 46 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sadler Health Center Corporation | $2,000,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Peyton Walker Foundation | $449,700 | 1 | 28% |
| Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Associati | $300,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Vickie's Angel Walk Inc | $275,309 | 1 | 16% |
| Shippensburg University Foundation | $260,868 | 1 | 1% |
| Carlisle Regional Performing Arts Center | $223,941 | 1 | 20% |
| The Splex | $150,724 | 2 | n/a |
| Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association | $123,428 | 1 | 15% |
| New Cumberland Olde Towne Assn | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet | $120,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Friends of the West Shore Theatre Inc | $105,400 | 2 | 36% |
| Midway Bowling | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cumberland Youth Cycling Development | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Conrail Historical Society Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cumberland Valley Rails to Trails Council Inc | $89,248 | 2 | n/a |
| The Millworks | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carlisle Sports Emporium | $70,859 | 2 | n/a |
| Grand Illusion Escape | $62,138 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Hill Cider | $49,451 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce | $48,162 | 2 | 6% |
| A Good Man Enterprises Inc | $48,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Carlisle | $39,376 | 2 | 1% |
| Central Pennsylvania Conservancy Inc | $36,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Dalicia Bakery | $32,488 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Carlisle Association | $27,222 | 1 | 9% |
| Carlisle Eventscarlisle Auctions | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| King West Art - Abc | $24,984 | 1 | n/a |
| Appalachian Trail Museum Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Borough of Newville | $22,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Allenberry Resort | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Uprise Events Live Inc Scott Brown | $17,502 | 2 | n/a |
| Keystone Theatrics | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Craighead House Committee Corp | $15,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling | $12,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Carlisle Bowen Works | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Market Cross Pub & Brewery | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Kitchen Shoppe & Cooking School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dickinson College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cumberland County Historical Society and Hamilton Library Assoc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Cracked Pot Coffee Shop | $9,903 | 1 | n/a |
| Appalachian Brewing Company | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Desparate Times Brewery | $7,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Professional Women and Women Entrepreneurs Association - Power | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Newville Historical Society | $6,330 | 1 | n/a |
| Susquehanna Area Mountain Biking Association | $6,087 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 108 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Partnership for Better Health · United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · United Way of the Capital Region · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · Pennsylvania Automotive Association Foundation · Lancaster County Community Foundation · Upmc Group · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation
- How much does Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation give?
- Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation reported 24 grants totaling $7,030,352 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 94 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (29%), Health (23%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sadler Health Center Corporation ($2.0M), Peyton Walker Foundation ($450k), Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Associati ($300k).
- Does Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 84% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, Partnership for Better Health, United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County.
- Where is Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation based?
- Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation is based in PA.
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