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Degenstein Charles B Fdn-Char Tr at a glance

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Degenstein Charles B Fdn-Char Tr

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$109k
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$341kHealth$71kArts & Culture$59kCommunity Improvement$46kEducation$20kRecreation & Sports$20kReligion$18kPhilanthropy$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k36 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$2,100
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY YMCA$24,833
UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE$5,000
WALKING FREE CLUBHOUSE$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$5,000
TRANSITIONS OF PA$5,000
VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY$5,000
LEWISBURG CHILDRENS MUSEUM$4,300
DIG FURNITURE BANK$4,000
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY CHORALE$4,000
CENTRAL PA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CORP$3,000
DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY CENTER$2,500
FOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION$2,500
SHIKELLAMY COUNTY LITTLE LEAGUE$2,500
PA COUNCIL OF FINANCIAL LITERACY$2,500
AMERICAN RESCUE WORKERS INC$2,500
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 (FY20–25, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HAND UP FOUNDATION: $7k → 14%SUSQUEHANNA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER: $8k → 10%DIG FURNITURE BANK: $4k → 14%DIG FURNITURE BANK: $2k → 14%REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER: $6k → 10%TRANSITIONS OF PA: $5k → 11%DANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2k → 10%DANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2k → 10%REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER: $5k → 10%HAND UP FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%TRANSITIONS OF PA: $4k → 11%TRANSITIONS OF PA: $3k → 11%TRANSITIONS OF PA: $2k → 11%COMMUNITY ZONE: $1k → 11%COMMUNITY ZONE: $500 → 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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$502k · 30 repeat orgs$146k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
47

Total granted

$502k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+6%

Still filing today

83%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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

  • GS
    Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $240k · revenue +93%
  • RE
    REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER
    3× · 2021–2024 · $19k · revenue +19%
  • SA
    SPREADING ANTLERS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2024 · $15k · revenue ×16

Funded once

  • CS
    CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA OPPORTUNITIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue -30%
  • SB
    SUNBURY BIBLE CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • DL
    DONALD L HEITER COMMUNITY CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +115%
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
Cumberland Valley Community Connections
Youth Development
2
Somerset County Chamber of Commerce

The somerset county chamber of commerce is a non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting the somerset county, pennsylvania region as a superior locale in which to live, work, vacation and conduct business.

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3
Saucon Valley Community Center

A community center which provides a meeting place and programs for the recreation and social welfare of all age groups in the community.

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4
Murrysville Community Library

The Murrysville Community Library serves the communitys evolving informational needs. We connect people with ideas and information, promote lifelong learning, and help build the community.

Education
5
Penn Hills Library

A welcoming community center that provides information and equitable access to space, collections, materials, programs and services that enrich the quality of life and facilitate lifelong learning.

Education
6
The Mountain Playhouse

Offering the people of rural south-western pennsylvania live professional theatre producing eight or nine shows per summer of selected comedies, dramas, and musicals.

Arts & Culture
7
Marietta Center for the Arts

The mission of the susquehanna stage company is to celebrate, through theatrical performances, the common humanity binding us all together. we seek to create extraordinary theatre experiences that educate, challenge, inspire and serve the…

Arts & Culture
8
The Lancaster County Partners for Youth
Philanthropy
9
Northern Columbia Community and Cultural Center

The northern columbia community and cultural center is a gathering place whose purpose is to enhance the quality of life for the those who live in, work in and/or visit northern columbia county.

Recreation & Sports
10
Susquehanna County Recreation Center

Provide clean safe fun and community oriented recreational opportunities to the residents of the greater susquehanna county area.

Recreation & Sports
11
Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce

Promote civic, commercial, recreational, historical, environmental and general interest in the ligonier valley of westmoreland county pennsylvania

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12
Adamstown Area Library

The mission of the adamstown library is to maintain and improve the quality of life in our community by providing access to cultural, intellectual, and informational resources and programs to promote life-long learning for all ages. the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Susquehanna Education Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Camps for Spiffy-Kyds Inc. 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

56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 98 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/56
Grantees still filing
30/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA: $239,888 · OtherGreater Susquehanna Valley YMCATHE SALVATION ARMY: $31,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $26,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+67 more: $191,018 · Other+67 moreREGIONAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER: $19,050 · Human ServicesREGIONAL E…TRANSITIONS OF PA: $13,600 · Human ServicesTRANSITION…HANDUP FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Human ServicesHANDUP FOU…DIG FURNITURE BANK: $7,000 · Human ServicesDIG FURNIT…SUSQUEHANNA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesSUSQUEHANN…DANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $4,100 · Human ServicesDANVILLE C…+1 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesNORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $12,600 · Arts & CultureSUSQUEHANNA VALLEY CHORALE: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CAMPUS THEATRE LTD: $6,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureA & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $4,200 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureA COMMUNITY CLINIC: $9,000 · HealthKEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES: $3,500 · HealthGAUDENZIA INC: $3,000 · HealthPCC CORNER OF HOPE: $2,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF DANVILLE INC: $1,000 · HealthSPREADING ANTLERS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Community ImprovementTHE IMPROVED MILTON EXPERIENCE: $1,500 · Community ImprovementMifflinburg Heritage & Revitalization Assoc Inc: $1,000 · Community ImprovementSUNBURYS REVITALIZATION INC: $11,000 · EnvironmentMERRILL W LINN LAND & WATERWAYS CONSERVANCY: $1,500 · EnvironmentLITTLE SHAMOKIN CREEK WATERSHED ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentCENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA OPPORTUNITIES INC: $12,500 · Employment
Other$488,406Human Services$58,250Arts & Culture$44,300Health$18,500Community Improvement$17,500Environment$13,500Employment$12,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreater Susquehanna Valley YMCA: $239,888 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetREGIONAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER: $19,050 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSPREADING ANTLERS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetEOS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $14,716 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetTRANSITIONS OF PA: $13,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $12,600 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetCENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA OPPORTUNITIES INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA VALLEY CHORALE: $12,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetSUNBURYS REVITALIZATION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetA COMMUNITY CLINIC: $9,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetHANDUP FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFOR THE CAUSE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetVariety the Childrens Charity: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDIG FURNITURE BANK: $7,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNICHOLAS WOLFF FOUNDATIONINC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CAMPUS THEATRE LTD: $6,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLEWISBURG CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $5,300 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetDONALD L HEITER COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,250 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetA & B CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $4,200 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetTHE GREEN DRAGON FOUNDATION: $4,131 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $4,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD HUNGER OUTREACH PARTNERS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT OF SUNBURY INC: $3,750 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetKEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKEYSTONE STATE LITERACY ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetSUNCOM INDUSTRIES INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGAUDENZIA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERACTION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBARBARAS HOUSE INC: $2,900 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA SIGHT SERVICES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPCC CORNER OF HOPE: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNION COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,721 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ZONE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMERRILL W LINN LAND & WATERWAYS CONSERVANCY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFREMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,050 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF DANVILLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMPS FOR SPIFFY-KYDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLEWISBURG ARTS COUNCIL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMifflinburg Heritage & Revitalization Assoc Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEXCHANGE ARTS DBA THE EXCHANGE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE ARC SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGamut Theatre Group: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA VALLEY LAW ENFORCEMENT: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLEWISBURG NEIGHBORHOODS CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% 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.

Degenstein Charitable…First Community Found…Community Giving Foun…The 1994 Charles B De…Ppl FoundationGuyer FoundationCentral Pennsylvania …William J and Ann M R…Seiple Family Foundat…Fern & Gladys Moyer M…Sunbury Northumberlan…United Way of Columbi…
Degenstein Charitable FoundationFL84.7× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Degenstein Charitable Foundation · First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania · Community Giving Foundation · The 1994 Charles B Degenstein Fdn · Ppl Foundation · Guyer Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · William J and Ann M Roll Foundation · Seiple Family Foundation · Fern & Gladys Moyer Memorial Trust · Sunbury Northumberland Commtr · United Way of Columbia and Montour County

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 Degenstein Charles B Fdn-Char Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Degenstein Charles B Fdn-Char Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 70%
  • Interaction Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Barbaras House Inc: 17% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 98 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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