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Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$351k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2025
9
Organizations funded FY2024
44%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 12
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$7.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthPublic Safety & DisasterAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationOther
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
FY2025still arriving11$351k64%
FY20249$330k44%
FY202312$333k50%
FY202211$371k64%
FY202111$342k64%
FY20209$299k89%
FY20198$307k38%
FY201810$349k100%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$599kArts & Culture$378kHousing & Shelter$363kPublic Safety & Disaster$287kReligion$194kYouth Development$187kCommunity Improvement$169kRecreation & Sports$163kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Venango County Association for the Blind$251,512616%
Boys and Girls Club Along the Allegheny$133,183358%
Historic Franklin Preservation Association$110,0002n/a
Franklin Civic Operetta Association$100,00029%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa Inc$94,29630%
Regional Counseling Center Inc$90,0001n/a
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation Inc$62,40015%
Reno Volunteer Fire Department$62,000223%
Allegheny Valley Trails Association$59,000149%
City of Franklin$50,0001n/a
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All grantees of Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Venango County Association for the Blind$251,512616%
Boys and Girls Club Along the Allegheny$133,183358%
Historic Franklin Preservation Association$110,0002n/a
Franklin Civic Operetta Association$100,00029%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa Inc$94,29630%
Regional Counseling Center Inc$90,0001n/a
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation Inc$62,40015%
Reno Volunteer Fire Department$62,000223%
Allegheny Valley Trails Association$59,000149%
City of Franklin$50,0001n/a
Emmaus Haven of Venango Inc$46,000124%
Oil City Civic Center Inc$43,079120%
Precious Paws Animal Rescue$42,11223%
Easter Seal Society of Western and Central Pennsylvania$40,00010%
United Way of Venango County and Titusville Region$40,000111%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$35,00010%
Jamie's Kids$35,000164%
Titusville Alumni Association$30,0001n/a
Abc Life Center Inc$30,0001n/a
Hydetown Volunteer Fire Department$30,000124%
Episcopal Diocese of Nw Pa$29,6372n/a
Northwest Hospital Foundation$29,35013%
Oil Region Library Association$25,65313%
Friends of Drake Well Inc$25,000110%
Community Blood Bank of Erie County$25,00010%
Cranberry Home and School$25,000125%
Belles Lettres Club$23,282118%
Christian Life Academy Inc$22,16313%
Erie Homes for Children & Adults Inc$20,00010%
Glade Run Foundation$17,24011%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$14,00020%
Vintage Wings Inc$10,0001n/a
Family Services of Nw Pa$10,00010%
Boy Scouts of America 532 French Creek Council$5,00010%
Sandycreek Volunteer Fire Dept$4,71114%
E a a Franklin Sport Chapter 988 Inc$4,4391n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVenango County Association for the Blind: $251,512 over 6y, 16% of budgetBoys and Girls Club Along the Allegheny: $133,183 over 3y, 58% of budgetFranklin Civic Operetta Association: $100,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa Inc: $94,296 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation Inc: $62,400 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetReno Volunteer Fire Department: $62,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetAllegheny Valley Trails Association: $59,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetEmmaus Haven of Venango Inc: $46,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetOil City Civic Center Inc: $43,079 over 1y, 20% of budgetPrecious Paws Animal Rescue: $42,112 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetEaster Seal Society of Western and Central Pennsylvania: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Venango County and Titusville Region: $40,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJamie's Kids: $35,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetHydetown Volunteer Fire Department: $30,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetNorthwest Hospital Foundation: $29,350 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetOil Region Library Association: $25,653 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetFriends of Drake Well Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetCommunity Blood Bank of Erie County: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCranberry Home and School: $25,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetBelles Lettres Club: $23,282 over 1y, 18% of budgetChristian Life Academy Inc: $22,163 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetErie Homes for Children & Adults Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlade Run Foundation: $17,240 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Services of Nw Pa: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoy Scouts of America 532 French Creek Council: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSandycreek Volunteer Fire Dept: $4,711 over 1y, 3.8% 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 28.

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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.

Edward V & Jessie L Peters Charitable TrustPA30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edward V & Jessie L Peters Charitable Trust · Bridge Builders Community Foundations Fka Venango Area Comm Foundation · Samuel-Edith Justus Char Trust · Arthur W Phillips Trust Uw · Elizabeth S Black Charitable Trust · Northwest Charitable Foundation · McElhattan Foundation · Eileen J Luce Charitable Trust · Erie Community Foundation · Laura M Smedley Tuw · Edith C Justus Tuw · United Way of Erie 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.

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About Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial

How much does Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial give?
Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial reported 11 grants totaling $351,202 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (19%), Arts & Culture (12%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
Who are Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Venango County Association for the Blind ($252k), Boys and Girls Club Along the Allegheny ($133k), Historic Franklin Preservation Association ($110k).
Does Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edward V & Jessie L Peters Charitable Trust, Bridge Builders Community Foundations Fka Venango Area Comm Foundation, Samuel-Edith Justus Char Trust.
Where is Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial based?
Fair Frederick&Ellen Memorial 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 61 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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