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First Federal Charitable Foundation at a glance

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First Federal Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$297k
Granted FY2023
25
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$306kHuman Services$305kHealth$254kHousing & Shelter$210kRecreation & Sports$162kArts & Culture$102kCommunity Improvement$88kPublic Safety & Disaster$83kOther$0
02FY2023 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k11 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONYNGHAM VALLEY CIVIC CENTER ORGAN$50,000
HAZLETON INTEGRATION PROJECT$50,000
BRIGHTER JOURNEYS$25,000
POTTSVILLE LIBRARY$25,000
SCHUYKILL HOPE CENTER$20,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$15,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER HAZLETON$15,000
WEST HAZLETON ELEMENTARY PTA$10,000
CHILD HUNGER OUTREACH PARTNERS$10,000
HEIGHTS-TERRACE ELEMENTARY PTA$10,000
HAZLETON AREA RECREATION PROGRAM$10,000
DRUMS PTA$10,000
LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
SUSQUEHANNA SIGHT SERVICES$6,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–23, $238k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE CENTER: $50k → 15%ST JOSEPHS CENTER: $25k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE CARBON COUNTY: $28k → 10%CLINICAL OUTCOMES GROUP: $5k → 12%HAZLETON INTEGRATION PROJECT: $50k → 15%WILLOW FOUNDATION: $40k → 15%BRANDONS FOREVER HOME: $10k → 15%BRANDONS FOREVER HOME: $300 → 15%UNITED CHARITIES: $25k → 15%UNITED CHARITIES: $5k → 15%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.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$643k · 19 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 14 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
73

Total granted

$643k
$903k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
-1%

Still filing today

37%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $229k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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

  • LV
    LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL
    2× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +94%
  • DS
    Downtown Shenandoah Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $50k · revenue ×14
  • ST
    SERVANTS TO ALL
    2× · 2019–2021 · $30k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • MU
    MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +39%
  • KC
    KING'S COLLEGE
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -11%
  • DV
    DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -38%
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
The Helping Hands Society of Hazleton Area Schuylkill and Carbon County Inc

--to provide training and therapy services for disabled children and adults in luzerne, schuylkill, and carbon counties in pennsylvania.

Human Services
2
Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation
Education
3
Philhaven

Philhaven promotes hope, healing and wholeness through the provision of behavioral resources.

Health
4
Hospice of Central Pennsylvania

Our vision is a community that embraces specialized care at the end of life with the same importance that is given at the beginning of life. our guiding principles are service - to make a difference in the lives of our patients/families,…

Human Services
5
Human Resources Center Inc

Services to challenged individuals in Vocational,Residential, Home Based, and Community settings.

Human Services
6
Keystone Service Systems Inc

Keystone service systems, inc. (kss) provides residential and related support services for families and people who experience intellectual disability, mental illness, or other behavioral challenges throughout central pennsylvania and the…

Human Services
7
Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers

Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers creates and sustains healthy rural communities by providing accessible, high quality medical, dental and behavioral health care for all, while recognizing and addressing other factors that influence…

Health
8
Human Services Center

Human services center is a comprehensive community behavioral healthcare provider that provides mental health and development disability services to lawrence county residents.

Human Services
9
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Penn state health hampden medical center's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate and culturally responsive and equitable…

Health
10
Shelter Service Inc

Shelter services inc provides temporary shelter to the homeless from multiple counties and facilitates programs to prevent homelessness through various housing/rent/utility assistance services.

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11
Scranton Primary Health Care Center

The center provides comprehensive health and dental services for residents of scranton pa and other communities in lackawanna and surrounding counties.

Health
12
Community Medical Center

Strive to make better health easier by providing access to affordable, high quality health services through equitable, innovative, and inclusive care models that support patient care, education, research, and community service.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater Hazleton Inc; the most unlike its peers is West Berwick Elementary Parent Group. 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

36 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. 36 of the 113 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
19/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE: $80,100 · OtherCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICEMARION CATHOLIC HIGH SC: $75,000 · OtherMARION CATHOLIC HIGH SCDHAP: $60,000 · OtherCONYNGHAM VALLEY CIVIC CENTER ORGAN: $50,000 · Other+84 more: $951,560 · Other+84 moreHAZLETON INTEGRATION PROJECT INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesHAZLETON INTEGR…DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE CENTER INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLEN…WILLOW FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Human ServicesWILLOW FOUNDATI…UNITED CHARITIES OF HAZLETON INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesUNITED CHARITIE…FAMILY PROMISE OF CARBON COUNTY: $28,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE …ST JOSEPHS CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesST JOSEPHS CENT…BRANDONS FOREVER HOME: $10,300 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationKING'S COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationIMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationTHE LUZERNE FOUNDATION: $14,300 · EducationLEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL: $60,000 · HealthRURAL HEALTH CORPORATION OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $12,500 · HealthGAUDENZIA INC: $8,000 · Health+2 more: $2,600 · HealthDowntown Shenandoah Inc: $50,000 · Community ImprovementBRIGHTER JOURNEYS: $25,000 · PhilanthropyWEST BERWICK ELEMENTARY PARENT GROUP: $6,000 · PhilanthropyA MOMENT OF MAGIC INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropySCRANTON AREA FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyDUSTINS ADVENTURELAND: $23,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINSI TRAILS COUNCIL #502 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP CRANIUM: $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$1,216,660Human Services$238,300Education$134,300Health$83,100Community Improvement$50,000Philanthropy$38,500Youth Development$31,500

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 budgetLEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Shenandoah Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKING'S COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAZLETON INTEGRATION PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSERVANTS TO ALL: $30,110 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetUNITED CHARITIES OF HAZLETON INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF CARBON COUNTY: $28,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetBRIGHTER JOURNEYS: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetST JOSEPHS CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDUSTINS ADVENTURELAND: $23,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER HAZLETON INC: $20,200 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetIMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGREATER HAZLETON CONCERT SERIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetTHE LUZERNE FOUNDATION: $14,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCTC MANUFACTURING: $13,100 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRURAL HEALTH CORPORATION OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRANDONS FOREVER HOME: $10,300 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetHAZLETON AREA RECREATION PROGRAM: $10,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetPTA PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESS: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCHILD HUNGER OUTREACH PARTNERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGAUDENZIA INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST BERWICK ELEMENTARY PARENT GROUP: $6,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetMINSI TRAILS COUNCIL #502 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA SIGHT SERVICES: $6,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetA MOMENT OF MAGIC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCollaborative Autism Movement LLC: $2,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCAMP CRANIUM: $2,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSCRANTON AREA FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAZLETON ART LEAGUE: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES FOR SIGHT: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds Downtown Shenandoah Inc ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KING'S COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HAZLETON INTEGRATION PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLOW FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SERVANTS TO ALL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED CHARITIES OF HAZLETON INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF CARBON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHTER JOURNEYS ↗
  • Who funds ST JOSEPHS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DUSTINS ADVENTURELAND ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER HAZLETON INC ↗
  • Who funds IMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GREATER HAZLETON CONCERT SERIES INC ↗

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.

The Luzerne FoundationWilliam G McGowan Cha…Ppl FoundationAllone CharitiesPaul and Lisa Deangel…Allone FoundationMoses Taylor Foundati…Pasco J Schiavo Memor…The Harry and Jeanett…Fidelity D & D Charit…Ballard Angels IncBenco Family Foundati…
The Luzerne FoundationPA36.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Luzerne Foundation · William G McGowan Charitable Fund · Ppl Foundation · Allone Charities · Paul and Lisa Deangelo Family Foundation · Allone Foundation · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · Pasco J Schiavo Memorial Charitable Fund · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Fidelity D & D Charitable Foundation · Ballard Angels Inc · Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization First Federal Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Federal Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
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    How do I get to First Federal Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to First Federal Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 113 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $266k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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