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Franklin & Marshall College

FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE is a residential college dedicated to excellence in undergraduate liberal arts education.

$64M
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Community Improvement$1.2MArts & Culture$100kEnvironment$85kHealth$78kPublic Benefit$23kYouth Development$20kHuman Services$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $140,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $63,939,166 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $63,799,166 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$887M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LANCASTER CITY ALLIANCE$120,000
FULTON THEATRE$10,000
LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Community Action Program of Lancaster County: $30k → 9%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.

Grants abroad, by region: $11M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 9 regions, all to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

East Asia and the Pacific$3.3M · 29% · 114 people

Stated purpose: STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS · STUDENT LOANS

South Asia$2.2M · 20% · 66 people

Stated purpose: STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS · STUDENT LOANS

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$2.1M · 19% · 54 people

Stated purpose: STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS · STUDENT LOANS

Sub-Saharan Africa$1.3M · 12% · 32 people

Stated purpose: STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS · STUDENT LOANS

Russia and Neighboring States$852k · 8% · 21 people

Stated purpose: STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS · STUDENT LOANS

Middle East and North Africa$616k · 6% · 16 people

Stated purpose: STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS · STUDENT LOANS

South America$407k · 4% · 10 people

Stated purpose: STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS · STUDENT LOANS

Central America and the Caribbean$294k · 3% · 5 people

Stated purpose: STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS · STUDENT LOANS

North America (Canada and Mexico)$48k · 0% · 2 people

Stated purpose: STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 7 repeat orgs$152k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$1.4M
$152k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+20%

Still filing today

71%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • LC
    LANCASTER CITY ALLIANCE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +97%
  • LG
    LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL
    4× · 2022–2025 · $43k · revenue +30%
  • LG
    LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • MC
    MILLPORT CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2017 · $85k · revenue -37% · 61% of their budget
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue -12%
  • THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +27%
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
Lancaster County Council of the Arts

To enrich the quality of life in Lancaster County by building vibrant and inclusive communities connecting arts, culture, education, and economic vitality.

Arts & Culture
2
Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadephia

The chamber of commerce for greater philadelphia (the chamber) brings area businesses and civic leaders together to promote growth and create opportunity in our region. our members represent eleven counties, three states, and roughly…

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3
Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce Inc

Support member businesses through education and promotion, and support the quality of life in lancaster county through promoting compatible economic development.

Community Improvement
4
Economic Development Company of Lancaster County

Enhance the economic well-being of lancaster county by bringing together business resources, capital and government for selective, measurable and sustainable growth.

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5
Lancaster General Health

Provides managerial and financial support to its controlled organizations and is also responsible for undertaking activities designed to advance the general health of the community.

Health
6
Literacy Council of Lanc-Leb Lva

Our mission is success through lifelong learning and learning for life. our vision is for adults to have the skills to transform their lives, sustain their families and strengthen their communities.

Education
7
Chambersburg Hospital

The chambersburg hospital is a regional non-profit health care organization committed to the improvement of the health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.

Health
8
Lancaster Medical Society Foundatio
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9
Central Market Trust

The organization performs the daily management of the lancaster central market in a manner that facilitates the economic health of standholders' businesses while remaining consistent with traditional market and historic preservation…

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10
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
11
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc

See schedule oper the bylaws of the delaware & lehigh national heritage corridor(which were updated by the merged board of the national canal musuem and the d&l), our mission is to work with government entities, non-profit organizations…

Arts & Culture
12
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Foundation of the Lancaster Chamber; the most unlike its peers is Millport Conservancy. 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

14 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. 14 of the 15 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LANCASTER CITY ALLIANCE: $1,200,000 · Community ImprovementLANCASTER CITY ALLIANCEMILLPORT CONSERVANCY: $84,500 · OtherMILLPORT …CRISPUS ATTUCKS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $15,000 · OtherCRISPUS A…Individual grant recipient: $13,334 · OtherIndividua…LANCASTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY: $7,500 · OtherLANCASTER…THE FOUNDATION OF THE LANCASTER CHAMBER: $5,000 · OtherSTEPPINGSTONE SCHOLARS INC: $5,000 · OtherFULTON THEATRE COMPANY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL: $42,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthLANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $29,500 · Human ServicesCTC TEN FOUNDATION: $20,000 · InternationalLANCASTER COMMUNITY SAFETY COALITION: $5,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Community Improvement$1,200,000Other$130,334Arts & Culture$110,000Health$47,500Philanthropy$30,000Human Services$29,500International$20,000Public Safety & Disaster$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLANCASTER CITY ALLIANCE: $1,200,000 over 9y, 22% of budgetFULTON THEATRE COMPANY: $100,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMILLPORT CONSERVANCY: $84,500 over 1y, 61% of budgetLANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL: $42,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $29,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCTC TEN FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE LANCASTER CHAMBER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER COMMUNITY SAFETY COALITION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Lancaster County Comm…The Steinman Foundati…High FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Lancaster County Community FoundationPA26× affinity10 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · The Steinman Foundation · High Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Franklin & Marshall College funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Franklin & Marshall College. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 15 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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