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Gary L Weaver Family Foundation at a glance

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Gary L Weaver Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Youth Development$10kHuman Services$8kHousing & Shelter$7kEducation$6kReligion$4kFood & Nutrition$4kInternational$1kRecreation & Sports$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,050
Median grant
4
States reached
$238k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAYHA$1,500
S3DA$1,500
HELENA FOOD SHARE$1,500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$1,050
HOUSE ON THE ROCK$1,000
PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY INSTITUTE$1,000
TNT YOUTH MINISTRY$750
UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS$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 (FY18–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $1k → 6%PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY INSTITUTE: $1k → 12%PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY INSTITUTE: $1k → 12%PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY INSTITUTE: $1k → 12%PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY INSTITUTE: $500 → 12%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $1k → 9%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $1k → 9%WATER STREET RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 9%BRITTANY'S HOPE: $1k → 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.
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$34k · 10 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$34k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+63%

Still filing today

70%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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
Human ServicesEducationReligionYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CA
    CAMP ANDREWS
    4× · 2019–2023 · $5k · revenue +4%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +112%
  • PF
    PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY INSTITUTE
    4× · 2019–2024 · $4k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • MO
    MEN OF IRONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +63%
  • BH
    BRITTANY'S HOPEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +51%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
Lighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc

For god's love to be expressed for and by individuals with developmental disabilities through faith based programs and services.

Human Services
2
Tri-County Christian School

To promote and provide christian education.

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3
Cornerstone Ministries Inc

Cornerstone ministries provides a home where adults with special needs can experience abundant life. built on christian values, its family-centric environment creates a safe place where independence thrives, character grows, and confidence…

Health
4
Lighthouse Christian School

Lighthouse christian school exists to glorify god by providing quality, christ-centered education that will nurture students to become spiritually minded, academically versed, socially balanced, and equipped to make a positive impact in…

—
5
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
6
Bethanna

Bethanna is a christian non-profit social service organization providing services to children and families in philadelphia, southeastern and central pennsylvania. founded as a bible and missionary organization, bethanna whose name means…

Human Services
7
Lancaster Preschool

Lancaster preschool believes that the preschool is an extension of the home environment where children can learn new skills, interact with teachers and peers, and experience hands-on learning opportunities through developmentally…

Education
8
Wilmore Day Care Center

At Wilmore Day Care Center, it is our mission to provide holistic care for your child within a loving, Christian environment. We strive to ensure a well-rounded educational experience that will encourage lifelong learning.

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9
Lindsay Lane Christian Academy

To assist families in being good stewards of their children using resources provided by god to develop them into disciples of jesus christ who worship, grow, and serve him their entire lives.

Education
10
Lighthouse Preparatory Academy

The lighthouse preparatory academy's mission is to strengthen families by partnering with parents to develop witnesses for christ through academic excellence and character development

Education
11
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
12
Good Samaritan Mission Inc

To care for the needy, share the good news of jesus christ and change lives by providing counseling, life skill training, dignity gained through work and christ-centered discipleship.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Water Street Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Crossroads - a Community Homeschool. 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

17 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. 17 of the 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAMP ANDREWS: $4,500 · OtherCAMP ANDREWSHOUSE ON THE ROCK: $3,500 · OtherHOUSE ON THE ROCKEPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES: $3,500 · OtherEPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICESWOODCREST RETREAT ASSOCIATION: $3,250 · OtherWOODCREST RETREAT ASSOCIATIONS3DA: $3,000 · OtherS3DAHAYHA: $3,000 · OtherHAYHAIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherCEF OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $1,000 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · Other+2 more: $800 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA FAMILY INSTITUTE: $3,500 · Human ServicesPENNSYLVANIA FAMILY IN…BRITTANY'S HOPE: $1,250 · Human ServicesBRITTANY'S HOPEPOWER PACKS PROJECT: $1,000 · Human ServicesPOWER PACKS PROJECTMILAGRO HOUSE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesMILAGRO HOUSE INCGOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $1,000 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN SERVICE…WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $1,000 · Human ServicesWATER STREET MINISTRIE…COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOBYS FAMILY SERVICESSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,125 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER…CROSSROADS - A COMMUNITY HOMESCHOOL: $1,000 · EducationCROSSROADS - A…UNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC: $500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …DIAMOND STREET EARLY CHILDHOOD CENT: $500 · EducationDIAMOND STREET…TNT YOUTH MINISTRY: $3,250 · Youth DevelopmentHELENA FOOD SHARE INC: $2,706 · Food & NutritionMEN OF IRON: $2,000 · Religion
Other$25,550Human Services$9,750Education$6,125Youth Development$3,250Food & Nutrition$2,706Religion$2,000

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 budgetCAMP ANDREWS: $4,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA FAMILY INSTITUTE: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWOODCREST RETREAT ASSOCIATION: $3,250 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTNT YOUTH MINISTRY: $3,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHELENA FOOD SHARE INC: $2,706 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEN OF IRON: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRITTANY'S HOPE: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOWER PACKS PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS - A COMMUNITY HOMESCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMILAGRO HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE CUMBERLANDS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIAMOND STREET EARLY CHILDHOOD CENT: $500 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.

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…Christian Community F…Burkholder Family Fou…Robert C Wenger Chari…Gooding Group Foundat…North Foundation IncAnne B Sweigart Chari…Shady Maple FoundationClark Associates Char…Eden Bridge FoundationNatl Christian Charit…The US Charitable Gif…
Lancaster County Community FoundationPA30× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Burkholder Family Foundation · Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust · Gooding Group Foundation · North Foundation Inc · Anne B Sweigart Charitable Foundation · Shady Maple Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Eden Bridge Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust

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 Gary L Weaver Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gary L Weaver Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%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 · 0–10%
    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 26 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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