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Ginko Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
5
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 27
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$770k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Ginko Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthReligionPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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
FY2024still arriving1$1k100%
FY20235$12k20%
FY202218$25k50%
FY202117$12k41%
FY202027$16k56%
FY201921$30k43%
FY201818$15k83%
FY20174$11kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$30kEnvironment$23kEducation$16kHuman Services$15kHousing & Shelter$7kHealth$5kYouth Development$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OR
SD
IN
PA
CT
CO
VA
MD
NM
NC
SC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lancaster County Conservancy$15,00030%
Lancaster Day Care Center$10,50070%
Lancasterhistoryorg$7,35050%
Lancaster Farmland Trust$6,50050%
The Aspen Country Day School Inc$6,00030%
Tba School$6,00020%
YWCA Lancaster$4,50020%
Adirondack Experience Inc$4,0004n/a
Demuth Foundation$3,75030%
Milagro House Inc$3,50030%
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All grantees of Ginko Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lancaster County Conservancy$15,00030%
Lancaster Day Care Center$10,50070%
Lancasterhistoryorg$7,35050%
Lancaster Farmland Trust$6,50050%
The Aspen Country Day School Inc$6,00030%
Tba School$6,00020%
YWCA Lancaster$4,50020%
Adirondack Experience Inc$4,0004n/a
Demuth Foundation$3,75030%
Milagro House Inc$3,50030%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$3,50010%
Lancaster County Food Hub$3,00010%
Water Street Ministries$3,00020%
Historical Society of Berks County$2,69540%
Lancaster City Police Foundation$2,05051%
Paul Smiths College$2,00010%
Fulton Theatre Company$2,00010%
Acds Inc$2,00010%
Homefields$1,50021%
St Regis Foundation Inc$1,45032%
St Josephs Indian School$1,1001n/a
Mount Gretna School of Art$1,00011%
The Barnes Foundation$1,00010%
The Preservation Society of Charleston Inc$60030%
Lancaster Theological Seminary$5001n/a
Lancaster Conservatory of Music Inc$22311%
Lancaster Emergency Medical Services Association$19030%
Davidson College$10010%
St Gabriels Episcopal Church$1001n/a
Pike Oley District Preservation Coalition Inc$1001n/a
Samaritan Center$10010%
Old-Growth Forest Network Inc$10010%
Lancaster Country Day School$10010%
Life Flight Network Foundation$10010%
Cato Institute$10010%
Native American Heritage Association$5010%
Fraternal Order of Police 16 Red Rose Lodge$5010%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$5010%
The American Legion$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ginko Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLancaster County Conservancy: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLancaster Day Care Center: $10,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLancasterhistoryorg: $7,350 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLancaster Farmland Trust: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Aspen Country Day School Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTba School: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA Lancaster: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDemuth Foundation: $3,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMilagro House Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPhiladelphia Museum of Art: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLancaster County Food Hub: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWater Street Ministries: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Berks County: $2,695 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLancaster City Police Foundation: $2,050 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPaul Smiths College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFulton Theatre Company: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAcds Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomefields: $1,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSt Regis Foundation Inc: $1,450 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMount Gretna School of Art: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Preservation Society of Charleston Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLancaster Conservatory of Music Inc: $223 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLancaster Emergency Medical Services Association: $190 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDavidson College: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan Center: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOld-Growth Forest Network Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLancaster Country Day School: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLife Flight Network Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNative American Heritage Association: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFraternal Order of Police 16 Red Rose Lodge: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Legion: $25 over 1y, 0.0% 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 34.

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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.

Lancaster County Community FoundationPA37.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · High Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Thomas a and Georgina T Russo Foundation · Fulton Family Foundation · Willis and Elsie Shenk Foundation · The Steinman Foundation · Ferree Foundation · United Way of Lancaster County · Gooding Group Foundation · Pryor E & Arlene R Neuber Charitable Trust · Ppl 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.

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About Ginko Foundation

How much does Ginko Foundation give?
Ginko Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Ginko Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Environment (19%), Education (13%).
Who are Ginko Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lancaster County Conservancy ($15k), Lancaster Day Care Center ($11k), Lancasterhistoryorg ($7k).
Does Ginko Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ginko Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ginko Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lancaster County Community Foundation, High Foundation, Clark Associates Charitable Foundation.
Where is Ginko Foundation based?
Ginko Foundation 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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