· Public charity
Greater Berks Development Fund
The GREATER BERKS DEVELOPMENT FUND aids and promotes economic and industrial expansion, and contributes to the economic well-being of reading and berks county by facilitating, promoting, and participating in, and financing economic development and community revitalization projects consistent with the needs of the community, with the…
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- $10k–50k149 grants · $3.7M
- $50k–250k19 grants · $950k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLENDY INC DBA BREWERS BAR AND GRILL | $50,000 |
| JIMMY GS BEVERLY HILLS TAVERN INC | $50,000 |
| SHREE SAI SIDDHI WYOMISSING LLC (HAMPTON INN) | $50,000 |
| CROSSROADS FAMILY RESTAURANT | $50,000 |
| BEST WESTERN PLUS READING INN & SUITES | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| WYOMISSING RESTAURANT AND BAKERY | $50,000 |
| PIKE CAFE INC | $50,000 |
| JSK READING LLC | $50,000 |
| RUCHA CORPORATION DBA HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITE | $50,000 |
| READING HOSPITALITY LLC | $50,000 |
| FOLIO ESTATE LLC | $50,000 |
| EXETER FAMILY RESTAURANT | $50,000 |
| MORGANTOWN HOTELS LLC | $50,000 |
| TJ RESTAURANT GROUP INC | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
1 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. 1 of the 167 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Greater Berks Development Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Berks Development Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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