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Henry Janssen 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.

$792k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
47
Grants FY2024
46
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
43 to 46
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$15M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Henry Janssen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k 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 & CultureCommunity ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesHealthOther
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 arriving44$777k9%
FY202346$693k17%
FY202243$609k2%
FY202143$644k7%
FY202043$601k5%
FY201944$558k7%
FY201844$506k18%
FY201746$559kn/a
92% 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$1.3MEducation$987kPhilanthropy$600kFood & Nutrition$395kHousing & Shelter$280kEnvironment$250kHealth$180kRecreation & Sports$150kOther$0

Top grantees

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

Show all 46 grantees
All grantees of Henry Janssen Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Berks County Inc$600,00081%
Historical Society of Berks County$373,000818%
Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank$305,00081%
Albright College$180,00080%
Opportunity House$160,00081%
Alvernia University$144,00050%
7 Lakes Alliance Inc$130,00082%
Olivet Boys' & Girls' Club of Reading and Berks County Pa$105,00081%
Hope Rescue Mission of the City of Reading$100,00023%
Reading Symphony Orchestra Association$96,00081%
The President and Trustees of Colby College$80,00080%
Safe Berks$80,00080%
Literacy Council of Reading-Berks$80,00082%
Elizabethtown College$80,00080%
The Trustees of the Smith College$80,00080%
Berks Nature$80,00080%
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association$80,00080%
Foundation for the Reading Public Museum$75,00051%
Goggle Works$70,00031%
Reading Musical Foundation$60,00081%
New Journey Community Outreachinc$50,00081%
Spotlight Pa$50,00011%
Our City Reading Inc$50,00012%
Friends of the Robesonia Furnace Inc$41,000846%
Belgrade Lakes Association$40,00083%
South Mountain YMCA$40,00080%
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf$40,00040%
Belgrade Regional Health Center Inc$40,000411%
Old Dry Road Farm Inc$40,0008n/a
Robesonia Community Library$40,00085%
Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society$40,000821%
Heidelberg Cemetery Co Inc$25,0003n/a
Pennsylvania State University$25,0001n/a
The Children's Home of Reading$20,00021%
Berks Coalition to End Homelessness Inc$20,00011%
Reading Hospital Foundation$20,00020%
Connections Work$20,00020%
American Cancer Society Inc$20,00080%
Reading Area Firefighters Museum$20,000153%
The Yocum Institute for Arts Education Inc$16,00021%
Wood to Wonderful Inc$14,00075%
Friends of Belgrade Lakes Village$10,0001n/a
Robesonia Swimming Pool Association$10,000115%
The Wyomissing Foundation Inc$8,00040%
Western Berks Free Medical Clinic$5,000115%
Wyomissing Public Library$3,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Henry Janssen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Berks County Inc: $600,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHistorical Society of Berks County: $373,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetHelping Harvest Fresh Food Bank: $305,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetAlbright College: $180,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetOpportunity House: $160,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetAlvernia University: $144,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budget7 Lakes Alliance Inc: $130,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetOlivet Boys' & Girls' Club of Reading and Berks County Pa: $105,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetHope Rescue Mission of the City of Reading: $100,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetReading Symphony Orchestra Association: $96,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Berks: $80,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLiteracy Council of Reading-Berks: $80,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetElizabethtown College: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of the Smith College: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBerks Nature: $80,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHawk Mountain Sanctuary Association: $80,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFoundation for the Reading Public Museum: $75,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGoggle Works: $70,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetReading Musical Foundation: $60,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetNew Journey Community Outreachinc: $50,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetSpotlight Pa: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOur City Reading Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFriends of the Robesonia Furnace Inc: $41,000 over 8y, 46% of budgetBelgrade Lakes Association: $40,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetSouth Mountain YMCA: $40,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWestern Pennsylvania School for the Deaf: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBelgrade Regional Health Center Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetRobesonia Community Library: $40,000 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetTulpehocken Settlement Historical Society: $40,000 over 8y, 21% of budgetThe Children's Home of Reading: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBerks Coalition to End Homelessness Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetReading Hospital Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetConnections Work: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetReading Area Firefighters Museum: $20,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetThe Yocum Institute for Arts Education Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWood to Wonderful Inc: $14,000 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetRobesonia Swimming Pool Association: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetThe Wyomissing Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWestern Berks Free Medical Clinic: $5,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetWyomissing Public Library: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 42.

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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.

Berks County Community Foundation IncPA59.1× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berks County Community Foundation Inc · The Breidegam Family Foundation · The Wyomissing Foundation Inc · United Way of Berks County Inc · Blue Mountain Foundation · Penn Entertainment Foundation · Marlin Miller Jr Family Foundation · Berkshire Charitable Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · The Cynthia and Jim Boscov Family Foundation · The Catherine V and Martin Hofmann Foundation · Hammel Family 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 Henry Janssen Foundation

How much does Henry Janssen Foundation give?
Henry Janssen Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $792,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Henry Janssen Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Education (19%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are Henry Janssen Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Berks County Inc ($600k), Historical Society of Berks County ($373k), Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank ($305k).
Does Henry Janssen Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Henry Janssen Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Henry Janssen Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berks County Community Foundation Inc, The Breidegam Family Foundation, The Wyomissing Foundation Inc.
Where is Henry Janssen Foundation based?
Henry Janssen 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 76 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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