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High Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.3M
Granted FY2021
1
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$4.3M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your fieldRead
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01What you fund
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What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 75% of HIGH FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$4,289,270
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$4,289,270
02Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Lancaster General Health Foundation

The lancaster general health foundation is organized and operated to benefit, perform the functions of, or carry out the purposes of members of the healthcare system of lancaster general health, a non-profit corporation described in…

Philanthropy
2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
3
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
4
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry

The lancaster chamber of commerce & industry's mission is to create the environment, facilitate partnerships, and lead on issues that elevate business success. the chamber has 5 strategic priorities: public policy, workforce, business…

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5
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
6
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design

Pennsylvania college of art & design is a professional art college offering a bfa degree, certificates, credentials, and curricula that enable students of all ages to pursue art as their life's work.

Education
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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
8
Lancaster County Academy

Lancaster county academy's mission is to empower non-traditional learners to achieve academic success, career readiness and personal growth through flexible, student-centered programs that values independence, resilience, and real-world…

Education
9
Cedar Crest College

Cedar crest college is a liberal arts college primarily for women dedicated to the education of the next generation of leaders. the college prepares students for life in a global community by educating the whole student at all stages of…

Education
10
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
11
Lancaster Science Center

To inspire curiosity, creativity, and confidence by fostering an inclusive environment for hands-on stem exploration. we actively seek to make our facility and educational programs accessible to all.

Arts & Culture
12
Lincoln University

Lincoln university is a public, historically black university (hbcu) that provides a liberal arts based, undergraduate education on its main residential campus in chester county, pennsylvania; and professional programs on its urban campus…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lancaster County Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Elizabethtown College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Community FoundationsCommunity Theater CompaniesAffordable Housing Construc…Affordable Housing Developm…College Foundation SupportPregnancy Support CentersLocal History MuseumsCommunity Hospital SystemsCharter and Independent Sch…Food Pantries and AssistanceChildhood Cancer SupportYouth Sports Programs
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr13%6%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr15%13%35–55yr17%38%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%13%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr17%18%20–35yr15%14%35–55yr17%37%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/36
the rest of the field
9%
7,129/78,126

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 48 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/36
Grantees still filing
32/36
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $4,289,270 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+25 more — $616,199 · Other+25 moreELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE — $300,000 · EducationELIZABETH…LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE — $100,000 · EducationLEBANON V…THADDEUS STEVENS FOUNDATION — $80,000 · EducationTHADDEUS …LANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $25,000 · Education+4 more — $20,000 · EducationTHE CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE FOUNDATION — $250,000 · PhilanthropyLANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $5,000 · PhilanthropyTREASURES OF HOPE FOUNDATION — $167,000 · ReligionLANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB — $15,000 · ReligionNEW PERSON MINISTRIES INC — $10,000 · ReligionCOMMUNITY FIRST FUND — $50,000 · Housing & ShelterTENFOLD COMMUNITY LENDING — $50,000 · Housing & ShelterCHESTNUT HOUSING CORPORATION — $40,000 · Housing & ShelterSPANISH AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR EQUALITY INC — $100,000 · Community ImprovementFULTON THEATRE COMPANY — $50,000 · Arts & CultureROCK FORD FOUNDATION — $20,000 · Arts & CulturePRIMA ARTS INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureLONG'S PARK AMPHITHEATER FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$4,905,469Education$525,000Philanthropy$305,000Religion$192,000Housing & Shelter$140,000Community Improvement$100,000Arts & Culture$95,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE — $300,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPANISH AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR EQUALITY INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHADDEUS STEVENS FOUNDATION — $80,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTENFOLD — $54,775 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FACTORY MINISTRIES — $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FIRST FUND — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTENFOLD COMMUNITY LENDING — $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLANCASTER HEALTH CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFULTON THEATRE COMPANY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBRIGHT SIDE OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATI — $40,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetCHESTNUT HOUSING CORPORATION — $40,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetSAMARITAN CENTER — $35,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH CENTRAL PA — $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOM'S HOUSE INC OF LANCASTER — $20,500 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetASCEND CLINICAL SERVICES DBA NAAMAN CLINICAL SERVICES — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCK FORD FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMILAGRO HOUSE INC — $17,924 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPRIMA ARTS INC — $15,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF LANCASTER — $12,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetA WOMAN'S CONCERN INC — $10,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNEW PERSON MINISTRIES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLONG'S PARK AMPHITHEATER FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetUNITED DISABILITIES SERVICES FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEYTON WALKER FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Lancaster County Comm…High FoundationThe Steinman Foundati…Clark Associates Char…Pryor E & Arlene R Ne…Dart Foundation fka S…City Limits FoundationWillis and Elsie Shen…Ppl FoundationThomas a and Georgina…Richard S & Ann B Bar…United Way of Lancast…
Lancaster County Community FoundationPA60.3× affinity27 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 · The Steinman Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Pryor E & Arlene R Neuber Charitable Trust · Dart Foundation fka Solid Waste Management Foundation · City Limits Foundation · Willis and Elsie Shenk Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Thomas a and Georgina T Russo Foundation · Richard S & Ann B Barshinger Family Fdn · United Way of Lancaster County

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to High Foundation?

Find your warmest path to High Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 48 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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