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John Crain Kunkel Foundation at a glance

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John Crain Kunkel Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$650k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$885kArts & Culture$594kHealth$439kHuman Services$431kHousing & Shelter$262kPhilanthropy$241kYouth Development$224kFood & Nutrition$201kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $416k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $180k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS$90,000
PENN STATE HEALTH - HAMPDEN MEDICAL CENTER$90,000
ART CENTER SCHOOL & GALLERIES$30,000
UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION$25,000
ST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$24,938
BOARD OF CHILD CARE$23,700
UPMC PINNACLE FOUNDATION$20,000
NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM$20,000
BETHESDA MISSION$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE$20,000
COMMUNITY CHECK-UP CENTER$17,000
HARRISBURG GREEN ALLIANCE$16,000
PROJECT SHARE OF CARLISLE$15,000
CARING CUPBOARD$15,000
GREENLIGHT OPERATION$15,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $405k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%GREENLIGHT OPERATION: $15k → 8%HOFFMAN HOMES INC: $20k → 9%PRESBYTERIAN SENIOR LIVING: $25k → 9%OPERATION WARM: $15k → 10%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $10k → 11%BOARD OF CHILD CARE: $24k → 11%GREENLIGHT OPERATION: $15k → 8%NEW HOPE MINISTRIES: $10k → 9%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $10k → 11%CARING CUPBOARD: $15k → 11%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $7k → 11%NEW HOPE MINISTRIES: $10k → 9%YWCA GREATER HARRISBURG: $32k → 12%PROJECT SHARE OF CARLISLE: $15k → 8%PROJECT SHARE OF CARLISLE: $15k → 8%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES OF CUMBERLAND AND PERRY COUNTIES: $10k → 8%PROJECT SHARE OF CARLISLE: $7k → 8%YWCA GREATER HARRISBURG: $10k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF HARRISBURG CAPITAL REGION: $8k → 8%FOUNDATION FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITIES: $8k → 8%FAMILY PROMISE OF HARRISBURG CAPITAL REGION: $5k → 8%HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PA: $10k → 12%HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PA: $5k → 12%HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PA: $5k → 12%STOP THE VIOLENCE MINISTRY: $10k → 12%STOP THE VIOLENCE MINISTRY: $15k → 12%STOP THE VIOLENCE MINISTRY: $13k → 12%STOP THE VIOLENCE MINISTRY: $13k → 12%STOP THE VIOLENCE MINISTRY: $7k → 12%STOP THE VIOLENCE MINISTRY: $5k → 12%MILLERSBURG AREA SENIOR CENTER: $23k → 12%MILLERSBURG AREA SENIOR CENTER: $15k → 12%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.
$2.5M · 50 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
37

Total granted

$2.5M
$825k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
0%

Still filing today

90%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $255k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $234k · revenue +12%
  • DC
    DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
    2× · 2020–2021 · $150k · revenue +25%
  • HH
    Historic Harrisburg Assoc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +39% · 26% of their budget

Funded once

  • PS
    PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $150k
  • HC
    HOMELAND CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $80k · revenue -6%
  • SH
    SHALOM HOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue -74%
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
Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals

Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.

Health
2
Chambersburg Hospital

The chambersburg hospital is a regional non-profit health care organization committed to the improvement of the health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.

Health
3
Harrisburg Regional Chamber

The mission of the harrisburg regional chamber is to be a catalyst for policy change, for job creation and for business growth in cumberland, dauphin, and perry counties that enhances the quality of life in our region.

Community Improvement
4
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

The mission of penn state health holy spirit medical center is to nurture the healing ministry of the church, supported by education and research. fidelity to the gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we create…

Health
5
Hamilton Health Center Inc

To improve the health of central pennsylvania's residents by delivering high quality, respectful and patient-centered health and related social servies that promote access, treatment, education, and prevention regardless of health,…

Health
6
Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg

The jewish home of greater harrisburg provides a continuum of primarily senior living services to the central pennsylvania community. our mission, based on jewish values, is to enhance the quality of life of those we serve and their…

Health
7
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry

The pennsylvania chamber of business and industry is the largest broad-based business association in pennsylvania. thousands of members throughout the commonwealth employ greater than 50 percent of pennsylvania's private workforce.…

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8
Highlands Hospital

Highlands hospital is committed to providing health care to the community in a competent, nurturing and healing environment. our staff will provide support in times of crisis and furnish the resources necessary to promote a healthy…

Health
9
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
10
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health
11
Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc

Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.

Health
12
Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania

The housing alliance of pennsyvlania ("hap") has played a leading role in many significant housing policy advances. hap is an influential community of housing consumers, advocates, producers, providers, policy makers and government…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hoffman Homes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Operation Warm Inc. 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

80 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 80 of the 100 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/80
Grantees still filing
47/80
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BETHESDA MISSION: $150,000 · OtherBETHESDA MISSIONHistoric Harrisburg Assoc: $150,000 · OtherHistoric Harrisburg AssocPENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYSHALOM HOUSE: $60,000 · OtherCAPITAL AREA HEAD START A DIVISION OF KEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS: $50,000 · OtherVETERANS OUTREACH OF PENNSYLVANIA: $66,300 · OtherCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $60,000 · Other+39 more: $702,029 · Other+39 moreDAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM: $150,000 · EducationDAUPHIN COUNTY LIBR…THE NATIVITY SCHOOL OF HARRISBURG: $150,000 · EducationTHE NATIVITY SCHOOL…HARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: $80,000 · EducationHARRISBURG UNIVERSI…HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $69,950 · EducationHARRISBURG AREA COM…ST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $59,938 · EducationST STEPHEN'S EPISCO…THE JOSHUA GROUP: $52,500 · EducationTHE JOSHUA GROUPTHE JANUS SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationCAPITAL AREA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $25,000 · Education+2 more: $11,000 · EducationSTOP THE VIOLENCE MINISTRY: $62,000 · Human ServicesSTOP THE VIOLEN…Operation Warm Inc: $52,500 · Human ServicesOperation Warm …YWCA GREATER HARRISBURG: $42,000 · Human ServicesYWCA GREATER HA…MILLERSBURG AREA SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY BOARD: $38,250 · Human ServicesMILLERSBURG ARE…PROJECT SHARE OF CARLISLE: $36,976 · Human ServicesPROJECT SHARE O…GREENLIGHT OPERATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesGREENLIGHT OPER…VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $27,000 · Human ServicesVALLEY YOUTH HO…PHI: $25,000 · Human ServicesBETHESDA MISSION OF HARRISBURG INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGE OF HOPE HARRISBURG AREA: $25,000 · Human ServicesBOARD OF CHILD CARE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH INC: $23,700 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: $20,000 · Human ServicesNEW HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOFFMAN HOMES INC: $20,000 · Human Services+4 more: $45,000 · Human Services+4 moreWHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS: $145,000 · Arts & CultureWHITAKER CEN…Friends of the West Shore Theatre Inc: $60,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of t…NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM: $55,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CIV…PENNON ORGANIZATION: $30,000 · Arts & CulturePENNON ORGAN…HISTORICAL SOCIETY DAUPHIN COUNTY: $25,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORICAL S…Harrisburg Area Riverboat Soci: $18,000 · Arts & CultureOpen Stage of Harrisburg: $16,000 · Arts & CultureGamut Theatre Group: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $24,500 · Arts & Culture+2 morePenn State Health Hampden Medical Center: $90,000 · HealthPenn State …HOMELAND CENTER: $80,000 · HealthHOMELAND CE…SADLER HEALTH CENTER CORPORATION: $58,000 · HealthSADLER HEAL…PLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE: $45,000 · HealthPLANNED PAR…KEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES: $25,000 · HealthKEYSTONE HU…Community Check Up Center of S: $25,000 · HealthCommunity C…UPMC PINNACLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthUPMC PINNAC…+3 more: $20,000 · Health+3 moreUNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $233,500 · PhilanthropyGIRLS ON THE RUN MID STATE PA: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentSKIP PROGRAM: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEAF PROJECT INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CHAMBERSBURG AND SHIPPENSBURG INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,388,329Education$628,388Human Services$492,426Arts & Culture$388,500Health$363,000Philanthropy$233,500Youth Development$85,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $233,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM: $150,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHistoric Harrisburg Assoc: $150,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetTHE NATIVITY SCHOOL OF HARRISBURG: $150,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetWHITAKER CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTS: $145,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetPenn State Health Hampden Medical Center: $90,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMELAND CENTER: $80,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $69,950 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetVETERANS OUTREACH OF PENNSYLVANIA: $66,300 over 3y, 15% of budgetSTOP THE VIOLENCE MINISTRY: $62,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the West Shore Theatre Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetSHALOM HOUSE: $60,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $59,938 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetSADLER HEALTH CENTER CORPORATION: $58,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM: $55,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE JOSHUA GROUP: $52,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $52,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA GREATER HARRISBURG: $42,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBRETHREN HOUSING ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CRACKED POT COFFEE SHOP: $39,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetMILLERSBURG AREA SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY BOARD: $38,250 over 2y, 14% of budgetJOSEPH T SIMPSON PUBLIC LIBRARY: $38,024 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPROJECT SHARE OF CARLISLE: $36,976 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCARLISLE CARES: $33,830 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $31,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH CENTRAL PA: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPENNON ORGANIZATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGREENLIGHT OPERATION: $30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE JANUS SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBEACON CLINIC FOR HEALTH AND HOPE: $29,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCLEVE J FREDRICKSEN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $27,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $27,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN MID STATE PA: $25,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetKEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY DAUPHIN COUNTY: $25,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetPHI: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL PA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCAPITAL AREA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBETHESDA MISSION OF HARRISBURG INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGE OF HOPE HARRISBURG AREA: $25,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $25,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetBOARD OF CHILD CARE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH INC: $23,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP HEBRON INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetRECYCLE BICYCLE HARRISBURG INC: $20,000 over 1y, 19% 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.

The Foundation for En…United Way of the Cap…The Donald B and Doro…McCormick Family Fdn …Joseph T and Helen M …Alexander and Jane Bo…Hall FoundationSchwab-Silfen Foundat…Kenneth Bankert Found…Anne & Philip Glatfel…Community Aid IncCentral Pennsylvania …
The Foundation for Enhancing CommunitiesPA124.1× affinity61 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · United Way of the Capital Region · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · Alexander and Jane Boyd Ta Foundation · Hall Foundation · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · Kenneth Bankert Foundation Inc · Anne & Philip Glatfelter III Family Foundation · Community Aid Inc · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

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 John Crain Kunkel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Crain Kunkel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Board of Child Care of the United Methodist Church Inc: 100% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 100 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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