Pennsylvania · Private foundation
John Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $645k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 65%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 65% of the organizations John Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 37 | $645k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $273k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $436k | n/a |
72% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Health$156kReligion$108kEducation$105kHuman Services$79kYouth Development$62kPhilanthropy$35kFood & Nutrition$30kRecreation & Sports$30kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mifflinburg Hose Company #1 | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Transitions of Pa | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Expectations Womens Center | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Smile Train Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Haven Ministry | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regional Engagement Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Lycoming College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mifflinburg Hose Company #1 | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Transitions of Pa | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Expectations Womens Center | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Smile Train Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Haven Ministry | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regional Engagement Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girls Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Lycoming College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Koala | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Susquehanna Valley Chorale | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Fierce Love 4 Good Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunbury Refuge Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boy Scouts of America Susquehanna Council Inc #533 | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Summer Seals Day Camp | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lewisburg Downtown Partnership Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 11.
About John Family Foundation
- How much does John Family Foundation give?
- John Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $645,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does John Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (4%), Religion (3%), Education (3%).
- Who are John Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Susquehanna University ($50k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($30k), Mifflinburg Hose Company #1 ($25k).
- Does John Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is John Family Foundation based?
- John Family Foundation is based in PA.
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