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Kalas Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$173k
Granted FY2025still arriving
56
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$121kHealth$119kHousing & Shelter$92kArts & Culture$78kEducation$67kRecreation & Sports$57kHuman Services$55kYouth Development$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$8,000
FULTON THEATRE$6,500
HOPE RESCUE MISSON$5,000
ADAMSTOWN AREA LIBRARY$5,000
HELPING HARVEST$5,000
EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES$5,000
LANCASTER SCIENCE FACTORY$5,000
COCALICO EDUCATION FOUNDATION$5,000
LANCASTER COUNTY PROJECT FOR NEEDY$5,000
DENVEREPHRATA ROTARY CLUB$5,000
LINDE$5,000
SCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRICS$5,000
DRILLERS SERVICE INC$4,625
CLARE HOUSE$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
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 (FY17–25, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $3k → 9%NEW HOPE MINISTRIES: $3k → 9%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $3k → 9%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $3k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER: $9k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER: $5k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER: $4k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER: $3k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER: $3k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER: $2k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER: $1k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER: $1k → 9%WATER STREET RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 9%WATER STREET RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 9%LANCASTER EARLY EDUCATION CENTER: $5k → 9%LANCASTER EARLY EDUCATION CENTER: $5k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $5k → 9%LANCASTER EARLY EDUCATION CENTER: $5k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $4k → 9%WATER STREET RESCUE MISSION: $4k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $4k → 9%WATER STREET RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $3k → 9%LANCASTER EARLY EDUCATION CENTER: $3k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $3k → 9%WATER STREET RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 9%VISIONCORP: $3k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $2k → 9%VISION CORPS: $1k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $1k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $1k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $1k → 9%JAN'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: $200 → 9%JAN'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: $3k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $5k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $3k → 9%JAN'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: $3k → 9%JAN'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: $1k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $2k → 9%JAN'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: $500 → 9%JAN'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: $500 → 9%JAN'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS: $300 → 9%CONESTOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
WI
NY
IN
PA
CA
CO
KY
TN
NC
LA
AL
FL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$747k · 65 repeat orgs$188k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

65 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

65
62

Total granted

$747k
$134k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+25%

Still filing today

34%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • HH
    HELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK
    8× · 2018–2025 · $49k · revenue +133%
  • WS
    WATER STREET MINISTRIES
    5× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +38%
  • GS
    GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES
    8× · 2018–2025 · $28k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • RH
    Reignite Hopegraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +36%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $7k
  • FT
    FULTON THEATER
    one grant, 2018 · $7k
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
Lawrence County Association for Responsible Care

To advocate for and provide quality services to people with developmental disabilities and ensure their health, safety and welfare while promoting personal choice and growth.

Human Services
2
Lancaster Township Fire Department

The mission of the lancaster township fire department is to serve the community by protecting lives,property and the environment in a safe, efficient and professional manner. the fire department is responsible for extinguishing fires, fire…

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Lancaster County Food Hub

Rooted in faith and compassion we provide services that honor the dignity of all by striving to meet basic human needs.

Religion
4
Mom's House Inc of Lancaster

Empower single parents and their children to set and attain educational goals through parent support and mentorship, early childhood education and safe affordable childcare.

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5
Literacy Council of Lanc-Leb Lva

Our mission is success through lifelong learning and learning for life. our vision is for adults to have the skills to transform their lives, sustain their families and strengthen their communities.

Education
6
The Arc of Lancaster County

Empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) and their families to lead full, satisfying, independent lives of their choice.

Health
7
Lancaster Harm Reduction Project Inc
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
Lancaster County Council of the Arts

To enrich the quality of life in Lancaster County by building vibrant and inclusive communities connecting arts, culture, education, and economic vitality.

Arts & Culture
10
Lancaster Community Safety Coalition

Enhance public safety and the quality of life in lancaster by engaging the community and advancing current crime prevention strategies.

Public Safety & Disaster
11
The Lancaster County Partners for Youth
Philanthropy
12
Chester County Food Bank

We mobilize and educate our community to ensure equitable access to nutritious and familiar food. we do this by raising, and soliciting funds for the acquisition, storage, growing, collection and distribution of food to low income citizens…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arbor Place Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cavod Performing Arts. 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

48 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. 48 of the 148 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
31/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK: $49,000 · OtherHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANKSCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRICS: $41,000 · OtherSCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRICSCENTRAL PENN FOOD BANK: $29,500 · OtherCLARE HOUSE INC: $23,550 · Other+113 more: $448,132 · Other+113 moreWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $29,500 · Human ServicesWATER STREET MI…GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $27,500 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN …MILAGRO HOUSE INC: $23,550 · Human ServicesMILAGRO HOUSE I…LANCASTER DAY CARE CENTER: $17,500 · Human ServicesLANCASTER DAY C…POWER PACKS PROJECT: $7,500 · Human ServicesPOWER PACKS PRO…Jans Circle Of Friends: $7,500 · Human ServicesJans Circle Of …FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $5,000 · Human ServicesNORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $5,000 · Human Services+3 more: $7,000 · Human Services+3 moreFULTON THEATRE COMPANY: $46,054 · Arts & CultureFULTON THE…LANCASTER SCIENCE CENTER: $23,500 · Arts & CultureLANCASTER …LONG'S PARK AMPHITHEATER FOUNDATION: $16,000 · Arts & CultureLONG'S PAR…CAVOD PERFORMING ARTS: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCAVOD PERF…ADAMSTOWN AREA LIBRARY: $16,250 · EducationReignite Hope: $10,000 · EducationHEMPFIELD FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationCOCALICO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationTHE WILDCAT FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationBETHANY CHILDRENS HOUSE INC: $2,000 · EducationLANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $2,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationLANCASTER COUNTY PROJECT FOR THE NE: $32,500 · Food & NutritionCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $2,500 · Food & NutritionONE WISH FOUNDATION: $8,500 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 · HealthLANCASTER CLEFT PALATE CLINIC: $3,000 · HealthUPMC CHAUTAUQUA AT WCA: $1,150 · HealthUNITED DISABILITIES SERVICES: $1,000 · HealthJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH CENTRAL PA: $20,000 · International
Other$591,182Human Services$130,050Arts & Culture$90,554Education$46,250Food & Nutrition$35,000Health$21,150International$20,000

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 budgetHELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK: $49,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFULTON THEATRE COMPANY: $46,054 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY PROJECT FOR THE NE: $32,500 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $29,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $27,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCLARE HOUSE INC: $23,550 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetMILAGRO HOUSE INC: $23,550 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetLANCASTER SCIENCE CENTER: $23,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH CENTRAL PA: $20,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLANCASTER DAY CARE CENTER: $17,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetADAMSTOWN AREA LIBRARY: $16,250 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetLONG'S PARK AMPHITHEATER FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetReignite Hope: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetREAMSTOWN FIRE COMPANY: $9,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetONE WISH FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetREAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER PACKS PROJECT: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHEMPFIELD FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetJans Circle Of Friends: $7,500 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetCAVOD PERFORMING ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARBOR PLACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWreaths Across America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROTARY CLUB OF LANCASTER: $5,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVISIONCORPS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER CLEFT PALATE CLINIC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIM ABLE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE WILDCAT FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HOPE MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPHRATA AREA REHAB SERVICES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY HOUSE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUPMC CHAUTAUQUA AT WCA: $1,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONESTOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSERVANT STAGE COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED DISABILITIES SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORGOTTEN FRIEND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

  • Who funds HELPING HARVEST FRESH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds FULTON THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER COUNTY PROJECT FOR THE NE ↗
  • Who funds WATER STREET MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CLARE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MILAGRO HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH CENTRAL PA ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER DAY CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ADAMSTOWN AREA LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds LONG'S PARK AMPHITHEATER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Reignite Hope ↗
  • Who funds REAMSTOWN FIRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds ONE WISH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds POWER PACKS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds HEMPFIELD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Jans Circle Of Friends ↗

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.

Lancaster County Comm…Clark Associates Char…The Steinman Foundati…Willis and Elsie Shen…Pryor E & Arlene R Ne…High FoundationWilliam and Jemima Br…The Abigail L Longene…Ferree FoundationGooding Group Foundat…Ppl FoundationRichard S & Ann B Bar…
Lancaster County Community FoundationPA55.6× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · The Steinman Foundation · Willis and Elsie Shenk Foundation · Pryor E & Arlene R Neuber Charitable Trust · High Foundation · William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation · The Abigail L Longenecker Memorial Foundation · Ferree Foundation · Gooding Group Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Richard S & Ann B Barshinger Family Fdn

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Kalas Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kalas 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 148 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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