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Lancaster County Community Foundation

We embolden extraordinary community by investing in people and ideas that will shape the future of lancaster county.

$15M
Granted FY2024still arriving
373
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$19MHealth$12MHuman Services$12MArts & Culture$10MReligion$9.1MHousing & Shelter$8.8MCommunity Improvement$7.4MYouth Development$6.7MOther$0
02FY2024 · 373 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k104 grants · $742k
  • $10k–50k196 grants · $4.4M
  • $50k–250k66 grants · $6.3M
  • $250k+7 grants · $3.2M
$18,695
Median grant
12
States reached
$185M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAYSPRING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$1,050,000
LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY$542,402
WATER STREET MINISTRIES$393,226
MORAVIAN MANOR$333,287
YWCA LANCASTER$316,798
TENFOLD$302,128
LNP MEDIA GROUP INC$295,080
FOUNDATION OF THE LANCASTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$248,374
LANCASTERHISTORY$215,699
CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE FOUNDATIONATTOLLO$214,033
OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP SCHOOL$200,375
DELAWARE VALLEY GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE$194,202
SCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT$179,900
LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY$161,800
BRIGHT SIDE OPPORTUNITIES CENTER$153,213
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $9.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BRIDGE OF HOPE NATIONAL: $70k → 6%PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY INSTITUTE: $77k → 12%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $90k → 9%PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY INSTITUTE: $68k → 12%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $88k → 9%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $72k → 9%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $68k → 9%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $64k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $158k → 9%CASA OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $116k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $114k → 9%CASA OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $87k → 9%CASA OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $80k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $75k → 9%CASA OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $65k → 9%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $98k → 9%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $92k → 9%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $89k → 9%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $87k → 9%AARON'S ACRES: $85k → 9%AARON'S ACRES: $85k → 9%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $80k → 9%AARON'S ACRES: $79k → 9%AARON'S ACRES: $79k → 9%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $78k → 9%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $74k → 9%OFF THE STREETS: $72k → 9%OFF THE STREETS: $66k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER INC: $91k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SHELTER INC: $67k → 9%WATER STREET MISSION: $563k → 9%WATER STREET MISSION: $385k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE INC: $151k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE INC: $146k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE INC: $125k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE INC: $119k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE INC: $105k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE INC: $87k → 9%YMCA OF THE ROSES: $84k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE INC: $70k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $85k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $69k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $67k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $66k → 9%BRITTANY'S HOPE: $96k → 9%BRITTANY'S HOPE: $82k → 9%BRITTANY'S HOPE: $68k → 9%ELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY HOUSING & OUTREACH SERVICES: $67k → 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
MA
IA
PA
CA
UT
CO
WV
VA
MD
KS
AR
NC
DC
MS
GA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$111M · 494 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

494 repeat relationships: 348 still active in FY2024, 146 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

494
104

Total granted

$111M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+3%

Still filing today

84%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $266k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureAnimalsReligionOther
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

  • WS
    WATER STREET MINISTRIES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.7M · revenue +89%
  • LC
    LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +137%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +116% · 56% of their budget

Funded once

  • GC
    GENEVA COLLEGE
    one grant, 2018 · $300k · revenue +15%
  • HF
    HOMES FOR HOPEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $105k · revenue +131%
  • CH
    CRAIGHEAD HOUSE COMMITTEE CORP
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -34% · 89% of their budget
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
Central Penn Business Group On Health

Central business group on health advocates for the appropriate balance between cost and quality of employee healthcare in lancaster county by providing education on healthcare issues, promoting cooperation among payers, providers and…

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2
The Learning Community of Pennsylvania

To provide companion services to individuals with special needs.

Human Services
3
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
4
Lawrence County Economic Development Corp

To transform lives by serving as a creative force that promotes excellence in leadership, coordination, and orderly business development

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5
Landis Quality Living

To provide housing with services for adults to age in place and thrive in community.

Housing & Shelter
6
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
7
Lancaster County Community Foundation

We embolden extraordinary community by investing in people and ideas that will shape the future of lancaster county.

Philanthropy
8
Lancaster Preschool

Lancaster preschool believes that the preschool is an extension of the home environment where children can learn new skills, interact with teachers and peers, and experience hands-on learning opportunities through developmentally…

Education
9
Lancaster County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The organization exists to provide shelter, humane care and adoptions of stray and unwanted animals and for animals that come to the organization as the result of owner surrender and cruelty investigations and promote the welfare and…

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10
Lancaster Equity Inc

Lancaster equity coordinates efforts to advance communities where everyone has an opportunity to thrive, whether that be through neighborhood revitalization, living wage work, entrepreneurship, or safe and affordable housing.

Housing & Shelter
11
Economic Development Company of Lancaster County

Enhance the economic well-being of lancaster county by bringing together business resources, capital and government for selective, measurable and sustainable growth.

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12
Center for Community Resources Inc

To coordinate services among private and government agencies for specialized populations to ensure service continuity, reduce duplication, and assist individuals and families in accessing appropriate mental health, intellectual…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lancaster Lgbtq Center; the most unlike its peers is Little Conestoga Creek Foundation. 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

521 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. 521 of the 626 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.

67
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
183
Early backer (in before they grew)
502/521
Grantees still filing
379/521
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TENFOLD: $1,635,726 · OtherLANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY: $2,997,194 · OtherLANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCYTHE CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE FOUNDATION: $2,284,976 · OtherTHE CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY FIRST FUND: $1,540,075 · Other+80 more: $33,576,532 · Other+80 moreWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $3,693,027 · Human ServicesWATER STREET MIN…COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $1,011,365 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION…MILAGRO HOUSE INC: $850,682 · Human ServicesMILAGRO HOUSE IN…CHOICES HEALTHCARE: $706,129 · Human ServicesPOWER PACKS PROJECT: $659,727 · Human ServicesNORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $554,326 · Human ServicesCASA OF LANCASTER AND LEBANON COUNTIES: $544,279 · Human ServicesCOBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $528,989 · Human ServicesAARON'S ACRES: $510,955 · Human Services+17 more: $4,430,288 · Human Services+17 moreDAYSPRING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $2,028,907 · EducationDAYSPRING CHRIS…THADDEUS STEVENS FOUNDATION: $1,181,145 · EducationTHADDEUS STEVEN…LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $1,179,738 · EducationLANCASTER BIBLE…LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $858,791 · EducationLANCASTER PUBLI…LANCASTER COUNTY CAREER & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $832,721 · EducationLANCASTER COUNT…ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $774,228 · EducationELIZABETHTOWN C…LANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $641,226 · EducationLANCASTER-LEBANON EDUCATION FOUNDAT: $619,052 · EducationSOUTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION: $476,562 · Education+17 more: $3,780,530 · Education+17 moreUNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $1,537,829 · Arts & CultureUNITED WA…FULTON THEATRE COMPANY: $925,760 · Arts & CultureFULTON TH…GLOBAL DISCIPLES: $767,744 · Arts & CultureGLOBAL DI…LANCASTERHISTORYORG: $616,564 · Arts & CultureLANCASTER…EPHRATA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $571,850 · Arts & CultureEPHRATA P…ROCK FORD FOUNDATION: $561,045 · Arts & CultureROCK FORD…PRIMA ARTS INC: $436,764 · Arts & CulturePRIMA ART…Music for Everyone: $436,759 · Arts & CultureMusic for…HISTORIC RITTENHOUSETOWN INC: $321,045 · Arts & CulturePENNON ORGANIZATION: $308,897 · Arts & CultureLANCASTER SCIENCE CENTER: $280,724 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $1,224,404 · Arts & Culture+6 moreSCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT: $936,400 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE: $478,843 · HealthMORAVIAN MANORS INC: $475,831 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $365,025 · HealthLANCASTER CLEFT PALATE CLINIC: $344,975 · HealthUNITED DISABILITIES SERVICES FOUNDATION: $341,600 · HealthLANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL: $325,725 · HealthARCH STREET CENTER INC: $287,917 · HealthTHE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER: $282,726 · HealthA WOMAN'S CONCERN INC: $258,711 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $255,473 · Health+13 more: $2,486,878 · HealthCREATIVE MINISTRIES INC: $1,018,453 · ReligionLANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB: $795,833 · ReligionCROSSNET MINISTRIES: $731,252 · ReligionLANCASTER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $578,440 · ReligionMEN OF IRON: $481,201 · ReligionONELIFE INSTITUTE INC: $270,300 · ReligionLIFECYCLES INC: $246,429 · ReligionREAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $235,851 · ReligionBLACK ROCK RETREAT: $220,923 · ReligionALLIANCE OF CONFESSING EVANGELICALS INC: $202,745 · Religion+3 more: $498,245 · ReligionDELAWARE VALLEY GOLDEN RETRIEVER: $1,385,020 · AnimalsPET PANTRY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $683,572 · AnimalsLANCASTER FARM SANCTUARY: $468,866 · AnimalsPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $400,197 · AnimalsORGANIZATION FOR THE RESPONSIBLE CARE OF ANIMALS: $356,967 · AnimalsRAVEN RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $321,659 · AnimalsSPERANZA ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $268,021 · AnimalsA TAIL TO TELL INC: $201,142 · AnimalsPITTIES LOVE PEACE: $177,262 · AnimalsWOLF SANCTUARY OF PA INC: $162,142 · Animals
Other$42,034,503Human Services$13,489,767Education$12,372,900Arts & Culture$7,989,385Health$6,840,104Religion$5,279,672Animals$4,424,848

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $3,693,027 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY: $2,997,194 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE FOUNDATION: $2,284,976 over 7y, 56% of budgetDAYSPRING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $2,028,907 over 8y, 19% of budgetTENFOLD: $1,635,726 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FIRST FUND: $1,540,075 over 8y, 13% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $1,537,829 over 8y, 10% of budgetASSETS LANCASTER: $1,396,696 over 8y, 26% of budgetDELAWARE VALLEY GOLDEN RETRIEVER: $1,385,020 over 8y, 11% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $1,289,436 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHADDEUS STEVENS FOUNDATION: $1,181,145 over 8y, 17% of budgetLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $1,179,738 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF LANCASTER: $1,035,000 over 6y, 47% of budgetYWCA LANCASTER: $1,025,171 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetCREATIVE MINISTRIES INC: $1,018,453 over 5y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $1,011,365 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetSPANISH AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR EQUALITY INC: $1,001,472 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetSCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT: $936,400 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetFULTON THEATRE COMPANY: $925,760 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC: $923,631 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES: $876,009 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetLANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $858,791 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetMILAGRO HOUSE INC: $850,682 over 8y, 16% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY CAREER & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $832,721 over 8y, 32% of budgetLANCASTER AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $830,350 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE LANCASTER CHAMBER: $821,706 over 8y, 82% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB: $795,833 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LANCASTER INC: $782,752 over 8y, 21% of budgetELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $774,228 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL DISCIPLES: $767,744 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetCROSSNET MINISTRIES: $731,252 over 7y, 16% of budgetCHOICES HEALTHCARE: $706,129 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPET PANTRY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $683,572 over 8y, 11% of budgetPOWER PACKS PROJECT: $659,727 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetALIGN LIFE MINISTRIES: $642,785 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $641,226 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetLANCASTER-LEBANON EDUCATION FOUNDAT: $619,052 over 8y, 66% of budgetLANCASTERHISTORYORG: $616,564 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetLANCASTER CITY ALLIANCE: $595,455 over 8y, 19% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $591,022 over 8y, 18% of budgetRAISE28: $581,249 over 8y, 31% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $578,440 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetEPHRATA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $571,850 over 8y, 25% of budgetTHE CLINIC FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN INC: $566,358 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetROCK FORD FOUNDATION: $561,045 over 8y, 21% of budgetNORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $554,326 over 8y, 13% of budgetCASA OF LANCASTER AND LEBANON COUNTIES: $544,279 over 8y, 14% of budgetCOBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $528,989 over 8y, 1.7% 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 WATER STREET MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DAYSPRING CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds TENFOLD ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FIRST FUND ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ASSETS LANCASTER ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE VALLEY GOLDEN RETRIEVER ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THADDEUS STEVENS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF LANCASTER ↗
  • Who funds YWCA LANCASTER ↗
  • Who funds CREATIVE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SPANISH AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION FOR EQUALITY INC ↗
  • Who funds SCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds FULTON THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds MILAGRO HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER COUNTY CAREER & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION OF THE LANCASTER CHAMBER ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LANCASTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL DISCIPLES ↗
  • Who funds CROSSNET MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CHOICES HEALTHCARE ↗
  • Who funds PET PANTRY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds POWER PACKS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds ALIGN LIFE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗

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.

Clark Associates Char…The Steinman Foundati…High FoundationUnited Way of Lancast…Ferree FoundationPryor E & Arlene R Ne…Willis and Elsie Shen…Gooding Group Foundat…Shady Maple FoundationThe Abigail L Longene…Ashland FoundationRichard S & Ann B Bar…
Clark Associates Charitable FoundationPA175.6× affinity120 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · The Steinman Foundation · High Foundation · United Way of Lancaster County · Ferree Foundation · Pryor E & Arlene R Neuber Charitable Trust · Willis and Elsie Shenk Foundation · Gooding Group Foundation · Shady Maple Foundation · The Abigail L Longenecker Memorial Foundation · Ashland 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 Lancaster County Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lancaster County Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
62report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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How do I get to Lancaster County Community Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lancaster County Community 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 626 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 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home