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Lancaster General Hospital

To advance the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

$4.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$14MPublic Benefit$14MCommunity Improvement$2.2MHealth$1.8MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.5MPhilanthropy$647kArts & Culture$570kHuman Services$129kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 33 grants below total $4,627,243 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $4,754,643 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $127,400 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $495k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $379k
  • $250k+4 grants · $3.7M
$23,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER$1,515,000
CITY OF LANCASTER$1,500,000
NEW HOLLAND AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION$350,000
NORTHWEST EMS$350,000
LANCASTER MEDICAL HERITAGE MUSEUM$169,056
LANCASTER CITY ALLIANCE$160,000
LANCASTER COMMUNITY SAFETY COALITION$50,000
SCHREIBER PEDIATRIC REHAB CENTER OF LANCASTER$45,000
PA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY$40,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC$40,000
HEMPFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT$40,000
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF LANCASTER COUNTY$38,000
LANCASTER REDEVELOPMENT FUND$30,000
FULTON THEATRE$27,500
LANCASTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$27,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $83k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $23k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $15k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $10k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $10k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $8k → 9%A WEEK AWAY FOUNDATION: $7k → 9%GEARS: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$34M · 21 repeat orgs$827k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +19% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
10

Total granted

$34M
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+18%

Still filing today

76%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $722k 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
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LC
    LANCASTER CITY ALLIANCE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +97%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY
    5× · 2018–2023 · $627k · revenue +19%
  • LM
    Lancaster Medical Heritage Musuem
    5× · 2018–2025 · $534k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • LC
    LANCASTER CITY AND COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
  • MT
    MANHEIM TOWNSHIP
    one grant, 2024 · $14k
  • NL
    NAACP LANCASTER BRANCH
    one grant, 2024 · $14k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
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
Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce Inc

Support member businesses through education and promotion, and support the quality of life in lancaster county through promoting compatible economic development.

Community Improvement
3
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
4
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
5
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
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
Care-Net of Lancaster

The best healthcare, for the lowest cost, for the most people.

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8
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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9
Lane County Medical Society

The lane county medical society is a professional organization that unifies and supports its physician members as they practice medicine. the society advances member interests, advocates for accessible healthcare, and promotes the overall…

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10
Lancaster Law Foundation

We promote equal access to justice for all in lancaster county by funding public interest law projects, delivering pro bono service, and educating the public on civic and legal issues.

Crime & Legal
11
Central Market Trust

The organization performs the daily management of the lancaster central market in a manner that facilitates the economic health of standholders' businesses while remaining consistent with traditional market and historic preservation…

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12
Library System of Lancaster County

Provide resources, services, and expertise in a collaborative manner to and with the member libraries in order to effectively serve our communities

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

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr15%6%5–10yr21%14%10–20yr17%31%20–35yr14%31%35–55yr13%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr15%1%5–10yr21%35%10–20yr17%9%20–35yr14%48%35–55yr13%7%55yr+

The field is 20% 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 — 2% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/53
the rest of the field
8%
234/2,762

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.

04the grantee network

43 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. 43 of the 53 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/43
Grantees still filing
25/43
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CITY OF LANCASTER — $13,628,090 · OtherCITY OF LANCASTERSCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER — $13,441,169 · OtherSCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER+29 more — $3,416,647 · Other+29 moreLANCASTER CITY ALLIANCE — $1,440,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $30,000 · Community ImprovementNORTHWEST EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOUNDATION INC — $700,000 · Public Safety & DisasterLANCASTER COMMUNITY SAFETY COALITION — $350,000 · Public Safety & DisasterROHRERSTOWN COMMUNITY FIRE COMPANY — $65,000 · Public Safety & DisasterUNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY — $627,266 · Arts & CultureFULTON THEATRE COMPANY — $27,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $33,150 · Arts & CultureNEW HOLLAND AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION — $350,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $65,000 · HealthSCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT — $55,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $40,000 · HealthLANCASTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION — $21,177 · Health+1 more — $9,500 · HealthLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE — $250,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $12,600 · EducationCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC — $66,000 · Human ServicesCHOICES HEALTHCARE — $20,000 · Human ServicesGREATER E-TOWN AREA RECREATION & COMMUNITY SERVICES — $10,000 · Human ServicesA WEEK AWAY FOUNDATION — $7,350 · Human Services
Other$30,485,906Community Improvement$1,470,000Public Safety & Disaster$1,115,000Arts & Culture$687,916Health$540,677Education$262,600Human Services$103,350

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLANCASTER CITY ALLIANCE — $1,440,000 over 9y, 23% of budgetTHE CLINIC FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN INC — $1,000,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetNORTHWEST EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOUNDATION INC — $700,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY — $627,266 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE LANCASTER CHAMBER — $600,000 over 6y, 47% of budgetLANCASTER HEALTH CENTER — $434,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetLANCASTER COMMUNITY SAFETY COALITION — $350,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetNEW HOLLAND AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION — $350,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE — $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION — $70,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC — $66,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetROHRERSTOWN COMMUNITY FIRE COMPANY — $65,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSCHREIBER CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT — $55,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF LANCASTER — $54,250 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF LANCASTER COUNTY — $38,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFULTON THEATRE COMPANY — $27,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTENFOLD — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCENTRAL PENN BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH — $22,950 over 2y, 11% of budgetLANCASTER MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATIO — $20,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $12,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT SIDE OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATI — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFAMILY MEDICINE EDUCATION CONSORTIUM — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FACTORY MINISTRIES — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY — $9,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetUNITED AUXILIARIES TO LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL — $9,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES COUNCIL — $7,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEDC FINANCE CORPORATION — $5,250 over 1y, 0.4% 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…The Steinman Foundati…High FoundationClark Associates Char…United Way of Lancast…Dart Foundation fka S…Central Pennsylvania …William and Jemima Br…High FoundationCity Limits FoundationUpmc GroupFulton Family Foundat…
Lancaster County Community FoundationPA55.3× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · The Steinman Foundation · High Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · United Way of Lancaster County · Dart Foundation fka Solid Waste Management Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation · High Foundation · City Limits Foundation · Upmc Group · Fulton Family Foundation

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.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Lancaster General Hospital funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    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 53 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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