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McCleary Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$135k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
69
Grants FY2025
66
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$750
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
52 to 71
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$2.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations McCleary Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEmploymentHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving68$131k7%
FY202466$109k6%
FY202371$97k10%
FY202267$124k27%
FY202157$101k5%
FY202056$102k7%
FY201952$77k0%
FY201855$84k20%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$250kHuman Services$187kEducation$147kHealth$62kArts & Culture$61kAnimals$42kPublic Safety & Disaster$26kMembership Benefit$17kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
PA
VA
MD
DE
NC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Menno-Haven Inc$54,00090%
Shippensburg University Foundation$48,00090%
Shalom Christian Academy Association$38,00090%
Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc$36,00091%
The House of Grace$34,860615%
Franklin County Historical Society- Kittochtinny$23,34135%
Ed Dean Memorial Scholarship Inc$17,0509n/a
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$13,50090%
Cross Inc$12,0009n/a
Open Door Church$11,6507n/a
Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of McCleary Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Menno-Haven Inc$54,00090%
Shippensburg University Foundation$48,00090%
Shalom Christian Academy Association$38,00090%
Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc$36,00091%
The House of Grace$34,860615%
Franklin County Historical Society- Kittochtinny$23,34135%
Ed Dean Memorial Scholarship Inc$17,0509n/a
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$13,50090%
Cross Inc$12,0009n/a
Open Door Church$11,6507n/a
Occupational Services Inc$11,50080%
Salem Cemetery Association$11,0004n/a
Operation Smile Inc$9,00090%
Young Men's Christian Association of Chambersburg Pa$9,00090%
Marion Volunteer Fire Company$6,96690%
Criders United Brethren Church$6,7509n/a
Spiritrust Lutheran Home Care & Hospice Fka Lutheran Home Care & Hospice Inc$6,00030%
Karpers Cemetery Association$6,0004n/a
Nags Head Baptist Church$4,7509n/a
Cove Valley Christian Youth Camp$4,75080%
Wilson College$4,50090%
Services for the Homebound of Franklin County Inc$4,00011%
Mason-Dixon Warrior Adventures Corporation$3,6853n/a
St Stephens Lutheran Church$3,5509n/a
Ronald McDonald House Global$3,00010%
St Johns United Methodist Church$3,0009n/a
Bethel Assembly of God Church$3,0009n/a
Antietam Humane Society Inc$3,00010%
Cumberland Valley School of Music$2,50040%
Fort Loudon Historical Society Inc$2,50061%
St James United Brethern Church$2,5007n/a
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc$2,2503n/a
Summit Health Foundation$2,00030%
Women in Need Inc$2,00040%
Four States Christian Missions Inc$2,00040%
Capitol Theatre Center Foundation$2,00040%
Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors Inc$1,50010%
Cbm Ministries of South Central Pennsylvania Inc$1,50040%
Conococheague Institute For the Study of Cultural Heritage$1,25050%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,25040%
Grand Point Church$1,0503n/a
Cumberland Valley Relief Center Inc$1,00010%
Pregnancy Ministries Inc$9001n/a
South Mountain Bible Church$7503n/a
Made of Steele$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($477k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget McCleary Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMenno-Haven Inc: $54,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetShippensburg University Foundation: $48,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetShalom Christian Academy Association: $38,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc: $36,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetThe House of Grace: $34,860 over 6y, 15% of budgetFranklin County Historical Society- Kittochtinny: $23,341 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $13,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOccupational Services Inc: $11,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Chambersburg Pa: $9,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMarion Volunteer Fire Company: $6,966 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSpiritrust Lutheran Home Care & Hospice Fka Lutheran Home Care & Hospice Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCove Valley Christian Youth Camp: $4,750 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWilson College: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetServices for the Homebound of Franklin County Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAntietam Humane Society Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCumberland Valley School of Music: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFort Loudon Historical Society Inc: $2,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSummit Health Foundation: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWomen in Need Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFour States Christian Missions Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCapitol Theatre Center Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPennsylvania Wounded Warriors Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCbm Ministries of South Central Pennsylvania Inc: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConococheague Institute For the Study of Cultural Heritage: $1,250 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCumberland Valley Relief Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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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 28.

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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 Enhancing CommunitiesPA29.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation · The William and Diane Nitterhouse Foundation · Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation · Orrstown Bank Foundation Inc 011552 · Stewart Alexander Md Fdn Tr Udeed · United Way of Franklin County · The Manitowoc Company Foundation · Pennsylvania Automotive Association Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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.

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How do I get to McCleary Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to McCleary Family 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.

About McCleary Family Foundation

How much does McCleary Family Foundation give?
McCleary Family Foundation reported 69 grants totaling $134,545 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 71 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does McCleary Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (28%), Human Services (21%), Education (16%).
Who are McCleary Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Menno-Haven Inc ($54k), Shippensburg University Foundation ($48k), Shalom Christian Academy Association ($38k).
Does McCleary Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does McCleary Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as McCleary Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation, The William and Diane Nitterhouse Foundation.
Where is McCleary Family Foundation based?
McCleary Family Foundation is based in PA.

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 108 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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