· Private foundation
McCleary Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k65 grants · $95k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH | $10,000 |
| SERVICES FOR THE HOMEBOUND | $10,000 |
| MENNO HAVEN INC | $10,000 |
| SHALOM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $10,000 |
| HOUSE OF GRACE | $7,500 |
| MARANATHA | $7,500 |
| TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH | $6,000 |
| THOMASTON BAPIST CHURCH | $5,000 |
| CUMBERLAND VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| OPEN DOOR CHURCH | $5,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC | $4,000 |
| SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| MIA SUTPHIN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC | $3,500 |
| ANTIETAM HUMANE SOCIETY | $3,000 |
| CUMBERLAND VALLEY ANIMAL SHELTER | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
89 repeat relationships: 63 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MIMENNO-HAVEN INC9× · 2017–2025 · $54k · revenue +27%
- SUSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +99%
- SCSHALOM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ASSOCIATION9× · 2017–2025 · $38k · revenue +254%
Funded once
- FCFRANKLIN CO HISTORICAL SOCIETYone grant, 2017 · $9k
- SFSERVICES FOR THE HOMEBOUND OF FRANKLIN COUNTY INCone grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue -12%
- FDFOUR DIAMONDS AT PS HLTH CHILDREN'Sone grant, 2021 · $3k
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.
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.
The mission of the philadelphia county medical society (pcms) is to aggressively advance and support the interests of physicians and their patients. pcms is pennsylvania's premier county medical organization.
Provide emergency medical services.
Civil justice for those in need, their homes secured, families protected, and finances fortified.
The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.
The foundation of the pennsylvania medical society charitable trust is dedicated to advancing the culture of philanthropy and supporting excellence across programs and services provided by the foundation of the pennsylvania medical society.
Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.
The central pennsylvania christian institue is a non-profit, non-denominational, evangelical ministry specializing in the clear communication of biblical christianity to the present generation. we will use both traditional methods and…
Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.
The provision of management services to the chester county hospital and its affiliates.
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…
The central pennsylvania blood bank (cpbb) is a community based blood program committed to providing a quality blood supply, responsive to community needs, in a cost effective manner. cpbb works to promote, secure, and coordinate 100% of…
The mission of the family health council of central pennsylvania, inc. (fhccp) is to build and support community-based health networks through partnerships, education, advocacy, and effective resource allocation.
How this is measured
32 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. 32 of the 108 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 MENNO-HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHALOM CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc ↗
- Who funds THE HOUSE OF GRACE ↗
- Who funds FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY- KITTOCHTINNY ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds OCCUPATIONAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBERSBURG PA ↗
- Who funds MARION VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds SPIRITRUST LUTHERAN HOME CARE & HOSPICE FKA LUTHERAN HOME CARE & HOSPICE INC ↗
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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization McCleary Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McCleary Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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