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Mount Airy Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$105k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$345kReligion$250kEducation$183kArts & Culture$168kPhilanthropy$84kHealth$63kHousing & Shelter$25kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALLIED SERVICES FOUNDATION$50,000
POCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY$30,000
UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON$20,000
LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–20, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ALL ONE CHARITIES: $10k → 15%WOMENS'S RESOURCES OF MONROE COUNTY: $1k → 12%WOMENS'S RESOURCES OF MONROE COUNTY: $500 → 12%WOMEN'S RESOURCE OF MONROE COUNTY: $400 → 12%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.
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.

18%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$204k · 6 repeat orgs$948k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
27

Total granted

$204k
$878k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • KC
    KEYSTONE COLLEGE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $84k · revenue +3%
  • PM
    POCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY
    3× · 2018–2025 · $68k · revenue +208%
  • JC
    JOHNSON COLLEGE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $27k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • AS
    ALLIED SERVICES
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
  • DO
    DIOCESE OF SCRANTON
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
  • FA
    FINE ARTS DISCOVERY SERIES INC D/B/A SHERMAN THEATER
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue -8%
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
Eastern Monroe Public Library

To provide, maintain, operate and support a free public library in monroe county, pa

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2
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

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.

Health
3
Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc

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.

Health
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
The Foundation At Monroe County Community College

A community-based, charitable organization, dedicated to the educational, cultural, and financial enhancement of monroe county community college.

Education
6
Monroe-Union County Community

To help all union county nc residents gain access to affordable housing, decent jobs, and to develop a sense of security.

Housing & Shelter
7
Pocono Health System

We heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.

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8
Family Promise of the Poconos Inc

Family promise of monroe county provides safe shelter, meals, and support services for homeless families with children through a collaborative network of local congregations.

Human Services
9
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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10
Pocono Mountain Regional Emergency Medical Services

Provide emergency ambulance services

Health
11
Monongahela Valley Hospital Foundation

The mission of the monongahela valley hospital foundation is to provide and ensure support and sustainability to monongahela valley hospital and the communities which the hospital serves.

—
12
Montco Anti-Hunger Network

By leading coordinated action, montco anti-hunger network strengthens the food security safety net system in montgomery county, pa, working to end hunger in montgomery county.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pocono Mountains United Way; the most unlike its peers is Swiftwater Elementary Center Pto Inc. 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

24 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. 24 of the 36 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALLIED SERVICES: $250,000 · OtherALLIED SERVICESDIOCESE OF SCRANTON: $250,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF SCRANTONKEYSTONE COLLEGE: $83,946 · OtherKEYSTONE COLLEGETHE SALVATION ARMY EAST STROUDSBURG: $40,300 · Other+16 more: $149,825 · Other+16 moreFINE ARTS DISCOVERY SERIES INC D/B/A SHERMAN THEATER: $100,000 · Arts & CultureFINE ARTS DISCO…BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE OF SCRANTON INC: $42,500 · Arts & CultureBROADWAY THEATR…POCONO CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $20,000 · Arts & CulturePOCONO CENTER F…POCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY: $67,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONROE COUNTY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJOHNSON COLLEGE: $27,000 · EducationEAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $21,500 · EducationUniversity of Scranton: $20,000 · EducationLUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationALLIED SERVICES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthPOCONO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,250 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthALLONE CHARITIES: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S RESOURCES OF MONROE CTY INC: $1,900 · Human ServicesPOCONO AREA TRANSITIONAL HOUSING INC: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$774,071Arts & Culture$162,500Philanthropy$77,500Education$73,750Health$52,750Human Services$11,900Housing & Shelter$5,000

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 budgetFINE ARTS DISCOVERY SERIES INC D/B/A SHERMAN THEATER: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetKEYSTONE COLLEGE: $83,946 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPOCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY: $67,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetALLIED SERVICES FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE OF SCRANTON INC: $42,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetJOHNSON COLLEGE: $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MONROE COUNTY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $21,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPOCONO CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $20,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetUniversity of Scranton: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOCONO ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetMONROE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetMONROE COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $17,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONROE COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetALLONE CHARITIES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPOCONO AREA TRANSITIONAL HOUSING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPOCONO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S RESOURCES OF MONROE CTY INC: $1,900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FREE ENTERPRISE EDUCATION: $575 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF MONROE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALOR CLINIC FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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 Lester G Abeloff …Essa Bank & Trust Fou…Moses Taylor Foundati…Allone CharitiesPpl FoundationR Dale & Frances M Hu…Scranton Area Foundat…Hughes Foundation IncPocono Mountains Unit…The Weiler Family Fou…The Ann and Joseph Fa…Pocono Mountains Comm…
The Lester G Abeloff FoundationPA32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lester G Abeloff Foundation · Essa Bank & Trust Foundation · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · Allone Charities · Ppl Foundation · R Dale & Frances M Hughes Fdn 47f100011 · Scranton Area Foundation Inc · Hughes Foundation Inc · Pocono Mountains United Way · The Weiler Family Foundation Inc · The Ann and Joseph Farda Foundation · Pocono Mountains Community Challenge Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mount Airy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mount Airy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's 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
    8report 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
    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.

    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 36 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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