Pennsylvania · Private foundation
P a Staples Testamentary Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $11k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $252k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations P a Staples Testamentary Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $11k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $9k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $7k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $6k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $14k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $9k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $14k | 46% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of the Capital Region | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Ms Hershey Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society | $5,750 | 5 | 1% |
| The Hershey Symphony Orchestra Society Inc | $5,250 | 8 | 1% |
| Downtown Daily Bread | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| New Birth of Freedom Council Boy Scouts of America #544 | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Harrisburg Area YMCA | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Nativity School of Harrisburg | $2,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Senior Citizens Center of Derry Township | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brethren Housing Association | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of the Capital Region | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Ms Hershey Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society | $5,750 | 5 | 1% |
| The Hershey Symphony Orchestra Society Inc | $5,250 | 8 | 1% |
| Downtown Daily Bread | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| New Birth of Freedom Council Boy Scouts of America #544 | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Harrisburg Area YMCA | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Nativity School of Harrisburg | $2,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Senior Citizens Center of Derry Township | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brethren Housing Association | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Hershey Volunteer Fire Company | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Mortel High Hopes for Haiti Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aaca Museum Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milton Hershey School Alumni Association | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Vista School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cocoa Packs Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($39k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget P a Staples Testamentary Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: United Way of the Capital Region · Penn State Health · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Hall Foundation · Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Link Foundation · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank
How this is measured
About P a Staples Testamentary Trust
- How much does P a Staples Testamentary Trust give?
- P a Staples Testamentary Trust reported 9 grants totaling $11,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does P a Staples Testamentary Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Philanthropy (15%), Public Benefit (9%).
- Who are P a Staples Testamentary Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of the Capital Region ($8k), The Ms Hershey Foundation ($7k), Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society ($6k).
- Does P a Staples Testamentary Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does P a Staples Testamentary Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as P a Staples Testamentary Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Capital Region, Penn State Health, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities.
- Where is P a Staples Testamentary Trust based?
- P a Staples Testamentary Trust is based in PA.
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