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Pa Cleanways Inc

Empowering pennsylvanians to keep our communities clean and beautiful.

$375k
Granted FY2023
22
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Environment$271kFood & Nutrition$130kEducation$110kRecreation & Sports$95kPublic Benefit$76kArts & Culture$70kHuman Services$70kAnimals$25kOther$0
02FY2023 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 22 grants below total $315,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $375,476 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $60,476 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $300k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$747k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Phoenixville Area Community Services$20,000
Fairmount Park Conservancy$20,000
The Advocacy Project$20,000
Riverside School District$20,000
Quiet Creek Herb Farm$20,000
ACLAMO$20,000
York Fresh Food Farms$20,000
Dickinson College$20,000
Horn Farm Center for Ag Ed$20,000
York Fresh Food Farms$20,000
City of Lancaster Compost$20,000
Child Hunger Outreach Partners$10,000
Indiana County Conservation District$10,000
Share Food Program$10,000
Evergreen Elementary School$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ACLAMO: $20k → 7%SILO Works: $5k → 6%Phoenixville Area Community Services: $20k → 6%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.

11%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$120k · 4 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
86

Total granted

$120k
$753k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+16%

Still filing today

25%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $255k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • YF
    YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS
    2× · 2021–2023 · $50k · revenue +12%
  • HF
    Horn Farm Center for Ag Ed
    2× · 2021–2023 · $30k
  • PP
    Pa Parks and Forest Foundation
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k

Funded once

  • MC
    Mineral County Parks & Rec
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • TP
    THE PERENNIAL PROJECT
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +16%
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
French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Inc

To preserve, steward, and connect people to the land in northern chester county pennsylvania. see additional information on schedule o.french & pickering is recognized as a leader in regional land conservation, the organization is…

Environment
2
West Creek Conservancy

Our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in northeast ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region's lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to…

Environment
3
Lancaster County Conservancy

The mission of the lancaster county conservancy is "providing wild and forested lands and clean waterways for our community forever". the charitable purposes of the lancaster county conservancy include preservation of natural lands,…

Environment
4
Penns Valley Conservation Association

To serve as a steward for the natural and cultural communities in the upper Penns Creek Watershed. We seek to preserve and Honor the agricultural roots of Penns Valley by protecting and conserving its waters, farmland, forests and rural…

Environment
5
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
6
Central Pennsylvania Conservancy Inc

The mission of Central Pennsylvania Conservancy (CPC) is to acquire, preserve, and protect local land and natural resources in a five-county, South-Central PA region. Our vision is to create a local network of permanently protected and…

Environment
7
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Inc

See schedule oper the bylaws of the delaware & lehigh national heritage corridor(which were updated by the merged board of the national canal musuem and the d&l), our mission is to work with government entities, non-profit organizations…

Arts & Culture
8
The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc

To conserve and restore the natural resources through land conservation, water resources stewardship and environmental outreach across central pennsylvania.

Environment
9
Friends of Lackawanna

Friends of lackawanna is a pennsylvania non-profit corporation dedicated to supporting the health and welfare of the residents of northeastern pennsylvania and educating individuals regarding the health and safety of the enviroment.

Environment
10
The Rockbridge Area Conservation Council

The mission of the rockbridge area conservation council (rockbridge conservation or rc) is to promote and enhance the protection, sustainable use, and stewardship of our community's natural and cultural resources.

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11
Green Valleys Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania

To protect, preserve, and restore the natural waterways of northern chester county. we inspire, educate, and involve our community to make a difference for our generation and for generations to come.

Environment
12
Weconservepa

Weconservepa helps people protect, wisely use, and enjoy what nature offers. we advocate for pro-conservation, life sustaining government policy. we assist individuals and organizations in conserving natural areas, farms, forests, parks,…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlands Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Oxford Area Foundation. 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

41 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. 41 of the 109 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
22/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Horn Farm Center for Ag Ed: $30,000 · Other+82 more: $746,000 · Other+82 moreFAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY: $20,000 · EnvironmentFAIRMOUNT PA…WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentWILDLANDS CO…CAPITAL AREA GREENBELT ASSOC INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentCAPITAL AREA…Clean Air Council: $15,000 · EnvironmentClean Air Co…MOUNTAIN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentMOUNTAIN WAT…NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · EnvironmentNORTHCENTRAL…STEWARDS OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA INC DBA LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVERKEEPER ASS: $10,000 · EnvironmentSTEWARDS OF …GLEN FOERD CONSERVATION CORPORATION: $10,000 · EnvironmentGLEN FOERD C…WILDLIFE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $10,000 · EnvironmentWILDLIFE LEA…NORTH AMERICAN LAND TRUST: $5,000 · Environment+2 more: $1,500 · EnvironmentYORK FRESH FOOD FARMS: $50,000 · Food & NutritionCHILD HUNGER OUTREACH PARTNERS: $10,000 · Food & NutritionSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $10,000 · Food & NutritionLUNDALE FARM INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionTHE PERENNIAL PROJECT: $25,000 · Arts & CultureHERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureOUR TOWN FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CulturePHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20,000 · Human ServicesACLAMO: $20,000 · Human ServicesSILO WORKS: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE ADVOCACY PROJECT: $20,000 · InternationalDICKINSON COLLEGE: $20,000 · Education
Other$776,000Environment$121,500Food & Nutrition$75,000Arts & Culture$70,500Human Services$45,000International$20,000Education$20,000

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 budgetYORK FRESH FOOD FARMS: $50,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetFAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ADVOCACY PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetDICKINSON COLLEGE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetACLAMO: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAPITAL AREA GREENBELT ASSOC INC: $15,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetClean Air Council: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOUR TOWN FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetMOUNTAIN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF CODORUS STATE PARK: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetNORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSTEWARDS OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA INC DBA LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVERKEEPER ASS: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED 108 - DOC FRITCHEY: $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCHILD HUNGER OUTREACH PARTNERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHARRISBURG AREA YMCA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCHUYLKILL RIVER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OXFORD AREA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGLEN FOERD CONSERVATION CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWILDLIFE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUNDALE FARM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA CLEAN CITIES: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSILO WORKS: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN SYKESVILLE CONNECTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN LAND TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPA CLEANWAYS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLEWISBURG NEIGHBORHOODS CORPORATION: $500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSouth Side Chamber of Commerce: $500 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

  • Who funds YORK FRESH FOOD FARMS ↗
  • Who funds THE PERENNIAL PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE ADVOCACY PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds DICKINSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ACLAMO ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA GREENBELT ASSOC INC ↗
  • Who funds Clean Air Council ↗
  • Who funds OUR TOWN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN WATERSHED ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CODORUS STATE PARK ↗
  • Who funds WINCHESTER-FREDERICK COUNTY ↗

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.

Foundation for Pennsy…Ppl FoundationThe William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Foun…Chester County Commun…The Cigna Group Found…National Fish and Wil…American Water Charit…Nisource Charitable F…WeconservepaThe Gordon Charter Fo…Connelly Foundation
Foundation for Pennsylvania WatershedsPA21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds · Ppl Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Chester County Community Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · American Water Charitable Foundationinc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Weconservepa · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Connelly Foundation

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 Pa Cleanways Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pa Cleanways Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 109 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $190k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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