Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Parmer Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,100
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $606,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 30
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 73% of the organizations Parmer Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $1.0M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $1.1M | 73% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messiah University | $962,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of Central Pennsylvania | $606,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Evangelical Free Church | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thrive Ministry | $100,800 | 2 | 9% |
| Keystone Service Systems Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thrive Co | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church Without Walls | $37,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sweet Grace Ministries | $12,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Living Water Community Church | $10,050 | 2 | n/a |
| One Mission Society USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messiah University | $962,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of Central Pennsylvania | $606,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Evangelical Free Church | $120,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thrive Ministry | $100,800 | 2 | 9% |
| Keystone Service Systems Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thrive Co | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church Without Walls | $37,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sweet Grace Ministries | $12,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Living Water Community Church | $10,050 | 2 | n/a |
| One Mission Society USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Hope Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of the Nations Kona Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Pennsylvania Food Bank | $3,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Light House Ministries | $1,950 | 2 | n/a |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $1,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Crossroads Christian Ministries | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Capital Area Pregnancy Centersinc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Disciplemakers Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ravi Zacharias International Ministries | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Veterans Outreach of Pennsylvania | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Charity Navigator | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Parmer Family Foundation Inc 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: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Community Aid Inc · United Way of the Capital Region · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Parmer Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Parmer Family Foundation Inc give?
- Parmer Family Foundation Inc reported 27 itemized grants totaling $1,020,500, out of $2,074,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 30 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Parmer Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Health (7%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Parmer Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Messiah University ($962k), Hospice of Central Pennsylvania ($606k), Community Evangelical Free Church ($120k).
- Does Parmer Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Parmer Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Parmer Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, Central Pennsylvania Food Bank, Community Aid Inc.
- Where is Parmer Family Foundation Inc based?
- Parmer Family Foundation Inc is based in PA.
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