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Paul and Marian Gerhart Charitable Fund at a glance

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Paul and Marian Gerhart Charitable Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$138k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$345kHousing & Shelter$130kEducation$40kHealth$38kFood & Nutrition$20kInternational$14kHuman Services$13kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$4,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LANCASTERHISTORY ORG$100,000
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE$10,000
CHOICES HEALTHCARE$7,250
WATER STREET MINISTRIES$5,000
RIVIER UNIVERSITY$4,500
FEMINIST HEALTH CENTER OF$4,500
COMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE CENTER$2,500
ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY$2,250
BROTHER WOLF ANIMAL RESCUE INC$1,000
THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION$1,000
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 (FY19–24, $135k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%COMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE CENTER: $3k → 11%CHOICES HEALTHCARE: $7k → 9%WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $30k → 9%WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $25k → 9%WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $25k → 9%WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $20k → 9%WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $10k → 9%WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $5k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
NY
MA
PA
NJ
MD
TN
NC
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$502k · 6 repeat orgs$109k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
11

Total granted

$502k
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
+76%

Still filing today

83%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • L
    LANCASTERHISTORYORG
    6× · 2019–2024 · $245k · revenue +188%
  • WS
    WATER STREET MINISTRIES
    6× · 2019–2024 · $120k · revenue +71%
  • LP
    LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY
    2× · 2020–2022 · $20k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +126%
  • MS
    MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC-DOCS WO BORDERS
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +99%
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
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
4
Upmc Carlisle

Upmc carlisle's mission is to serve the community by providing access to outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health care system through clinical and technological innovation, research and education.

Health
5
Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals

Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.

Health
6
Chambersburg Hospital

The chambersburg hospital is a regional non-profit health care organization committed to the improvement of the health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.

Health
7
Wilson College

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

Education
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Macalester College

Macalester is committed to being a preeminent liberal arts college with an educational program known for its high standards for scholarship and its special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service to society.

Education
10
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
11
Lancaster General Health Foundation

The lancaster general health foundation is organized and operated to benefit, perform the functions of, or carry out the purposes of members of the healthcare system of lancaster general health, a non-profit corporation described in…

Philanthropy
12
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to 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 research.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Water Street Ministries; the most unlike its peers is The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration. 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

20 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. 20 of the 25 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LANCASTERHISTORYORG: $245,000 · Arts & CultureLANCASTERHISTORYORGFULTON THEATRE COMPANY: $97,500 · Arts & CultureFULTON THEATRE COMPANY+1 more: $2,250 · Arts & CultureWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $120,000 · Human ServicesWATER STREET MINISTRIESCOVENANT HOUSE: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSECHOICES HEALTHCARE: $7,250 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesLANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $20,000 · EducationFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationMILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationRivier University: $4,500 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC-DOCS WO BORDERS: $10,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $10,000 · OtherTHE FEMINIST HEALTH CENTER OF PORTSMOUTH INC: $4,500 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTORS WITHOUT: $4,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH OF SPRINGFIELD INC: $3,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS IN GREATER NEW YORK: $2,500 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthLANCASTER CLEFT PALATE CLINIC: $5,000 · HealthTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $1,000 · HealthLANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB: $15,000 · ReligionBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA: $5,000 · AnimalsBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$344,750Human Services$139,750Education$39,500Other$34,000Health$26,000Religion$15,000Animals$6,000Food & Nutrition$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLANCASTERHISTORYORG: $245,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $120,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFULTON THEATRE COMPANY: $97,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOICES HEALTHCARE: $7,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG LIFE FOUNDATION USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLANCASTER CLEFT PALATE CLINIC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FEMINIST HEALTH CENTER OF PORTSMOUTH INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRivier University: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION SERVICE CENTER DBA RISE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARDEN THEATRE COMPANY: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Lancaster County Comm…Thomas a and Georgina…High FoundationFulton Family Foundat…William and Jemima Br…The Abigail L Longene…Ferree FoundationClark Associates Char…Hortulani FoundationWillis and Elsie Shen…Gooding Group Foundat…The Steinman Foundati…
Lancaster County Community FoundationPA19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Thomas a and Georgina T Russo Foundation · High Foundation · Fulton Family Foundation · William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation · The Abigail L Longenecker Memorial Foundation · Ferree Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Hortulani Foundation · Willis and Elsie Shenk Foundation · Gooding Group Foundation · The Steinman 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 Paul and Marian Gerhart Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul and Marian Gerhart Charitable Fund. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of 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 · 0–15%
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.
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How do I get to Paul and Marian Gerhart Charitable Fund?

Find your warmest path to Paul and Marian Gerhart Charitable Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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