How much does Pennsylvania Humanities Council give?

Pennsylvania Humanities Council reported 28 itemized grants totaling $1,252,500, out of $1,332,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 106 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Pennsylvania Humanities Council fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Education (22%), Public Benefit (7%).

Who are Pennsylvania Humanities Council's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wyoming County Cultural Center ($124k), 3 Dots Downtown ($123k), Adams County Arts Council ($116k).

Does Pennsylvania Humanities Council fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Pennsylvania Humanities Council?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc, The William Penn Foundation, Connelly Foundation.

Where is Pennsylvania Humanities Council based?

Pennsylvania Humanities Council is based in PA.

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Pennsylvania Humanities Council

We put the humanities in action to create positive change in our lives and communities.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 28
Itemized grants FY2024: 26
Organizations funded FY2023: 54%
First-time grantees FY2023

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69% of Pennsylvania Humanities Council’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Wayne County Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Pennsylvania Humanities Council named its own grantees at scale: 27 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Itemized, FY2024: $1.3M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $55,000
Organizations funded a year: 5 to 106; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 1
Total assets, FY2024: $1.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 54% of the organizations Pennsylvania Humanities Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $663k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	27	$1.3M	15%
FY2023	26	$1.2M	54%
FY2022	106	$1.5M	75%
FY2021	18	$203k	28%
FY2020	64	$568k	78%
FY2019	17	$164k	53%
FY2018	16	$248k	75%
FY2017	5	$115k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$2.5MEducation$1.1MPublic Benefit$388kCommunity Improvement$287kYouth Development$209kHuman Services$185kInternational$116kCrime & Legal$110kOther$0

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
Wyoming County Cultural Center	$123,500	4	6%
3 Dots Downtown	$122,500	4	20%
Adams County Arts Council	$116,000	3	6%
Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library Inc	$116,000	3	9%
Community Partnerships Conservation & Development Council	$116,000	3	60%
World Affairs Council of Harrisburg	$116,000	3	46%
Twelve Gates Arts	$116,000	3	16%
Community Theater Project Corporation	$116,000	3	4%
Chester Cultural Arts and Technology Center	$115,993	3	23%
Rainbow Serpent Inc	$105,000	2	50%

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All grantees of Pennsylvania Humanities Council by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Wyoming County Cultural Center	$123,500	4	6%
3 Dots Downtown	$122,500	4	20%
Adams County Arts Council	$116,000	3	6%
Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library Inc	$116,000	3	9%
Community Partnerships Conservation & Development Council	$116,000	3	60%
World Affairs Council of Harrisburg	$116,000	3	46%
Twelve Gates Arts	$116,000	3	16%
Community Theater Project Corporation	$116,000	3	4%
Chester Cultural Arts and Technology Center	$115,993	3	23%
Rainbow Serpent Inc	$105,000	2	50%
Ujamaa Collective	$105,000	2	12%
Keystones Oral Histories	$100,000	2	90%
Jefferson County Historical Society	$100,000	2	21%
Susquehanna Valley Mediation Inc	$100,000	2	27%
Crawford County Historical Society	$100,000	2	21%
The Cooperage Project	$100,000	2	10%
National Road Heritage Corridor	$100,000	2	9%
Washington County Historical Society Inc	$100,000	2	12%
Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia	$100,000	2	1%
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia	$100,000	2	3%
The Legacy Arts Project Inc	$100,000	2	6%
Knoxville Public Library	$100,000	2	26%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation	$99,250	6	0%
Cumberland County Historical Society and Hamilton Library Assoc	$84,850	4	4%
Indigenous Peoples Day Philly Inc	$66,000	3	26%
The Susquehanna Greenway Partnershp	$59,250	3	12%
Redevelopment Authority of Meadville	$53,250	2	n/a
BF Jones Memorial Library	$43,000	4	3%
Warren Library Association	$39,500	4	1%
Cambria Library Association	$39,500	4	1%
Greensburg Hempfield Area Library	$39,000	4	2%
Catholic Social Services	$38,000	4	0%
Sunrise of Philadelphia	$38,000	4	1%
Tidioute Borough	$36,250	3	n/a
Port Allegany Borough	$35,000	1	n/a
Mansfield Borough	$35,000	1	n/a
Hollidaysburg Area Public Library	$34,500	4	5%
Upper Darby Township and Sellers Memorial Library	$32,000	4	0%
Bradford Area Public Library	$31,500	4	2%
Oil Region Library Association	$31,000	4	1%
Sayre Public Library Inc	$30,000	4	4%
Muhlenberg Community Library	$30,000	3	6%
Upper Chichester Township	$27,000	2	n/a
York County Library System	$26,000	2	0%
Bradbury-Sullivan Lgbt Community Center	$25,000	2	1%
Cameron County Community Chest	$25,000	2	n/a
Leadership Philadelphia	$25,000	1	n/a
Youngsville Borough	$25,000	2	n/a
City of Carbondale	$25,000	1	n/a
Commissioners of Wyoming County	$25,000	1	n/a
Venango Area Chamber of Commerce	$25,000	1	7%
Johnstown Area Heritage Association	$25,000	2	2%
Laughlin Memorial Library	$24,500	3	3%
Mighty Writers	$23,500	2	0%
Scribe Video Center Inc	$23,500	2	1%
Landis Valley Associates	$23,000	2	4%
Borough of Etna	$22,500	1	n/a
Priestley Forsyth Memorial Library	$22,000	2	5%
Kutztown Community Library Inc	$22,000	2	4%
Erie Art Museum	$22,000	2	2%
Reading Public Library Foundation	$19,600	2	3%
Awbury Arboretum Association	$18,000	2	1%
LiveConnectionsorg	$16,000	1	0%
Assemble Inc	$16,000	1	2%
Theatre Philadelphia	$16,000	1	8%
Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls	$16,000	1	8%
Zelienople Area Public Library	$16,000	1	4%
Literacy Council of Southwestern Pa	$16,000	1	5%
Historic Germantown Preserved	$16,000	1	3%
Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media	$16,000	1	4%
The Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka	$16,000	1	5%
Dreamwrights Youth and Family Theatre	$16,000	1	3%
Memorial Library of Nazareth & Vicinity	$16,000	1	2%
Artwell Collaborative Inc	$16,000	1	2%
Cliveden of the National Trust Inc	$16,000	1	2%
Clarion University of Pa	$16,000	1	n/a
City of Asylum	$16,000	1	1%
Rock to the Future Inc	$16,000	1	2%
Painted Bride Art Center Inc	$16,000	1	0%
Samuel S Fleisher Art Memorial Inc	$16,000	1	0%
International Visitors Council of Philadelphia	$16,000	1	2%
Lemoyne Community Center	$16,000	1	3%
The Wilma Theater	$16,000	1	1%
Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania	$16,000	1	29%
Millersville University of Pennsylvania	$16,000	1	n/a
Blair County Historical Society	$16,000	1	n/a
Taller Puertorriqueno Inc	$16,000	1	1%
Da Vinci Art Alliance	$16,000	1	9%
West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance	$16,000	1	16%
St Marys Public Library	$16,000	1	6%
Nueva Esperanza Inc	$16,000	1	0%
Knox Public Library	$16,000	1	11%
Literacy Council of Norristown	$16,000	1	7%
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia	$16,000	1	0%
Erie Center for Arts and Technology Inc	$16,000	1	1%
Mercyhurst University	$16,000	1	0%
Beyond the Bars Inc	$16,000	1	2%
Three Aksha	$16,000	1	11%
Frick Art & Historical Center Inc	$16,000	1	0%
Barnstone Art for Kids	$16,000	1	8%
The Mattress Factory Ltd	$16,000	1	1%
Jefferson Educational Society of Erie Inc	$16,000	1	1%
Kulu Mele African Dance and Drum Ensemble	$16,000	1	9%
Just Act Inc	$16,000	1	15%
Brandywine Workshop and Archives	$16,000	1	1%
The Library Company of Philadelphia	$16,000	1	1%
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Pa	$16,000	1	1%
Forbes Avenue Foundation Inc	$16,000	1	n/a
Rodef Shalom Congregation	$16,000	1	n/a
The Bottleworks Inc Ethnic Arts Center	$16,000	1	2%
Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts	$16,000	1	1%
Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association	$16,000	1	0%
Pennsbury Society	$16,000	1	3%
Andrew Carnegie Free Library	$16,000	1	1%
Cosacosa Art at Large Inc	$16,000	1	7%
Saint Vincent College	$15,987	1	0%
Gettysburg Foundation	$15,767	1	0%
Monongahela Area Library Inc	$15,485	1	6%
Whitemarsh Community Art Center	$14,787	1	10%
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Inc	$14,400	1	10%
Images of the Motherland and Interactive Theater	$14,240	1	n/a
City of Easton	$14,000	1	n/a
Pennsylvania Humanities Council	$14,000	2	0%
Raymond M Blasco Md Mem Library-Erie	$14,000	1	n/a
USA 250 Incorporated	$13,947	1	1%
Lower Merion Library System	$13,840	1	n/a
Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Inc	$13,560	1	7%
Tredyffrin Twp Library Foundation	$13,040	1	8%
Borough of Ambridge	$12,500	1	n/a
Borough of Ambridge	$12,500	1	n/a
Borough of Rochester	$12,500	1	n/a
Beaver Falls Community Development Corporation	$12,500	1	4%
The Wyck Association	$12,033	1	2%
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania	$12,000	1	0%
Journey Arts	$12,000	1	4%
African American Museum in Philadelphia	$12,000	1	1%
Centro Nueva Creacion New Creation Community Center	$12,000	1	3%
Fidget	$11,016	1	12%
Historic Philadelphia Inc	$10,000	1	0%
The Bucks County Historical Society Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Scranton Public Library	$10,000	1	0%
Franklin County Library System	$10,000	1	0%
Johnsonburg Borough	$10,000	1	n/a
Little Lake Theatre Company	$10,000	1	3%
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Schlow Memorial Library	$10,000	1	n/a
Bryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute	$10,000	1	1%
Dauphin County Library System	$10,000	1	0%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History	$10,000	1	0%
Rodef Shalom Congregation	$10,000	1	n/a
North Wales Area Library	$8,480	1	3%
Community Arts Center	$8,000	1	1%
Farm Arts Collective Inc	$8,000	1	6%
Christ Church Preservation Trust	$7,500	1	0%
Carnegie Library of Homestead	$7,500	1	0%
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens	$7,500	1	1%
Ephrata Public Library	$7,500	1	1%
Haverford Township Free Library Association	$7,500	1	0%
Easttown Library Foundation	$7,500	1	3%
Joseph T Simpson Public Library	$7,500	1	1%
Lancaster Mennonite Conference Historical Society	$7,500	1	1%
Association for the Colonial Theatre	$7,500	1	1%
Phila Society for the Preservation of Landmarks	$7,500	1	1%
Marple Public Library	$7,500	1	1%
Chester County Historical Society	$7,500	1	1%
Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites	$7,500	1	1%
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc	$7,000	1	0%
Pottsville Free Public Library	$7,000	1	1%
Youth Enrichment Services Inc	$7,000	1	1%
Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries	$7,000	1	1%
Lower Providence Community Library	$7,000	1	1%
Erie County Historical Society	$7,000	1	0%
Hamlin Memorial Library	$6,560	1	4%
Abington Community Library Association	$6,000	1	1%
Pottstown Regional Public Library	$6,000	1	1%
Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia	$6,000	1	1%
Public Library for Union County	$6,000	1	1%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Huntingdon Valley Library	$6,000	1	1%
Boyertown Community Library	$5,350	1	2%

Pennsylvania Humanities Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 153 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 153.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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 Philadelphia Cultural Fund IncPA74.6× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · The William Penn Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The University of the Arts · The Barra Foundation Inc · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · Independence Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Pew Charitable Trusts · The Pittsburgh 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.

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About Pennsylvania Humanities Council

How much does Pennsylvania Humanities Council give?: Pennsylvania Humanities Council reported 28 itemized grants totaling $1,252,500, out of $1,332,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 106 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Pennsylvania Humanities Council fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Education (22%), Public Benefit (7%).
Who are Pennsylvania Humanities Council's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wyoming County Cultural Center ($124k), 3 Dots Downtown ($123k), Adams County Arts Council ($116k).
Does Pennsylvania Humanities Council fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Pennsylvania Humanities Council?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc, The William Penn Foundation, Connelly Foundation.
Where is Pennsylvania Humanities Council based?: Pennsylvania Humanities Council is based in PA.