Pennsylvania · Public charity
Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc
The mission of the pocono mountains vacation bureau is to promote the pocono mountains, pa, tourist destinations of carbon, monroe, pike and wayne counties as the designated tourist promotion agency. To enhance the economic and environmental well-being of our region and members through the promotion of tourism and the comprehensive…
- $752k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 52
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $604k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $122,762
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 52
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 73% of the organizations Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $444k 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 | 36 | $591k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 52 | $674k | 73% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $241k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $242k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocono Mountains United Way | $122,762 | 1 | 4% |
| Borough of Jim Thorpe | $94,017 | 4 | n/a |
| Barrett Township | $61,217 | 4 | n/a |
| Pocono Township | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Middle Smithfield Township | $56,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Mount Pocono Borough | $55,253 | 4 | n/a |
| Fine Arts Discovery Series Inc D/B/A Sherman Theater | $49,558 | 1 | 2% |
| Pike County Historical Society Inc | $49,102 | 2 | 26% |
| Jackson Township Reeders | $47,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Tobyhanna Township | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 73 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocono Mountains United Way | $122,762 | 1 | 4% |
| Borough of Jim Thorpe | $94,017 | 4 | n/a |
| Barrett Township | $61,217 | 4 | n/a |
| Pocono Township | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Middle Smithfield Township | $56,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Mount Pocono Borough | $55,253 | 4 | n/a |
| Fine Arts Discovery Series Inc D/B/A Sherman Theater | $49,558 | 1 | 2% |
| Pike County Historical Society Inc | $49,102 | 2 | 26% |
| Jackson Township Reeders | $47,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Tobyhanna Township | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Chamber of the Northern Poconos | $37,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Go Collaborative | $35,346 | 3 | 14% |
| Delaware Highlands Conservancy | $35,292 | 2 | 2% |
| Jim Thorpe Chamber of Commerce | $35,200 | 3 | 28% |
| East Stroudsburg University | $34,016 | 2 | n/a |
| Hawley Borough | $32,215 | 3 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chestnuthill Township | $29,877 | 2 | n/a |
| Honesdale Borough | $29,229 | 3 | n/a |
| Milford Enhancement Committee | $26,500 | 2 | 13% |
| Downtown Honesdale Revitalization | $24,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Borough of Stroudsburg | $22,769 | 2 | n/a |
| Tunkhannock Township | $21,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Lackawaxen Township | $20,529 | 2 | n/a |
| Economic Development Authority | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Monroe County Transportation Authority | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Monroe County Historical Association Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| County of Wayne | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Hawley Partnership | $19,419 | 2 | 17% |
| Borough of Milford | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Polk Township | $18,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Dorflinger Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary | $18,500 | 2 | 3% |
| The Cooperage Project | $18,416 | 2 | 1% |
| Kettle Creek Environmental Fund Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Palmerton Borough | $16,718 | 2 | n/a |
| Wayne County Cooperative Agricultural Society | $15,819 | 1 | 1% |
| Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation Inc | $15,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Kidder Twp Police | $15,340 | 2 | n/a |
| Smithfield Township | $15,055 | 2 | n/a |
| Wayne County Historical Society | $14,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Wayne County Arts Alliance | $14,413 | 2 | 8% |
| Little League Baseball Inc 2382904 East Stroudsburg LL | $13,915 | 1 | n/a |
| Rotary International | $13,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & | $13,450 | 2 | 14% |
| Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company | $12,369 | 2 | 2% |
| Lehighton Downtown Initiative Committee | $12,061 | 2 | n/a |
| County of Monroe | $11,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Coolbaugh Twp | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Company Players | $11,500 | 2 | 10% |
| Mahlon S Kemmerer Memorial Park Center Inc | $11,035 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Jail Museum and Heritage Center Inc | $10,851 | 1 | 3% |
| Artisaship Inc | $10,851 | 2 | n/a |
| Up for Growth | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greene-Dreher-Sterling Fair Assoc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pleasant Valley School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stroudsburg Wesleyan Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hamilton Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival Inc | $9,306 | 1 | 99% |
| Borough of East Stroudsburg Fire Department | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lehighton Ambulance Association Inc | $8,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Kiwanis Club of Stroudsburgs Scholarship | $7,945 | 1 | n/a |
| Matamoras Borough | $7,789 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for Harmony Presents | $7,135 | 1 | 2% |
| Newfoundland Area Public Library | $7,086 | 1 | 7% |
| Future Business Leaders of America Phi Beta Lambda Inc | $6,720 | 1 | n/a |
| Weatherly Hillclimb Associates | $6,580 | 1 | n/a |
| Wayne County Farmers Market | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Panther Creek Valley Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women Veteran Museum Inc | $5,972 | 1 | n/a |
| Mauch Chunk Cemetery Assoc | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Grey Towers Heritgage Association | $5,304 | 1 | 8% |
| Farm Arts Collective Inc | $5,128 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Honesdale National Bank Foundation · The John & Helen Villaume Foundation · Wayne County Community Foundation · Hickory Hill Foundation · Abram M and Mabel B Skier Foundation Inc · Litzenberger Family Foundation · William E Chatlos Foundation · Pennsylvania Environmental Council Inc · Essa Bank & Trust Foundation · Scranton Area Foundation Inc · The Grimm Foundation · Ppl Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc
- How much does Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc give?
- Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc reported 39 itemized grants totaling $604,293, out of $752,264 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 52 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (34%), Community Improvement (20%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Pocono Mountains United Way ($123k), Borough of Jim Thorpe ($94k), Barrett Township ($61k).
- Does Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Honesdale National Bank Foundation, The John & Helen Villaume Foundation, Wayne County Community Foundation.
- Where is Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc based?
- Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau Inc is based in PA.
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