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Point of View Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$194k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
16
Grants FY2025
10
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$29,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 13
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$4.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Point of View Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving16$194k50%
FY202410$190k50%
FY202310$220k20%
FY202213$207k77%
FY202111$160k45%
FY202012$195k75%
FY20198$185k75%
FY20185$135k80%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$417kEducation$350kHuman Services$203kArts & Culture$160kRecreation & Sports$117kInternational$85kHealth$50kYouth Development$35kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
AZ
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Point of View Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Charity Navigator$225,00083%
Adams County Library System Inc$142,50032%
The Adams County Historical Society$100,00022%
Harrisburg Area Community College Foundation$100,00011%
Direct Relief$85,00030%
Row New York Inc$80,00041%
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society$42,50040%
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc$37,00040%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$30,00020%
Norwich Historical Society Inc$30,000311%
Adams County Office for Aging Inc$25,00011%
York Day Nursery Inc$22,50021%
Studentsponsor Partners Inc$20,00010%
Prep for Prep$20,00010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$20,00010%
South Central Community Action Programs Inc$20,00010%
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice$20,00016%
Biglerville Hist & Preserv Society$20,0001n/a
Roots for Boots$20,00024%
Wee Connect Early Learning Inc$15,00023%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$15,00020%
George Jackson Academy$15,00020%
St Luke N E W Life Center Inc$10,00020%
Thaddeus Stevens Society$10,0002n/a
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$10,00010%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$10,00010%
For the Love of a Veteran Inc$10,00012%
New Hope Ministries Inc$10,00010%
Bell Socialization Services Inc$5,00010%
Samaritan Fellowship$5,00013%
Mental Health America Inc$5,00010%
Starlight Children's Foundation$5,00010%
The Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation$5,00010%
Do Something Inc$5,00010%
Mental Health Connecticut Inc$5,00010%
Bendersville Community Fire Co$5,00011%
York Fresh Food Farms$5,00011%
York Suburban Education Foundation$5,00014%
Bench Mark Program$5,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($337k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Point of View Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCharity Navigator: $225,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetAdams County Library System Inc: $142,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetThe Adams County Historical Society: $100,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetHarrisburg Area Community College Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDirect Relief: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRow New York Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNavy-Marine Corps Relief Society: $42,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc: $37,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorwich Historical Society Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetAdams County Office for Aging Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetYork Day Nursery Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetStudentsponsor Partners Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPrep for Prep: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Central Community Action Programs Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetReligious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: $20,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetRoots for Boots: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetWee Connect Early Learning Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGeorge Jackson Academy: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Luke N E W Life Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForgotten Harvest Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFor the Love of a Veteran Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNew Hope Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBell Socialization Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan Fellowship: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMental Health America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStarlight Children's Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDo Something Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Connecticut Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBendersville Community Fire Co: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYork Fresh Food Farms: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYork Suburban Education Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetBench Mark Program: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget

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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 37.

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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.

Adams County Community Foundation IncPA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Adams County Community Foundation Inc · York County Community Foundation · Rice Family Foundation · Kinsley Foundation · The Arthur J and Lee R Glatfelter Foundation · Wellspan Health · Powder Mill Foundation · Partnership for Better Health · Airie Knipel Harry V and J William Warehime Foundation · Community Aid Inc · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Firstenergy 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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How do I get to Point of View Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Point of View Foundation 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.

About Point of View Foundation

How much does Point of View Foundation give?
Point of View Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $194,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Point of View Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (26%), Education (22%), Human Services (13%).
Who are Point of View Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Charity Navigator ($225k), Adams County Library System Inc ($143k), The Adams County Historical Society ($100k).
Does Point of View Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Point of View Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Point of View Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Adams County Community Foundation Inc, York County Community Foundation, Rice Family Foundation.
Where is Point of View Foundation based?
Point of View Foundation is based in PA.

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 55 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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