Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Ressler Mill Foundation
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.
- $35k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $32k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,824
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Ressler Mill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $32k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $49k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $288k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Farmland Trust | $165,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Upper Leacock Fire Company | $48,000 | 3 | 21% |
| The Dictionary Project | $30,312 | 3 | 0% |
| New Holland Area Historical Society | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Thaddeus Stevens Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Eastern Lancaster County Library | $7,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Intercourse Library Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Factory Ministries | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Crossnet Ministries | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Conestoga Valley Christian Community Services | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Farmland Trust | $165,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Upper Leacock Fire Company | $48,000 | 3 | 21% |
| The Dictionary Project | $30,312 | 3 | 0% |
| New Holland Area Historical Society | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Thaddeus Stevens Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Eastern Lancaster County Library | $7,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Intercourse Library Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Factory Ministries | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Crossnet Ministries | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Conestoga Valley Christian Community Services | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pequea Valley School District | $1,131 | 2 | n/a |
| National Constitution Center | $656 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($57k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ressler Mill Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Ressler Mill Foundation
- How much does Ressler Mill Foundation give?
- Ressler Mill Foundation reported 15 itemized grants totaling $32,435, out of $35,435 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Ressler Mill Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (12%), Education (5%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Ressler Mill Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Lancaster Farmland Trust ($165k), Upper Leacock Fire Company ($48k), The Dictionary Project ($30k).
- Does Ressler Mill Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ressler Mill Foundation 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 Ressler Mill Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lancaster County Community Foundation, Clark Associates Charitable Foundation, Ashland Foundation.
- Where is Ressler Mill Foundation based?
- Ressler Mill Foundation is based in PA.
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