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Ressler Mill Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$165kEducation$76kArts & Culture$66kPublic Safety & Disaster$51kReligion$6kHuman Services$6kHealth$100Other$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $32,435, the rows itemized in this filing. The $35,435 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$1,824
Median grant
2
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mill Creek Preservation Association$7,500
The Penn State University$4,875
The Dictionary Project$4,050
Upper Leacock Fire Company$3,000
Eastern Lancaster County Library$2,500
Intercourse Public Library$2,500
Conestoga Valley Christian Community Services$2,000
The Dictionary Project$1,824
The Factory Ministries$1,000
CrossNet Ministries$1,000
The Dictionary Project$768
Pequea Valley School District$570
Witmer Fire Protective Association$500
National Constitution Center$264
National Constitution Center$84
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$152k · 11 repeat orgs$217k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
5

Total granted

$152k
$213k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
-2%

Still filing today

64%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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

  • UL
    UPPER LEACOCK FIRE COMPANY
    3× · 2021–2024 · $48k · revenue +11%
  • IL
    INTERCOURSE LIBRARY INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $6k · revenue +21%
  • TF
    THE FACTORY MINISTRIES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • LF
    LANCASTER FARMLAND TRUST
    one grant, 2021 · $165k · revenue -2%
  • NH
    NEW HOLLAND AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -39%
  • TS
    THADDEUS STEVENS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +43%
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.

03Its 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
Adamstown Area Library

The mission of the adamstown library is to maintain and improve the quality of life in our community by providing access to cultural, intellectual, and informational resources and programs to promote life-long learning for all ages. the…

Education
2
Library System of Lancaster County

Provide resources, services, and expertise in a collaborative manner to and with the member libraries in order to effectively serve our communities

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3
New Castle Public Library

The purpose of the new castle public library is to provide free public library service to all residents of its designated service area and as further set forth in its articles of incorporation pursuant to the pennsylvania nonprofit…

Education
4
Lansdale Library Association

The organization's purpose is to maintain a free public non-sectarian library in the borough of lansdale, pennsylvania, for the benefit of lansdale residents.

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5
Centre County Library and Historical Musuem

The centre county library & historical museum is a free community destination providing books, information, internet access, and technology resources to preserve our heritage and promote a lifetime of reading and learning.

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6
Lancaster Township Fire Department

The mission of the lancaster township fire department is to serve the community by protecting lives,property and the environment in a safe, efficient and professional manner. the fire department is responsible for extinguishing fires, fire…

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Franklin County Library System

The mission of the franklin county library system is to enrich the lives of the residents of the region through access to materials, information, and services imparting the knowledge, experience, and wisdom of others, through qualified…

Education
8
The Community Library Inc

The lancaster community library is a center for the cultural, intellectual, and recreational pursuits of the community. through its materials, programs, and services, the library promotes literacy, provides lifetime learning opportunities,…

Education
9
Lyons Public Library

Provide library materials and services to residents of lyons, ny and the surrounding area.

Education
10
Lancaster Science Center

To inspire curiosity, creativity, and confidence by fostering an inclusive environment for hands-on stem exploration. we actively seek to make our facility and educational programs accessible to all.

Arts & Culture
11
Lewisboro Library

The mission of the lewisboro library is to provide the community with free, uncensored access to information through a variety of media and services, and offer educational, cultural, recreational, and civic engagement opportunities in a…

—
12
Delmont Public Library

To provide public library services and promote reading to delmont pennsylvania and surrounding communities.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lancaster Farmland Trust; the most unlike its peers is New Holland Area Historical Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 18 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LANCASTER FARMLAND TRUST: $165,000 · EnvironmentLANCASTER FARMLAND TRUSTMill Creek Preservation Association: $40,000 · OtherMill Creek Preservat…The Penn State University: $9,750 · OtherThe Penn State Unive…EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY LIBRARY: $7,000 · OtherEASTERN LANCASTER CO…Witmer Fire Protective Association: $2,500 · OtherIntercourse Public Library: $2,500 · OtherConestoga Valley Christian Community Serv: $2,500 · Other+2 more: $1,231 · OtherTHE DICTIONARY PROJECT: $30,312 · EducationTHE DICTIONARY …THADDEUS STEVENS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationTHADDEUS STEVEN…UPPER LEACOCK FIRE COMPANY: $48,000 · Public Safety & DisasterUPPER LEACOCK …NEW HOLLAND AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 · Arts & CultureNEW HOLLA…INTERCOURSE LIBRARY INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureINTERCOUR…+1 more: $656 · Arts & CultureTHE FACTORY MINISTRIES: $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentCROSSNET MINISTRIES: $3,500 · ReligionCONESTOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,000 · Human Services
Environment$165,000Other$65,481Education$50,312Public Safety & Disaster$48,000Arts & Culture$31,156Youth Development$3,500Religion$3,500Human Services$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLANCASTER FARMLAND TRUST: $165,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetUPPER LEACOCK FIRE COMPANY: $48,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetTHE DICTIONARY PROJECT: $30,312 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNEW HOLLAND AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHADDEUS STEVENS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY LIBRARY: $7,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetINTERCOURSE LIBRARY INC: $5,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE FACTORY MINISTRIES: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSNET MINISTRIES: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONESTOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $656 over 2y, 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…Clark Associates Char…Ashland FoundationThe Steinman Foundati…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Lancaster County Community FoundationPA19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Ashland Foundation · The Steinman Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Ressler Mill Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ressler Mill 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.

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 18 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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