Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $145k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 24 | $145k | 58% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $75k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $60k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $59k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $49k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Health Foundation | $9,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Christian Keyes Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Women in Need Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cumberland Valley School of Music | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Little Daisy's Closet | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| NETwork Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin County Historical Society- Kittochtinny | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Am Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Health Foundation | $9,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Christian Keyes Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Women in Need Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cumberland Valley School of Music | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Little Daisy's Closet | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| NETwork Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin County Historical Society- Kittochtinny | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Am Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coastal Hospice | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Providence Christian Academy | $3,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Mercersburg Historical Society | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chambersburg Hospital | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lucky Labs Rescue Corp | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Raven Ridge Wildlife Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wilson College | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($485k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert & Esther Grove Family 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.
Open a dossier: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · McCleary Family Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation with peer funders
About Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation
- How much does Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation give?
- Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $145,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Human Services (25%), Animals (18%).
- Who are Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Summit Health Foundation ($10k), Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc ($6k), Christian Keyes Foundation ($6k).
- Does Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert & Esther Grove Family 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 Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, McCleary Family Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation based?
- Robert & Esther Grove Family Foundation is based in PA.
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