Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust
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.
- $510k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 79
- Grants FY2025
- 79
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 1%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $57,375
- Organizations funded a year
- 74 to 88
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 1% of the organizations Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 78 | $510k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 79 | $475k | 1% |
| FY2023 | 74 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 81 | $675k | 2% |
| FY2021 | 82 | $680k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 78 | $485k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 75 | $445k | 11% |
| FY2017 | 88 | $440k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center | $186,525 | 8 | 17% |
| Evangelical Congregational Church | $145,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Lancaster Mennonite Conference Historical Society | $110,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Church of the Brethren | $66,200 | 8 | n/a |
| Evangelical Theological Seminary | $65,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Mennonite Church USA Inc | $60,698 | 8 | n/a |
| Landis Homes Retirement Community | $59,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Friendship Community | $52,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ephrata Mennonite School | $51,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Mennonite World Conference Inc | $51,000 | 6 | n/a |
Show all 61 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center | $186,525 | 8 | 17% |
| Evangelical Congregational Church | $145,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Lancaster Mennonite Conference Historical Society | $110,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Church of the Brethren | $66,200 | 8 | n/a |
| Evangelical Theological Seminary | $65,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Mennonite Church USA Inc | $60,698 | 8 | n/a |
| Landis Homes Retirement Community | $59,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Friendship Community | $52,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ephrata Mennonite School | $51,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Mennonite World Conference Inc | $51,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Ephrata Area Social Services | $50,700 | 8 | 1% |
| Mennonite Economic Development Associates | $50,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Everence Foundation Inc | $43,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mennomedia Inc | $37,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Bridge of Hope Inc | $37,250 | 7 | 1% |
| Alpha & Omega Community Center | $36,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Lancaster County Food Hub | $35,700 | 6 | 1% |
| Hinkletown Mennonite School | $33,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Terre Hill Mennonite High School | $32,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Manheim Christian Day School | $32,250 | 8 | n/a |
| Gehmans Mennonite School | $32,250 | 8 | 1% |
| Faith Mennonite High School | $32,250 | 8 | 1% |
| Tel Hai Retirement Community | $31,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Camp Swatara | $28,500 | 7 | 1% |
| The Mennonite Home | $27,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Lititz Area Mennonite School | $27,750 | 7 | 0% |
| Welsh Mountain Home | $27,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Real Life Community Services | $26,700 | 7 | 1% |
| Camp Andrews | $26,250 | 7 | 1% |
| Mennonite Education Agency Inc | $25,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Good Samaritan Services | $25,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary Inc | $24,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Woodcrest Retreat Association | $24,250 | 8 | 1% |
| Camp Deerpark Inc | $23,250 | 7 | 1% |
| Camp Hebron Inc | $23,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Black Rock Retreat | $23,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust | $22,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Swiss Pioneer Preservation Associates Inc | $22,500 | 8 | 4% |
| Mennonite Historical Society Inc | $22,500 | 8 | 15% |
| Brethren Village | $21,200 | 8 | 0% |
| Brethren Housing Association | $16,925 | 8 | 1% |
| Cobys Family Services | $15,944 | 3 | 0% |
| Union Community Care | $14,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley | $14,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Diamond Street Early Childhood Cent | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brethren Revival Fellowship Inc | $7,700 | 8 | 0% |
| Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center | $7,225 | 8 | 1% |
| No Longer Alone Ministries Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Lancaster Farmland Trust | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ephrata Public Library | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| City Gate Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Wenger Meetinghouse Preservation Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tandem Living | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Mennonite Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Clinic for Special Children Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Crossfire Youth Ministries | $2,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Tenfold | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ephrata Cloister Associates | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mifflin County Mennonite Historical Society | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lafiya Family Services Center Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bridge Youth Center Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust 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
About Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust
- How much does Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust give?
- Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust reported 79 grants totaling $510,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 74 and 88 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (49%), Human Services (13%), Education (8%).
- Who are Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center ($187k), Evangelical Congregational Church ($145k), Lancaster Mennonite Conference Historical Society ($110k).
- Does Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 1% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust 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 C Wenger Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lancaster County Community Foundation, Eden Bridge Foundation, Clark Associates Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust based?
- Robert C Wenger Charitable Trust is based in PA.
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