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Scranton Area Foundation Inc

Scranton area foundation strives to enhance the quality of life in northeastern pennsylvania, by developing and managing permanent endowment funds; as a grantmaker, by giving support to enable the community to respond to emerging and changing needs and opportunities; as a charitable resource, by encouraging and educating donors and…

$6.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
154
Itemized grants FY2024
57
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$3.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$11,450
Largest grant, FY2024
$338,272
Organizations funded a year
22 to 93
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$73M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Scranton Area Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $236k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving149$3.7M36%
FY202357$1.5M26%
FY202293$2.4M34%
FY202171$1.3M23%
FY202090$1.7M50%
FY201950$806k68%
FY201826$207k85%
FY201722$204kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$2.0MHealth$1.7MHuman Services$1.6MEducation$1.1MArts & Culture$1.1MHousing & Shelter$861kEmployment$569kPhilanthropy$544kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 235 grantees
All grantees of Scranton Area Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania$1,129,00964%
Geisinger Health$565,33030%
Commission on Economic Opportunity of Luzerne County$535,11531%
United Way of Lackawanna Wayne and Pike Counties$497,33883%
Boys & Girls Club of Northeastern Pennsylvania$312,51485%
Friends of the Poor$279,313216%
Johnson College$226,30012%
Scranton Neighborhood Housing Services Inc$221,68754%
Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart$208,7764n/a
Meals on Wheels of Northeastern Pa Inc$193,81472%
Lackawanna Pro Bono Inc$191,088613%
Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association$180,88071%
Outreach - Center for Community Resources$161,29152%
Keystone Rescue Mission Alliance Inc$157,33743%
Everhart Museum of Natural History Science and Art$151,97878%
The Catherine McAuley Center$144,84363%
Wrc Inc$142,33461%
Philharmonic Society of Nepa$133,71069%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc$129,04931%
Children's Advocacy Center Nepa$127,84464%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Scranton$126,41561%
Diocese of Scranton - Chancery Bldg$126,2505n/a
Indraloka Animal Sanctuary Inc$126,20573%
Bloomsburg Area Young Mens Christian Association$115,00027%
Agency for Community Empowerment of Nepa$112,00050%
The Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple$111,86161%
University of Scranton$93,75550%
Humane Society of Lackawanna County$93,35862%
Countryside Conservancy$92,55954%
Nativity Miguel Scranton$90,6726n/a
The Salvation Army$88,4906n/a
Goodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania Inc$88,47760%
Scranton Public Library$87,44661%
Jewish Family Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania$86,34764%
Northeast Regional Cancer Institute$76,41435%
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine$75,00020%
Child Hunger Outreach Partners$74,68232%
Northeastern Pennsylvania Youth Shelter Dba Nepa Youth Shelter$71,259312%
The Arc of Northeastern Pennsylvania$71,11940%
Day Nursery Association$68,50043%
Telespond Senior Services Inc$66,96252%
St Josephs Center$65,14660%
Lacawac Sanctuary Foundation Inc$63,94462%
Adopt A Boxer Rescue$63,70928%
Broadway Theatre League of Scranton Inc$63,20042%
Ronald McDonald House of Scranton Inc$60,05742%
Central Susquehanna Opportunities Inc$60,00021%
Upper Valley YMCA$59,92140%
Maternal & Family Health Services Inc$53,24740%
Wilkes University$53,00030%
Nepa Pet Fund and Rescue$52,599313%
Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation$50,00015%
Haven Ministry$50,000112%
Indiana County Community Action Program$50,00011%
Shalom Community Development Corp$48,899520%
Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Chapter Nrhs In$48,473520%
Marley's Mission Inc$47,77447%
Keystone College$47,72030%
Pennsylvania State University$46,1594n/a
Pawsitively for the Animals$45,7234n/a
Here for a Reason$44,4003n/a
Abington Heights School District$43,9845n/a
Family Service Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania$43,76341%
Treatment Court Advocacy Center of Lackawanna County$43,42633%
Lackawanna River Conservation Association Inc$43,18148%
Equines for Freedom$42,816220%
Greater Wyoming Valley Area YMCA$41,51530%
Hospice of the Sacred Heart$40,32550%
Friendship House$40,19620%
Children's Hospital Foundation$40,00020%
Serving Seniors Inc$39,80334%
Scranton Preparatory School$39,7505n/a
Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania Elan Skilled Nursing and Rehab$38,48550%
Wyoming County Cultural Center$37,99432%
Discovery Multiple Intelligences Preschool$37,73433%
Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Scranton Inc$37,50030%
Fractured Atlas Inc$37,01630%
Scranton Tomorrow$36,500311%
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy$36,10030%
St Cats & Dogs$35,371212%
The Junior League of Scranton Inc$35,256360%
Thinkbig Pediatric Cancer Fund Inc$35,24847%
Lackawanna College$35,22730%
Electric City Trolley Museum Association$34,386320%
Scranton Counseling Center$33,21020%
Allone Charities$33,00031%
Lackawanna Blind Association$32,47233%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Lackawanna$31,649216%
The Institute$31,10022%
Arrowhead Ministries Inc$30,61612%
Greater Susquehanna Valley YMCA$30,00011%
Along the Way$29,250129%
Scranton Animal Shelter Association Incorporation$29,122329%
Individual Abilities in Motion Inc$28,765238%
Pennsylvania Humanities Council$28,10021%
Northern Tier Industry and Education Consortium In$26,52026%
Patient Engagement Council$26,500220%
Community Intervention Center of Lackawanna County$26,00031%
Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary$25,7382n/a
The New Love Center$25,0001n/a
Beverly's Pgh$25,00011%
Providence Pregnancy Center$24,0002n/a
The Humane Society of Wyoming County Inc$23,9703n/a
Dress for Success Lackawanna$23,50034%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeastern Pennsylvania$23,20223%
Garden of Cedar$22,5002n/a
Cypress House at St Lukes$22,5001n/a
Lehigh University$22,50030%
Wayne County YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION$22,32516%
Valley in Motion$21,93436%
True Friends Animal Welfare Center$21,50024%
Jewish Community Center of Scranton$21,45530%
Black Scranton Project Inc$20,998210%
Junior Achievement of Nepa Inc$20,47523%
Medical Heritage Foundation of Luzerne County$20,0001n/a
Center for Strategic Reintegration and Success$20,0001n/a
Family Children & Community Association$19,40011%
United Cerebral Palsy of Nepa$19,32630%
Dress for Success Pittsburgh$19,00011%
City of Scranton$18,9262n/a
The Wright Center Medical Group$18,39910%
Waverly Community House Inc$18,00021%
Valhalla Veterans Services$18,000112%
The Bread Basket of Northeastern Pa$17,70029%
Nami Pa Scranton Area Chapter$17,50023%
Anthony J Rinaldi Jr Foundation$17,48018%
Visiting Nurse Association and Home Health Maintenance Organization$17,13021%
The Cooperage Project$16,71822%
The Arc of Northeastern Pennsylvania Foundation$16,60315%
Northeastern Pennsylvania Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$16,22321%
Planned Parenthood Keystone$16,18420%
The Scranton School District$16,0002n/a
Scranton Jazz Festival$16,00027%
United Neighborhood Centers of Lackawanna County$16,0001n/a
Community Justice Project$16,00011%
Grace and Truth Evangelistic Association$15,80311%
Ballet Theatre of Scranton Co Paul Arduino$15,70025%
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Luzerne County$15,05711%
Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society$15,0001n/a
The Trust for Public Land$15,00010%
Wayne County Public Library Inc$14,51613%
Allied Services Foundation$14,15920%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$14,15910%
Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corporation$14,00020%
Camp Freedom Inc$13,00020%
Lackawanna Co Dhsoffice of Youth$13,0002n/a
Neiu Core Foundation$13,00026%
Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit$12,5001n/a
St Francis of Assisi Kitchen$12,40911%
Center for Coalfield Justice$12,00011%
Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority$11,2001n/a
Beaver County Young Men's Christian Association$11,12610%
Bhutanese Cultural Foundation of Scranton$11,0002n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$11,00010%
The Center for the Living City$10,58717%
Volunteers in Medicine$10,50011%
Congolese Community of Scranton$10,0001n/a
Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation$10,00010%
Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Res Resource Center Inc$10,00010%
Pennsylvania Dental Foundation$10,00014%
The Indigo Spoon Foundation$10,0001n/a
Great Valley Technology Alliance Inc$10,00015%
Susquehanna County Interfaith$10,00011%
Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligence Charter School$10,00010%
North10 Philadelphia$10,00010%
Mercy Center for Women Inc$10,00011%
Lackawanna Neighbors Inc$10,000116%
The Childrens House$10,00012%
North Pocono School District$10,0001n/a
Lycoming County Health Improvement Coalition Inc$10,0001n/a
Meadville Area Family YMCA$10,00010%
Eccrgroup Inc$10,00017%
Eastern Pa Animal Alliance$9,82912%
Young Men's Christian Association of Keystone Crossroads$9,70010%
Outward Bound Inc$9,49010%
Temple Israel of Scranton$9,1591n/a
Valley Community Library$9,00012%
Fm Kirby Center for the Performing Arts$8,98410%
Abington Little League Inc$8,75015%
Fleetville Volunteer Fire Company$8,50017%
Deutsch Institute Adaptive Community Recreation$8,42511%
Northeast Pa Youth for Christ$8,40912%
Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation Center$8,04011%
Valley Youth House Committee Inc$8,00010%
PTA Pennsylvania Congress$8,00014%
St Mary's Villa Nursing Home$8,00010%
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania$8,00011%
Animal Care Association Inc Spca$7,7281n/a
Mission Scranton Inc$7,60015%
Rail-Trail Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania Inc$7,57014%
Wayne County Arts Alliance$7,50419%
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Volunteers of America Inc$7,5001n/a
Geisinger Commonwealth Sch of Med$7,50010%
Spring Hills Foundation$7,2571n/a
Childrens Svc Ctr of Wyom Valley Inc$7,00010%
Nepa Inclusive$7,00010%
Farmhouse Sanctuary$7,0001n/a
Miss Greater Hazleton Scholarship Organization$6,9861n/a
St Josephs Center Foundation$6,77510%
Supporters of Camp Archbald$6,39815%
Abington Community Library Association$6,33011%
Northeast Pennsylvania Area Health Education Cente$6,09011%
Arcadia Chorale$6,0801n/a
Electric City Steel Drum Project$6,0001n/a
West Scranton Hyde Park Neighborhood Watch Inc$6,0001n/a
Pocono Mountains United Way$6,00010%
Nepa Rainbow Alliance$6,0001n/a
Artists for Art$6,000115%
Court Street United Medthodist Church$6,0001n/a
Wyoming County United Way Inc$6,00011%
It Takes a Village$6,0001n/a
Scranton Primary Health Care Center$5,73010%
Farm Arts Collective Inc$5,72412%
Monroe County Meals on Wheels Inc$5,63511%
Carbondale Public Library$5,62411%
Taylor Community Library Association$5,56211%
Valley View School District$5,5001n/a
Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Sci & Phil of the USA$5,3411n/a
The Foundation for Cancer Care$5,25018%
Dark2light$5,2501n/a
Imagine Performing Arts Fund$5,04913%
Autism Society of Northeastern Pennsyvania Inc$5,02018%
Sightlife$5,00010%
Dalton Fire Company$5,00011%
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf$5,00010%
First Friday Scranton$5,0001n/a
Hcsc - Blood Center$5,00010%
The Cancer Wellness Center of Nepa$5,00012%
Scranton Music Association$5,000119%
Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation$5,00011%
The Devereux Foundation$5,00010%
Taylor Borough$5,0001n/a
Scranton District Dental Society$5,000112%
Misericordia University$3,50010%

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Scranton Area Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 189 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania: $1,129,009 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetGeisinger Health: $565,330 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCommission on Economic Opportunity of Luzerne County: $535,115 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetUnited Way of Lackawanna Wayne and Pike Counties: $497,338 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Northeastern Pennsylvania: $312,514 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetFriends of the Poor: $279,313 over 2y, 16% of budgetJohnson College: $226,300 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetScranton Neighborhood Housing Services Inc: $221,687 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Northeastern Pa Inc: $193,814 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetLackawanna Pro Bono Inc: $191,088 over 6y, 13% of budgetNortheastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association: $180,880 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetOutreach - Center for Community Resources: $161,291 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetKeystone Rescue Mission Alliance Inc: $157,337 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetEverhart Museum of Natural History Science and Art: $151,978 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetThe Catherine McAuley Center: $144,843 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetWrc Inc: $142,334 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetPhilharmonic Society of Nepa: $133,710 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc: $129,049 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Advocacy Center Nepa: $127,844 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Scranton: $126,415 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetIndraloka Animal Sanctuary Inc: $126,205 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetBloomsburg Area Young Mens Christian Association: $115,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetAgency for Community Empowerment of Nepa: $112,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple: $111,861 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetUniversity of Scranton: $93,755 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Lackawanna County: $93,358 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetCountryside Conservancy: $92,559 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania Inc: $88,477 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetScranton Public Library: $87,446 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetJewish Family Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania: $86,347 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetNortheast Regional Cancer Institute: $76,414 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetPhiladelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChild Hunger Outreach Partners: $74,682 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetNortheastern Pennsylvania Youth Shelter Dba Nepa Youth Shelter: $71,259 over 3y, 12% of budgetThe Arc of Northeastern Pennsylvania: $71,119 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDay Nursery Association: $68,500 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetTelespond Senior Services Inc: $66,962 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSt Josephs Center: $65,146 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLacawac Sanctuary Foundation Inc: $63,944 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetAdopt A Boxer Rescue: $63,709 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetBroadway Theatre League of Scranton Inc: $63,200 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House of Scranton Inc: $60,057 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetCentral Susquehanna Opportunities Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUpper Valley YMCA: $59,921 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMaternal & Family Health Services Inc: $53,247 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWilkes University: $53,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNepa Pet Fund and Rescue: $52,599 over 3y, 13% of budgetNortheastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 5.2% 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 189.

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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.

Moses Taylor Foundation IncPA123.1× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · Robert H Spitz Foundation · The Hawk Family Foundation · Allone Charities · Allone Foundation · United Way of Lackawanna Wayne and Pike Counties · The Luzerne Foundation · Margaret Briggs Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Honesdale National Bank Foundation · Walter L Schautz Foundation · Schwartz-Mack 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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About Scranton Area Foundation Inc

How much does Scranton Area Foundation Inc give?
Scranton Area Foundation Inc reported 154 itemized grants totaling $3,738,376, out of $6,328,639 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 93 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Scranton Area Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (16%), Health (14%), Human Services (14%).
Who are Scranton Area Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania ($1.1M), Geisinger Health ($565k), Commission on Economic Opportunity of Luzerne County ($535k).
Does Scranton Area Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Scranton Area Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Moses Taylor Foundation Inc, Robert H Spitz Foundation, The Hawk Family Foundation.
Where is Scranton Area Foundation Inc based?
Scranton Area Foundation Inc 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 244 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 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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