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Telford Area Community Aid Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$51kYouth Development$33kHousing & Shelter$23kFood & Nutrition$21kInternational$20kHealth$18kEducation$13kAnimals$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$97k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY$1,500
KEYSTONE OPPORTUNITY CENTER$1,000
WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL OF BOYSCOUTS OF AMERICA$1,000
KINDNESS BETWEEN FRIENDS$1,000
WORTHWHILE WEAR$1,000
PENN FOUNDATION$1,000
SOUDERTON-TELFORD ROTARY CLUB$1,000
HOME AT LAST DOG RESCUE$500
INDIAN VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $41k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%PENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION: $5k → 6%PENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION: $5k → 6%PENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION: $5k → 6%PENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION: $3k → 6%PENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION: $2k → 6%PENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION: $1k → 6%PENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION: $1k → 6%SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY: $4k → 7%SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY: $4k → 7%SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY: $4k → 7%SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY: $3k → 7%SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY: $3k → 7%SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY: $2k → 7%SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY: $2k → 7%SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY: $1k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 31% of Telford Area Community Aid Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 62%.

Telford Area Community Aid Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 32% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$196k · 13 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
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Total granted

$196k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+27%

Still filing today

62%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterInternationalHealthPublic Safety & DisasterAnimalsOther
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

  • KO
    KEYSTONE OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $23k · revenue +28%
  • PF
    PENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $21k · revenue +117%
  • SA
    SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • TV
    TELFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY 1graduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +27%
  • DM
    DOCK MENNONITE ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • SC
    SOUDERTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +8%
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.

04Its 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
Laurel Valley Senior Citizens Center

Operation of three senior citizens centers with approximately 450 seniors citizens thru the Westmoreland County Area Agency on Aging.

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2
Perseverance Volunteer Fire Co No 1

The support of a fire engine, hook and ladder and hose company for the control of fire in the borough of souderton and the surrounding community.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern Pa

The mission of domestic violence services of southwestern pa is to end domestic violence by empowering survivors, raising awareness, and creating safer communities.

Human Services
4
Crime Victims' Center of Chester County

The crime victims' center of chester county, inc. (cvc) is a nonprofit agency providing free, immediate, and confidential crisis response and compassionate support to children and adults impacted by sexual violence and all other crime. we…

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5
Women Against Abuse Inc

The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…

Human Services
6
Victim Services Center of Montgomery County Inc

Vsc's mission is to provide advocacy and counseling for all who have been affected by sexual violence and other crimes against the person, and to promote sensitivity and awareness in the community through education.

Human Services
7
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono

Our mission is who we are and what we do: to provide world class care close to home. our vision is what we aim for to best serve our community: to build a healthier community.

Health
8
Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery

See schedule o.power's mission is to help women reclaim their lives from addiction and related emotional health issues and improve the well-being of future generations. we provide a range of gender-responsive, trauma-informed drug and…

Health
9
Domestic Violence Center of Chester County

THE MISSION OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY IS TO REDUCE domestic violence by supporting survivors and advancing prevention strategies.

Human Services
10
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.

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11
People's Place Ii Inc

People's place ii, inc. is dedicated to becoming the agency of choice to help people find their path to growth and independence. to this end, people's place ii, inc. identifies the social and mental health needs of delaware residents and…

Human Services
12
Victims Resource Center

Victims services

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Keystone Opportunity Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Telford Volunteer Fire Company 1. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the 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 20 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDIAN VALLEY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $17,000 · OtherINDIAN VALLEY BOYS & GIRLS CLUBPENNRIDGE SENIOR CENTER: $15,000 · OtherPENNRIDGE SENIOR CENTERINDIAN VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $12,000 · OtherINDIAN VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARYIndividual grant recipient: $11,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOUDERTON-TELFORD ROTARY CLUB: $11,000 · OtherSOUDERTON-TELFORD ROTARY CLUBSOUDERTON-TELFORD MAIN STREETS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $10,500 · OtherSOUDERTON-TELFORD MAIN STREETS COMMUNITY DEVEL…WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $4,000 · Other+4 more: $3,500 · OtherPENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION INC: $21,000 · Human ServicesPENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION IN…SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY: $20,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER O…LAUREL HOUSE: $15,000 · Human ServicesLAUREL HOUSEKEYSTONE OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC: $22,500 · Housing & ShelterKEYSTONE OPP…WORTHWHILE WEAR INC: $19,500 · InternationalWORTHWHILE…PENN FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 · HealthPENN FOUN…TELFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY 1: $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSOUDERTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,000 · Community ImprovementHOME AT LAST DOG RESCUE INC: $500 · Animals
Other$84,500Human Services$56,000Housing & Shelter$22,500International$19,500Health$17,000Public Safety & Disaster$5,000Community Improvement$1,000Animals$500

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 budgetKEYSTONE OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC: $22,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION INC: $21,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetSENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY: $20,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWORTHWHILE WEAR INC: $19,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPENN FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE: $15,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetINDIAN VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $12,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTELFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY 1: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSOUDERTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHOME AT LAST DOG RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds KEYSTONE OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PENNRIDGE FISH ORGANIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR ADULT ACTIVITY CENTER OF INDIAN VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds WORTHWHILE WEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds PENN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAUREL HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds TELFORD VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY 1 ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON CROSSING COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds SOUDERTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds HOME AT LAST DOG RESCUE INC ↗

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.

Keller Charitable Foundation IncPA15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Keller Charitable Foundation Inc · Vna Foundation of Greater North Penn · The Philadelphia Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Eden Bridge Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Telford Area Community Aid Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Telford Area Community Aid Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 20 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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