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The Abel Family Legacy Trust

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.

$10k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 63
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
2
Total assets, FY2023
$2k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Abel Family Legacy Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesInternationalReligionHealthEducationAnimalsOther
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
FY20232$10k0%
FY20224$19k50%
FY202121$31k10%
FY202025$48k56%
FY201963$192k87%
FY201826$110kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Religion$101kInternational$60kPublic Benefit$55kHuman Services$45kHealth$38kYouth Development$24kEducation$22kHousing & Shelter$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
KS
AR
NC
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Modern Day Missions$26,00050%
Samaritan's Purse$23,50040%
Wildwood Programs Inc$15,50020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$12,50030%
Allen Family Ministries Inc$10,00025%
Haiti Partners Inc$8,00031%
Hope Within Ministries Inc$6,50031%
Bending the Bow International$5,00014%
Milagro House Inc$5,00011%
The Call$5,00010%
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All grantees of The Abel Family Legacy Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Modern Day Missions$26,00050%
Samaritan's Purse$23,50040%
Wildwood Programs Inc$15,50020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$12,50030%
Allen Family Ministries Inc$10,00025%
Haiti Partners Inc$8,00031%
Hope Within Ministries Inc$6,50031%
Bending the Bow International$5,00014%
Milagro House Inc$5,00011%
The Call$5,00010%
Water Street Ministries$5,00020%
Power Packs Project$4,50010%
Lou Engle Ministries$4,50020%
Cairn University$4,00020%
Legacy of Life Foundation Inc$4,00020%
A Place To Turn Inc$4,00021%
Compassion International Incorporated$3,00010%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$3,00010%
Warrior Expeditions$3,00011%
Dream Centers of Colorado Springs$3,00020%
Bethesda Mission of Harrisburg Inc$3,00020%
Disciplemakers Inc$3,00020%
N I C K Services Inc$3,000118%
Hunters Sharing the Harvest Inc$3,00011%
Anambra State Association USA Inc ASA-USA$3,00016%
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc$3,00010%
Clare House Inc$3,00021%
Lifesong for Orphans Inc$3,00020%
Reece's Rainbow Inc$2,5001n/a
Promise686 Inc$2,50010%
K-9 Caring Angels Caring Angels Therapy Dogs$2,50012%
Aurora Ministries Inc$2,50011%
Foundation for Dreams Inc$2,50010%
Legacies and Miracles Inc$2,50012%
Creative Ministries Inc$2,50010%
Polaris Project$2,50010%
Church World Service Inc$2,50010%
Seeds of Hope Charitable Trust$2,50011%
The Weekly Fight Inc$2,5001n/a
Crossnet Ministries$2,50010%
Streets of Paradise Inc$2,5001n/a
Mom's House Inc of Lancaster$2,50010%
Choices Healthcare$2,50010%
Mennonite Disaster Service$2,5001n/a
A Woman's Concern Inc$2,50010%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$2,50010%
A Child's Hope International$2,50010%
Adaptive Training Foundation$2,50010%
Combat Blindness International Inc$2,50010%
Discovering Mercy$2,50011%
Centershot Ministries Inc$2,50011%
Align Life Ministries$2,50010%
Christs Victory International Mission of Liberia West Africa Inc$2,50014%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,00010%
Wild at Heart$2,0002n/a
Excellencies of Christ$2,00020%
Meals on Wheels Inc$2,00010%
American Friends of the School of St Jude Tanzania Inc$2,00010%
Live Action$1,50010%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$1,5001n/a
Antioch Center for Training and Sending Inc$1,5001n/a
Kind Human Foundation$1,50011%
Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,00010%

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($150k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Abel Family Legacy Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetModern Day Missions: $26,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $23,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWildwood Programs Inc: $15,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAllen Family Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetHaiti Partners Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHope Within Ministries Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBending the Bow International: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMilagro House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Call: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWater Street Ministries: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPower Packs Project: $4,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLou Engle Ministries: $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCairn University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLegacy of Life Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetA Place To Turn Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWarrior Expeditions: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDream Centers of Colorado Springs: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBethesda Mission of Harrisburg Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDisciplemakers Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetN I C K Services Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetHunters Sharing the Harvest Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAnambra State Association USA Inc ASA-USA: $3,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetProject Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClare House Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLifesong for Orphans Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPromise686 Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetK-9 Caring Angels Caring Angels Therapy Dogs: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAurora Ministries Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFoundation for Dreams Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLegacies and Miracles Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCreative Ministries Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPolaris Project: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChurch World Service Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeeds of Hope Charitable Trust: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCrossnet Ministries: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMom's House Inc of Lancaster: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChoices Healthcare: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Woman's Concern Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Child's Hope International: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdaptive Training Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCombat Blindness International Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDiscovering Mercy: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCentershot Ministries Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAlign Life Ministries: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 56.

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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.

Lancaster County Community FoundationPA30.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Richard S & Ann B Barshinger Family Fdn · Eden Bridge Foundation · The Abigail L Longenecker Memorial Foundation · Armstrong World Industries Fndtn · High Foundation · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Kalas Foundation · Burkholder Family Foundation · Shady Maple 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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How do I get to The Abel Family Legacy Trust?

Find your warmest path to The Abel Family Legacy Trust 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.

About The Abel Family Legacy Trust

How much does The Abel Family Legacy Trust give?
The Abel Family Legacy Trust reported 2 grants totaling $10,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 63 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Abel Family Legacy Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Religion (24%), International (14%), Public Benefit (13%).
Who are The Abel Family Legacy Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Modern Day Missions ($26k), Samaritan's Purse ($24k), Wildwood Programs Inc ($16k).
Does The Abel Family Legacy Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Abel Family Legacy 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 The Abel Family Legacy Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lancaster County Community Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Clark Associates Charitable Foundation.
Where is The Abel Family Legacy Trust based?
The Abel Family Legacy Trust 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 100 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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