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The Blackhorse 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.

$509k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
55
Grants FY2025
56
Organizations funded FY2024
29%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
49 to 70
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$1.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Blackhorse Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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
FY2025still arriving55$509k25%
FY202456$471k29%
FY202362$422k27%
FY202270$260k44%
FY202149$470k43%
FY202061$415k41%
FY201951$303k25%
FY201850$329k34%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.6MRecreation & Sports$216kHealth$199kReligion$130kHuman Services$90kArts & Culture$90kPhilanthropy$53kCrime & Legal$42kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
VA
MD
TN
SC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 73 grantees
All grantees of The Blackhorse Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wilkes University$989,00070%
Drexel University$810,00070%
Riverfront Parks Committee$147,650430%
Center for Excellence in Education$90,00090%
Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School$85,2505n/a
King's College$85,00070%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$42,00080%
Casa of Wyoming Valley$41,00091%
Misericordia University$36,00080%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$25,00050%
Volunteers in Medicine$21,00051%
Childrens Svc Ctr of Wyom Valley Inc$16,00030%
Geisinger Commonwealth Sch of Med$16,00040%
American Cancer Society Inc$13,20090%
Our Lady of Good Counsel - Knights of Columbus Council 15658$13,00086%
Geisinger Health$11,00030%
Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation$10,00010%
Leeds Foundation Pbc Inc$10,00016%
The Lands at Hillside Farms$9,00080%
National Centre for Padre Pio Inc$9,00080%
North Branch Land Trust$8,50090%
St Joseph Marello Parish$8,0008n/a
Fine Arts Fiesta Inc$8,00082%
City of Wilkes-Barre$7,0004n/a
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church$6,0006n/a
Meals on Wheels$6,00061%
Adopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc$6,00060%
American College of the Building Arts$5,00010%
Breakthrough T1d$5,00010%
Fm Kirby Center for the Performing Arts$4,00040%
Northwest Quarterback Club Inc$3,50072%
Equines for Freedom$3,00021%
Wyoming Valley Children's Association$2,75070%
Clear Brook Foundation Inc$2,50030%
United Way of Wyoming Valley$2,50010%
Golfing for Griffin Foundation$2,0002n/a
Rooney's Golf Foundation Inc$2,00021%
Wyoming Valley Art League$2,00022%
Fork Over Love Inc$2,00030%
Franklin & Marshall College$2,00020%
Friends of Rittenhouse Square$1,50020%
Hazleton Art League$1,50011%
Temple Israel$1,2501n/a
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$1,10020%
The Catherine McAuley Center$1,00010%
Albright United Methodist Church$1,0001n/a
Als United Mid-Atlantic$1,00010%
Cori's Place$1,00010%
Luzerne County Head Start Inc$1,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,00010%
Hanover Area Fire District Inc$1,0001n/a
Dauphin County Voa Living Center Inc$1,00011%
Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pa$1,00010%
Catholic Youth Center$1,0002n/a
Back Mountain Food Pantry$1,0001n/a
Immanuel Christian School$1,00010%
Moravian Academy$1,00010%
Hoyt Library$1,00010%
Wyoming Historical & Geological Society$80070%
Scranton Shakespeare Festival$75010%
Brandons Forever Home$50010%
McGlynn Center$50010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50010%
Luzerne County Child Advocacy Center Inc$50010%
Holy Cross Church$5001n/a
Hospice of the Sacred Heart$50010%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$50020%
Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association$30030%
Keystone Rescue Mission Alliance Inc$25010%
American Diabetes Association$2001n/a
Corpus Christi Parish$1001n/a
Allied Services Foundation$10010%
The Junior League of Wilkes Barreinc$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 139 recipients with no EIN on record ($869k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Blackhorse Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 59 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWilkes University: $989,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDrexel University: $810,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRiverfront Parks Committee: $147,650 over 4y, 30% of budgetCenter for Excellence in Education: $90,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetKing's College: $85,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $42,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCasa of Wyoming Valley: $41,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetMisericordia University: $36,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteers in Medicine: $21,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetChildrens Svc Ctr of Wyom Valley Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGeisinger Commonwealth Sch of Med: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $13,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOur Lady of Good Counsel - Knights of Columbus Council 15658: $13,000 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetGeisinger Health: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Visitor Center Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLeeds Foundation Pbc Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetThe Lands at Hillside Farms: $9,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNational Centre for Padre Pio Inc: $9,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Branch Land Trust: $8,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFine Arts Fiesta Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetMeals on Wheels: $6,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetAdopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican College of the Building Arts: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFm Kirby Center for the Performing Arts: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Quarterback Club Inc: $3,500 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetEquines for Freedom: $3,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWyoming Valley Children's Association: $2,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetClear Brook Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Wyoming Valley: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRooney's Golf Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWyoming Valley Art League: $2,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFork Over Love Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFranklin & Marshall College: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Rittenhouse Square: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHazleton Art League: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Catherine McAuley Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAls United Mid-Atlantic: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCori's Place: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLuzerne County Head Start Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDauphin County Voa Living Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEpilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pa: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetImmanuel Christian School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMoravian Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoyt Library: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 59.

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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.

The Luzerne FoundationPA54.2× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Luzerne Foundation · The Tambur Family Foundation · Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Foundation · William G McGowan Charitable Fund · Nesbitt Family Charitable Foundation · Maslow Family Foundation Inc · Allone Charities · Davidowitz Foundation Inc · Sordoni Family Foundation · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · Sordoni Foundation Inc · Joseph and Erma Paglianite Charitable 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 Blackhorse Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Blackhorse Foundation 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 Blackhorse Foundation

How much does The Blackhorse Foundation give?
The Blackhorse Foundation reported 55 grants totaling $508,850 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 70 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Blackhorse Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (73%), Recreation & Sports (6%), Health (6%).
Who are The Blackhorse Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wilkes University ($989k), Drexel University ($810k), Riverfront Parks Committee ($148k).
Does The Blackhorse Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Blackhorse 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 The Blackhorse Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Luzerne Foundation, The Tambur Family Foundation, Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Foundation.
Where is The Blackhorse Foundation based?
The Blackhorse Foundation 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 213 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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