Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Carole Desoto Foundation
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.
- $120k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $309k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Carole Desoto Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $377k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $120k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $635k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $138k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $293k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $131k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $39k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $349k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $62k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Art Museum | $393,500 | 5 | 22% |
| Harrisburg Area YMCA | $300,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Messiah University | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc | $115,635 | 5 | 2% |
| Camp Hebron Inc | $74,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Market Square Concerts | $59,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Market Square Presbyterian Church | $46,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Twin Valley Players | $28,633 | 2 | 13% |
| Millersburg Area Art Association Inc | $28,000 | 4 | n/a |
| United Way of the Capital Region | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Art Museum | $393,500 | 5 | 22% |
| Harrisburg Area YMCA | $300,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Messiah University | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc | $115,635 | 5 | 2% |
| Camp Hebron Inc | $74,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Market Square Concerts | $59,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Market Square Presbyterian Church | $46,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Twin Valley Players | $28,633 | 2 | 13% |
| Millersburg Area Art Association Inc | $28,000 | 4 | n/a |
| United Way of the Capital Region | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art | $17,349 | 3 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Art Association of Harrisburg | $6,300 | 2 | 2% |
| Keystone Service Systems Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beacon Clinic for Health and Hope | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Historical Society Dauphin County | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Harrisburg Public Schools Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($530k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Carole Desoto Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · United Way of the Capital Region · Alexander and Jane Boyd Ta Foundation · Hall Foundation · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Miter Charitable Foundation · Pennsylvania Automotive Association Foundation · The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz
How this is measured
About The Carole Desoto Foundation
- How much does The Carole Desoto Foundation give?
- The Carole Desoto Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $120,233 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Carole Desoto Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Human Services (29%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Carole Desoto Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Susquehanna Art Museum ($394k), Harrisburg Area YMCA ($300k), Messiah University ($125k).
- Does The Carole Desoto Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Carole Desoto 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 Carole Desoto Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation, McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397.
- Where is The Carole Desoto Foundation based?
- The Carole Desoto Foundation is based in PA.
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