· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $53k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $67k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HARRISBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $20,000 |
| CASA | $15,000 |
| MARKET SQUARE CONCERTS | $12,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION | $10,000 |
| VETERANS OUTREACH | $10,000 |
| MARKET SQUARE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $9,000 |
| TWIN VALLEY PLAYERS | $8,633 |
| WEST SHORE THEATRE | $7,500 |
| NED SMITH CENTER FOR NATURE & ART | $6,600 |
| GRETNA THEATER | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| SUSQUEHANNA SERVICE DOGS | $5,000 |
| FREDRICKSON LIBRARY | $2,500 |
| BEACON CLINIC | $2,000 |
| COMMUNITY CHECK-UP CENTER | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 8% of The Carole Desoto Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 92%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MUMESSIAH UNIVERSITY4× · 2018–2023 · $125k · revenue +3%
- CHCAMP HEBRON INC2× · 2020–2022 · $74k · revenue +51%
- MSMARKET SQUARE CONCERTS5× · 2018–2024 · $59k · revenue +37%
Funded once
- HAHARRISBURG AREA YMCAone grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue +9%
- PSPENN STATE HOSPITALone grant, 2021 · $100k
- HUHARRISBURG UNIVERSITYone grant, 2023 · $50k
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.
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.
See schedule othe harrisburg university of science and technology offers innovative academic and research programs in science and technology that respond to local and global needs. the institution fosters a diverse community of learners,…
Through disciplined preparation and thoughtful development of their repertoire, the harrisburg singers strive to enrich their listeners with experiences they will long remember and look forward to enjoying again. since 1984, the harrisburg…
The mission of the harrisburg regional chamber is to be a catalyst for policy change, for job creation and for business growth in cumberland, dauphin, and perry counties that enhances the quality of life in our region.
The pennsylvania chamber of business and industry is the largest broad-based business association in pennsylvania. thousands of members throughout the commonwealth employ greater than 50 percent of pennsylvania's private workforce.…
Penn state health hampden medical center's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate and culturally responsive and equitable…
Upmc pinnacle hospitals mission as a charitable organization is dedicatied to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all persons of the central pennsylvania area.
To create a musical community where high quality instruction and performance opportunities are available to all.
The mission of capital area school for the arts charter school is to provide students with a rich, rigorous, arts-infused high school program that enables them to succeed in college and careers.
As a designated national and state heritage area, susquehanna heritage corporation works to raise awareness and appreciation of the cultural and economic value of the susquehanna riverlands, and preserve, enhance and celebrate the area's…
Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…
Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.
Germantown academy inspires students to be independent in thought; confident in expression; compassionate in spirit; collaborative in action; and honorable in deed. germantown academy is a private school educating students from pre-k…
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 44 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SUSQUEHANNA ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds HARRISBURG AREA YMCA ↗
- Who funds MESSIAH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds HARRISBURG SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CAMP HEBRON INC ↗
- Who funds MARKET SQUARE CONCERTS ↗
- Who funds TWIN VALLEY PLAYERS ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION ↗
- Who funds NED SMITH CENTER FOR NATURE AND ART ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA ↗
- Who funds ART ASSOCIATION OF HARRISBURG ↗
- Who funds KEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA YOUTH BALLET ↗
- Who funds BEACON CLINIC FOR HEALTH AND HOPE ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Carole Desoto Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Carole Desoto Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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