· Private foundation
The Deaver 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HIGHLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $10,000 |
| SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $2,000 |
| GETTYSBURG COLLEGE | $2,000 |
| DELAWARE VALLEY GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE | $2,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS OF LANCASTER | $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 (FY17–23, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 11% of The Deaver Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 90% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 79%.
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 +80% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WSWATER STREET MINISTRIES7× · 2017–2024 · $17k · revenue +89%
- GCGETTYSBURG COLLEGE2× · 2024–2025 · $7k · revenue +1%
- GHGEISINGER HEALTH4× · 2020–2023 · $7k · revenue +118%
Funded once
- RMROBB MEMORIAL FUNDone grant, 2022 · $3k
- UFUT FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $3k
- CCPIone grant, 2022 · $3k
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.
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
Provides managerial and financial support to its controlled organizations and is also responsible for undertaking activities designed to advance the general health of the community.
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The national nurse-led care consortium (nncc) strives to advance nurse-led healthcare through policy, consultation, and programs to reduce health disparities and meet people's primary care and wellness needs.
The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.
How this is measured
35 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. 35 of the 73 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 WATER STREET MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds GETTYSBURG COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds GEISINGER HEALTH ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Conservative Partnership Institute ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE VALLEY GOLDEN RETRIEVER ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds THE SAMARITAN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE ABIGAIL L LONGENECKER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB ↗
- Who funds BRETHREN VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds EASTER SEALS INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
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: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · The Steinman Foundation · Thomas a and Georgina T Russo Foundation · Fulton Family Foundation · Ferree Foundation · Armstrong World Industries Fndtn · United Way of Lancaster County · High Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Deaver Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Deaver Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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