· Private foundation
The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz
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 $10k7 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HARRISBURG SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION | $15,500 |
| GRETNA PRODUCTIONS INC | $15,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER | $14,117 |
| DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM | $10,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER | $10,000 |
| KEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES | $8,500 |
| CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA YOUTH BALLET | $2,500 |
| CHISUK EMUNA CONGREGATION | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA | $1,000 |
| HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DAUPHIN COUNTY | $1,000 |
| CAPITAL AREA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS | $734 |
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 (FY17–17, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue -2% since the first grant, against -73% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 6 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GPGRETNA PRODUCTIONS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $159k · revenue +10%
- RDRABBI DAVID L SILVER YESHIVA ACADEMY2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +10%
- CACAPITAL AREA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL2× · 2024–2025 · $1k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- TSTHE SILVER ACADEMYone grant, 2017 · $2k
- FOFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INCone grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue -73%
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.
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…
The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…
Charter school providing students a content rich, adademically rigerous core knowledge education with a well-defined, sequential curriculum in a safe, orderly disiplined and caring environment.
All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.
Philadelphia jewish film and medias mission is to educate and engage diverse philadelphia communities, jewish and non-jewish alike, by presenting world-class film premieres, repertory cinema, and associated programs that are inspired by…
The german society of pennsylvania seeks to further the understanding of german and german american contributions to the growth of american history and culture from the past to the present and into the future.
To inspire individuals and organizations to create a better future through historical understanding.
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.…
To be a sustainable musical institution that brings the intimate experience of a world-class chamber orchestra performance to the greater philadelphia area,enriching the musical life of the city and region by the integrity and excellence…
Incorporated on july 2, 1951, the allentown symphony association (asa) is the operating organization of the allentown symphony orchestra (aso)and miller symphony hall (msh). the mission of the asa is to provide a first-class orchestra and…
It is the mission of the pittsburgh symphony orchestra to engage, enrich, and inspire through unparalleled live musical experiences.
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…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 21 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 GRETNA PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds HARRISBURG SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM ↗
- Who funds KEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES ↗
- Who funds SUSQUEHANNA ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds JEWISH HOME OF GREATER HARRISBURG ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA YOUTH BALLET ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds RABBI DAVID L SILVER YESHIVA ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARRISBURG ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL AREA SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY DAUPHIN COUNTY ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
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 · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · United Way of the Capital Region · The S Wilson and Grace M Pollock Foundation · Alexander and Jane Boyd Ta Foundation · Hall Foundation · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · The Carole Desoto Foundation · McInroy-Sheffer People Trust Ta
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dorothy B and S Lawrence Koplovitz. Bigger dots raise more.
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