Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn
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.
- $183k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $51,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $183k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $186k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $176k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $170k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $200k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $191k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $161k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $228k | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the West Shore Theatre Inc | $206,500 | 4 | 17% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $186,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Harrisburg Area Riverboat Soci | $133,455 | 2 | 14% |
| United Methodist Home for Children Inc | $95,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Cleve J Fredricksen Library Association | $78,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Messiah University | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New Cumberland Fire Department | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Community United Methodist Church | $50,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Central Penn College | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Vickie's Angel Walk Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the West Shore Theatre Inc | $206,500 | 4 | 17% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $186,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Harrisburg Area Riverboat Soci | $133,455 | 2 | 14% |
| United Methodist Home for Children Inc | $95,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Cleve J Fredricksen Library Association | $78,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Messiah University | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New Cumberland Fire Department | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Community United Methodist Church | $50,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Central Penn College | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Vickie's Angel Walk Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| New Cumberland River Rescue No 1 | $36,000 | 2 | 35% |
| Harrisburg Area Community College Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Fairness Center Inc | $30,595 | 3 | 0% |
| Hospice of Central Pennsylvania | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Church of New Cumberland | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bps Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Michael Ann & Saquon Barkley Hope Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Peyton Walker Foundation | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Eagle Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Historical Society Dauphin County | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($553k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: John Crain Kunkel Foundation · United Way of the Capital Region · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Kenneth Bankert Foundation Inc · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · Hall Foundation · Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Upmc Group · George & Rita Patterson Foundation · The S Wilson and Grace M Pollock Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn
- How much does The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn give?
- The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn reported 13 grants totaling $182,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Arts & Culture (21%), Civil Rights (10%).
- Who are The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of the West Shore Theatre Inc ($207k), Pennsylvania State University ($187k), Harrisburg Area Riverboat Soci ($133k).
- Does The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn 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 Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John Crain Kunkel Foundation, United Way of the Capital Region, The Foundation for Enhancing Communities.
- Where is The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn based?
- The Edward R Norford Charitable Fdn is based in PA.
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