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The Foundation for Enhancing Communities

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$9.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
285
Itemized grants FY2025
252
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$7.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$12,996
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,238,450
Organizations funded a year
125 to 252
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$161M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The Foundation for Enhancing Communities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving268$7.7M23%
FY2024252$7.0M22%
FY2023233$6.3M29%
FY2022165$3.5M30%
FY2021138$2.4M25%
FY2020155$3.1M30%
FY2019178$3.6M38%
FY2018125$2.5M50%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$10MEducation$7.1MArts & Culture$5.9MPhilanthropy$4.0MReligion$3.7MHuman Services$3.5MCommunity Improvement$2.6MFood & Nutrition$1.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sankara Eye Foundation USA$3,814,63749%
Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund$1,000,0011n/a
Perry County Council of the Arts$861,351926%
United Way of the Capital Region$761,53091%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$750,00011%
Susquehanna Art Museum$700,527937%
The Milton S Hershey Medical Center$695,28170%
Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc$524,20193%
The Wildcat Foundation$522,577843%
Bethesda Mission of Harrisburg Inc$518,49390%
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All grantees of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sankara Eye Foundation USA$3,814,63749%
Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund$1,000,0011n/a
Perry County Council of the Arts$861,351926%
United Way of the Capital Region$761,53091%
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc$750,00011%
Susquehanna Art Museum$700,527937%
The Milton S Hershey Medical Center$695,28170%
Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc$524,20193%
The Wildcat Foundation$522,577843%
Bethesda Mission of Harrisburg Inc$518,49390%
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts$509,52993%
Good Samaritan Health Services Foundation of Lebanon Pa$472,534124%
St Thomas Lutheran Church$465,1659n/a
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank$427,67080%
Pennsylvania State University$420,7838n/a
Tfec Properties Inc$412,994299%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$373,85050%
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology$365,75380%
Dana Hall School$337,85011%
King's College$335,81760%
The Salvation Army$313,4609n/a
Chambersburg Hospital$306,96290%
Pennsylvania Council of Feeding America Food Banks$290,0002n/a
Open Stage of Harrisburg$287,583812%
YWCA Greater Harrisburg$271,05891%
Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation$270,00055%
Messiah University$262,17420%
Cornell University$250,00010%
First United Methodist Church - Chambersburg$233,8279n/a
Lebanon Valley College$227,79380%
First United Methodist Church$227,2929n/a
Lehigh University$222,87680%
Children's Aid Society Southern Pa District - Church of the Brethren$219,02692%
Randi's House of Angels$218,57326%
Diocese of Harrisburg$216,7099n/a
Upmc Pinnacle Foundation$205,33841%
ThirstySouls Ministries Inc$200,000710%
Friends of Wildwood Lake Nature Center Inc$196,559918%
Jake Gittlen Memorial Golf Tournamn$193,80219%
Pennon Organization$192,43390%
Dickinson College$190,92740%
Harrisburg Community Theatre Theatre Harrisburg$188,10097%
NacerUSA$187,000835%
Perry County Literacy Council$185,798517%
Friends of the West Shore Theatre Inc$175,50156%
The Young Women's Christian Association of Carlisle Pa$171,92964%
Jewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg Inc$170,05092%
Hood College$160,22640%
Gettysburg College$160,22640%
Joseph T Simpson Public Library$148,36882%
Feeding Pennsylvania$148,27540%
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet$143,84471%
Northern York County Historical & Preservation Society$143,14358%
Someone to Tell It to Inc$143,125713%
Keystone Human Services$139,38380%
Employment Skills Center$137,93486%
Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church of Millersburg$133,1968n/a
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library$128,48753%
Homeland Center$127,66090%
Union Community Care$125,00010%
Blue Mountain Escape Inc$124,075316%
New Hope Ministries Inc$122,64680%
Girls on the Run Mid State Pa$122,59283%
Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area$122,36183%
United Church of Christ Homes Inc$121,00090%
The Sexual Assault Resource & Counseling Center of Lebanon & Schuylkill Cou$120,82273%
Pennsylvania Community Foundation Association$120,3521n/a
Water Missions International$120,00030%
Upmc Pinnacle Hospitals$119,97740%
St Thomas Community Association$118,0095n/a
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$117,89380%
Camp Dudley Inc$117,89380%
Smithsonian Institution$117,89380%
Menno-Haven Inc$117,42990%
Keystone Service Systems Inc$117,28840%
Central Pennsylvania College Education Foundation$115,00065%
Mount Gretna School of Art$114,500710%
Capitol Theatre Center Foundation$111,73186%
Dauphin County Casa$111,025611%
Johns Hopkins University$110,00080%
American Camping Association Inc$110,00060%
Trinity United Church of Christ$109,0005n/a
LGBT Community Center$107,66164%
Congregation Ner Tamid of South Bay$107,0636n/a
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$105,00040%
Lancaster County Therapeutic Riding Inc D/B/A Greystone Manor Therapeutic Riding$105,000312%
Our Lady Help of Christians (Lykens)$104,5986n/a
Cumberland Valley School of Music$102,90074%
Spay Neuter Assistance Program Inc$101,838826%
Parish Presbyterian Church$100,0001n/a
Franklin County Historical Society- Kittochtinny$99,73677%
St Thomas Township Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co Inc$98,96175%
Pennsylvania Association of Regional Food Banks$98,27540%
Waynesboro Community & Human Services In$96,20084%
Rise Against Hunger Inc$96,18320%
Brethren Housing Association$96,17687%
Cumberland County Library System Foundation$96,078655%
First United Methodist Church - Millersburg$96,0365n/a
Friends of Paav Inc$96,000436%
Trinity Lutheran Church$95,4883n/a
The Boys and Girls Club of Chambersburg and Shippensburg Inc$95,41377%
Lymphangiomatosis & Gorhams Disease Alliance Inc$95,000178%
Leaf Project Inc$90,90883%
New Guilford Brethern in Christ Church$90,5669n/a
Harrisburg Academy$88,91360%
Bishop McDevitt High School of Harrisburg$88,5508n/a
Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland & Perry Counties$88,41072%
Summer Program for Youth$85,755611%
Wildheart$85,47574%
Disability Rights of Pennsylvania$85,00050%
Cumberland Valley Breast Care Alliance Inc$83,406512%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region$83,11771%
New York Studio School$83,00071%
Gonzaga College High School$82,2318n/a
Bridge of Hope Harrisburg Area$81,13784%
Franklin County Library System$79,33790%
Phi$79,0769n/a
Camp Curtin Learning Community$79,030316%
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$79,00020%
NETwork Ministries Inc$78,75163%
Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc$78,65892%
Central Presbyterian Church$77,9218n/a
Team Pennsylvania Foundation$75,00021%
Trinity College$73,46180%
Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art$73,32864%
Spiritrust Lutheran Fka Lutheran Social Services$72,76190%
Vyo USA Inc$72,37124%
Shippensburg University Foundation$72,36930%
River Rescue and Emergency Services Volunteer Relief Association Inc$70,0002n/a
The Arc of Pennsylvania$70,00041%
Camp Hebron Inc$70,00071%
Lebanon Valley Volunteers in Medicine Clinic$69,39464%
Hospice of Central Pennsylvania$69,17970%
Millersburg Borough$68,7215n/a
Harrisburg Area YMCA$66,92770%
Community Check Up Center of S$66,85053%
Hope Walks Inc$65,30031%
Physicians Committee for Responsible Med$65,00040%
The Burg Foundation$63,0005n/a
Junior Achievement of South Central Pa$62,88851%
Gamut Theatre Group$62,68843%
Knights of Columbus$62,5002n/a
Sanskruti Foundation$62,00125%
Beth El Temple$60,7114n/a
Dauphin County Library System$60,62640%
Breakthrough T1d$60,00010%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$60,00010%
Dementia Society Inc$60,00014%
Joshi Health Foundation$58,502319%
Healthy Steps Diaper Bank$58,14266%
General Federation of Women's Clubs Pennsylvania$57,67699%
Pa Lyme Resource Network$57,321347%
Cultural Enrichment Fund$56,00634%
York Springs Pa Foursquare Church$55,5703n/a
Chambersburg Area Council for the Arts$55,032324%
Palmyra Public Library$55,000114%
The Bubbler Foundation$55,0001n/a
Oryoki Zendo$55,0006n/a
Cbm Ministries of South Central Pennsylvania Inc$54,90832%
Boys & Girls Club of Harrisburginc$54,88352%
New Birth of Freedom Council Boy Scouts of America #544$54,45931%
Planned Parenthood Keystone$52,22060%
Air Hill Brethren in Christ Church$51,8063n/a
Historical Society Dauphin County$51,56968%
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa$51,12150%
Medards House$51,000610%
United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County$50,50013%
Tender Care Pregnancy Centers Inc$50,00035%
United Way of Lebanon County Inc$50,00015%
Pennsylvania State Shotgunning Association$50,00013%
Latino Connection Foundation$50,00016%
First Start Partnerships for Children and Families Inc$50,00011%
Lebanon Family Health Services Inc$50,00012%
Mechanicsburg Presbyterian Church$49,8328n/a
St Pauls Lutheran Church$49,5233n/a
Twin Valley Players$49,26357%
Capital Area School for the Arts Charter School$47,96531%
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County Inc$47,60240%
Millersburg Ferry Boat Association$47,254514%
St Stephen's Episcopal School$47,08542%
Franklin & Marshall College$46,89830%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$46,4545n/a
The Capital Region Literacy Council$46,236512%
United Way Foundation of the Capital Region$46,00049%
Mechanicsburg Area Meals on Wheels$45,64166%
Join Hands Ministry Inc$45,55046%
Hope Inspire Love Inc$45,00035%
National Wildlife Federation$45,00020%
Pennsylvania Health Law Project$45,00021%
Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Association$45,00043%
Pennsylvania Steam Academy Charter School$45,00011%
L-Cmd Research Foundation$44,20613%
Chautauqua Foundation Inc$43,85080%
Philhaven$42,74550%
Lincoln Intermediate Unit$42,6644n/a
Historic Harrisburg Assoc$42,66338%
Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz$41,75066%
Rotary Club of Harrisburg Club No23$41,662317%
Asbury Foundation Inc$40,95030%
Beacon Clinic for Health and Hope$40,20045%
Chambersburg Youth Soccer Association$40,084316%
Best Friends Animal Society$40,00030%
Construction Angels Inc$40,00023%
St John's United Church of Christ$39,9686n/a
Market Square Concerts$39,27437%
Shalom Christian Academy Association$38,67910%
Penncares$38,49050%
Harrisburg Mens Chorus$37,500423%
Advent Lutheran Church$37,5002n/a
Unitarian Church of Harrisburg$36,9003n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Franklin County$36,74211%
Lykens Valley Children's Museum$36,500414%
Mechanicsburg Area High School Alumni Assn$36,4953n/a
Gettysburg Foursquare Church$36,0002n/a
Tri-County Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc$35,20041%
Sankofa African American Theatre Co$35,10059%
Millersburg Area Pool Assn Inc$35,000321%
The Nativity School of Harrisburg$35,00033%
The Chambersburg Ballet Guild$34,870217%
Harrisburg Green Alliance$34,600287%
The Polar Bear Foundation$34,324115%
Totem Pole Playhouse$34,07222%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$33,2004n/a
Capital Area Intermediate Unit$32,6923n/a
The Joshua Group$32,67131%
The Susquehanna Chorale Inc$32,50025%
Downtown Daily Bread$32,5004n/a
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design$32,50040%
Carlisle Arts Learning Center Inc$32,50052%
Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs (Franklin County Fair Commission)$32,442110%
Hampden Township Veterans Recognition Committee$32,2944n/a
HANNAs Pantry Inc$32,2002n/a
A Moment of Magic Inc$32,00033%
Carlisle Cares$31,56231%
Friends of Robert Kennedy Memorial Presbyterian Church$31,2174n/a
Little Theater Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania$31,000412%
Hoffman Homes Inc$30,95540%
Antietam Humane Society Inc$30,21522%
Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic$30,00011%
Casa of Lancaster and Lebanon Counties$30,00022%
City of Harrisburg$29,6922n/a
Wb Music Therapy LLC$29,3283n/a
Save the Brave$29,0752n/a
Millersburg Area Senior Center Advisory Board$29,00038%
Wilson College$28,73620%
Family Promise of Harrisburg Capital Region$28,40934%
Paxton Street Home Benevolent Society$28,30020%
Survivor Fitness Foundation$28,29839%
Franklin County Legal Services$28,13943%
Humane Society of Harrisburg Area Inc$28,05430%
Vickie's Angel Walk Inc$28,00032%
Arts Alliance of Greater Waynesboro Inc$27,500413%
North American Lutheran Church$26,9512n/a
Castaway Crittersthe James a Hueholt Memorial Found for Animals$26,21345%
Disciplemakers Inc$26,16230%
St Thomas Sports Association Inc$25,954147%
West Shore Wildlife Center$25,640311%
Amiracle4sure Inc$25,50011%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$25,06530%
Samarpan Hindu Temple$25,0011n/a
Palmyra a Caring Community$25,000136%
Greatcom Ministries International Inc$25,000111%
Desert Foothills Library Association$25,00011%
The Lebanon Valley Conservancy Inc$25,00036%
Realize Impact$25,0001n/a
Church World Service Inc$25,00010%
Swan Scaling Walls a Note at a Time$25,00026%
Girls on the Run of Lancaster$25,00013%
Open Stage of Harrisburg Fund$25,0001n/a
Nicodemus Center for Ceramic Studies Inc$24,827311%
Young Mens Christian Association of Waynesboro$24,20021%
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation$24,18510%
Yeshiva Academy of Harrisburg Foundation$24,054377%
New Cumberland Olde Towne Foundation$24,054472%
Newport Public Library$23,70732%
Penns Youth Initiative Inc$23,41226%
Downtown Daily Bread$23,38621%
Halifax United Methodist Church$23,3201n/a
New Cumberland Fire Department$23,14942%
Shalom House$23,11031%
Christian Churches United of the Tri-County Area$23,09830%
Craighead House Committee Corp$23,069123%
Logos Academy Harrisburg$22,50022%
Chambersburg Community Theatre Inc$22,500119%
Rotary Club of Waynesboro Foundation$22,2032n/a
Family Worship Center of York$22,2001n/a
American Israel Education Foundation Inc$22,10940%
Gardening by Lisa Rose$22,0321n/a
Feel Your Boobies Foundation$21,75447%
Hindu American Religious Institute$21,5043n/a
Smoky Mountain Service Dogs$21,50012%
Camp Hill Presbyterian Church$21,4833n/a
Harrisburg Sai Seva Samithi$21,0011n/a
The Vista Foundation$21,00010%
The Friends of the State Museum$20,9573n/a
St Lukes Evangelical Lutheran Church$20,6992n/a
Veterans Outreach of Pennsylvania$20,65211%
Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research$20,55134%
Camp Koala$20,48939%
Elizabethtown College$20,15920%
Christ the King Deaf Church$20,0001n/a
Brittany's Hope$20,00011%
American Cancer Society Inc$20,00010%
Hope Within Ministries Inc$20,00022%
Dallastown Area Educational Foundat$20,00024%
West Shore Symphony Orchestra Inc$20,0002n/a
Scholars Inc$20,0001n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$20,00010%
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf$20,00020%
Community Action Commission$20,00020%
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc$20,00010%
Perry Human Services$20,00014%
Sixers Youth Foundation$20,00021%
Americans for the Arts Inc$20,00020%
Friends of Fort Hunter Inc$19,882310%
Eldergrow LLC$19,5492n/a
Bosler Memorial Library$19,50031%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Pa$18,61430%
Cambridge in America$18,50020%
Music at Gretna Inc$18,30622%
Shippensburg Arts Programming and Education Inc$18,0152n/a
West Virginia University Hospitals Inc$18,00020%
She's Somebody's Daughter$17,90028%
Greenlight Operation$17,50024%
Christ Lutheran Church$17,2862n/a
Desta$17,00020%
Messiah Lutheran Church of Harrisburg Pa$16,8823n/a
Camp Hill Fire Company No1$16,70423%
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of the Capital Region Inc$16,67822%
Brandywine Valley Spca$16,56610%
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation Inc$16,33430%
The Borough of Lemoyne$16,1621n/a
Shippensburg Produce and Outreach$15,2001n/a
Central Pa Tool Library and Makerspace$15,0001n/a
Geisinger Health$15,00020%
Upper Dauphin Human Services Center Inc$15,00025%
Manada Conservancy$15,00022%
Promise for Haiti Inc$15,00012%
Wayforward House$15,0001n/a
The Corporation for Penn State$15,0001n/a
York County Food Bank$15,0001n/a
Friends of the Redeemer United$15,00019%
York County Children's Advocacy Center$15,00012%
Union Theological Seminary$15,00010%
CASA Charter School Foundation$15,00023%
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture$15,00010%
Friends of the Monterey Pass Battlefield Inc$15,0002n/a
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$15,00020%
Samara the Center for Individual and Family Growth$15,00016%
Harrisburg Area Community College Foundation$15,00021%
Wepa Empowerment Center Inc$15,00011%
Art Association of Harrisburg$14,47015%
Assembly of God Church of Newport Pennsylvania$14,1002n/a
St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Chur Ch$14,0821n/a
University of Pittsburgh$14,02120%
Mission Central Inc$14,00012%
Helen Opperman Krause Animal Foundation Inc$13,99222%
Farm of Hope Inc$13,91421%
Christian Life Assembly of God$13,6651n/a
Evolve Youth Trades Academy$13,6001n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$13,50020%
Pressley Ridge$13,46820%
Grantham Brethren in Christ Church$13,0002n/a
The Civic Club of Harrisburg Affiliates$13,00016%
Eugeria Care Inc$12,8001n/a
Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts$12,700223%
It's Never Too Late LLC$12,5312n/a
Psalm68Five Ministries$12,50014%
Sprocket Mural Works Inc$12,500218%
Choral Society Harrisburg$11,7622n/a
Ncyba$11,7121n/a
Covenant Christian Academy$11,65620%
Pushti Margiya Vaishnav Samaj of North America$11,5522n/a
Mainstreet Waynesboro Inc$11,50022%
Board of Child Care of the United Methodist Church Inc$11,50020%
Tri-County Society for Children and Adults Inc D/B/A Keystone Partnership$11,50011%
Friends of Clarks Ferry Tavern$11,3002n/a
Brethren Community Ministries$11,11017%
Latino Hispanic American Community Center$11,00021%
St Paul United Methodist Church$11,0001n/a
Camp Hill United Presbyterian Church Endowment Fund$11,0002n/a
St Barnabas Center for Ministry$11,00027%
Perry County Community Fair Association Inc$10,70723%
Gretna Productions Inc$10,40021%
Mechanicsburg Area School District$10,2371n/a
Conococheague Institute For the Study of Cultural Heritage$10,10012%
Vyo-Boston Inc$10,0022n/a
Operation Medical$10,002217%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10,00010%
Making Miracles Happen Inc Period Project Harrisburg$10,0001n/a
Mercy for Animals Inc$10,00010%
Veterans Community Project$10,00010%
Johnny Mac Soldiers Fund Inc$10,0001n/a
The Hill School$10,00010%
Ski Roundtop Racing Club$10,00015%
M28 Ministry$10,00013%
Utility Emergency Services Fund$10,0001n/a
The Uw-Platteville Foundation and Alumni Association Inc$10,00010%
Chase the Victory Corporation$10,00012%
Soldiers' Angels$10,00010%
Film Arts Culture & Tourism Specialist Inc$10,0001n/a
Tec Centro Capital Region$10,00011%
Harrisburg Civic Opera Association$10,0002n/a
Aaron's Acres$10,0001n/a
Childrens Family Center$10,0001n/a
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$10,00010%
Sri Ram Samsthan Inc$10,00010%
Care USA Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$10,00010%
Atrium Health Foundation$10,00010%
Eastern Pa Trans Equity Project Inc$10,00013%
Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg$10,000117%
The Janus School$10,00010%
Team Chad$10,00013%
Leadership Harrisburg Area$10,00013%
Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania$10,00011%
Helping a HeroOrg$10,00011%
Righteous Oaks Retreat$10,00018%
Saint Vincent College$10,00010%
Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation$10,00010%
25 Project Inc$10,00011%
Modest Needs Foundation$10,00010%
United Methodist Home for Children Inc$10,00010%
Love Inc of Greater Hershey$10,0001n/a
Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation$10,00011%
World Affairs Council of Harrisburg$10,000134%
Aevidum$10,0001n/a
Pivotal Moments Inc$10,00012%
Peyton Walker Foundation$10,00011%
Partnership for Career Development$10,0001n/a
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund$10,00011%
Buildon Inc$10,00010%
A New Tomorrow$10,0001n/a
Anne Arundel County Public School$9,5001n/a
Reach Out and Read Inc$9,50010%
Carlisle Rotary Club Foundation$9,113115%
Pennsylvania Casa Association Inc$8,90514%
Mechanicsburg Art Center$8,90015%
Yesliberia Inc$8,8301n/a
State Street Academy of Music at St Lawrence$8,81613%
Keystones Oral Histories$8,800112%
Old Grad Award$8,5471n/a
Power Packs Project$8,50011%
Wings of Peace Ministries$8,4901n/a
York Suburban Education Foundation$8,250112%
The Jewish Home - Ujc Supporting Foundation Inc$8,200146%
The Kidney Foundation of the Greater Chattanooga Area Inc$8,02212%
Join Hands$8,0001n/a
Pennsylvania Imigrant and Refugee Womens Network$8,0001n/a
Millersburg Area Art Association Inc$8,0001n/a
Pappus House$8,00011%
Seniorlaw Center$8,00010%
All in Theatre LLC$8,00018%
Foundation for Free Enterprise Education$8,00010%
Waynesboro New Hope Shelter Inc$7,57212%
Capital Area Coalition on Homelessness$7,53512%
Unite Central Pa Inc$7,500111%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pittsburgh and Morgantown Inc$7,50010%
Mason Goodnight Fund$7,5001n/a
Young Womens Empowerment Academy Inc$7,5001n/a
CHRISTIAN YOUTH CRUSADE d/b/a/TEEN QUEST$7,50011%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$7,5001n/a
Kick in for Kids Incorporated$7,5001n/a
Ulman Foundation Inc$7,50010%
The Performance Zone Inc$7,46410%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$7,42510%
Rotary Club of Redondo Beach Community Foundation$7,00019%
Save The Children Federation Inc$7,0001n/a
Acharya Charantirth Maharaj Mission$7,0001n/a
Diakon Child Family & Community Ministries$7,00010%
New Life Community Church$7,0001n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$7,00010%
United Way of Franklin County$7,00011%
Heartsupport Inc$7,00011%
Tour De BBQ Inc$6,92718%
Lebanon County Christian Ministries$6,82910%
Greencastle-Antrim Education Foundation$6,80016%
South Central Community Action Programs Inc$6,78410%
Dwennimmen$6,7501n/a
Fox Rehabilitation$6,6001n/a
Endowment Fund of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$6,5691n/a
Gather the Spirit for Justice$6,5521n/a
N I C K Services Inc$6,500112%
Center for Advanced School Teaching and Learning$6,50016%
Lighthouse Family Retreat Inc$6,5001n/a
Lower Dauphin High School$6,2001n/a
Crystal Coast Cancer Rehab Center$6,20014%
Orphanos Foundation$6,20010%
Central Perry Community Senior Citizens Center Inc$6,1551n/a
Chinese for Affirmative Action$6,15010%
Project Share of Carlisle$6,15010%
Leg Up Farm Inc$6,02210%
Lutheran World Relief Inc$6,00010%
Southern California Public Radio$6,00010%
Foundation for the Central Dauphin Schools$6,00013%
Linglestown Fire Company$6,00012%
Family Promise of Baldwin County$6,00012%
Tribe on a Quest Inc$6,0001n/a
Hoof & Harness Experiential Learning Inc$6,00012%
Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance$6,00010%
National Council on Domestic Violence$6,0001n/a
Islego Missions Inc$6,00011%
Market Square Presbyterian Church$6,0001n/a
Cumberland Valley Preservation Soci Ety at Silver S$6,0001n/a
Over the Rainbow Franklin Cty Children's Advocacy Center$6,00012%
Goodwill Keystone Area$5,88510%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$5,8811n/a
Calvary Chapel Lebanon$5,8461n/a
Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors Inc$5,8391n/a
Neighborhood Football Club$5,8001n/a
David & Libby Rosen Center for Healthy Families$5,75016%
YWCA Carlisle$5,7271n/a
Fayetteville Contractors Inc$5,7101n/a
Range Fore Hope Foundation$5,70213%
Historical Soc Mllrsbrg & U P$5,61217%
Freedom Global Outreach$5,6001n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$5,60010%
Mechanicsburg Museum Association$5,51115%
George H Neal Memorial Home for the Age dba Hearthstone Retirement Home$5,5061n/a
Paxtonia Athletic Association$5,5001n/a
St Peter's Lutheran Church$5,5001n/a
The Program for Female Offenders of South Central Pennsylvania Inc$5,50011%
Fresh Start Outreach Ministry Inc$5,50019%
Shakespeare Page to Stage$5,500135%
Making a Difference of Lebanon Pa$5,5001n/a
Grandparents Involved From the Star T$5,5001n/a
Waynesboro Community Concert Assoc$5,483110%
Wesley Union Ame Zion Church$5,3931n/a
Please Live$5,3751n/a
Chambersburg Hispanic American Center$5,3501n/a
Communities in Schools of Pennsylvania$5,31010%
American Heart Association Inc$5,30010%
Center for Champions of Pa Inc$5,30013%
Southern Methodist University$5,29610%
Cumberland County Historical Society and Hamilton Library Assoc$5,25011%
The Young Women's Christian Association of York Pa$5,20010%
Men of the Southeast League Field Inc$5,18913%
Left Out Organization Program Inc$5,15014%
Shanti Mandir$5,00113%
The Hersha H and Hasu P Shah Family Foundation$5,00111%
Pennsylvania Foundation Future Farmers of America Inc$5,00012%
Identify Inc$5,00012%
Charity Navigator$5,00010%
Tucker's House$5,00011%
Broad Street Ministry$5,00010%
Boy Scouts of America - New Birth of Freedom Council$5,0001n/a
Kwshares$5,0001n/a
Mr Sandys Homeless Veterans Fund$5,0001n/a
Wolfpack Search & Recovery$5,0001n/a
Building Bridges of Hope Inc$5,0001n/a
Orthonations Inc$5,00019%
Thrive Cil$5,00010%
Timothy Two Project International$5,00011%
Temple Ohev Sholom$5,0001n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$5,00010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$5,00010%
St Anthony Shelter$5,0001n/a
Angel Heart Farm Inc$5,0001n/a
West Park Presbyterian Church$5,0001n/a
Kidney Foundation of Central Pa$5,00011%
Americares Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$5,00010%
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore$5,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Central Pa Chapter$5,0001n/a
Lebanon Rescue Mission Inc$5,00010%
Adams Rescue Mission Inc$5,00011%
West Perry School District$5,0001n/a
Battle Buddy Service Dogs Inc$5,0001n/a
Rabbi David L Silver Yeshiva Academy$5,00010%

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Foundation for Enhancing Communities supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 18 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSankara Eye Foundation USA: $3,814,637 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetPerry County Council of the Arts: $861,351 over 9y, 26% of budgetUnited Way of the Capital Region: $761,530 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetGuiding Eyes for the Blind Inc: $750,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSusquehanna Art Museum: $700,527 over 9y, 37% of budgetThe Milton S Hershey Medical Center: $695,281 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHarrisburg Symphony Association Inc: $524,201 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetThe Wildcat Foundation: $522,577 over 8y, 43% of budgetBethesda Mission of Harrisburg Inc: $518,493 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetWhitaker Center for Science and the Arts: $509,529 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetGood Samaritan Health Services Foundation of Lebanon Pa: $472,534 over 1y, 24% of budgetCentral Pennsylvania Food Bank: $427,670 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTfec Properties Inc: $412,994 over 2y, 99% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: $373,850 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHarrisburg University of Science and Technology: $365,753 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDana Hall School: $337,850 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKing's College: $335,817 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetChambersburg Hospital: $306,962 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Stage of Harrisburg: $287,583 over 8y, 12% of budgetYWCA Greater Harrisburg: $271,058 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetPennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation: $270,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetMessiah University: $262,174 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLebanon Valley College: $227,793 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh University: $222,876 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Aid Society Southern Pa District - Church of the Brethren: $219,026 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetRandi's House of Angels: $218,573 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetUpmc Pinnacle Foundation: $205,338 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThirstySouls Ministries Inc: $200,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetFriends of Wildwood Lake Nature Center Inc: $196,559 over 9y, 18% of budgetJake Gittlen Memorial Golf Tournamn: $193,802 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetPennon Organization: $192,433 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetDickinson College: $190,927 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHarrisburg Community Theatre Theatre Harrisburg: $188,100 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetNacerUSA: $187,000 over 8y, 35% of budgetPerry County Literacy Council: $185,798 over 5y, 17% of budgetFriends of the West Shore Theatre Inc: $175,501 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetThe Young Women's Christian Association of Carlisle Pa: $171,929 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetJewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg Inc: $170,050 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetHood College: $160,226 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGettysburg College: $160,226 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJoseph T Simpson Public Library: $148,368 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetFeeding Pennsylvania: $148,275 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCentral Pennsylvania Youth Ballet: $143,844 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetNorthern York County Historical & Preservation Society: $143,143 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetSomeone to Tell It to Inc: $143,125 over 7y, 13% of budgetKeystone Human Services: $139,383 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEmployment Skills Center: $137,934 over 8y, 6.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

United Way of the Capital RegionPA154.1× affinity88 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Capital Region · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · John Crain Kunkel Foundation · McCormick Family Fdn Agent 80397 · Schwab-Silfen Foundation · Community Aid Inc · Joseph T and Helen M Simpson Foundation · Anne & Philip Glatfelter III Family Foundation · Hall Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Kenneth Bankert Foundation Inc · Alexander and Jane Boyd Ta Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to The Foundation for Enhancing Communities through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Foundation for Enhancing Communities

How much does The Foundation for Enhancing Communities give?
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities reported 285 itemized grants totaling $7,739,936, out of $9,182,986 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 125 and 252 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Foundation for Enhancing Communities fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (23%), Education (16%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are The Foundation for Enhancing Communities's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sankara Eye Foundation USA ($3.8M), Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund ($1.0M), Perry County Council of the Arts ($861k).
Does The Foundation for Enhancing Communities fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Foundation for Enhancing Communities?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Capital Region, The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation, John Crain Kunkel Foundation.
Where is The Foundation for Enhancing Communities based?
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 589 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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