· Private foundation
The Gerald & Suzanne Ganse Family Foundation
Its FY2022 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 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k8 grants · $10k
- $250k+1 grant · $299k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DIOCESE OF HARRISBURG | $299,279 |
| LANCASTER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| LANCASTER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $1,666 |
| ST ANNE'S RETIREMENT COMMUNITY | $1,200 |
| EAGLES MERE AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| A WOMAN'S CONCERN | $1,000 |
| SULLIVAN COUNTY VICTIM SERVICES | $250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100 |
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 (FY17–22, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% 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
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 68% of The Gerald & Suzanne Ganse Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
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 +44% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2022, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (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 FY2022, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $299k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SAST ANNE'S RETIREMENT COMMUNITYINC6× · 2017–2022 · $11k · revenue +44%
- AWA WOMAN'S CONCERN INC6× · 2017–2022 · $6k · revenue +77%
- EMEAGLES MERE CONSERVANCY5× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +92%
Funded once
- CECATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATIONone grant, 2018 · $10k
- RCRESURRECTION CATHOLIC SCHOOLone grant, 2018 · $10k
- HTHands Together Incone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +5%
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.
To serve people through a ministry of love, compassion, and mercy in the name of our lord, jesus christ.
The home is part of the international congregation of the little sisters of the poor, which was founded in france in 1839 & serves the elderly in 31 countries. the st. peter and paul home, which provides nursing & residential care for the…
Care and shelter for the elderly
The trust is dedicated to protecting the natural heritage of the pocono mountains region, in northeastern pennsylvaina, by conserving land and inspiring people to care for, enjoy, and explore their natural world.
The mission of saint joseph villa is rooted in the mission of the sisters of st. joseph who founded and sponsor the villa. the sisters' mission of uniting people with god and with one another is the primary focus of the staff at the villa.…
To provide skilled nursing care for the elderly
To provide comprehensive, skillful, cost effective emergency and non- emergency health care services to the lancaster community while continuing to evolve with changing health care needs.
The foundation of the pennsylvania medical society charitable trust is dedicated to advancing the culture of philanthropy and supporting excellence across programs and services provided by the foundation of the pennsylvania medical society.
To provide affordable housing to people of lackawanna county
The council is a key component of the emergency medical services system in central pennsylvania, serving as a vital link between local ems agencies and the pennsylvania department of health. as a independent non-profit corporation and the…
Acquire and preserve property and information of historic value and/or interest concerning delaware county, pennsylvania. the society also operates a research library and museum.
Lancaster equity coordinates efforts to advance communities where everyone has an opportunity to thrive, whether that be through neighborhood revitalization, living wage work, entrepreneurship, or safe and affordable housing.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 71 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 ST ANNE'S RETIREMENT COMMUNITYINC ↗
- Who funds A WOMAN'S CONCERN INC ↗
- Who funds Hands Together Inc ↗
- Who funds OUR LADY OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE HOUSE OF PRAYER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PHI ↗
- Who funds EAGLES MERE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds OFF THE STREETS MIDDLETOWN INC ↗
- Who funds EAGLES MERE FRIENDS OF THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds THE NEW SCHOOL OF LANCASTER DBA NEW SCHOOL MONTESSORI ↗
- Who funds SMARTHUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EAGLES MERE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds LANCASTER COUNTY CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds THE EAGLES MERE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SERVANTS 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: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Andrew R & Dorothy L Cochrane Foundation · Susan Bailey & Sidney Buford Scott Endowment Trust · Dicarlo Plank Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Gerald & Suzanne Ganse Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gerald & Suzanne Ganse Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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