Pennsylvania · Public charity
The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau
Promote centre county as a place for vacations and conventions.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 47
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $943k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,654
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $77,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentHealthCivil RightsOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 41 | $943k | 2% |
| FY2024 | 46 | $1.0M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $619k | 34% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $415k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $541k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $360k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $726k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $502k | 43% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Arts & Culture$2.8MRecreation & Sports$1.0MCommunity Improvement$760kEducation$343kEnvironment$231kScience & Tech$142kFood & Nutrition$78kHealth$66kOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University | $749,562 | 9 | n/a |
| Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts | $350,253 | 9 | 7% |
| State Theatre Inc | $341,835 | 9 | 5% |
| Central Pennsylvania July 4th Inc | $337,993 | 9 | 60% |
| Historic Bellefonte Inc | $332,911 | 9 | 49% |
| Centre County Grange Fair | $270,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County | $182,368 | 9 | 19% |
| Downtown State College Improvement District Inc | $166,513 | 8 | 8% |
| Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $142,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Centre County Library and Historical Musuem | $134,500 | 8 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University | $749,562 | 9 | n/a |
| Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts | $350,253 | 9 | 7% |
| State Theatre Inc | $341,835 | 9 | 5% |
| Central Pennsylvania July 4th Inc | $337,993 | 9 | 60% |
| Historic Bellefonte Inc | $332,911 | 9 | 49% |
| Centre County Grange Fair | $270,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County | $182,368 | 9 | 19% |
| Downtown State College Improvement District Inc | $166,513 | 8 | 8% |
| Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $142,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Centre County Library and Historical Musuem | $134,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Nittany Mountain Biking Association | $117,705 | 8 | 35% |
| Mt Top Area Swimming Pool Association Inc | $114,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Happy Valley Music Fest | $110,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Centre County Historical Society | $104,540 | 7 | 10% |
| Tempest Productions Inc | $98,000 | 8 | 20% |
| Central Pennsylvania Tasting Trail | $92,000 | 7 | 44% |
| Happy Valley Improv | $88,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Downtown Bellefonte Inc | $85,000 | 7 | 17% |
| The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $84,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Roland Curtin Foundation for the Preservation of Eagle Furnace Inc | $84,486 | 8 | n/a |
| Moshannon Valley Emergency Medical Service Inc | $65,625 | 8 | 1% |
| Big Cat Aquatics Inc | $64,000 | 3 | 45% |
| Centre Film Festival | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Millheim Borough | $60,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation Inc | $54,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Crooked House | $51,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Dead Canary Brewing Company | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lucky Dog Management - Happy Valley Music Fest | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Happy Valley Womens Cycling | $49,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Nittany Valley Symphony Inc | $46,000 | 7 | 7% |
| 3 Dots Downtown | $45,154 | 3 | 4% |
| Friends of the Pa Military Museum | $45,102 | 5 | 32% |
| Columbus Chapel-Boalsburg Estate | $45,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Rowland Theatre Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 25% |
| Peoples Choice Festival | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Centre Volunteers in Medicine | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| C3 Sports LLC - Te | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Happy Valley Comic Con LLC | $36,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Pa Centre Chamber Orchestra Society | $33,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Philipsburg Revitalizaiton Corporation | $32,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture | $30,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Centre Region Parks and Recreation Authority | $21,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Snow Shoe Rails to Trails Association | $21,000 | 3 | 8% |
| America's Wrestling Cup - Tm | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Centre LGBTQA Support Network | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Burning Ma Am | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Provisions Magazine - Happy Velley Restaruant Week | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tussey Mountain LLC | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Way Fruit Farm LLC | $19,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Potter Township | $18,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ferguson Township - Route 45 Getaway | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| State College Area Rowing Association | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Gorinto Co LLC | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Philipsburg Historical Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Centre County | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Baseball Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Centre Region Bicycle Coalition | $13,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Makery of Central Pennsylvania | $12,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Happy Valley Cigar Co LLC | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation | $10,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Mount Nittany Conservancy Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Nittany Performing Arts Centre | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| State College Borough | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bellefonte American Legion Baseball | $9,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Howard Fire Company No 1 Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lemont Village Association Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 21% |
| Krislund Camp & Conference Center | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aaronsburg Civic Club | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Nittany Antique Machinery Association | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Snow Shoe Park Corporation | $6,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Mtb50 Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boalsburg Farmers Market | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tussey Mtn Ski Corp | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Apple Hill Antiques | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Centre County Farmland Trust | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania Inc | $5,000 | 4 | 2% |
| State College Baseball Club Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Centre County Pomona Grange | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Constitution Day Centre Hall Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Philatelic Society | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Paul Ame Underground Railroad | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Certified Organic | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| St Paul Lutheran Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 45.
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.
Centre Foundation IncPA82.6× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Centre Foundation Inc · The Hamer Foundation · Garver David B for Charity - Char Tr · Firstenergy Foundation · The Louis E Silvi Foundation · The Blake and Linda Gall Family Foundation · The Poole Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
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.
About The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau
- How much does The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau give?
- The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau reported 47 itemized grants totaling $943,154, out of $2,251,038 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Recreation & Sports (18%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pennsylvania State University ($750k), Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts ($350k), State Theatre Inc ($342k).
- Does The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Centre Foundation Inc, The Hamer Foundation, Garver David B for Charity - Char Tr.
- Where is The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau based?
- The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau is based in PA.
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