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The Lancaster County Partners for Youth

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$5.6MYouth Development$993kHealth$652kHuman Services$643kHousing & Shelter$407kReligion$361kPhilanthropy$78kCommunity Improvement$46kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $602k
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.7M
$193,763
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Lancaster County School District$1,444,022
Tri County Christian Foundation$405,823
Lancaster County Partners for Youth$306,050
Catawba Community Mental Health$294,401
Faith Hope Victory Christian Church$270,686
University of South Carolina$193,763
The Children's Council$172,605
First Steps of Lancaster County$151,225
Counseling Services of Lancaster$84,745
Clemson University$16,500
Individual grant recipient$5,741
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $404) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Lancaster Fatherhood Project: $404 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.7M · 25 repeat orgs$144k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
17

Total granted

$8.7M
$144k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+2%

Still filing today

24%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    The Childrens Council
    7× · 2017–2024 · $596k · revenue +11%
  • AU
    ANDERSON UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $9k · revenue +105%
  • CU
    COKER UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2019–2022 · $5k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $78k · revenue -49%
  • SC
    SE Center for Strategic Community D
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Literacy Council of Lanc-Leb Lva

Our mission is success through lifelong learning and learning for life. our vision is for adults to have the skills to transform their lives, sustain their families and strengthen their communities.

Education
2
University of Lynchburg

The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and…

Education
3
Alice Lloyd College

The mission of alice lloyd college is to educate mountain people for positions of leadership by making an alice lloyd college education accessible to qualified mountain students regardless of their financial situation. the college provides…

Education
4
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry

The lancaster chamber of commerce & industry's mission is to create the environment, facilitate partnerships, and lead on issues that elevate business success. the strategic plan is to position lancaster county businesses to thrive. by…

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5
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
6
Lincoln Memorial University

Lincoln memorial university is a values-based learning community dedicated to providing educational experiences in the liberal arts and professional studies.

Education
7
Liberty Christian Academy

Liberty christian academy has approximately 1,900 students (prek-12th) and was established to provide christian education to children in central virginia. the academy (k-12th) became a fully accredited institution, standing as a viable…

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8
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
9
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
10
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
11
Lancaster County Council of the Arts

To enrich the quality of life in Lancaster County by building vibrant and inclusive communities connecting arts, culture, education, and economic vitality.

Arts & Culture
12
William Jessup University

In partnership with the church, the purpose of william jessup university is to educate transformational leaders for the glory of god.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Lancaster County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hope in Lancaster Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

10 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. 10 of the 42 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Lancaster County School District: $4,352,932 · OtherLancaster County School DistrictLancaster County Partners for Youth: $993,036 · OtherLancaster County Partners for YouthTri County Christian Foundation: $699,323 · OtherTri County Christian FoundationThe Childrens Council: $596,405 · OtherThe Childrens CouncilCatawba Community Mental Health: $540,661 · OtherCatawba Community Mental HealthFirst Steps of Lancaster County: $407,200 · OtherFaith Hope Victory Christian Church: $361,242 · Other+27 more: $786,973 · Other+27 moreUNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $78,223 · PhilanthropyANDERSON UNIVERSITY: $9,250 · EducationCOKER UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 · EducationCHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · EducationHOPE in Lancaster Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesA FATHERS WAY: $404 · Human ServicesLANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $222 · Human Services
Other$8,737,772Philanthropy$78,223Education$21,750Human Services$5,626

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Childrens Council: $596,405 over 7y, 20% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC: $78,223 over 1y, 12% of budgetANDERSON UNIVERSITY: $9,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPalmetto Citizens Against Sexual Assault: $5,592 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHOPE in Lancaster Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOKER UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA FATHERS WAY: $404 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $222 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 The Childrens Council ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ANDERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Palmetto Citizens Against Sexual Assault ↗
  • Who funds HOPE in Lancaster Inc ↗
  • Who funds COKER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds A FATHERS WAY ↗

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.

Duke Energy FoundationNC17.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Central Carolina Community Foundation · Nutramax Family Foundation · The Springs Close Foundation Inc · Comporium Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Lancaster County Partners for Youth funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lancaster County Partners for Youth. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 42 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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