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The Lehigh Gas Foundation

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.

$208k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
65
Grants FY2024
58
Organizations funded FY2023
72%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,600
Organizations funded a year
8 to 58
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$370k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 72% of the organizations The Lehigh Gas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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
FY2024still arriving65$208k51%
FY202358$158k72%
FY202226$56k77%
FY20218$50k38%
FY202010$48k20%
FY201916$83k25%
FY201827$259k30%
FY201732$260kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$407kEducation$190kPhilanthropy$109kReligion$79kArts & Culture$69kHuman Services$43kRecreation & Sports$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$31kOther$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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Autism Speaks Inc$257,54040%
Women's 5k Classic$85,585810%
American Heart Association Inc$67,27350%
Lehigh University$48,46740%
Nafasi Project Inc$42,500532%
Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites$32,00051%
Allentown Rescue Mission Inc$26,60040%
Catholic Charities USA$20,0001n/a
Moravian University$18,25060%
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc$17,50030%
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All grantees of The Lehigh Gas Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Autism Speaks Inc$257,54040%
Women's 5k Classic$85,585810%
American Heart Association Inc$67,27350%
Lehigh University$48,46740%
Nafasi Project Inc$42,500532%
Historic Bethlehem Museums and Sites$32,00051%
Allentown Rescue Mission Inc$26,60040%
Catholic Charities USA$20,0001n/a
Moravian University$18,25060%
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc$17,50030%
National Museum of Industrial History$12,50021%
Villanova University$12,20020%
CrossAmerica Partners Foundation$10,0001n/a
March of Dimes Inc$10,00020%
Cullman Caring for Kids Inc$10,00011%
St Michael the Archangel$9,2502n/a
Mercy Special Learning Center Inc$7,5004n/a
Jersey Battered Women's Service Inc$7,20020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$7,00030%
Sisters in Christ$5,00010%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$5,00010%
Destination Church$5,0001n/a
Bloom for Women Inc$5,00010%
Taylor Ministry Group Inc$5,00015%
American Cancer Society Inc$5,00010%
Pennyslvania Shakespeare Festival$5,00010%
Civic Theatre of Allentown Pa$5,00010%
Bach Choir of Bethlehem$4,85030%
Women's Resource Center of the Delaware Valley$4,75030%
Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County Inc$4,00020%
Friends of JCSD$4,00012%
Desales University$3,50010%
Equi-Librium Inc$3,00011%
Limb Kind Foundation$2,50020%
The Hillside School$2,50010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$2,00010%
Camelot for Children$2,00020%
Goodwill Keystone Area$2,00010%
Valley Health Partners Community Health Center$2,00020%
Junior League of the Lehigh Valley Pa Inc$2,00021%
Blue and Red Santa Project$2,0002n/a
The Kindness Project$1,50010%
The George W Bush Foundation$1,50030%
Lehigh Valley Zoological Society$1,00010%
Casey Doolin Memorial Fund Inc$1,00012%
State Theatre Center for the Arts Inc$1,00010%
Embrace Your Dreams$1,00011%
Families Behind the Badge Children's Foundation$1,00010%
Project of Easton Inc$1,00010%
Through These Hands$1,0002n/a
Lauren's Hope Foundation Inc$1,00011%
The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc$1,00010%
Mike Tilley Nation Foundation$1,0001n/a
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Catholic Relief Services$9502n/a
Philabundance$95020%
AARP Foundation$95020%
Lehigh Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance$90040%
Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and D$90020%
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc$75010%
Unbound$55020%
Kay Brook-Green Hills Swim Club$50010%
Pinebrook Family Answers$50010%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$50010%
Lutheran Senior Services East$50010%
Saucon Valley Soccer League$50011%
The Andrew McDonough B Foundation$50010%
Senior Adult Activity Center of Indian Valley$30010%
Waterkeeper Alliance Inc$30010%
Indian Valley Public Library$30020%
Turning Point of Lehigh Valley Inc$27510%
Babson College$25010%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$25010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$25010%
Proctor Academy$25010%
Jaws Youth Fund Inc$10010%
Southern Lehigh Youth Baseball Inc$10010%
Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company$10010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$5010%
Samaritan's Purse$5010%
Animal Rescue League of Berks County Inc$1010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 63 recipients with no EIN on record ($314k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Lehigh Gas Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $257,540 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWomen's 5k Classic: $85,585 over 8y, 9.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $67,273 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh University: $48,467 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNafasi Project Inc: $42,500 over 5y, 32% of budgetHistoric Bethlehem Museums and Sites: $32,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAllentown Rescue Mission Inc: $26,600 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMoravian University: $18,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Museum of Industrial History: $12,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetVillanova University: $12,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCullman Caring for Kids Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJersey Battered Women's Service Inc: $7,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSisters in Christ: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBloom for Women Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTaylor Ministry Group Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPennyslvania Shakespeare Festival: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCivic Theatre of Allentown Pa: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBach Choir of Bethlehem: $4,850 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWomen's Resource Center of the Delaware Valley: $4,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Lehigh County Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of JCSD: $4,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetDesales University: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqui-Librium Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLimb Kind Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Hillside School: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamelot for Children: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGoodwill Keystone Area: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetValley Health Partners Community Health Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of the Lehigh Valley Pa Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetThe Kindness Project: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh Valley Zoological Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasey Doolin Memorial Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetState Theatre Center for the Arts Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmbrace Your Dreams: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFamilies Behind the Badge Children's Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject of Easton Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLauren's Hope Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAARP Foundation: $950 over 2y, 0.0% 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 72.

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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.

Lehigh Valley Community FoundationPA50.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Air Products Foundation · The Century Fund Trust · Ppl Foundation · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · Harry C Trexler Estate · The Rider-Pool Foundation · The Topper Foundation · Martin D Cohen Family Foundation · Julius & Katheryn Hommer Foundation · John a and Margaret Post 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 Lehigh Gas Foundation 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 Lehigh Gas Foundation

How much does The Lehigh Gas Foundation give?
The Lehigh Gas Foundation reported 65 grants totaling $208,150 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 58 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Lehigh Gas Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (36%), Education (17%), Philanthropy (10%).
Who are The Lehigh Gas Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Autism Speaks Inc ($258k), Women's 5k Classic ($86k), American Heart Association Inc ($67k).
Does The Lehigh Gas Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 72% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Lehigh Gas Foundation 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 Lehigh Gas Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Air Products Foundation.
Where is The Lehigh Gas Foundation based?
The Lehigh Gas Foundation 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 146 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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