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The Luzerne Foundation

THE LUZERNE FOUNDATION (the foundation) is a community foundation recognized as a pennsylvania non-profit, non-stock corporation that has been recognized by the irs as a tax-exempt public charity, by reason of being an organization that exists to make our region a better place to live, work, and play.

$4.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
114
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$390k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$11MReligion$4.8MHealth$4.1MArts & Culture$3.8MHuman Services$3.4MRecreation & Sports$3.2MPhilanthropy$2.4MInternational$2.3MOther$0
02FY2025 · 114 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 114 grants below total $4,132,987, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,294,872 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $161,885 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k33 grants · $229k
  • $10k–50k59 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+3 grants · $952k
$15,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$83M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PATRIOTS COVE INC$390,000
CHRIST FELLOWSHIP CHURCH INC$312,000
GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM$250,000
MMI PREPARATORY SCHOOL$202,561
GREATER WYOMING VALLEY AREA YMCA$143,246
MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY$135,347
SCRANTON AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$135,000
WILKES UNIVERSITY$123,495
KING'S COLLEGE$108,025
UNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY$107,050
HUNTS FOR HEALING INC$100,200
LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$90,681
ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL$84,541
OSTERHOUT FREE LIBRARY$80,851
MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY$67,750
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CRESCENT COVE: $15k → 11%AMERICA'S KIDS BELONG: $120k → 9%EAGLES NEST REGENERATION: $40k → 12%BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES GREATER DELAWARE VALLEY BRANCH OFFICE: $30k → 7%HOUSE OF HIS CREATION: $35k → 9%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE (CCAI): $80k → 14%NEW MOMS: $20k → 14%AMERICA WORLD ADOPTION: $100k → 6%BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES GREATER DELAWARE VALLEY BRANCH OFFICE: $30k → 7%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE (CCAI): $50k → 14%FELLOWSHIP ADVENTURES OPPORTUNITIES: $250k → 4%BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES GREATER DELAWARE VALLEY BRANCH OFFICE: $20k → 7%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE (CCAI): $30k → 14%FELLOWSHIP ADVENTURES OPPORTUNITIES: $200k → 4%CHILDREN AT-PROMISE: $100k → 11%CONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE (CCAI): $20k → 14%FELLOWSHIP ADVENTURES OPPORTUNITIES: $163k → 4%THE CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $14k → 13%NORTHEAST SIGHT SERVICES: $28k → 15%NORTHEAST SIGHT SERVICES: $20k → 15%NORTHEAST SIGHT SERVICES: $17k → 15%CORI'S PLACE: $16k → 15%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SCRANTON INC: $15k → 13%BRANDON'S FOREVER HOME: $26k → 15%BRANDON'S FOREVER HOME: $22k → 15%HAZLETON INTEGRATION PROJECT INC: $21k → 15%BRANDON'S FOREVER HOME: $13k → 15%HAZLETON INTEGRATION PROJECT INC: $13k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $39k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $36k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $34k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $34k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $28k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $28k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $25k → 15%CASA OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $23k → 15%MOM-N-PA: $15k → 15%CANDY'S PLACE: $14k → 15%ALLONE CHARITIES: $55k → 15%ALLONE CHARITIES: $44k → 15%ALLONE CHARITIES: $42k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $27k → 15%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF WYOMING VALLEY: $18k → 15%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF WYOMING VALLEY: $18k → 15%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF NEPA: $18k → 15%ALLONE CHARITIES: $16k → 15%ALLONE CHARITIES: $16k → 15%ALLONE CHARITIES: $13k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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PA
NJ
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CA
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CO
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DC
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FL
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$35M · 178 repeat orgs$6.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

178 repeat relationships: 81 still active in FY2025, 97 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

178
180

Total granted

$35M
$6.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+22%

Still filing today

75%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $747k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionOther
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

  • HU
    HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2.5M · revenue +12%
  • RF
    RESTAVEK FREEDOM FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $1.4M · revenue +16% · 46% of their budget
  • GH
    GEISINGER HEALTH
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +235%

Funded once

  • PH
    PARKER HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $1.0M
  • BC
    BEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER HOSE COMPANYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $595k · revenue +414%
  • GH
    GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $393k
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
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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2
Penn Highlands Healthcare Inc

Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.

Health
3
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health
4
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Penn state health hampden medical center's mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of the people in pennsylvania. the organization provides patients with excellent, compassionate and culturally responsive and equitable…

Health
5
Wrc Pennsylvania Memorial Home

Wrc pennsylvania memorial home's mission is to provide choices for generations. built on a not-for-profit foundation of caring, the organization offers residential and personal care, home and community-based services, skilled and…

Health
6
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
7
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
8
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
9
Pocono Health System

We heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.

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10
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
11
Lehigh Valley Health Network

We heal, comfort, and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.

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12
York College of Pennsylvania

York college prepares graduates for fulfilling, productive, and purposeful lives by providing high quality programs of study supported by relevant real-world experiences. continued on schedule o.as a rich and diverse community of educators…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bethany Christian Services; the most unlike its peers is Storm Warriors International. 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

292 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. 292 of the 396 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.

20
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
69
Early backer (in before they grew)
276/292
Grantees still filing
217/292
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RESTAVEK FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $1,400,000 · OtherRESTAVEK FREEDOM FOUNDATIONMINING AND MECHANICAL INSTITUTE MMI PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $1,300,774 · OtherMINING AND MECHANICAL INSTITUTE MMI PREPARATOR…PARKER HILL COMMUNITY CHURCH: $1,019,500 · OtherPARKER HILL COMMUNITY CHURCHGRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF MCDOWELL COUNTY: $704,387 · OtherGREATER WYOMING VALLEY AREA YMCA: $614,659 · OtherHUNTS FOR HEALING INC: $974,500 · OtherHUNTS FOR HEALING INCThe Lands at Hillside Farms: $744,065 · Other+96 more: $11,156,093 · Other+96 moreHOUGHTON UNIVERSITY: $2,500,000 · EducationHOUGHTON UNIVERSITYMONTREAT COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,558,000 · EducationMONTREAT COLLEGE FOUNDATIONWYOMING SEMINARY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $1,480,981 · EducationWYOMING SEMINARY COLLEGE PREPAR…THE LUZERNE FOUNDATION: $1,065,206 · EducationTHE LUZERNE FOUNDATIONMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $832,439 · EducationMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITYMT GILEAD CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER: $660,000 · EducationMT GILEAD CAMP AND CONFERENCE C…LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $586,700 · EducationETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $542,556 · EducationWILKES UNIVERSITY: $520,936 · EducationKING'S COLLEGE: $427,873 · Education+15 more: $1,705,444 · Education+15 moreSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $649,000 · Human ServicesFELLOWSHIP ADVENTURES OPPORTUNITIES: $612,500 · Human ServicesCASA OF WYOMING VALLEY: $258,073 · Human ServicesRESCUE- FREEDOM INTERNATIONAL: $250,000 · Human ServicesALLONE CHARITIES: $196,250 · Human ServicesCONGRESSIONAL COALITION ON ADOPTION INSTITUTE: $179,500 · Human ServicesAmericas Kids Belong: $120,000 · Human Services+20 more: $1,146,504 · Human ServicesGEISINGER HEALTH: $1,372,550 · HealthST LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK INC: $463,536 · HealthALLIED SERVICES FOUNDATION: $315,060 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $206,705 · HealthWYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $180,346 · HealthTHINKBIG PEDIATRIC CANCER FUND INC: $108,352 · Health+6 more: $357,800 · HealthSTORM WARRIORS INTERNATIONAL: $1,144,954 · Arts & CultureWyoming Historical & Geological Society: $271,478 · Arts & CultureFM KIRBY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $237,950 · Arts & CultureLITTLE THEATRE OF WILKES-BARRE: $220,100 · Arts & CultureBIBLICAL HISTORY CENTER INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GATHERING: $200,000 · Arts & CultureTHE RABBIT ROOM: $160,000 · Arts & CulturePHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OF NEPA: $132,765 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $405,873 · Arts & CultureNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $1,180,829 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY: $735,710 · PhilanthropyTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · PhilanthropySCRANTON AREA FOUNDATION INC: $170,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $264,841 · PhilanthropyAWAKENING FOUNDATION: $760,000 · ReligionINNER-CITY MOVEMENT INC: $390,000 · ReligionGod's World Publications Inc: $250,000 · ReligionHEAVEN'S FAMILY: $80,000 · ReligionGLOBAL ADVANCE INC: $69,000 · Religion+1 more: $25,000 · Religion
Other$17,913,978Education$11,880,135Human Services$3,411,827Health$3,004,349Arts & Culture$2,973,120Philanthropy$2,651,380Religion$1,574,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOUGHTON UNIVERSITY: $2,500,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetMONTREAT COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,558,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetWYOMING SEMINARY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $1,480,981 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetRESTAVEK FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $1,400,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetGEISINGER HEALTH: $1,372,550 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMINING AND MECHANICAL INSTITUTE MMI PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $1,300,774 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $1,180,829 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSTORM WARRIORS INTERNATIONAL: $1,144,954 over 3y, 70% of budgetTHE LUZERNE FOUNDATION: $1,065,206 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetHUNTS FOR HEALING INC: $974,500 over 4y, 79% of budgetMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $832,439 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetAWAKENING FOUNDATION: $760,000 over 2y, 67% of budgetThe Lands at Hillside Farms: $744,065 over 3y, 22% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY: $735,710 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetMT GILEAD CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER: $660,000 over 2y, 68% of budgetSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $649,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetGREATER WYOMING VALLEY AREA YMCA: $614,659 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetFELLOWSHIP ADVENTURES OPPORTUNITIES: $612,500 over 3y, 27% of budgetLUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $586,700 over 6y, 25% of budgetETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC: $542,556 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetOSTERHOUT FREE LIBRARY: $534,765 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetTHE HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE: $525,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetWILKES UNIVERSITY: $520,936 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetST LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK INC: $463,536 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKING'S COLLEGE: $427,873 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetINNER-CITY MOVEMENT INC: $390,000 over 3y, 62% of budgetCHOICE MINISTRIES INC: $350,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetALLIED SERVICES FOUNDATION: $315,060 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetCOMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF LUZERNE COUNTY: $304,781 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetGEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED: $288,527 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetIMMANUEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $280,000 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetWyoming Historical & Geological Society: $271,478 over 9y, 15% of budgetBACK MOUNTAIN RECREATION INC: $269,000 over 6y, 40% of budgetSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $260,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetCASA OF WYOMING VALLEY: $258,073 over 9y, 11% of budgetCare Net: $250,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetGod's World Publications Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $242,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFM KIRBY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $237,950 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCAMP ORCHARD HILL INC: $223,082 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetLITTLE THEATRE OF WILKES-BARRE: $220,100 over 4y, 42% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $206,705 over 9y, 6.9% of budgetBIBLICAL HISTORY CENTER INC: $200,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetMissionary Flights & Service Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTHE GATHERING: $200,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetALLONE CHARITIES: $196,250 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetMarywood University: $183,660 over 6y, 0.1% 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 HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MONTREAT COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING SEMINARY COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds RESTAVEK FREEDOM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GEISINGER HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds MINING AND MECHANICAL INSTITUTE MMI PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ↗
  • Who funds STORM WARRIORS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE LUZERNE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUNTS FOR HEALING INC ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds AWAKENING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Lands at Hillside Farms ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF WYOMING VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds MT GILEAD CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WYOMING VALLEY AREA YMCA ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP ADVENTURES OPPORTUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds BEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER HOSE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ETHEL WALKER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds OSTERHOUT FREE LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WILKES UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S HEALTH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds KING'S COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PATRIOTS COVE INC ↗
  • Who funds INNER-CITY MOVEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHOICE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIED SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMISSION ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF LUZERNE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED ↗

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.

The Tambur Family Fou…United Way of Wyoming…Allone CharitiesScranton Area Foundat…Moses Taylor Foundati…Allone FoundationWilliam G McGowan Cha…Sordoni Family Founda…The Blackhorse Founda…Benco Family Foundati…Northeastern Pennsylv…Maslow Family Foundat…
The Tambur Family FoundationPA85.6× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Tambur Family Foundation · United Way of Wyoming Valley · Allone Charities · Scranton Area Foundation Inc · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · Allone Foundation · William G McGowan Charitable Fund · Sordoni Family Foundation · The Blackhorse Foundation · Benco Family Foundation Fka Cohen Family Charitable Foundation · Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation · Maslow Family Foundation Inc

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 Luzerne Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Luzerne Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 34%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 396 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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