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The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$23k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
8
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
30%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,400
Largest grant, FY2025
$8,617
Organizations funded a year
12 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$81k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureReligionCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY2025still arriving8$23k0%
FY202423$40k30%
FY202318$29k33%
FY202217$26k18%
FY202122$27k14%
FY202021$28k14%
FY201922$9k45%
FY201812$2k8%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$57kReligion$54kHuman Services$42kYouth Development$8kFood & Nutrition$7kArts & Culture$6kCommunity Improvement$5kPhilanthropy$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
IN
OH
PA
VA
MD
TN
NC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc$16,60091%
Pregnancy Ministries Inc$14,75091%
Pennsylvania State University$11,5293n/a
Out of Sight Ministries$5,6474n/a
Women in Need Inc$5,20060%
Downtown Chambersburg Inc$5,00013%
The House of Grace$4,00043%
United Way of Franklin County$3,70050%
Reins of Rhythm Riding & Horsemanship Incr$2,50021%
Dellview Music Foundation$2,0001n/a
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All grantees of The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc$16,60091%
Pregnancy Ministries Inc$14,75091%
Pennsylvania State University$11,5293n/a
Out of Sight Ministries$5,6474n/a
Women in Need Inc$5,20060%
Downtown Chambersburg Inc$5,00013%
The House of Grace$4,00043%
United Way of Franklin County$3,70050%
Reins of Rhythm Riding & Horsemanship Incr$2,50021%
Dellview Music Foundation$2,0001n/a
Institute for Justice$1,70050%
Totem Pole Playhouse$1,50050%
Fort Loudon Historical Society Inc$1,50040%
Pleasant Hall Volunteer Fire$1,50020%
Childrens Bible Ministries Inc$1,30030%
Here's Hope Ministries Inc$1,10031%
Moveable Feast Inc$90020%
Christian Aid Ministries$50010%
Samaritan's Purse$35020%
American Bible Society$20010%
Grand Point Church$2001n/a
Everyman Theatre Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChild Evangelism Fellowship Inc: $16,600 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetPregnancy Ministries Inc: $14,750 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetWomen in Need Inc: $5,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDowntown Chambersburg Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetThe House of Grace: $4,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetUnited Way of Franklin County: $3,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetReins of Rhythm Riding & Horsemanship Incr: $2,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetInstitute for Justice: $1,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTotem Pole Playhouse: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFort Loudon Historical Society Inc: $1,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPleasant Hall Volunteer Fire: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildrens Bible Ministries Inc: $1,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHere's Hope Ministries Inc: $1,100 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMoveable Feast Inc: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Aid Ministries: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bible Society: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEveryman Theatre Inc: $100 over 1y, 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 18.

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.

McCleary Family FoundationPA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: McCleary Family Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

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About The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation

How much does The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation give?
The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $22,617 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Religion (28%), Human Services (22%).
Who are The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc ($17k), Pregnancy Ministries Inc ($15k), Pennsylvania State University ($12k).
Does The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family 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 Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include McCleary Family Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
Where is The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation based?
The Paul E & Shirley U Lehman Family Foundation is based in NC.

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 45 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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