· Private foundation
The Van Horn 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MCDANIEL COLLEGE | $11,560 |
| ST VINCENT ACADEMY | $3,000 |
| POINT PLEASANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $2,400 |
| WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | $2,000 |
| DEEP WELL PROJECT | $2,000 |
| FIRST UNION AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH | $2,000 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROJECT | $1,000 |
| THE WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATI | $1,000 |
| VICTIMS INTERVENTION PROGRAM | $1,000 |
| ST GREGORY'S PANTRY | $1,000 |
| COMMON GROUND ON THE HILL | $1,000 |
| SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE | $1,000 |
| HONESDALE COMMUNITIES THAT CARE INC | $1,000 |
| HONESDALE EMERGENCY PANTRY | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF EAST BROADTOP RR | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 71% of The Van Horn Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 29% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 6%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CGCOMMON GROUND ON THE HILL LTD8× · 2017–2025 · $39k · revenue +8%
- MCMCDANIEL COLLEGE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $30k · revenue +64%
- WCWAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $18k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- FUFIRST UNION AFRIAN BAPTIST CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $3k
- FOFRIENDS OF EAST BROADTOP RAILROADone grant, 2017 · $2k
- BNBillys New Hope Barn Incone grant, 2020 · $1k
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.
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.
The Center brings together diverse interests from the agricultural, forestry, and environmental communities for the purpose of retaining Maryland's working landscapes and the industries they support while protecting and improving the…
Each of the enumerated activities is substantially related and significantly contributes to the social interaction and camaraderie of the entire membership of the organization.
The Hancock County Planning Commission advocates for and provides assistance to county and local governments by: - Protecting our heritage and resources,- Planning for the future- Promoting a sound economy for the people of Hancock County
The humane society is working to make a difference in the lives of animals and the people who love and care for them, and is dedicated to relieving the pain and suffering of animals through education and direct intervention.
The organization was formed to manage a 441 acre nature preserve. management includes controlling invasive species of plants, having archaeological surveys conducted and restoring historical sites.
Establish, conduct, implement, operate, coordinate and finance programs for the benefit of the low-income, minority, elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped citizens of wayne county, wv
The Door County Housing Partnership is creating a stable supply of permanently affordable housing for year-round residents to maintain the character, vibrancy, and diversity of the Door County community. Door County has an affordable…
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 51 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 COMMON GROUND ON THE HILL LTD ↗
- Who funds MCDANIEL COLLEGE INC ↗
- Who funds WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC ↗
- Who funds HILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds VICTIMS INTERVENTION PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds Daufuskie Community Farm ↗
- Who funds ST GREGORY'S PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds SANDALWOOD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY ↗
- Who funds DORFLINGER SUYDAM WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc ↗
- Who funds WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds Wayne County Family Center ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc ↗
- Who funds Honesdale Communities That Care Inc ↗
- Who funds Billys New Hope Barn Inc ↗
- Who funds THE COOPERAGE PROJECT ↗
- Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WAYNE COUNTY PA INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Honesdale National Bank Foundation · The Grimm Foundation · The John & Helen Villaume Foundation · Hickory Hill Foundation · Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · William E Chatlos Foundation · Scranton Area Foundation Inc · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Van Horn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Van Horn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Common Ground On the Hill Ltd: 18% of income from government
- Allaire Village Inc: 6% of income from government
- Monmouth University Inc: 0% of income from government
- Mcdaniel College Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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