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Touchstone Foundation Supporting Organization

The TOUCHSTONE FOUNDATION SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION, via touchstone foundation, elevates the mental well-being of youth and children in lancaster county.

$255k
Granted FY2023
15
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$53k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 47% of TOUCHSTONE FOUNDATION SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2023 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 15 grants below total $246,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $255,302 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $9,302 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $168k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $53k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH ACCESS NETWORK$52,500
TEAMCARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LLC$25,200
BENCH MARK PROGRAM$19,500
SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER$19,100
MATTERS OF THE HEART COUNSELING LLC$18,200
THOUGHTFUL WELLNESS LLC$15,600
Individual grant recipient$15,600
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY$15,000
COBYS FAMILY SERVICES$14,700
COMMUNITY SERVICES GROUP$13,000
YWCA LANCASTER$12,500
HORIZONS AT LANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$8,000
REDEMPTION WELLNESS SERVICES LLC$6,500
DONEGAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE ALLIANCE CORPORATION$5,400
LANCASTER LGBTQ COALITION$5,200
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–23, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%CASA OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $15k → 9%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $16k → 9%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 9%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 9%COBYS FAMILY SERVICES: $14k → 9%MILAGRO HOUSE: $14k → 9%DONEGAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE ALLIANCE CORPORATION: $5k → 9%ELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY HOUSING & OUTREACH SERVICES (ECHOS): $11k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$775k · 17 repeat orgs$267k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
15

Total granted

$775k
$221k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+77%

Still filing today

76%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationReligionCrime & LegalInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SC
    SAMARITAN CENTER
    6× · 2017–2024 · $94k · revenue +23%
  • PH
    PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH ACCESS NETWORK
    2× · 2022–2023 · $88k · revenue +3%
  • CF
    COBYS FAMILY SERVICES
    4× · 2019–2023 · $59k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • PR
    PARISH RESOURCE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +27%
  • UC
    UNION COMMUNITY CAREgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +126%
  • BC
    BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $19k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lancaster Community Safety Coalition

Enhance public safety and the quality of life in lancaster by engaging the community and advancing current crime prevention strategies.

Public Safety & Disaster
2
Lawrence County Association for Responsible Care

To advocate for and provide quality services to people with developmental disabilities and ensure their health, safety and welfare while promoting personal choice and growth.

Human Services
3
Lancaster Emergency Medical Services Association

To provide comprehensive, skillful, cost effective emergency and non- emergency health care services to the lancaster community while continuing to evolve with changing health care needs.

Health
4
The Arc of Lancaster County

Empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) and their families to lead full, satisfying, independent lives of their choice.

Health
5
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
6
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 chamber has 5 strategic priorities: public policy, workforce, business…

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7
Lancaster Harm Reduction Project Inc
Health
8
Care-Net of Lancaster

The best healthcare, for the lowest cost, for the most people.

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9
Community Action Commission

Commmunity action commission's mission is to build on the strengths and resources available, provide solutions, for complex issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities to move out of poverty.

Human Services
10
Lancaster County Academy

Lancaster county academy's mission is to empower non-traditional learners to achieve academic success, career readiness and personal growth through flexible, student-centered programs that values independence, resilience, and real-world…

Education
11
Children's Advocacy Center of Lawrence County

To reduce trauma and re-victimization of child abuse victims in lawrence county, pennsylvania and the surrounding area through interagency and interprofessional cooperation, evidence gathering, treatment and education regarding child…

Health
12
Central Penn Business Group On Health

Central business group on health advocates for the appropriate balance between cost and quality of employee healthcare in lancaster county by providing education on healthcare issues, promoting cooperation among payers, providers and…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lancaster Lgbtq Center and the most unlike its peers is Patients R Waiting Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr15%14%5–10yr21%19%10–20yr17%14%20–35yr14%24%35–55yr13%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr15%8%5–10yr21%25%10–20yr17%10%20–35yr14%35%35–55yr13%21%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 6% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
6%
2/35
the rest of the field
8%
234/2,780

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/27
Grantees still filing
22/27
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SAMARITAN CENTER — $94,100 · OtherSAMARITAN CENTERTEAMCARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LLC — $75,800 · OtherTEAMCARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LLCMATTERS OF THE HEART COUNSELING LLC — $48,200 · OtherMATTERS OF THE HEART COUNSELING LLCBENCH MARK PROGRAM — $44,000 · OtherBENCH MARK PROGRAMTHOUGHTFUL WELLNESS LLC — $30,600 · OtherTHOUGHTFUL WELLNESS LLCYWCA LANCASTER — $25,000 · OtherLANCASTER HEALTH CENTER — $25,000 · OtherCHI ST JOSEPH CHILDREN'S HEALTH — $25,000 · OtherBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $19,000 · Other+9 more — $104,031 · Other+9 moreCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC — $77,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNE…COBYS FAMILY SERVICES — $59,176 · Human ServicesCOBYS FAMILY SERVICESBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $28,975 · Human ServicesBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVI…CASA OF LANCASTER AND LEBANON COUNTIES — $15,000 · Human ServicesCASA OF LANCASTER AND L…MILAGRO HOUSE INC — $14,400 · Human ServicesMILAGRO HOUSE INCELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY HOUSING & OUTREACH SERVICES — $11,000 · Human Services+1 more — $5,400 · Human ServicesPENNSYLVANIA HEALTH ACCESS NETWORK — $87,500 · HealthPENNSYLVANIA HEALTH A…PATIENTS R WAITING INC — $37,000 · HealthPATIENTS R WAITING IN…COMPASS MARK — $35,000 · HealthCOMPASS MARKUNION COMMUNITY CARE — $25,000 · HealthUNION COMMUNITY CAREMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LANCASTER COUNTY — $11,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA…+1 more — $5,000 · HealthLANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $23,000 · EducationLANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY — $20,300 · EducationLANCASTER-LEBANON EDUCATION FOUNDAT — $13,800 · EducationADVOZ — $38,500 · Crime & LegalPARISH RESOURCE CENTER INC — $25,000 · ReligionHUMANITARIAN SOCIAL INNOVATIONS — $18,500 · International
Other$490,731Human Services$211,451Health$200,500Education$57,100Crime & Legal$38,500Religion$25,000International$18,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSAMARITAN CENTER — $94,100 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA HEALTH ACCESS NETWORK — $87,500 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF LANCASTER COUNTY INC — $77,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOBYS FAMILY SERVICES — $59,176 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBENCH MARK PROGRAM — $44,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetADVOZ — $38,500 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetPATIENTS R WAITING INC — $37,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetCOMPASS MARK — $35,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES — $28,975 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA LANCASTER — $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPARISH RESOURCE CENTER INC — $25,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetUNION COMMUNITY CARE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLANCASTER HEALTH CENTER — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHI ST JOSEPH CHILDREN'S HEALTH — $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY — $20,300 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHUMANITARIAN SOCIAL INNOVATIONS — $18,500 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LANCASTER COUNTY — $16,281 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOM'S HOUSE INC OF LANCASTER — $15,800 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCASA OF LANCASTER AND LEBANON COUNTIES — $15,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMILAGRO HOUSE INC — $14,400 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLANCASTER-LEBANON EDUCATION FOUNDAT — $13,800 over 1y, 12% of budgetELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY HOUSING & OUTREACH SERVICES — $11,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LANCASTER COUNTY — $11,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetDONEGAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE ALLIANCE — $5,400 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetWELLSPAN HEALTH — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Lancaster County Comm…United Way of Lancast…The Steinman Foundati…High FoundationThe Abigail L Longene…Touchstone FoundationAshland FoundationLancaster Law Foundat…Willis and Elsie Shen…Clark Associates Char…Ppl FoundationTecumseh Milestone Fo…
Lancaster County Community FoundationPA53.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · United Way of Lancaster County · The Steinman Foundation · High Foundation · The Abigail L Longenecker Memorial Foundation · Touchstone Foundation · Ashland Foundation · Lancaster Law Foundation · Willis and Elsie Shenk Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Ppl Foundation · Tecumseh Milestone Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Touchstone Foundation Supporting Organization funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Touchstone Foundation Supporting Organization?

    Find your warmest path to Touchstone Foundation Supporting Organization 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.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $247k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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