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United Way of Lebanon County Inc

To serve as thought leaders, convene community, promote collaboration, and develop resources and solutions to strengthen the lebanon county community.

$368k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$1.0MHealth$489kHuman Services$290kYouth Development$246kFood & Nutrition$202kHousing & Shelter$18kEmployment$15kArts & Culture$6k
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $239k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $90k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA-CORNWALL LEBANON SD$90,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA-LEBANON SD$48,000
LEBANON VALLEY FAMILY YMCA$25,000
UNION COMMUNITY CARE$20,000
CARING CUPBOARD$19,000
POWER PACKS PROJECT$17,600
SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE & COUNSELING CENTER$15,000
SALVATION ARMY LEBANON CORPS$12,000
QUEST$12,000
PROBE$10,000
LITERACY COUNCIL OF LEBANONLANCASTER$10,000
CASA OF LANCASTERLEBANON COUNTIES$10,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CAPITAL REGION$10,000
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION OF LEBANON COUNTY INC$10,000
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES$10,000
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 (FY20–25, $270k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION OF LEBANON COUNTY INC: $25k → 11%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $18k → 11%LUTHERCARE CHILD CARE: $20k → 9%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $15k → 11%LUTHERCARE CHILD CARE: $10k → 9%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION OF LEBANON COUNTY INC: $10k → 11%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $10k → 11%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION OF LEBANON COUNTY INC: $10k → 11%SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IMPROVING FOSTER TRANSITION: $8k → 11%PHOENIX YOUTH CENTER: $75k → 11%CARING CUPBOARD: $19k → 11%PHOENIX YOUTH CENTER: $15k → 11%YMCA: $35k → 11%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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.8M · 20 repeat orgs$539k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
16

Total granted

$1.8M
$296k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+35%

Still filing today

70%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $244k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionEmploymentOther

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

  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $592k · revenue +111%
  • LC
    LEBANON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
    4× · 2020–2024 · $162k · revenue +9%
  • LC
    LEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES
    4× · 2020–2024 · $100k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • L2
    LANCASTER 211
    one grant, 2022 · $65k
  • C
    COMPEER
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
  • YO
    YMCA OF THE ROSESgraduated
    2× · 2020–2021 · $35k · revenue +102%

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
The Lancaster County Partners for Youth
Philanthropy
3
Lebanon Community Library

Operation of local public library

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4
Lebanon Valley Volunteers in Medicine Clinic

Our mission is to serve the health and wellness needs of the uninsured who live in lebanon county, pa.

Health
5
Casa of Lancaster and Lebanon Counties

To provide a qualified and compassionate court-appointed volunteer advocate to every child who is abused and neglected, to ensure the fundamental human right of having a safe, nurturing, and permanent home is met.

Human Services
6
The Learning Community of Pennsylvania

To provide companion services to individuals with special needs.

Human Services
7
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
8
Community Counseling Center of Mercer County

To help individuals and families lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

Health
9
The Latino Community Center Inc

Empower, advocate with, and celebrate latinos in allegheny county.

Human Services
10
Lancaster County Council of the Arts

To enrich the quality of life in Lancaster County by building vibrant and inclusive communities connecting arts, culture, education, and economic vitality.

Arts & Culture
11
Lancaster County Food Hub

Rooted in faith and compassion we provide services that honor the dignity of all by striving to meet basic human needs.

Religion
12
United Way of Lebanon County Inc

To serve as thought leaders, convene community, promote collaboration, and develop resources and solutions to strengthen the lebanon county community.

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Union Community Care and the most unlike its peers is Supportive Housing Improving Foster Transition. 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 36 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%4%<5yr15%14%5–10yr20%7%10–20yr18%25%20–35yr14%32%35–55yr14%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%10%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr18%54%20–35yr14%21%35–55yr14%9%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 10% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/30
the rest of the field
8%
284/3,563

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

28 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. 28 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LANCASTER LEBANON LITERACY COUNCIL — $130,000 · OtherLANCASTER LEBANON LITERACY COUNCILPHOENIX YOUTH CENTER — $120,000 · OtherPHOENIX YOUTH CENTERLEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES — $100,000 · OtherLEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIESCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA-CORNWALL LEBANON SD — $90,000 · OtherCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA-CORNWALL LEB…The Sexual Assault Resource & Counseling Center of Lebanon & Schuylkill Cou — $80,500 · OtherThe Sexual Assault Resource & Counseling Center of …LEBANON VALLEY FAMILY YMCA — $67,500 · OtherLEBANON VALLEY FAMILY YMCALANCASTER 211 — $65,000 · OtherLANCASTER 211COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA-LEBANON SD — $48,000 · OtherQUEST — $36,000 · OtherCOMPEER — $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $35,000 · OtherDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION — $35,000 · Other+14 more — $199,000 · Other+14 moreCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA — $591,500 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIALEBANON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM — $162,000 · EducationLEBANON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM+3 more — $36,014 · EducationPALMYRA A CARING COMMUNITY — $90,000 · Human ServicesPALMYRA A CAR…DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION OF LEBANON COUNTY INC — $45,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOL…POWER PACKS PROJECT — $42,600 · Human ServicesPOWER PACKS P…YMCA OF THE ROSES — $35,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF THE R…LUTHERCARE — $30,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERCARETHE CARING CUPBOARD INC — $19,000 · Human ServicesTHE CARING CU…+1 more — $8,000 · Human ServicesLEBANON FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $52,355 · HealthUNION COMMUNITY CARE — $20,000 · HealthHALCYON ACTIVITY CENTER INC — $20,000 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE — $15,000 · HealthCOMPASS MARK — $7,500 · HealthCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK — $40,000 · Food & NutritionPOTENTIAL RE-ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES IN BUSINESS AND EDUCATION — $30,000 · EmploymentWEPA EMPOWERMENT CENTER INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ST JAMES PLAYERS — $5,600 · Arts & CultureGIRLS ON THE RUN OF LANCASTER — $6,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,041,000Education$789,514Human Services$269,600Health$114,855Food & Nutrition$40,000Employment$30,000Arts & Culture$20,600Youth Development$6,000

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 budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENNSYLVANIA — $591,500 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetLEBANON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM — $162,000 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetLEBANON COUNTY CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES — $100,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetPALMYRA A CARING COMMUNITY — $90,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetThe Sexual Assault Resource & Counseling Center of Lebanon & Schuylkill Cou — $80,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetLEBANON VALLEY FAMILY YMCA — $67,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLEBANON FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $52,355 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION OF LEBANON COUNTY INC — $45,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetPOWER PACKS PROJECT — $42,600 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK — $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA OF THE ROSES — $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE CAPITAL REGION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLUTHERCARE — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOTENTIAL RE-ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES IN BUSINESS AND EDUCATION — $30,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetCOMPEER OF LEBANON COUNTY — $25,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetUNION COMMUNITY CARE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHALCYON ACTIVITY CENTER INC — $20,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetTHE CARING CUPBOARD INC — $19,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLANCASTER-LEBANON EDUCATION FOUNDAT — $17,014 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE — $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWEPA EMPOWERMENT CENTER INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLANCASTER AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOMPASS MARK — $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF LANCASTER — $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

The Francis J Dixon F…The Foundation for En…Lancaster County Comm…Central Pennsylvania …Wellspan HealthMembers 1st Charitabl…Northwest Charitable …United Way of Lancast…The Steinman Foundati…The Bishop FoundationLaurie & Dave Foundat…High Foundation
The Francis J Dixon FoundationPA32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Francis J Dixon Foundation · The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Lancaster County Community Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Wellspan Health · Members 1st Charitable Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · United Way of Lancaster County · The Steinman Foundation · The Bishop Foundation · Laurie & Dave Foundation · High 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 United Way of Lebanon County Inc 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 48 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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