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White Rose Leadership Institute

The WHITE ROSE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE strengthens the york county nonprofit sector with empowered and exceptional leaders prepared to transform our community.

$578k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Itemized grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$213k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$6,152
Largest grant, FY2025
$17,617
Organizations funded a year
17 to 23
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$1.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations White Rose Leadership Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving28$213k32%
FY202421$200k19%
FY202323$196k39%
FY202221$194k14%
FY202122$181k36%
FY202017$140kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$360kHuman Services$208kHealth$119kEducation$109kCommunity Improvement$71kFood & Nutrition$58kAnimals$56kPhilanthropy$34kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of White Rose Leadership Institute by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
York Symphony Orchestra$105,69162%
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Inc$103,07460%
York County Food Bank$57,79560%
Community Progress Council Inc$56,34260%
York County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$55,60850%
Community Connections for Children Inc$45,98750%
York County History Center$43,20250%
Creative York$41,23162%
Christopher Columbus Scholarship Fund$38,175616%
Keystone Kidspace$37,94262%
York County Literacy Council$37,04661%
Pappus House$34,55651%
Dreamwrights Youth and Family Theatre$34,13552%
United Way of York County$33,95330%
The Young Women's Christian Association of York Pa$33,32640%
Human Life Services Inc$25,95532%
York County Bar Foundation$21,33931%
Working Progress$18,1671n/a
Olivia's House - a Grief and Loss Center for Children$17,93031%
Katallasso Inc$17,88032%
York Day Nursery Inc$17,12430%
New Birth of Freedom Council Boy Scouts of America #544$16,44610%
Servants Inc$15,82021%
Leg Up Farm Inc$14,20520%
Family First Health Corporation$14,13520%
Windy Hill Senior Center Inc$13,72121%
Eichelberger Performing Arts Center$13,37121%
Jewish Community Centre of York Pennsylvania$12,53220%
Susquehanna Heritage Corporation$11,30611%
York County Library System$11,23010%
Main Street York Inc$9,15511%
York City Parks Conservancy$8,9121n/a
York Union Rescue Mission Inc$8,57910%
YMCA of the Roses$7,66610%
Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education$7,62021%
The Arc of York County Inc$6,97210%
The Shadowfax Corporation$6,65110%
York County Parks Foundation Charitable Trust Inc$6,6081n/a
Movement York Inc$6,1541n/a
Pennon Organization$6,12210%
Logosworks$5,54710%
Life Changing Pathways$5,4581n/a
Leadership York$5,39521%
Penn State University -Osher Lifelong Learning Institute$5,3781n/a
Bell Socialization Services Inc$5,36410%
Coats of Friendship$5,2251n/a
Children's Home of York$5,22110%
Crispus Attucks Association of York Pa$5,08310%
The Program for Female Offenders of South Central Pennsylvania Inc$5,06210%
York Art Association Inc$1,66511%

What it could do for these grantees

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget White Rose Leadership Institute supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYork Symphony Orchestra: $105,691 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetStrand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Inc: $103,074 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetYork County Food Bank: $57,795 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Progress Council Inc: $56,342 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYork County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $55,608 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Connections for Children Inc: $45,987 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYork County History Center: $43,202 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCreative York: $41,231 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetChristopher Columbus Scholarship Fund: $38,175 over 6y, 16% of budgetKeystone Kidspace: $37,942 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetYork County Literacy Council: $37,046 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetPappus House: $34,556 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetDreamwrights Youth and Family Theatre: $34,135 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetUnited Way of York County: $33,953 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Young Women's Christian Association of York Pa: $33,326 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Life Services Inc: $25,955 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetYork County Bar Foundation: $21,339 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetOlivia's House - a Grief and Loss Center for Children: $17,930 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetKatallasso Inc: $17,880 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetYork Day Nursery Inc: $17,124 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNew Birth of Freedom Council Boy Scouts of America #544: $16,446 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetServants Inc: $15,820 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLeg Up Farm Inc: $14,205 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFamily First Health Corporation: $14,135 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWindy Hill Senior Center Inc: $13,721 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEichelberger Performing Arts Center: $13,371 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetJewish Community Centre of York Pennsylvania: $12,532 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSusquehanna Heritage Corporation: $11,306 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYork County Library System: $11,230 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMain Street York Inc: $9,155 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYork Union Rescue Mission Inc: $8,579 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA of the Roses: $7,666 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHorn Farm Center for Agricultural Education: $7,620 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Arc of York County Inc: $6,972 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Shadowfax Corporation: $6,651 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPennon Organization: $6,122 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLogosworks: $5,547 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLeadership York: $5,395 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBell Socialization Services Inc: $5,364 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Home of York: $5,221 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrispus Attucks Association of York Pa: $5,083 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Program for Female Offenders of South Central Pennsylvania Inc: $5,062 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYork Art Association Inc: $1,665 over 1y, 0.7% 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 43.

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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.

York County Community FoundationPA99.5× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: York County Community Foundation · Powder Mill Foundation · The Arthur J and Lee R Glatfelter Foundation · Airie Knipel Harry V and J William Warehime Foundation · Kinsley Foundation · The Graham Foundation · United Way of York County · Memorial Health Fund · Wellspan Health · Anne & Philip Glatfelter III Family Foundation · Rice Family Foundation · Russell E & Eleanor B Horn Foundati

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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How do I get to White Rose Leadership Institute?

Find your warmest path to White Rose Leadership Institute 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.

About White Rose Leadership Institute

How much does White Rose Leadership Institute give?
White Rose Leadership Institute reported 28 itemized grants totaling $213,089, out of $578,208 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does White Rose Leadership Institute fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (32%), Human Services (19%), Health (11%).
Who are White Rose Leadership Institute's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: York Symphony Orchestra ($106k), Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Inc ($103k), York County Food Bank ($58k).
Does White Rose Leadership Institute fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as White Rose Leadership Institute?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include York County Community Foundation, Powder Mill Foundation, The Arthur J and Lee R Glatfelter Foundation.
Where is White Rose Leadership Institute based?
White Rose Leadership Institute is based in PA.

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 50 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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