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William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$535k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$3.9MArts & Culture$642kHealth$327kEmployment$226kScience & Tech$120kFood & Nutrition$111kRecreation & Sports$67kYouth Development$65kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $140k
  • $250k+1 grant · $350k
$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROSSMAN FAMILY$350,300
FULTON THEATRE$40,000
ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY$25,000
MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY$15,000
HACC FOUNDATION$15,000
LANCASTER COUNTY CAREER$15,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$15,000
PA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN$15,000
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF COCALICO VALL$5,000
PENN MEDICINE$5,000
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH COUNCIL$4,250
GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES$3,000
LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE$3,000
LANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB$3,000
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE$3,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $3k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $3k → 9%HOSPICE & COMMUNITY CARE: $13k → 9%HOSPICE & COMMUNITY CARE: $3k → 9%AARON'S ACRES: $3k → 9%HOSPICE & COMMUNITY CARE: $3k → 9%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $2k → 9%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $3k → 9%LITITZ REC CENTER: $5k → 9%LITITZ REC CENTER: $5k → 9%LITITZ REC CENTER: $5k → 9%LITITZ REC CENTER: $5k → 9%LITITZ REC CENTER: $5k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $4k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $4k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $3k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $3k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $2k → 9%FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $2k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.5M · 41 repeat orgs$102k to everyone else

41 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
17

Total granted

$5.5M
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+112%

Still filing today

51%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LV
    LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $116k · revenue +26%
  • CP
    CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK
    8× · 2017–2025 · $93k · revenue +59%
  • L
    LANCASTERHISTORYORG
    5× · 2017–2021 · $63k · revenue +203%

Funded once

  • PS
    PERNN STATE HEALTH MILTON HERSHEY M
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • GS
    GIRLS SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
  • GI
    GAUDENZIA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +18%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
2
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
3
Chambersburg Hospital

The chambersburg hospital is a regional non-profit health care organization committed to the improvement of the health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.

Health
4
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
5
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
6
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design

Pennsylvania college of art & design is a professional art college offering a bfa degree, certificates, credentials, and curricula that enable students of all ages to pursue art as their life's work.

Education
7
Lehigh Valley Physician Group

Establish and maintain a medical group consisting of clinicians employed by lehigh valley health network. this medical group will fulfill the charitable mission of promoting community health through health education, injury prevention, and…

Health
8
Lancaster General Health Foundation

The lancaster general health foundation is organized and operated to benefit, perform the functions of, or carry out the purposes of members of the healthcare system of lancaster general health, a non-profit corporation described in…

Philanthropy
9
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

—
10
Lycoming College

The mission of lycoming college is to provide a distinguished baccalaureate education in the liberal arts and sciences within a coeducational, supportive, and residential setting.

Education
11
Pocono Health System

We heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.

—
12
The Good Samaritan Hospital of Lebanon Pennsylvania

The good samaritan hospital is a tax-exempt organization dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate healthcare that improves the overall health of the community.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lancaster County Food Hub; the most unlike its peers is Elizabethtown College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 63 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROSSMAN FAMILY: $3,188,423 · OtherBROSSMAN FAMILYLANCASTER COUNTY CAREER: $210,000 · OtherMILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY: $206,500 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIE: $200,000 · OtherPA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $169,000 · Other+34 more: $550,639 · Other+34 moreFULTON THEATRE COMPANY: $340,000 · Arts & CultureFULTON THEA…PENNON ORGANIZATION: $150,000 · Arts & CulturePENNON ORGA…LANCASTERHISTORYORG: $62,500 · Arts & CultureLANCASTERHI…+2 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $116,000 · EducationHARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationEPHRATA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $15,000 · EducationLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $12,000 · EducationADAMSTOWN AREA LIBRARY: $12,000 · Education+1 more: $6,000 · EducationCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $92,500 · Food & NutritionLITITZ COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCHOICES HEALTHCARE: $23,500 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $17,500 · Human ServicesGOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $9,000 · Human ServicesAARON'S ACRES: $2,918 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesPHILHAVEN: $33,000 · HealthLANCASTER CLEFT PALATE CLINIC: $30,000 · HealthGAUDENZIA INC: $6,000 · Health+1 more: $1,500 · HealthBRIGHT SIDE OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATI: $37,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$4,524,562Arts & Culture$555,500Education$216,000Food & Nutrition$92,500Human Services$79,918Health$70,500Recreation & Sports$37,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFULTON THEATRE COMPANY: $340,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetPENNON ORGANIZATION: $150,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $116,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $92,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTERHISTORYORG: $62,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBRIGHT SIDE OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATI: $37,500 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetPHILHAVEN: $33,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER CLEFT PALATE CLINIC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITITZ COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHOICES HEALTHCARE: $23,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY: $17,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB: $16,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE VOCATIONAL SERVICES: $16,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetEPHRATA PUBLIC LIBRARY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetADAMSTOWN AREA LIBRARY: $12,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetREAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $11,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGAUDENZIA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF LANCASTER: $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEPHRATA FARMERS DAY ASSOCIATION: $3,354 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAARON'S ACRES: $2,918 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLONG'S PARK AMPHITHEATER FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTENFOLD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOWER PACKS PROJECT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEPHRATA COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVENTURE LITITZ INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
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 FULTON THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds PENNON ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTERHISTORYORG ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT SIDE OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATI ↗
  • Who funds PHILHAVEN ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER CLEFT PALATE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LITITZ COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHOICES HEALTHCARE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER COUNTY FOOD HUB ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE VOCATIONAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds EPHRATA PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ADAMSTOWN AREA LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds GAUDENZIA INC ↗
  • Who funds ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE ↗

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.

Lancaster County Comm…Clark Associates Char…The Steinman Foundati…High FoundationPryor E & Arlene R Ne…Gooding Group Foundat…Richard S & Ann B Bar…Ferree FoundationWillis and Elsie Shen…Wellspan HealthThe Donald B and Doro…Kalas Foundation
Lancaster County Community FoundationPA58.2× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · The Steinman Foundation · High Foundation · Pryor E & Arlene R Neuber Charitable Trust · Gooding Group Foundation · Richard S & Ann B Barshinger Family Fdn · Ferree Foundation · Willis and Elsie Shenk Foundation · Wellspan Health · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Kalas 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William and Jemima Brossman Charita Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's 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
    11report 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 63 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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