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York County Bar Foundation

The mission of the YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION, the charitable arm of the york county bar association, is to increase access to justice for all people, particularly those struggling with poverty and abuse, improve the administration of justice, promote public understanding of and respect for the law, support career development in the…

$204k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$92k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Crime & Legal$1.4MYouth Development$203kCommunity Improvement$131kPhilanthropy$30kEducation$29kHuman Services$25kEmployment$15kReligion$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $192,100, the rows itemized in this filing. The $203,625 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $11,525 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $42k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $142k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES$92,250
PENNSYLVANIA IMMIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER$50,000
CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY$15,000
COUNTY OF YORK$15,000
PENNSYLVANIA BAR FOUNDATION$12,350
LIFEPATH CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES$7,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $15k → 9%BRO2GO: $45k → 9%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE: $12k → 11%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $10k → 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 6 repeat orgs$267k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
13

Total granted

$1.6M
$247k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
+5%

Still filing today

83%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • ML
    MIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $837k · revenue +81%
  • PI
    PENNSYLVANIA IMMIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $425k · revenue +196%
  • CA
    CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY SOUTHERN PA DISTRICT - CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
    2× · 2024–2025 · $25k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • AP
    ADVANTAGE PROGRAM
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • BL
    BRO2GO LLC
    one grant, 2024 · $45k · revenue 0%
  • CO
    CITY OF YORK
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
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
York County Bar Association

The york county bar association is a non-profit professional membership association of attorneys and judges. it exists to serve the needs of the lawyers, judges and public of york county. the association and its members have dedicated…

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2
Youth Enrichment Services Inc

Youth enrichment services, inc. was founded in 1994 for the purpose of providing at-risk teens and low-income families residing in allegheny county a comprehensive in-home peer mentoring program, juvenile alternative to detention,…

Human Services
3
The Lancaster County Partners for Youth
Philanthropy
4
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
5
The Arc of York County Inc

The arc of york county is committed to ensuring that all individuals with intellectual and other disabilities have the opportunity to choose where and how they learn, live, work and play.

Health
6
The Young Women's Christian Association of Carlisle Pa

The young women's christian association of carlisle, pennsylvania is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and girls and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. ywcas across the country are distinguished by…

Human Services
7
Young Womens Christian Association of Hanover Pennsylvania

The ywca hanover is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

Environment
8
Belmont Alliance Civic Association

Community development resources

Youth Development
9
Crispus Attucks Association of York Pa

The crispus attucks association of york, pennsylvania is a comprehensive non-profit entity that provides education services, human services, community development and affordable housing that enhances the quality of life for a diverse…

Housing & Shelter
10
York County Children's Advocacy Center

Our mission is to reduce trauma for children and families through collaboration in child abuse investigations, prevention education, and advocacy.

Crime & Legal
11
Ywca Lancaster

The ywca lancaster is a nonprofit organization with a mission to eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

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12
Women Against Abuse Inc

The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Aid Society Southern Pa District - Church of the Brethren; the most unlike its peers is Do Moore Good. 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

17 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. 17 of the 21 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES: $836,535 · Crime & LegalMIDPENN LEGAL SERVICESPENNSYLVANIA IMMIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER: $425,263 · Crime & LegalPENNSYLVANIA IMMIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER+2 more: $18,509 · Crime & LegalCOUNTY OF YORK: $246,850 · OtherCOUNTY OF YORKUNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY: $60,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTYADVANTAGE PROGRAM: $50,000 · OtherADVANTAGE PROGRAMCITY OF YORK: $40,000 · OtherCITY OF YORKTENFOLD: $20,000 · OtherDIAKON CHILD FAMILY & COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $18,000 · OtherTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF YORK PA: $17,070 · Other+2 more: $25,000 · OtherBRO2GO LLC: $45,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY SOUTHERN PA DISTRICT - CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN: $25,000 · Human ServicesVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $11,500 · Human ServicesYORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $12,000 · EducationDo Moore Good: $7,000 · EducationNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS YORK COUNTY: $8,500 · HealthYORK UNION RESCUE MISSION INC: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterMAIN STREET YORK INC: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Crime & Legal$1,280,307Other$476,920Human Services$81,500Education$19,000Health$8,500Housing & Shelter$7,500Community Improvement$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES: $836,535 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA IMMIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER: $425,263 over 9y, 7.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY: $60,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBRO2GO LLC: $45,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY SOUTHERN PA DISTRICT - CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTENFOLD: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDIAKON CHILD FAMILY & COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF YORK PA: $17,070 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA BAR FOUNDATION: $12,350 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetYORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS YORK COUNTY: $8,500 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetYORK UNION RESCUE MISSION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDo Moore Good: $7,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetYORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: $6,159 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMAIN STREET YORK INC: $5,000 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.

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…Memorial Health FundThe Arthur J and Lee …Rice Family FoundationWellspan HealthPowder Mill FoundationThe Graham FoundationWhite Rose Leadership…United Way of York Co…Airie Knipel Harry V …The Donald B and Doro…Lancaster County Comm…
York County Community FoundationPA32.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: York County Community Foundation · Memorial Health Fund · The Arthur J and Lee R Glatfelter Foundation · Rice Family Foundation · Wellspan Health · Powder Mill Foundation · The Graham Foundation · White Rose Leadership Institute · United Way of York County · Airie Knipel Harry V and J William Warehime Foundation · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Lancaster County Community 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 York County Bar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from York County Bar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to York County Bar Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to York County Bar Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 21 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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