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York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc

The york county convention and visitors bureau, inc. (the bureau) plans and promotes programs designed to stimulate and increase the volume of tourist, visitor, vacation and convention business within york county, pennsylvania.

$2.7M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2025
32
Organizations funded FY2024
47%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$958,700
Organizations funded a year
9 to 34
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$6.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 47% of the organizations York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $711k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCivil RightsOther
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 arriving33$2.7M36%
FY202432$2.1M47%
FY202334$2.3M71%
FY202214$1.4M64%
FY20219$664k78%
FY202011$755k18%
FY201921$1.4M43%
FY201818$1.2M44%
91% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$4.1MRecreation & Sports$3.8MFood & Nutrition$2.9MCommunity Improvement$1.9MYouth Development$235kPublic Safety & Disaster$111kPhilanthropy$90kAnimals$88kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
MO
VA
MD
DE
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
York County Agricultural Society$4,951,986913%
York County History Center$839,99289%
Susquehanna Heritage Corporation$511,725516%
Main Street York Inc$480,000524%
York County Rail Trail Authority$381,6624n/a
City of York$249,4643n/a
York County Economic Alliance$215,95022%
RRFT Enterprise dbaWe Build You Play$180,79743%
Cultural Alliance of York County$170,00037%
Accountability for Life$170,0002n/a
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All grantees of York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
York County Agricultural Society$4,951,986913%
York County History Center$839,99289%
Susquehanna Heritage Corporation$511,725516%
Main Street York Inc$480,000524%
York County Rail Trail Authority$381,6624n/a
City of York$249,4643n/a
York County Economic Alliance$215,95022%
RRFT Enterprise dbaWe Build You Play$180,79743%
Cultural Alliance of York County$170,00037%
Accountability for Life$170,0002n/a
Eichelberger Performing Arts Center$155,00048%
Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce$142,99849%
Susquehanna Folk Music Society Inc$118,500410%
Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Preservation Society$111,000411%
YMCA of the Roses$110,00031%
American Junior Golf Association Inc$92,00630%
Caputo Brother Creamery LLC$75,0001n/a
Crispus Attucks Association of York Pa$70,00011%
Rainbow Rose Center$60,000124%
The Bodhana Group Incorporated$60,000141%
County of York$60,0003n/a
Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Inc$60,00021%
Partnership for Economic Development of York County Inc$50,0001n/a
Miss Pa Scholarship Foundation$47,500212%
Hanover Area Historical Society$45,000214%
Steam Into History Inc$40,00014%
The York County Ale Trail$37,5002n/a
Civil War Trails Inc$36,00018%
Panthers Select Softball$33,875121%
Borough of Spring Grove$33,0003n/a
Military Vehicle Preservation Association$32,00017%
Baps Motor Speedway$30,0001n/a
Wyndham Garden York$28,0001n/a
York County Bar Foundation$25,00012%
York Symphony Orchestra$25,00012%
White Rose Pickleball Association$25,0001n/a
Tyrant Wrestling$24,7001n/a
Northern York County Historical & Preservation Society$20,00013%
York College of Pennsylvania$20,00010%
Working Progress$17,8001n/a
The Young Women's Christian Association of York Pa$16,46120%
Keystone State Games Inc$15,00015%
York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc$15,00010%
Philanthropic Endeavors Foundation$14,8001n/a
Bailey Trailways$14,4702n/a
Heritage Hills Associates$14,0001n/a
Red Lion Area School District$10,0001n/a
Pdga Am World Championships$10,0001n/a
Racing Xtravaganza$10,0001n/a
Techfire Robotics of York$10,0001n/a
York County Parks Foundation Charitable Trust Inc$10,00013%
Friends of Glen Rock Borough$9,6121n/a
Pennsylvania Historical Association$8,000110%
Historic Prospect Hill Cemeter$7,500122%
The Parliament$6,00011%

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYork County Agricultural Society: $4,951,986 over 9y, 13% of budgetYork County History Center: $839,992 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetSusquehanna Heritage Corporation: $511,725 over 5y, 16% of budgetMain Street York Inc: $480,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetYork County Economic Alliance: $215,950 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetRRFT Enterprise dbaWe Build You Play: $180,797 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetCultural Alliance of York County: $170,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetEichelberger Performing Arts Center: $155,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetHanover Area Chamber of Commerce: $142,998 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetSusquehanna Folk Music Society Inc: $118,500 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetMaryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Preservation Society: $111,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetYMCA of the Roses: $110,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $92,006 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCrispus Attucks Association of York Pa: $70,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRainbow Rose Center: $60,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetThe Bodhana Group Incorporated: $60,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetStrand-Capitol Performing Arts Center Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMiss Pa Scholarship Foundation: $47,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetHanover Area Historical Society: $45,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSteam Into History Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCivil War Trails Inc: $36,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetPanthers Select Softball: $33,875 over 1y, 21% of budgetMilitary Vehicle Preservation Association: $32,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetYork County Bar Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetYork Symphony Orchestra: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNorthern York County Historical & Preservation Society: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetYork College of Pennsylvania: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Women's Christian Association of York Pa: $16,461 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKeystone State Games Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetYork County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYork County Parks Foundation Charitable Trust Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetPennsylvania Historical Association: $8,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetHistoric Prospect Hill Cemeter: $7,500 over 1y, 22% of budgetThe Parliament: $6,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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 34.

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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 FoundationPA60.5× affinity27 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 · White Rose Leadership Institute · The W Dale Brougher Foundation · The Graham Foundation · Memorial Health Fund · Kinsley Foundation · Cultural Alliance of York County · The Stewart Foundation · Firstenergy 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.

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About York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc

How much does York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc give?
York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc reported 33 grants totaling $2,741,348 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Recreation & Sports (27%), Food & Nutrition (20%).
Who are York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: York County Agricultural Society ($5.0M), York County History Center ($840k), Susquehanna Heritage Corporation ($512k).
Does York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc?
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 York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc based?
York County Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc 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 106 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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