Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC
BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,292,230 to it, the largest being FEEDING PENNSYLVANIA ($1,935,735). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Bucks County Opportunity Council Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to reduce poverty and partner with our community to promote economic self-sufficiency. Our vision is to elevate the awareness of poverty, and to create and lead partnerships to make our community a "bridges out of poverty" community. (continued on sch. O)we strive to be a model of seamless case management and influence our community to make reducing poverty one of its priorities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The food program garners the support of the entire community of bucks county including businesses, farmers, education, united way, private donors, and county government, as well as state and federal resources to provide ample nutritious food to low-income individuals and families in bucks county through 75 food distribution sites. In fy25, more than 90,000 visits were made to the food network by families in need. Through our community collaborations, we greatly increased the amounts of fresh produce and other food items being distributed to improve the health and well-being of the low-income community and distributed over 3 million pounds of food.
$5,685,441 spentof which $4,928,986 as grants$68,665 earned by the program44% of program spendingThe housing services program includes street outreach, housing location, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, emergency hotel stays and homeless prevention assistance as well as utility assistance. In partnership with multiple entities throughout bucks county, we assisted over 1,000 households annually through housing and utility assistance programs.
$3,561,556 spentof which $1,860,768 as grants$39,450 earned by the program27% of program spendingThe economic self-sufficiency (es) program is the core program of the opportunity council and is at the heart of the mission. The es program requires partnerships and collaborations, and both public and private funding to be effective and efficient. While all our programs contribute to a more stable community, this program helps people leave poverty, permanently and thrive in the community. 420 households have graduated from the program since 1997 with an average increase of income of over $35,000 annually. The es program also includes the volunteer income tax assistance program (vita) which assists low to moderate income households by preparing tax returns for free and eliminating the cost burden of annual filing. (continued on sch. O)this program closes the income gap that families experience throughout the year by maximizing refunds through earned income tax credits. In fy25 we completed a record number of 1,577 tax returns.
$2,266,440 spentof which $881,064 as grants$29,383 earned by the program17% of program spendingThe home energy conservation program assists low-income households to reduce energy costs and increase disposable income through energy saving measures. This program also provides crisis support for households in need of immediate heater repair or replacement. This past year we successfully initiated a home repair program to reduce the deferral rates that often occur when low-income households cannot afford needed repairs to complete weatherization services. In fy25 358 households received services through crisis response and weatherization services.
$1,528,330 spentof which $829,116 as grants$17,407 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,041,767.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $4.5M to $6.0M (+35%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 68% · 2018 59% · 2019 62% · 2020 55% · 2021 44% · 2022 54% · 2023 59% · 2024 62% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Erin A Lukoss
Chief executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $104k → $629k.
15 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.6M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Bucks County). These are real filings, and they are not money BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC raised.
From the IRS filings of BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 37% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
67% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 35% · 2019 21% · 2020 18% · 2021 61% · 2022 18% · 2023 29% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
43% of BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
80% of BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $704k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.4M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.0M
- Department of the Treasury$303k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Doyle Development Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC?
- BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,292,230 to it, the largest being FEEDING PENNSYLVANIA ($1,935,735). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $5,292,230 in grants to BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC?
- FEEDING PENNSYLVANIA is the largest funder on record, with $1,935,735 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 72 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing