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CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $453,000 to it, the largest being MCELHATTAN FOUNDATION ($408,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$360k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$453k
Net assets
$1.3M
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Clarion County Economic Development Corporation does

Mission

The corporation fosters economic growth in clarion county, pennsylvania by promoting the county as both a hub for business development and a prime tourism destination. Ccedc's programs are designed to boost the local economy while enhancing the quality of life for businesses, residents, and visitors. Core functions include business support, strategic planning, tourism marketing, community redevelopment, industrial park development and maintenance, grant and loan administration, infrastructure expansion, and workforce and education development.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The corporation fosters economic growth in clarion county, pennsylvania by promoting the county as both a hub for business development and prime tourism destination. The Clarion County Economic Development Corporation's programs are designed to boost the local economy while enhancing the quality of life for businesses, residents, and visitors. Core functions include business support, strategic planning, tourism marketing, community redevelopment, industrial park development and maintenance, grant and loan administration, infrastructure expansion, and workforce and education development.

    $659,885 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $659,885.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($108k) Expenses 100 ($142k) Net assets 100 ($2.0M)2018 Revenue 104 ($112k) Expenses 116 ($165k) Net assets 98 ($1.9M)2019 Revenue 88 ($94k) Expenses 128 ($182k) Net assets 93 ($1.8M)2020 Revenue 208 ($224k) Expenses 175 ($249k) Net assets 92 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 45 ($49k) Expenses 191 ($271k) Net assets 81 ($1.6M)2022 Revenue 169 ($183k) Expenses 162 ($231k) Net assets 78 ($1.5M)2023 Revenue 610 ($658k) Expenses 373 ($531k) Net assets 85 ($1.7M)2024 Revenue 334 ($360k) Expenses 516 ($734k) Net assets 66 ($1.3M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (334)Expenses (516)Net assets (66)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.0M to $1.6M (−23%).

$2.4M
$2.4M
$2.3M
$2.2M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$2.0M
$1.6M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 87% · 2018 88% · 2019 79% · 2020 86% · 2021 342% · 2022 83% · 2023 90% · 2024 238%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

244% of CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$34k
’17
−$53k
’18
−$88k
’19
−$24k
’20
−$222k
’21
−$49k
’22
$127k
’23
−$374k
’24
16
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed1212121211111314
Joined·+1+3+1+1+3+5+2
No longer listed·1312331
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'25*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

90%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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.

Where its funders are

100% of CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−104% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve16.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)19% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $535k on record.

Federal$535k
grants $535kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Environmental Protection Agency$500k
  • Appalachian Regional Commission$35k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $453,000 to it, the largest being MCELHATTAN FOUNDATION ($408,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $453,000 in grants to CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Who is the largest funder of CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
MCELHATTAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $408,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CLARION COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing