Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC
DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,064,019 to it, the largest being ERIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($690,862). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $110M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $39M
What Dr Gertrude a Barber Center Inc does
Mission
We "make dreams come true." we provide children and adults with autism, intellectual/developmental disabilities and behavioral health challenges and their families the education, services and resources needed to be self-reliant, independent and valued and contributing members of their community. In addition, we provide the professionals who serve them with world-class education and training.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The gertrude a. Barber center, inc. Operates residential community homes (rch) serving over 272 adults in 92 group homes in the erie, philadelphia and pittsburgh metropolitan areas. Staff are provided on a 24/7 basis with support services that have been tailored to meet the unique needs of each individual. An approximate total of 1.45 million staffing hours were provided during the past fiscal year.residential options include a fully accessible group home constructed in erie to better meet the needs of adults with significant physical challenges.the goal of all residential living arrangements is to: facilitate and satisfy an individual's choices foster an environment that allows greater independence & community involvement provide a stable, comfortable and life-enriching home environment. All residential homes are licensed and compliant with applicable federal and pennsylvania regulations with excellent survey results. In addition to the traditional group home delivery of residential services, "lifesharing through family living" (lifesharing) is a progressive, 'non-traditional' residential living arrangement. In lifesharing, adults reside in the homes of the provider families and…
$52,941,358 spent$64,098,450 earned by the program60% of program spendingOur programs for children focus on early detection and the development of individualized intervention and treatment plans to help children reach their greatest potential. Our autism services offer state-of-the-art interventions for children and support for their families. An acute partial hospitalization program in southwest erie began its eleventh year of providing intensive therapy for children with serious mental health challenges to prevent admission to a hospital or institution and reduce recurring crises. Other services such as trauma and grief counseling, social skills development, mobile therapy, and family-based therapies helped children and their families better manage challenging behaviors. Our intensive behavioral health services (ibhs) offer families additional options to provide therapies for their children in home and school settings. Additionally, our early intervention program provides specialized therapies such as physical and speech therapies and nutritional guidance to 340 children from birth to age three across multiple counties in northwestern pennsylvania. We utilize a family-centered approach to help infants and toddlers overcome challenges at an early age…
$17,758,925 spent$18,752,703 earned by the program20% of program spendingThrough a wide range of adult services in the erie, warren, pittsburgh, philadelphia and central pennsylvania regions, individuals have a continuum of choices and opportunities for building skills and achieving greater independence. We are committed to carrying out the employment first resolution enacted in pennsylvania to make integrated community employment the goal for all persons with disabilities. To help students prepare for employment after high school, the gertrude a. Barber center, inc. Partners with the office of vocational rehabilitation (ovr) to provide pre-employment transition services for youth in the warren region that offers job shadowing and other services to plan for future employment. The supported employment program identified job openings and coached adults for employment in competitive, market-based jobs in the private sector in northwest pa, pittsburgh, central and the philadelphia areas. Currently, in its program, 207 adults are at work in industries ranging from food service, manufacturing, childcare, retail and janitorial. Mobile work crews from small group employment services gain job skills while performing janitorial duties on the gertrude a. Barber…
$14,549,709 spent$16,193,445 earned by the program16% of program spendingOur behavioral health service operates a forensic outpatient clinic to provide therapies and medication management for adults meeting requirements ordered through the judicial system. The gertrude a. Barber center, inc. Offers recreational summer camps to specifically meet the needs of children and adults with intellectual and physical disabilities, as well as a camp for children and teens with high functioning autism. The camps feature activities such as swimming and arts, in addition to daily outings in the community. These revenues and expenses are incurred for other program services in accordance with the gertrude a. Barber center, inc.'s mission and for administrative and indirect costs. Administrative and indirect costs are allocated to the programs described above.
$3,177,881 spent$1,353,491 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $88,427,873.
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 2017 to 2018, from $42M to $50M (+17%).
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 12% · 2018 13% · 2019 13% · 2020 13% · 2021 14% · 2022 13% · 2023 2% · 2024 3% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (17% 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
John J Barber Iii
President/CEO
Board chair
William Gloekler
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $87k → $218k.
2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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: $4.2M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Dr Gertrude a Barber Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC raised.
From the IRS filings of DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 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
DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 52% · 2019 92% · 2020 68% · 2021 71% · 2022 58% · 2023 81% — growing more concentrated.
“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 DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
70% of DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $323k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $741k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 178 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 178 human services nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $340k on record.
- Department of Defense$244k
- Department of Agriculture$96k
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 DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Dr Gertrude a in Home Services Inc · exempt
- Dr Gertrude a Barber Educational Institute Inc · exempt
- Barber Services Systems Inc · exempt
- Dr Gertrude a Barber Foundation Inc · exempt
- Barber Enterprise Solutions Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC?
- DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,064,019 to it, the largest being ERIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($690,862). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,064,019 in grants to DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER INC?
- ERIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $690,862 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DR GERTRUDE A BARBER CENTER 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.
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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 14 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