Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER
EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,281,281 to it, the largest being PARTNERSHIP FOR BETTER HEALTH ($701,420). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $584k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $329k
What Employment Skills Center does
Mission
To provide adult education and training services to members of the carlisle area and surrounding communities, including one or more of the following: outreach, recruitment, orientation, counseling, basic remedial education, economic survival education, high school equivalency education, occupational skills training, job development, follow-up and other supportive services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Adult basic education program designed to improve basic reading, writing and math skills and to assist adults without a high school diploma to obtain a ged certificate. During the year ended june 30, 2025, the organization assisted approximately 96 participants.
$151,972 spent27% of program spendingAdult literacy program designed to help adults improve their basic literacy skills. During the year ended june 30, 2025, the organization assisted approximately 40 participants.
$49,951 spent9% of program spendingNurse aide program designed to train nurse aide students to prepare for their clinical studies leading to certification required by state regulations. During the year ended june 30, 2025, the organization assisted approximately 33 participants.
$100,793 spent18% of program spendingOther programs include:english as a second language program designed to help non-native english speakers improve their english language proficiency while developing the skills necessary to communicate and participate in the community and in the workplace. During the year ended june 30, 2025, the organization assisted approximately 170 participants.workforce development program designed to help adults learn skills necessary for success in the workplace and to improve their career opportunities. Trainings include digital literacy & computer skills, job readiness, environmental technician, community health worker, emergency medical technician, and customer service & sales. During the year ended june 30, 2025, the organization assisted approximately 177 participants.
$262,605 spent46% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $565,321.
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 $204k to $559k (+174%).
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 48% · 2018 55% · 2019 63% · 2020 62% · 2021 32% · 2022 41% · 2023 24% · 2024 52% · 2025 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $169k → $82k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 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
EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 75% · 2019 72% · 2020 47% · 2021 92% · 2022 70% · 2023 47% — diversifying over time.
“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 EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
97% of EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $138k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER's revenue grew 26% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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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
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER?
- EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,281,281 to it, the largest being PARTNERSHIP FOR BETTER HEALTH ($701,420). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,281,281 in grants to EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER?
- PARTNERSHIP FOR BETTER HEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $701,420 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMPLOYMENT SKILLS CENTER 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 13 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