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EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES

EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $735,446 to it, the largest being LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($180,465). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$917k
Funders on record
26
Grants received
$735k
Net assets
$1.3M
9/26 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%
01What it does

What Ephrata Area Social Services does

Mission

To empower and connect neighbors to build a healthy and vibrant community in the ephrata and cocalico regions of northern lancaster county.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Meals on wheels - employees and 80 volunteers provide meals 5 days per week for a minimal weekly charge. 16,148 meals were served during 2025.

    $151,136 spent$113,425 earned by the program
    26% of program spending
  2. Transportation - 10 paid drivers provide transportation for the elderly and handicapped. 4,800 trips were provided during 2025.

    $173,843 spent
    29% of program spending
  3. Direct aid given to needy persons for utilities, food, medication, and various other needs. Approximately 812 individuals were served in 2025.

    $70,332 spentof which $50,492 as grants
    12% of program spending
  4. Food bank - provided donated and purchased food to individuals and families in need. Community support - this program provides education, case management, workforce development and other services to the community. Transitional living - this program provides independant living where families receive budgeting, case management, and mentor services.

    $197,314 spent$22,202 earned by the program
    33% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $592,625.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($361k) Expenses 100 ($345k) Net assets 100 ($791k)2018 Revenue 112 ($405k) Expenses 97 ($334k) Net assets 108 ($858k)2019 Revenue 101 ($365k) Expenses 118 ($405k) Net assets 103 ($814k)2020 Revenue 188 ($679k) Expenses 145 ($501k) Net assets 125 ($987k)2021 Revenue 195 ($703k) Expenses 149 ($514k) Net assets 148 ($1.2M)2022 Revenue 178 ($641k) Expenses 194 ($670k) Net assets 144 ($1.1M)2023 Revenue 192 ($693k) Expenses 202 ($695k) Net assets 143 ($1.1M)2024 Revenue 254 ($917k) Expenses 206 ($709k) Net assets 168 ($1.3M)
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Revenue (254)Expenses (206)Net assets (168)

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 $1.1M to $1.3M (+17%).

$791k
$858k
$814k
$991k
$1.2M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.3M
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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: 2020 5% · 2022 3% · 2023 3% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$16k
’17
$72k
’18
−$40k
’19
$177k
’20
$189k
’21
−$29k
’22
−$2k
’23
$208k
’24
8.4
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.

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Listed7671513131313
Joined·+3+2+10+5+1+2+0
No longer listed·4127120
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $30k → $75k.

8 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES’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

EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

63% 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 EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES.

25%
largest funder
55%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 46% · 2019 34% · 2020 44% · 2021 35% · 2022 52% · 2023 34% — 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

38% of EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

94% of EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

MT
NY
IN
PA
VA
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $297k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 19%Fundraising 4%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

84%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES?
EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $735,446 to it, the largest being LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($180,465). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES have?
IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $735,446 in grants to EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES?
LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $180,465 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EPHRATA AREA SOCIAL SERVICES 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 26 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