Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC
EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $156,934 to it, the largest being LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($147,854). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $426k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $157k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Ephrata Development Organization Inc does
Mission
The ephrata development organization will assist in the creation, retention and re-investment of resources that increase the economic opportunities and improve the quality of life for our community. We will foster a vibrant, prosperous and growing ephrata through extraordinary community and economic development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Manage and operate various community activities that promote economic development, community involvement, community support, and tourism. Mainspring of ephrata was awarded main street designation through the dced's main street matters program, the program provides a five-year revenue stream of 75,000 for the first two years and reduced amounts through 2029.
$310,023 spent$142,347 earned by the program100% of program spendingUtilize an active grant that will fund facade improvements, and a revolving loan fund program to support capital projects for small businesses.
Mainspring of ephrata, an economic development nonprofit, is committed to fostering a vibrant community for residents, businesses, and visitors. Leveraging our main street matters main street program designation and main street america accreditation, we aim to diversify revenue streams, optimize operational efficiency, and attract local investment, particularly from pa dced. By aligning our initiatives with pa dced's priorities, mainspring will drive impactful economic development while ensuring financial resilience.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $310,023.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $1.0M to $1.4M (+36%).
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: 2022 43% · 2023 39% · 2024 27% · 2025 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $9k → $117k.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC’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 DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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
100% 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 DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $157k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC: 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 EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC?
- EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $156,934 to it, the largest being LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($147,854). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $156,934 in grants to EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC?
- LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $147,854 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EPHRATA DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 3 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