Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION
GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,541 to it, the largest being United Way of Erie County ($50,260). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $55k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $68k
- Net assets
- $212k
What Girard School District Foundation does
Mission
The purpose of the Girard School District Foundation is to enhance educational opportunities for all District students to increase public involvement in schools to increase initiatives which support quality instruction and lifelong learning endeavors and to encourage alumni and others to support the Foundation through annual gifts planned gifts and memorial gifts
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Scholarships Awarded to 16 graduating Girard School District Seniors to assist with college tuition costs
$19,000 spentof which $19,000 as grants71% of program spendingThe RAMS Rain Garden Project Funding to preparation the planting site by Dahlkemper Landscaping Once the site is ready for planting 28 plants including Red Milkweed New England Aster and Ohio Goldenrod will be planted by teachers and students with guidance from the Penn State Master Gardeners of Erie County In late October a speaker from the Master Gardeners Speakers Bureau will visit RAMS to present information to 5th-grade students about the pollination process and what they can expect to observe in the garden as the seasons transition
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants4% of program spending3-D Printer purchases 2 These printers allow the students to think outside the box and literally brainstorm plan design create and test various projects and ideas it is an inexpensive way to give students realistic experience in the engineering process and hands on learning as well as many other real life project based skills
$1 spentof which $1 as grants0% of program spendingProvided funding for 4 Student AmeriCorps GHS student AmeriCorps members played a critical role in supporting student achievement and teachers through targeted one-on-one and small group interventions in reading and math Their efforts led to measurable academic and personal growth among participating students as well as leadership development for the AmeriCorps members themselves that are interested in education as a possible career
$4,000 spentof which $4,000 as grants15% of program spendingTSA Teams National Championship Funding to assist in costs for our students from Girard High School to attend the TSA Teams National Championship Students had the incredible opportunity to travel to Nashville Tennessee and compete in the 2025 TSA TEAMS National Competition alongside 150 other talented teams from across the country This immersive experience not only challenged our students academically but also inspired meaningful personal growth and opened pathways to future careers
$2,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants7% of program spendingPATU TIC Grant Program - Biology GSDF funding used to purchase PA TIC Start Up Kit Introduces students to the delicate balance of aquatic ecosystems and foster a deeper understanding of environmental stewardship By raising trout from eggs to fingerlings in an indoor aquarium setting students actively engage in observing and caring for the fish Throughout the project they will learn about water quality management fish biology life cycles and the importance of conservation By participating in this hands-on experience students will develop skills in teamwork problem solving and environmental literacy
$687 spentof which $687 as grants3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $26,688.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $223k to $244k (+9%).
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.
85% of GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $11k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION’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
GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% 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 GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 61% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 52% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k 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
GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
87%
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 GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: 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 GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION?
- GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $67,541 to it, the largest being United Way of Erie County ($50,260). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $67,541 in grants to GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION?
- United Way of Erie County is the largest funder on record, with $50,260 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GIRARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION 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 2024–2025), 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