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JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC

JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,724,352 to it, the largest being Greater Erie Community Action Committee ($1,235,239). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.2M
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$1.7M
Net assets
$561k
5/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 45%
01What it does

What John F Kennedy Center Inc does

Mission

The orgainizations primary purpose is to provide meals, health & social services to all people in erie city and county

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. 21stcentury and various programs/grants

    $541,720 spent
    61% of program spending
  2. Erie housing authority

    $153,584 spent
    17% of program spending
  3. Area agency on aging;aging program

    $81,969 spent
    9% of program spending
  4. Youth diversion youth activities

    $71,845 spent
    8% of program spending
  5. Cdbg

    $43,819 spent
    5% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $892,937.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($737k) Expenses 100 ($679k) Net assets 100 ($465k)2018 Revenue 114 ($842k) Expenses 113 ($765k) Net assets 116 ($542k)2019 Revenue 98 ($719k) Expenses 111 ($756k) Net assets 108 ($505k)2020 Revenue 80 ($592k) Expenses 97 ($662k) Net assets 93 ($435k)2021 Revenue 83 ($613k) Expenses 87 ($593k) Net assets 98 ($458k)2022 Revenue 91 ($672k) Expenses 90 ($612k) Net assets 111 ($517k)2023 Revenue 135 ($997k) Expenses 144 ($978k) Net assets 115 ($537k)2024 Revenue 138 ($1.0M) Expenses 159 ($1.1M) Net assets 103 ($478k)2025 Revenue 166 ($1.2M) Expenses 168 ($1.1M) Net assets 121 ($561k)
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Revenue (166)Expenses (168)Net assets (121)Peer revenue range

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 $639k to $786k (+23%).

$612k
$699k
$576k
$551k
$689k
$639k
$639k
$786k
$805k
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 44% · 2019 39% · 2020 29% · 2021 21% · 2022 67% · 2023 84% · 2024 85% · 2025 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

93% of JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$58k
’17
$77k
’18
−$37k
’19
−$70k
’20
$21k
’21
$60k
’22
$20k
’23
−$64k
’24
$82k
’25
1.0
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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Listed131112111213121011
Joined·+5+1+2+2+2+2+0+2
No longer listed·70311321
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $269k → $181k.

2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER 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

JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

92% 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 JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC.

72%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 56% · 2019 85% · 2020 48% · 2021 88% · 2022 97% · 2023 77% — 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

57% of JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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

100% of JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

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PA

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

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Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve1.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 21%Fundraising 1%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC?
JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,724,352 to it, the largest being Greater Erie Community Action Committee ($1,235,239). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,724,352 in grants to JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of JOHN F KENNEDY CENTER INC?
Greater Erie Community Action Committee is the largest funder on record, with $1,235,239 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like JOHN F KENNEDY 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 10 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