Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA
LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,592,483 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY ($1,087,375). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Literacy Council of Lanc-Leb Lva does
Mission
Our mission is success through lifelong learning and learning for life. Our vision is for adults to have the skills to transform their lives, sustain their families and strengthen their communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Since 1985, the literacy council of lancaster-lebanon has provided free adult education services to more than 18,000 adults in lancaster and lebanon counties. Through our literacy and learning success centers, learners build essential skills in reading, writing, math, and english language, prepare for the ged or hiset high school equivalency exams, and strengthen digital literacy and computer skills. We also offer career pathways advising, workplace education programs, and specialized mentoring for internationally trained medical professionals seeking to re-enter their careers. Instruction is delivered through one-to-one tutoring, small groups, and larger classes-both in-person and online. Before placement, each learner completes an individualized assessment that includes academic testing, goal setting, and barrier identification. Based on results, students receive a personalized learning plan and are encouraged to participate in at least six instructional hours weekly, with options for more intensive study. Progress is measured every 50 hours of instruction. In the 2024-2025 program year, 558 adults were served. Of these, 387 received more than 12 hours of instruction. Among…
$820,166 spent72% of program spendingThe literacy council relies on trained volunteer tutors to deliver one-to- one and small group instruction. In 2024-2025, we trained 48 new tutors and supported 65 active volunteers who contributed 6,275 instructional hours. Volunteers complete an application, interview, background checks, and pre- service training before being matched with learners. Our research-based training model includes on-demand technical assistance and monthly in- service sessions. Topics in 2024-2025 included lesson planning, assessment, digital tools, and learner-centered instruction. Tutors also receive individualized support as needed and have access to statewide training resources through the pennsylvania department of education.
$236,226 spent21% of program spendingThe literacy council advances its vision-that all adults have the skills to transform their lives, sustain their families, and strengthen their communities-through public outreach. We maintain a website, publish a triannual newsletter, produce an annual report, and engage on social media platforms including facebook, instagram, and linkedin. Staff regularly speak at service clubs such as rotary, kiwanis, and lions to raise awareness and support. Outreach efforts advocate for adults with low literacy and educate the community about its impact on individuals, businesses, and the community. In lancaster and lebanon counties, nearly 70,000 working-age adults lack a high school credential, and over 104,000 adults struggle with basic reading and math skills-barriers that lead to low wages, health challenges, and limited civic participation. Our goal is to connect these adults with services and inspire community members to volunteer and donate. Additionally, we serve selected zip codes as an affiliate of dolly parton's imagination library, providing enrolled children with a free book each month until age five.
$83,967 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,140,359.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.2M to $1.7M (−24%).
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 45% · 2018 50% · 2019 61% · 2020 50% · 2021 61% · 2022 61% · 2023 84% · 2024 70% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% 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 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $353k → $93k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA’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
LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 88% · 2019 81% · 2020 89% · 2021 67% · 2022 52% · 2023 54% — 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
57% of LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
89% of LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $200k 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
LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA?
- LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,592,483 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY ($1,087,375). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,592,483 in grants to LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA?
- UNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $1,087,375 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LITERACY COUNCIL OF LANC-LEB LVA 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