Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST
MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250 to it, the largest being ALAN & BARBARA ACKERMAN FDN-CUST ($250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $151k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $250
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What Manchester Bidwell Development Trust does
Mission
See statement oManchester Bidwell Development Trust (mbdt) was formed to establish endowments to secure and sustain the programs of manchester craftsmen's guild and bidwell training center. Mbdt supports continued community revitalization through excellence and innovation in enterprise and program development.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Manchester Bidwell Development Trust (mbdt) has established and oversees the investments and endowments for manchester bidwell corporation and on behalf of manchester craftsmen's guild and bidwell training center, which are exempt charitable organizations, to secure and sustain their programs.
$108,010 spentof which $108,010 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $108,010.
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 2020 to 2021, from $10M to $12M (+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.
0% of MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Kevin Jenkins
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST’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.
Where its funders are
100% of MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST
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
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Bidwell Training Center · exempt
- National Center for the Arts and Technology · exempt
- Manchester Bidwell Corporation · exempt
- Manchester Craftsmen's Guild · exempt
- Harbor Gardens Park Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST: 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 MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST?
- MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250 to it, the largest being ALAN & BARBARA ACKERMAN FDN-CUST ($250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $250 in grants to MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST.
- Who is the largest funder of MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST?
- ALAN & BARBARA ACKERMAN FDN-CUST is the largest funder on record, with $250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MANCHESTER BIDWELL DEVELOPMENT TRUST 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.
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 1 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