Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PENNON ORGANIZATION
PENNON ORGANIZATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,446,497 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($12,832,522). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $36M
What Pennon Organization does
Mission
To inspire lifelong learning by connecting people and communities of pennsylvania through trusted journalism, thoughtful discussion, and educational experiences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pennon Organization, a multimedia organization provides public television programming (analog/digital) throughout south central pa.average weekly viewers for fy25: 134,000number of members as of june 30, 2025: 16,058number of underwriting sponsors: 69on air pledges - total pledge dollars: $454,282
$3,629,012 spent$1,121,960 earned by the program36% of program spendingRadio broadcasting to south central pa and broadcast services to state government.average weekly listeners for fy25: 113,300number of members as of june 30, 2025: 9,411number of underwriting sponsors: 144on air pledges-total pledge dollars: $538,551
$4,035,949 spent$214,152 earned by the program40% of program spendingEducational services:number of educational workshops held in fy25: 122number of educators impacted: 8,700explore in the classroom - kindergarten classroom visits: 538number of school districts impacted: 5number of students impacted: 3,686number of children and community engagement events (ages 3-14): 41number of children affected: 3,017hosted 4 field trips for students to explore stem related areers in the innovation studio and the digital creator studio at witf.secured a contract for a stem summer camp for eld students in the harrisburg school district.secured a contract with the school district of the city of york to extend "explore in the classroom" program visits to three additional grades (k, 2, 3rd) and teacher professional development on new pa science standards (steels).dr. Andrea kolb presented professional development and eld training to teachers in 321 school districts in 45 pennsylvania counties.dr. Andrea kolb presented at state and national conferences incuding pa department of education, national council for the social studies, and wida.expanded "explore in the classroom" programs to include secondary offerings focused on critical analysis and digital…
$2,004,717 spent$771,905 earned by the program20% of program spendingProgram information : workforce training and telecommunication services to businesses and agencies
$540,501 spent$342,072 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,210,179.
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 $50M to $60M (+19%).
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 4% · 2018 15% · 2019 20% · 2020 18% · 2021 17% · 2022 37% · 2023 14% · 2024 8% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of PENNON ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% 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.
Board chair
Janice L Snyder
Chair (til 12/24)/director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $2.0M → $2.1M.
13 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 PENNON ORGANIZATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 funders by total. 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
PENNON ORGANIZATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 PENNON ORGANIZATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 80% · 2019 82% · 2020 70% · 2021 74% · 2022 70% · 2023 67% — 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
56% of PENNON ORGANIZATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
PENNON ORGANIZATION draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
PENNON ORGANIZATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding PENNON ORGANIZATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $236k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$205k
- Department of Commerce$31k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like PENNON ORGANIZATION
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
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- The Steinman Institute for Civic Engagement · disregarded
- Witf Enterprises Inc · corp_trust
- Lnp Media Group Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PENNON ORGANIZATION: 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 PENNON ORGANIZATION?
- PENNON ORGANIZATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,446,497 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($12,832,522). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PENNON ORGANIZATION have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $17,446,497 in grants to PENNON ORGANIZATION, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PENNON ORGANIZATION?
- CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING is the largest funder on record, with $12,832,522 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PENNON ORGANIZATION 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 75 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing