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REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES

REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $869,193 to it, the largest being LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($235,851). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$658k
Funders on record
23
Grants received
$869k
Net assets
$2.5M
13/23 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 35%
01What it does

What Real Life Community Services does

Mission

To provide support and quality services to impact the lives of those we touch and lead them to christ

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Benevolence residents of the cocalico school district come to meet with a social worker and receive help with guidance on what local, state and federal programs they are eligible for. If necessary, they can receive financial help with rent, utilities, car repairs, and food.

    $147,445 spentof which $37,987 as grants
    34% of program spending
  2. Youth programs the lighthouse community center in denver, pa is an outreach to cocalico school district students. "momentum" is a youth development mentoring program providing an experienced friend who is there to help the youth in any number of situations

    $66,384 spent
    16% of program spending
  3. Adult programs the declaration house provides affordable apartments and a community service "hub" to connect individuals with the help they need. Union community care offers medical, dental services, and behavioral health counseling. The royer house provides another 5 affordable apartments. The glory house - a two bedroom house is maintained and provided for a mother and children coming out of shelters for women. The mother receives six to twelve months of care along with a mentor to help her with financial budgeting, parenting skills, job skills, etc. The northern lancaster hub is a partnership of service organizations committed to streamlining services to shared clients in the northern lancaster county region. With two locations, in denver, pa and ephrata, pa, the hub's goal is to improve the quality of life for all residents we serve. Young at heart senior events are held at the adamstown public library on the 1st and 3rd wednesday of each month from 9-11 a.m. Speakers present information relevant to people over the age of 60, snacks are provided and there are crafts and games to be enjoyed.

    $130,306 spent$124,040 earned by the program
    30% of program spending
  4. Food distribution the power packs project aims to improve the mental and physical health of the children in the program by helping their parents provide nutritious meals over weekends when the school breakfast and lunch programs are unavailable to them. In accordance with the lancaster osteopathic health foundation guidelines, the power packs project enhances "child mental resilience, physical health and health habits" while "strengthening parenting as a way to promote the healthy mental and behavioral development of children. Warehouse 916 is a 2,000 square foot food distribution center, where people can pick up their power packs orders or shop for groceries monthly, using real bucks. Real bucks are earned by attending community events, such as aa meetings, pto events, or parent teacher conferences.

    $83,444 spent$26,789 earned by the program
    20% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $427,579.

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 ($268k) Expenses 100 ($181k) Net assets 100 ($259k)2018 Revenue 150 ($403k) Expenses 139 ($252k) Net assets 158 ($410k)2019 Revenue 630 ($1.7M) Expenses 223 ($404k) Net assets 640 ($1.7M)2020 Revenue 278 ($744k) Expenses 253 ($458k) Net assets 751 ($1.9M)2021 Revenue 267 ($715k) Expenses 296 ($536k) Net assets 820 ($2.1M)2022 Revenue 263 ($704k) Expenses 317 ($574k) Net assets 870 ($2.3M)2023 Revenue 323 ($865k) Expenses 318 ($575k) Net assets 982 ($2.5M)2024 Revenue 287 ($767k) Expenses 399 ($722k) Net assets 1000 ($2.6M)2025 Revenue 246 ($658k) Expenses 436 ($789k) Net assets 949 ($2.5M)
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Revenue (246)Expenses (436)Net assets (949)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 2018 to 2019, from $599k to $2.8M (+363%).

$424k
$599k
$2.8M
$3.3M
$3.6M
$3.6M
$3.8M
$3.8M
$3.6M
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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: 2017 13% · 2019 56% · 2021 8% · 2022 1% · 2023 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

70% of REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,342 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$87k
’17
$151k
’18
$1.3M
’19
$286k
’20
$179k
’21
$130k
’22
$290k
’23
$45k
’24
−$131k
’25
4.0
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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Listed666688899
Joined·+1+0+0+3+0+1+2+1
No longer listed·10010111
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $25k → $98k.

7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES’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

REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

63% 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 REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES.

27%
largest funder
54%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 71% · 2019 53% · 2020 48% · 2021 32% · 2022 35% · 2023 42% — 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

58% of REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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

98% of REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

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PA

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

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’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $414k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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

REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES has grown faster than half of the 7,850 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−20% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,850 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

54% of spending goes to programs.

Program 54%Management 33%Fundraising 13%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

88%

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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES: 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 REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES?
REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $869,193 to it, the largest being LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($235,851). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES have?
IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $869,193 in grants to REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES?
LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $235,851 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like REAL LIFE COMMUNITY SERVICES 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 23 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