Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO
SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $399,303 to it, the largest being VNA FOUNDATION OF GREATER NORTH PENN ($180,100). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $399k
- Net assets
- $219k
What Spark Senior Centers of Montco does
Mission
To provide access to programs and services that help older adults liveindependently and remain active
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Congregate meals - the peak and encore congregate meal programs continue togrow and thrive. Following a best practices model as acknowledged by thenational council on aging (ncoa) and the american society on aging (asa),meals are served by volunteers anytime from 11:30am to 1:00pm. Carefullydesigned and dietician-approved senior meals are served 5 days/week in a"restaurant" style setting. In the last year over 15,000 meals were servedto older adults.
$367,804 spent$36,374 earned by the program52% of program spendingSenior center services - our fitness and health/wellness programmingcontinued to offer a variety of exercise classes, health and wellnessprograms and specific wellness screenings. This past year, we had a fluvaccine clinic, a free hearing screening and a physical therapy balancescreening just to name a few. Yoga, zumba, tai chi and various weightconditioning classes are popular and adapted to meet the needs of our olderadult participants. New members received "free" class coupons to try out anew class which really helped boost new class participants
$290,141 spent$50,329 earned by the program41% of program spendingOther senior services - our information and assistance/social servicescontinue to educate our consumers about the many benefits they could beeligible for and help them navigate the process to apply for theseprograms. From snap, liheap, property tax/rent rebate, medicaid/medicare,free legal advice, free tax preparation, farmer's market vouchers orreferrals to the county for personal home care, over 1,000 individuals havebeen connected to essential benefits. They make personal appointments witha social service coordinator who guides each consumer through the process
$47,691 spent$2,632 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $705,636.
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 2022 to 2023, from $328k to $475k (+45%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 12% · 2020 2% · 2021 14% · 2022 22% · 2023 11% · 2024 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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.
Chief executive
Elizabeth Beil
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $33k → $45k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO’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
SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 100% · 2019 55% · 2020 34% · 2021 48% · 2022 64% · 2023 44% — 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
43% of SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
80% of SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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 SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO?
- SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $399,303 to it, the largest being VNA FOUNDATION OF GREATER NORTH PENN ($180,100). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $399,303 in grants to SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO?
- VNA FOUNDATION OF GREATER NORTH PENN is the largest funder on record, with $180,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPARK SENIOR CENTERS OF MONTCO 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 9 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