Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
The Forge of Reading
The Forge of Reading (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $49k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $5k
What The Forge of Reading does
Mission
Create programming and events to serve the men and families in the community
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
conducted a father and child 2-on-2 basketball tournament.Served 50 teams and a total of approx 300 in attendance
$6,200 spent44% of program spendingFather/son Brunch Seminar with 4 motivational speakers, a bull breakfast, live performers and 4 learning stations
$5,800 spent41% of program spendingmonthly men's forum, where we do an accountability andsafe space meeting for men in the community with dinner,speakers and some giveaways
$2,000 spent14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $14,000.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Ebony McNeil
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
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 The Forge of Reading’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
The Forge of Reading draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.
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
The Forge of Reading runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,663 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,663 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like The Forge of Reading
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Forge of Reading: 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 The Forge of Reading?
- The Forge of Reading (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Forge of Reading have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to The Forge of Reading.
- Who is the largest funder of The Forge of Reading?
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Forge of Reading 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), 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