Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE LION FOUNDATION
THE LION FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,125 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION ($26,587). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $85k
- Net assets
- $14M
What The Lion Foundation does
Mission
To improve the quality of the education for the camp hill school district students; and to support and enhance programs for the benefit of the camp hill school district students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Costs associated with the annual operation and maintenance of the grace milliman pollock performing arts center for the camp hill school district. In 2006, longtime camp hill resident, mrs. Grace milliman pollock, donated $15 million to the camp hill school district through The Lion Foundation for the creation of and an endowment to sustain the the grace milliman pollock performing arts center attached to the eisenhower elementary school campus. The pollock endowment is managed by The Lion Foundation, has grown to over $10 million and funds the annual cost involved in maintenance and operation of the pollock center. Since being built, the grace milliman pollock performing arts center has exceeded all expectations as a valued resource to the school district and camp hill community. The center is a unique teaching, learning and production facility that includes a 500-seat theatre, a dance studio, green room, music library, outdoor performance area, and instructional rooms for vocal and instrumental music as well as visual and graphic arts. During the school day, students in grades 3-5 use the facility. When school is not in session, students in grades 6-12 and the community use it…
$622,247 spentof which $563,415 as grants63% of program spendingCosts associated with providing funding for various academic, athletic and cultural grant projects and programs benefiting the camp hill school district and students that taxpayer dollars do not cover. The work of The Lion Foundation provides needed financial support and flexibility to camp hill schools to ensure our children continue to thrive and can compete in a global economy. Since our creation in 2003, The Lion Foundation has awarded more than $3 million in grants to benefit camp hill teachers, classrooms, and, most importantly, our students. The projects we fund are strategically focused to align with the school district's priorities and goals and reinforce our commitment to camp hill's small community schools. Because the camp hill school district recieves far less per student than surrounding school districts in state basic education per student funding, it is vitally important for The Lion Foundation and our donors to fill in the gaps. We know that every program we sponsor today and every dollar of support we raise is an investment in our children's future. As resources are stretched far and wide by camp hill school district teachers and administrators The Lion…
$368,395 spentof which $368,395 as grants37% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $990,642.
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 2021 to 2022, from $13M to $12M (−13%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 2% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
21% of THE LION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Kelly Falck
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $7k → $14k.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 THE LION FOUNDATION’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
THE LION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
32% 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 THE LION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 50% · 2019 67% · 2020 66% · 2021 59% · 2022 71% · 2023 43% — 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
71% of THE LION FOUNDATION'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
71% of THE LION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k 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
THE LION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE LION FOUNDATION
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LION FOUNDATION: 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 LION FOUNDATION?
- THE LION FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,125 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION ($26,587). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $85,125 in grants to THE LION FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LION FOUNDATION?
- UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION is the largest funder on record, with $26,587 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LION FOUNDATION 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 11 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