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THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC
THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $516,185 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION ($281,639). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $354k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $516k
- Net assets
- $680k
What The Program for Female Offenders of South Central Pennsylvania Inc does
Mission
To serve and advocate for individuals returning to the community and their support systems in promoting healthy and productive lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The housing program helps men and women who have been working find housing that's affordable, secure, and sustainable. Our housing program offers: housing placement with rent assistance, security deposit, and utility assistance financial literacy classes to help clients learn balanced budgeting, saving, and spending habits mentoring for our clients to give them encouragement to thrive on their own.
$156,047 spentof which $375 as grants26% of program spendingFamily reunification services are available to parents in dauphin county prison's work release program as well as those referred to us by state parole. Because every family is different, our philosophy is not "one- size-fits- all." we tailor our services around the unique needs of our clients. Our flexibility allows for individualized sessions for clients, their children and family members. From our evidence-based parenting curriculum, trained staff provides: comprehensive assessments, regular evaluations and sessions specialized groups are available to state parole clients include parenting classes, parent support groups, family support groups and spousal or significant other groups. Goal setting, emotion regulation, and parenting strategies for different age groups. Care-givers are able to bring the children to our reentry center to visit with their parents on three saturdays of each month. Our parents come for an early morning parenting groups, and then the children arrive for a much-needed family interaction. Volunteer support from local churches provides assistance with meal preparation and additional resources. We keep our families engaged after prison release, and begin to…
$141,923 spent24% of program spendingSupport center for child advocates provides youth reentry services, planning and documentation. A trained transition coordinator supports between twelve and fifteen youth exiting pennsylvania congregate care residential placements.
$113,370 spent19% of program spendingThe mentoring program strives to provide our clients with the opportunities to strengthen their lives by building trusting relationships with mentors who offer guidance encouragement, and nonjudgmental support. The mentoring program is a 9-12-month commitment. Our mentors are known for their expertise, compassion, and advice while modeling pro-social behaviors. Our mentoring models: one-on-one mentor and mentee are paired and decide when and where to meet groups a number of individuals together facilitated by a mentor meets several times in a month combination mentees have a one-on-one mentor and meet with groups. Expenses: 96,204 the workforce development program assists individuals in acquiring new job skills. The program has been consistent in its promotion and enhancement of workforce development and vocational support for men and women ex- offenders. This program offers a computer lab to assist those on state and county parole in all aspects of workforce development. After a comprehensive intake, someone is always there to help one through a comprehensive job search, with a focus on long term sustainable employment. The workforce development initiative provides: assistance in…
$178,504 spent30% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $589,844.
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 $971k to $1.5M (+56%).
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 79% · 2018 51% · 2019 79% · 2020 98% · 2021 89% · 2022 88% · 2023 82% · 2024 64% · 2025 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Danielle Leist
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $98k → $80k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 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
THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 88% · 2023 94% — 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
60% of THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 40% 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
100% of THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $166k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC's revenue fell 37% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC?
- THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $516,185 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION ($281,639). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $516,185 in grants to THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION is the largest funder on record, with $281,639 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PROGRAM FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INC 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 10 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