Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,192 to it, the largest being MARIE J KISTER T W ($51,835). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $907k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $91k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Village Improvement Association of Doylestown does
Mission
The VIA mission is to enhance the health and well-being of Central Bucks County and surrounding communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Effective April 1, 2025, Doylestown Health and its affiliates became integrated into the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS). Following reviews and approvals by the Pennsylvania Attorney General s Office and the Federal Trade Commission, UPHS replaced the Village Improvement Association of Doylestown as the sole corporate member.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The VIA focuses on several major initiatives including schorarships, veterans, senior citizens and other community organizations. We provided $47,445 for scholarships to 8 teens and 8 women during the year. Youth scholarships are awarded each year to graduating seniors who are pursuing studies in human health care and nursing. Based on guidance from the Central Bucks School District, the VIA provides funds for several high school sophomores to attend the two-day Hugh O Brian Youth Leadership seminars. And the Womens Scholarship Committee provides needs-based financial support to women who are entering or re-entering the work force and pursing vocational certificates, education, or diplomas in undergraduate degree programs. The Veterans Committee donated over $8,900 to various organizations and projects serving the needs of the veterans in our community. Support was provided to Wreaths Across America and the Tour
$284,121 spentof which $257,299 as grants68% of program spendingThe VIA s Community Outreach Committee provided almost $80,000 in support for the needs of more than 400 individuals in the community. Funds received from past and current family trust funds and Designer House proceeds were distributed to non-profit organizations who share the VIA s mission. The VIA s support is coordinated with these organizations to provide food, clothing, and shelter to individuals in need. Organizations receiving funds included: A Woman s Place, Ann Silverman Community Health Clinic, Bucks County Pantry, Coalition to Shelter & Support the Homeless, FISH, Lenape Valley Foundation, Liz s Birthday Closet, Meals on Wheels, and Valley Youth House. In addition, working in coordination with Doylestown Health, the VIA assists patients in need with payments for medications and transportation, and provides food and personal items to patients leaving the hospital. The committee also provided
$80,844 spentof which $79,995 as grants19% of program spendingThe James-Lorah Memorial Home, located in the center of Doylestown, is the headquarters of the VIA. Upon her passing in 1954, Sarah M James, a member of the VIA, bequeathed her 17-room residence and its contents to the VIA, establishing this home as the center of VIA activity. As membership grew and the VIA took on more projects, an auditorium complex was added and dedicated in 1964. The James-Lorah Memorial Home Committee is tasked with the preservation, restoration, and management of the James-Lorah Memorial Home and its contents, auditorium and grounds. The home itself is a treasured house-museum commemorating the families who have occupied it. Today it continues to contribute to the vibrant life of the community and the VIA. Numerous community organizations, along with the VIA, use the auditorium for various functions and meetings. The house is open for historic and educaitonal tours
$52,151 spent13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $417,116.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.6M to $2.0M (+25%).
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.
78% of VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $26k → $11k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN’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
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
26% 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 VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 48% · 2020 94% · 2021 93% · 2022 65% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN
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
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 7 related entities
- Doylestown Health Foundation · exempt
- Doylestown Hospital · exempt
- Via Affliates Dba Dh Physicians · exempt
- D R Cardiology LLC · partnership
- Doylestown Health and Wellness Ctr · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN?
- VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,192 to it, the largest being MARIE J KISTER T W ($51,835). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $91,192 in grants to VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN?
- MARIE J KISTER T W is the largest funder on record, with $51,835 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION OF DOYLESTOWN 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 6 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