Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL
YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,632,523 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY ($549,668). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $557k
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $463k
What York County Literacy Council does
Mission
York County Literacy Council teaches literacy skills in english to empower adults for successful engagement in the home, workplace, and community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
English as a second language program: the english as a second language (esl) program serves increasingly diverse members of the york community. The program offers classroom instruction, in person and hyflex/hybrid, in both york and hanover, with pre-literacy, beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels as well as english language civis and one-to-one tutoring. The focus of the esl program is to improve basic conversation skills including speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. There were were 1,018 participants involved in this program during the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
$354,773 spent55% of program spendingAdult reading program: the adult reading program (ar)helps english-speaking adults to improve their reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, and other basic literacy skills. Learners are assigned a skill-level appropriate class for weekly instruction including high school equivalency classes which prepare learners to take the high school equivalency test - ged or hiset (subtest: math, reading-language, writing-language, science & social studies). Learners may be matched with a trainded tutor for one-to-one or small group instruction and/or assigned to the computerized digital learning center featuring literacy software and long distance learning tools geared to adult learning and workshops on financial, workplace, computer and health literacy are also offered. 277 adults particpated in the adult reading program during the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
$192,457 spent30% of program spendingNext step program: the next step program (nsp) assists yclc learners with job readiness, continuing education, prepatory instruction and life enriching goals. Nsp services include assistance with job search, resume building, soft skills, and interviewing. Nsp learners receive updates on job fairs and employment opportunities, and may receive assistance with the process of continuing education such as applying to college or universities, trade schools, or certificate programs, understanding financial aid, and researching scholarships to pay for their education. New through the nsp, a digital literacy associate assists learners with basic computer literacy and skill building, software, and long-distance learning tools geared to adjult learning. 192 participants were involved in this program during the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
$84,969 spent13% of program spendingFamily literacy program: in partnership with central york school district, preparatons were underway for yclc to provide "english for parents and homework helpers" in the summer 2020. All plans were put on hold until further notice due to health concerns. Literacy in the workplace: yclc is the only testing facility in york county certified to give the "hiset" one of two high school equivalency tests recognized by the state of pennsylvania. Yclc also provides employers with literacy in the workplace, tailoring a curricula specific to the business communities' needs. Digital learning center: offers beginning and intermediate level digital literacy classes and digital literacy lab hours for individualized support.
$10,806 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $643,005.
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.
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 $924k to $1.5M (+59%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Martin Fedorko
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $218k → $286k.
5 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
42% 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 YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 36% · 2019 43% · 2020 18% · 2021 23% · 2022 29% · 2023 28% — 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
68% of YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% 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
91% of YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $426k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $225k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$225k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL
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
70% 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 YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL?
- YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,632,523 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY ($549,668). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $2,632,523 in grants to YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL?
- UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $549,668 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YORK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL 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 34 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