Funding search · EIN 200874857 · Lancaster, PA

Lancaster County Community Foundation

Name: Lancaster County Community Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,113
grants reported: $39.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $18,217
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

designated advised recommended event education development museum pass

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

2 grants matching “early childhood education” · $105,457

$56,642
Lancaster Recreation Commission · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Early childhood education program for lancaster city, back to school program, general operating support, lancaster unity cup event and open streets lancaster event
$48,815
The Factory Ministries · Paradise, PA · 2023
Early childhood education program and general operating support

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Lancaster County Conservancy3 grants · $1.4M
Dayspring Christian Academy3 grants · $1.1M
Lnp Media Group3 grants · $919,742
Water Street Ministries2 grants · $786,469
Tenfold3 grants · $739,536
Ywca Lancaster3 grants · $666,458
Our Mother of Perpetual Help School3 grants · $635,636
Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue3 grants · $564,700
Foundation of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce3 grants · $525,238
Lancaster Public Library3 grants · $463,364

Giving over time

$12.9M

2022

$11.6M

2023

$14.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,113 grants.

$1.1M
Dayspring Christian Academy · Mountville, PA · 2024
Donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for general operating support and capital campaign
$542,402
Lancaster County Conservancy · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for training of conservation landscaping crews and climbers run nature center
$490,247
Lancaster County Conservancy · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Conservation, event support, general operating support
$470,674
Lnp Media Group · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Making journalism more accessible, investigative journalism, intern program, technology upgrades, making information more available to public, general operating support
$393,243
Water Street Ministries · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for birthday gifts for children
$393,226
Water Street Ministries · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for wonder club program, event support, and building project
$386,366
Lancaster County Conservancy · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Lancaster water week and general operating support
$385,067
Water Street Mission · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$333,287
Moravian Manor · Lititz, PA · 2024
General operating support
$316,798
Ywca Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, race against racism, women of achievement event, poetry cubed artistic project, equity grants, rise above youth summit, black art across lancaster project, and donor recommended grant from don… read allGeneral operating support, race against racism, women of achievement event, poetry cubed artistic project, equity grants, rise above youth summit, black art across lancaster project, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for career development program less
$302,128
Tenfold · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support and support for the temporary homeless shelter
$295,080
Lnp Media Group · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Support public-interest investigative journalism and event support
$265,952
Tenfold · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Equity grant - art in parks, beth shalom program, lancaster 2040 summit, historic preservation, general operating support
$248,374
Foundation of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, capacity building for cbos, support for local chambers of commerce and business associations, event support and donor recommended grants from donor advised fund for tandem center for shared bu… read allGeneral operating support, capacity building for cbos, support for local chambers of commerce and business associations, event support and donor recommended grants from donor advised fund for tandem center for shared business success less
$225,575
Our Mother of Perpetual Help School · Ephrata, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$215,699
Lancasterhistory · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, museum pass program, event support, support for history and democracy student advisory group, and support for the thaddeus stevens & lydia hamilton smith center for history and democracy
$214,033
Children Deserve a Chance Foundationattollo · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, poetry cubed artistic project, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for capital campaign
$210,315
Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$209,686
Our Mother of Perpetual Help School · Ephrata, PA · 2023
General operating support
$202,948
Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue · Reinholds, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$200,375
Our Mother of Perpetual Help School · Ephrata, PA · 2024
General operating support
$198,513
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Cbo capacity building, lancaster county hunger mapping project, general operating support
$194,202
Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue · Reinholds, PA · 2024
General operating support
$179,900
Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, fostering independence through activities of daily living pogram, spring respite services, and donor recommended grants from donor advised fund for event support
$176,512
Ywca Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Events support, equity grants, leadership development, addressing food insecurity in underserved areas, art exhibits, equity profile action group, and general operating support
$174,188
Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Cbo capacity building, housing, building campaign, general operating support
$173,148
Ywca Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Equity grants, visual arts, career development program, equity profile, general operating support
$171,456
Tenfold · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for financial support and savings program
$167,550
Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue · Reinholds, PA · 2023
General operating support
$166,441
Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for capital campaign and event support
$163,846
Thaddeus Stevens Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Engineering and education programs, education funds, pathways to success program, general operating support
$161,800
Lancaster Public Library · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, rainbow visibility project, staff support, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for capital campaign
$158,667
Lancaster Public Library · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Capital campaign, cbo capacity building, fabulas campgain, general operating support
$155,509
Cap - Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Crispus attucks community center mlk breakfast, events support, heat for new holland residents, housing support, infant formula, general operating support
$154,530
Assets Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Food lab incubator, cbo capacity building, general operating support
$153,988
Lnp Media Group · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Donor recommended grants from donor advised fund for technology support, investigative journalism, and making journalism more accessible
$153,213
Bright Side Opportunities Center · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, event support, strong choices bright futures program for well-being of elderly individuals, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for stem program
$150,762
Milagro House · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, support educational access, and educational and child care program for single mothers
$146,913
Lancaster County Food Hub · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for staff benefits
$145,854
Church World Service · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support
$144,310
Lancaster County Food Hub · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for staff benefits and hands up partners program
$144,087
Foundation of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$142,897
Lancaster Public Library · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for capital campaign
$138,329
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General operating support
$137,496
Assets Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, event support, language justice program, community engagement coordinator, podcast support and financial equity program
$135,338
Fulton Opera House Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Capital campaign, diversity, equity and inclusion in arts, general operating support
$132,777
Foundation of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Capacity building, general operating support, and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for event support, mentorship program and center for shared business success
$131,198
United Way of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Targeting injustices hidden in plain sight summit, financial assistance to families in need, general operating support
$129,602
Church World Service · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General operating support
$127,303
Children Deserve a Chance Foundationattollo · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$125,332
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General operating support
$122,270
Mental Health America of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, event support, and continuum of care program for lancaster county youth
$121,462
Housing Development Corporation · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Affordable housing project, general operating support, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for groundbreakers program
$119,062
Milagro House · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$118,945
Mennonite Disaster Service · Lititz, PA · 2024
General operating support
$117,979
Eastern Lancaster County Library · New Holland, PA · 2024
General operating support
$117,334
St John Neumann Catholic School · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General operating support
$116,559
Ephrata Development Organization Inc Dba Mainspring of Ephrata · Ephrata, PA · 2023
Restoration of historical building and general operating support
$115,855
Casa of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support
$115,166
Planned Parenthood Keystone · Warminster, PA · 2022
Community connection, general operating support
$109,751
Mennonite Disaster Service · Lititz, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$108,144
Cap - Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Event support, general operating support, heat for new holland residents, leadership development, and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for endowment campaign and domestic violence services
$107,835
Elizabethtown College · Elizabethtown, PA · 2023
Memberships and expansion of peer groups, general operating support, and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for health-related programs and pathways to success program
$105,358
Lancaster County Food Hub · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$104,945
Global Disciples · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$104,826
Fulton Opera House Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Stories of diversity and general operating support
$104,760
Lancaster Farm Sanctuary · Elizabethtown, PA · 2024
General operating support
$104,581
Rock Ford Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, lancaster city witness stones project, and museum pass program
$104,527
Milagro House · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Leadership development, general operating support, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for event support
$104,428
Assets Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Community engagement coordinator, general operating support, podcast sponsorship, and entrepreneurial advocation
$102,347
Lancaster Farmland Trust · Strasburg, PA · 2024
General operating support and support for creation of an agricultural education center for community residents and visitors
$101,414
Lancaster Farm Sanctuary · Elizabethtown, PA · 2023
General operating support
$101,000
Children'S Miracle Network at Penn State Hershey · Hershey, PA · 2023
Donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for equipment and event support
$100,000
Children'S Miracle Network at Penn State Hershey · Hershey, PA · 2024
Donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for medical equipment and event support
$99,567
Church World Service · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Equity grant - welcome packets for refugee and immigrant families, education fund, general operating support
$99,134
Millersville University of Pennsylvania · Millersville, PA · 2023
Visual arts, multicultural exhibit, community arts programming, children and youth performing arts program, professional development for visual artists, educational scholarship and general operating support
$98,829
Cap - Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, event support, heat for new holland residents, young professionals of color network, and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for juneteenth event support and domestic violence se… read allGeneral operating support, event support, heat for new holland residents, young professionals of color network, and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for juneteenth event support and domestic violence services program less
$96,377
Meals On Wheels of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for staff benefits
$95,046
Thaddeus Stevens Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, support for home building program, and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for scholarship funds
$94,775
Hospice and Community Care · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support and support for merger
$94,192
Prima · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support and beloved community project to support bipoc artists
$94,082
Bench Mark Program · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support and program to support recent graduates in work placement
$92,277
Lancaster Farm Sanctuary · Elizabethtown, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$91,922
Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for open doors campaign
$91,878
Children Deserve a Chance Foundationattollo · Lancaster, PA · 2023
General operating support
$91,528
Power Packs Project · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$91,143
Mennonite Disaster Service · Lititz, PA · 2023
General operating support
$90,726
Meals On Wheels of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for staff benefits
$90,116
Girls On the Run of Lancaster · Landisville, PA · 2024
General operating support, educational scholarships, youth empowerment program, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for fundraising event
$89,983
The Mix · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support, event support, and ripple creators program: music program for middle school students
$88,305
Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$87,425
Pet Pantry of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for building project and education and development
$87,331
Franklin & Marshall College · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Supporting first-generation college students, general operating support
$86,821
Casa of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General operating support, cbo capacity building
$85,734
Uds Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for service dogs
$85,549
Fulton Opera House Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for art and education
$85,267
Aaron'S Acres · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General operating support
$84,774
Aaron'S Acres · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Designated for general operating support
$84,194
Girls On the Run of Lancaster · Landisville, PA · 2023
General operating support and educational fund
$84,083
Pet Pantry of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Education and development, general operating support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.