Funding search · EIN 232052886 · Harrisburg, PA
Pennsylvania Coalition Against
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 242
- grants reported
- $153.6M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $563,211
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
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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.
Where the money goes
- Domestic violence programs at Pennsylvania county-based shelters and centers
- Core operating support for local victim service agencies
- Crisis, shelter, and legal advocacy programs in urban Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
- Rural and small-county domestic violence services across northern and western PA
- Culturally specific services, e.g., Congreso de Latinos Unidos in Philadelphia
Typical grant
Median grant is about $563,000, with the middle half between roughly $393,000 and $744,000. The largest checks, $1.3M to $2.1M, go to the biggest county programs in Allentown, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Brownsville, and Honesdale; the smallest, under $250,000, go to sparsely populated counties like Sullivan and Tioga. Giving is highly repetitive: essentially the same 60 or so organizations receive an award every year, with amounts drifting up or down modestly year over year.
Their words
Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.
- “SUPPORT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS”
- “DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER”
- “VICTIM SERVICES”
- “SAFE”
Positioning adjacent work
- Frame work as direct domestic violence victim services delivered through an established county program, not as research or pilot innovation.
- Partner with or subgrant through an existing recipient in your county rather than seeking a standalone award.
- Size any request to the county's population scale; sub-$350,000 for rural coverage, $700,000-plus only for metro caseloads.
- Emphasize shelter, crisis intervention, and continuous year-over-year service capacity, which is what every funded line item describes.
Worth knowing: This is a statewide coalition redistributing funds to its Pennsylvania member agencies, not an open discretionary funder: all 242 grants went to PA organizations, and 61 recipients cover the state county by county. New names essentially do not appear, so the realistic path is becoming or working through a member agency in an underserved county.
4 grants matching “arise” · $3.1M
- $1.1M
Arise · New Castle, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $886,956
Arise · New Castle, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $573,944
Arise · New Castle, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $537,403
Arise · New Castle, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Women Against Abuse4 grants · $7.6M
- Turning Point Lehigh Valley4 grants · $7.2M
- Women'S Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh4 grants · $6.7M
- Domestic Violence Center Southwestern Pa4 grants · $5.0M
- Victim'S Intervention Program4 grants · $5.0M
- Domestic Violence Center4 grants · $4.7M
- Transitions of Pa4 grants · $4.4M
- Women'S Resource Center4 grants · $3.9M
- Safe Berks4 grants · $3.7M
- Schuylkill Hope Center4 grants · $3.7M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 242 grants.
- $2.1M
Women'S Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $2.1M
Turning Point Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $2.0M
Turning Point Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.9M
Women Against Abuse · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.9M
Women Against Abuse · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.9M
Women Against Abuse · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.9M
Turning Point Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.8M
Women Against Abuse · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.7M
Women'S Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.6M
Domestic Violence Center Southwestern Pa · Brownsville, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.5M
Women'S Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.4M
Victim'S Intervention Program · Honesdale, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.4M
Victim'S Intervention Program · Honesdale, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.4M
Victim'S Intervention Program · Honesdale, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.3M
Women'S Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.3M
Transitions of Pa · Lewisburg, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.3M
Schuylkill Hope Center · Pottsville, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.3M
Domestic Violence Center · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.3M
Domestic Violence Center Southwestern Pa · Brownsville, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.2M
Turning Point Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.2M
Domestic Violence Center · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.2M
Domestic Violence Center · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.2M
Safe Berks · Reading, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.2M
Domestic Violence Center Southwestern Pa · Brownsville, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.1M
Lutheran Settlement House · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.1M
Alle-Kiski Area Hope Center · Tarentum, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.1M
Transitions of Pa · Lewisburg, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.1M
Safe Berks · Reading, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.1M
Transitions of Pa · Lewisburg, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.1M
Arise · New Castle, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.0M
Women'S Resource Center · Scranton, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.0M
Domestic Violence Center Southwestern Pa · Brownsville, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.0M
Domestic Violence Center · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.0M
Domestic Violence Center Chester County · West Chester, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $1.0M
Women'S Resource Center · Scranton, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $988,820
Women'S Resource Center · Scranton, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $955,367
Domestic Violence Center Lancaster Co · Lancaster, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $949,995
Domestic Violence Center Lancaster Co · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $929,469
Victim Outreach Intervention Center · Evans City, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $925,261
Schuylkill Hope Center · Pottsville, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $909,034
Transitions of Pa · Lewisburg, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $900,261
Alle-Kiski Area Hope Center · Tarentum, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $886,956
Arise · New Castle, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $886,738
A Women'S Place · Doylestown, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $885,641
Victims Services · Johnstown, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $879,631
Ywca Northcentral Pa Wise Options · Williamsport, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $871,541
Lutheran Settlement House · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $871,400
Victim'S Intervention Program · Honesdale, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $866,593
Domestic Violence Center Lancaster Co · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $844,018
Domestic Violence Center Chester County · West Chester, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $840,218
Women'S Resource Center · Scranton, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $835,022
Alle-Kiski Area Hope Center · Tarentum, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $811,670
Victim Outreach Intervention Center · Evans City, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $806,257
Safe Berks · Reading, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $803,002
Victims Services · Johnstown, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $769,535
A Women'S Place · Doylestown, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $764,446
Schuylkill Hope Center · Pottsville, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $764,109
Domestic Violence Center Chester County · West Chester, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $762,703
Domestic Violence Center Lancaster Co · Lancaster, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $756,808
Centre Safe · State College, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $749,212
Victim Outreach Intervention Center · Evans City, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $728,726
Ywca Yorkaccess · York, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $723,460
A Women'S Place · Doylestown, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $722,712
Ywca Yorkaccess · York, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $721,552
Domestic Violence Center Delaware Co · Media, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $717,319
Ywca Northcentral Pa Wise Options · Williamsport, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $714,071
Victim Outreach Intervention Center · Evans City, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $711,080
Capsea · Ridgeway, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $711,060
Domestic Abuse Project Blair Co- Family Services · Altoona, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $707,686
Safe Berks · Reading, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $705,418
Safenet · Erie, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $703,662
Domestic Violence Center Chester County · West Chester, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $684,080
Domestic Violence Services Cumberland & Perry Counties · Carlisle, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $683,906
Domestic Violence Services Cumberland & Perry Counties · Carlisle, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $683,882
Women in Need · Chambersburg, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $676,507
Ywca Yorkaccess · York, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $676,144
Ywca of Greater Harrisburg · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $675,376
Women in Need · Chambersburg, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $674,593
Alle-Kiski Area Hope Center · Tarentum, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $671,657
Schuylkill Hope Center · Pottsville, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $669,773
Laurel House · Norristown, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $661,797
Centre Safe · State College, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $659,914
Ywca Yorkaccess · York, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $658,878
Domestic Abuse Project Blair Co- Family Services · Altoona, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $655,914
Laurel House · Norristown, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $655,544
Domestic Violence Center Delaware Co · Media, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $655,160
Women in Need · Chambersburg, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $653,050
Domestic Violence Center Delaware Co · Media, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $651,838
Safenet · Erie, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $641,172
Domestic Abuse Project Blair Co- Family Services · Altoona, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $638,907
Lutheran Settlement House · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $636,809
Domestic Violence Services Cumberland & Perry Counties · Carlisle, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $636,732
Ywca Northcentral Pa Wise Options · Williamsport, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $634,213
Centre Safe · State College, PA · 2021
Support domestic violence programs
- $632,484
Huntingdon House · Huntingdon, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $630,262
Congresso De Latinos Unidos · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Support domestic violence programs
- $628,882
Centre Safe · State College, PA · 2022
Support domestic violence programs
- $622,800
Women'S Center of Beaver · Beaver, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $618,009
Roads To Peace (Ccwc) · Lock Haven, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
- $617,196
Women'S Services Greenhouse · Meadville, PA · 2024
Support domestic violence programs
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- University of Pittsburgh1,460 grants · $577.6M
Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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