Funding search · EIN 232890364 · Scranton, PA

Scranton Area Foundation

Name: Scranton Area 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.

311
grants reported: $7.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $12,192
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

along food school care center county education pantry

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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 “purpsoes” · $56,399

$45,269
Nepa Youth Shelter · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purpsoes
$11,130
Nepa Youth Shelter · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support general purpsoes

Top recipients

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

United Neighborhood Centers of Nepa3 grants · $1.0M
Geisinger Health Foundation3 grants · $565,330
Friends of the Poor3 grants · $305,785
Commission On Economic Opportunity1 grant · $255,875
United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties3 grants · $237,427
Johnson College1 grant · $226,300
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeastern Pennsylvania3 grants · $150,305
Make-a-Wish Greater Pa and Wv3 grants · $129,049
Neighborworks Northeastern Pennsylvania2 grants · $107,187
Lackawanna Pro Bono3 grants · $105,951

Giving over time

$2.4M

2022

$1.5M

2023

$3.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 311 grants.

$365,819
United Neighborhood Centers of Nepa · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes and the nepa rise comprehensive workforce development and wrap-around services program
$338,272
United Neighborhood Centers of Nepa · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes, along with food assistance and nepa rise
$336,761
United Neighborhood Centers of Nepa · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support general purposes, along with food assistance and nepa rise
$258,480
Geisinger Health Foundation · Danville, PA · 2024
To provide funding for the janet weis children's hospital
$255,875
Commission On Economic Opportunity · Pittston, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$226,300
Johnson College · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes and the nepa rise cohorts 1 and 2
$226,205
Friends of the Poor · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes, along with food distribution
$203,100
Geisinger Health Foundation · Danville, PA · 2023
To provide funding for the janet weis children's hospital
$103,750
Geisinger Health Foundation · Danville, PA · 2022
To support the janet weis children's hospital and marworth treatment center
$95,000
Bloomsburg Area Ymca · Bloomsburg, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$86,599
United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes and the dolly parton imagination library
$75,866
United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support various programs
$74,962
United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support various programs
$67,687
Neighborworks Northeastern Pennsylvania · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes and the action for neighbors program
$66,593
Diocese of Scranton · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$62,223
Wvia Public Media · Pittston, PA · 2024
To support various programs
$59,414
Northeast Regional Cancer Institute · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support the cancer screening navigation program
$58,550
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeastern Pennsylvania · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes as well as after school, summer, art and education programs
$55,746
Adopt a Boxer Rescue · Olyphant, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$53,108
Friends of the Poor · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support general purposes, along with food distribution
$50,000
Haven'S Ministry · Sunbury, PA · 2024
To support the emergency, shelter, food, life skills, and work ethic
$50,000
Indiana Community Action Program · Indiana, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$50,000
Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Care Foundation · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$50,000
Pcom · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$50,000
Central Susquehanna Opportunities · Shamokin, PA · 2023
To support mobile food pantry
$48,500
Make-a-Wish Greater Pa and Wv · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes
$47,103
Meals On Wheels of Nepainc · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$46,595
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeastern Pennsylvania · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes as well as after school, summer, art and education programs
$46,417
Women'S Resource Center · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$45,269
Nepa Youth Shelter · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purpsoes
$45,160
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeastern Pennsylvania · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support general purposes as well as after school, summer, art and education programs
$43,682
Child Hunger Outreach Partners · Towanda, PA · 2024
To support the in school pantry and backpack program
$43,520
Outreach - Center for Community Resources · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support general purposes, along with the ways to work program and the ehs home visiting program
$42,150
Greater Scranton Ymca · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support various programs, activities and initiatives
$40,549
Make-a-Wish Greater Pa and Wv · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$40,000
Make-a-Wish Greater Pa and Wv · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support general purposes
$39,966
Greater Scranton Ymca · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes, along with the child care program
$39,864
Countryside Conservancy · La Plume, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$39,500
Neighborworks Northeastern Pennsylvania · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support the action for neighbors program
$38,259
Meals On Wheels of Nepa · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes
$37,857
Lackawanna Pro Bono · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes
$36,352
Lackawanna Pro Bono · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$32,991
Equines for Freedom · Clarks Summit, PA · 2022
To support general purposes
$32,709
Women'S Resource Center · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes and empowering surivors of domestic violence
$32,600
Maternal and Family Health Services · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2022
To support circle of care expansion and infant formula emergency distribution
$32,500
New Israel Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To support general purposes
$32,478
Griffin Pond Animal Shelter · South Abington Townshi, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$32,000
Ace of Nepa · Scranton, PA · 2022
To assist with the "indepth study and grace street apartment complex for low income familes
$31,742
Lackawanna Pro Bono · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support general purposes
$31,062
The Philharmonic Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$30,960
Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support needed upgrades to the scranton cultural centers hvac system.
$30,616
Arrowhead Bible Camp · Brackney, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$30,364
Friendship House · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes and the depaul school
$29,693
Indraloka Animal Sanctuary · Dalton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$29,250
Along the Way · Souderton, PA · 2022
To support child care programs
$29,000
Catherine McAuley Center · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support general purposes
$28,540
Outreach - Center for Community Resources · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support various programs
$28,525
Keystone Mission · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support the innovation center for homeless and poverty
$27,545
The University of Scranton · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support various programs and functions
$26,948
Nativity Miguel School of Scranton · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes, along with bus transportation
$26,907
Catherine McAuley Center · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$26,500
Children'S Advocacy Center of Nepa · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes
$26,472
Friends of the Poor · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes including the family to family food basket program
$26,000
Serving Seniors · Archbald, PA · 2022
To support guardianship of person program
$25,852
The Philharmonic Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2023
To support general purposes
$25,670
Treatment Court Advocacy Center of Lackawanna County · Clarks Summit, PA · 2022
To support treatment court advocacy center circles of trust re entry program
$25,071
Jewish Federation of Nepa · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$25,000
Beverly'S Birthdays · North Huntingdon, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$25,000
The New Love Center · Jersey Shore, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$24,590
Keystone College · La Plume, PA · 2022
To support general purposes
$24,470
Commission On Economic Opporunity · Pittston, PA · 2022
To support the weinberg northeast regional food bank
$24,240
Griffin Pond Animal Shelter · Clarks Summit, PA · 2022
To support various programs including the spay/neuter program expansion
$24,210
Scranton Public Library · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support roof repairs and the teen learning lounge
$24,125
Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association · Pittston, PA · 2023
To support general purposes
$24,120
Discovery Mi Preschool · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes and to support the opening of discovery providence
$24,007
Keystone Mission · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$23,788
Jewish Federation of Nepa · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes
$23,732
Wayne County Community Foundation · Honesdale, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$23,500
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$23,426
Outreach - Center for Community Resources · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes, along with the ways to work program and the ehs home visiting program
$22,927
Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television Association · Pittston, PA · 2022
To support general purposes and educational programs
$22,839
The Philharmonic Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support general purposes
$22,000
All One Charities · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2024
To support listen for good and give day programs
$21,999
Wyoming County Cultural Center · Tunkhannock, PA · 2024
To refresh and update the art studio and it's equipment
$21,562
Everhart Museum of Natural History Science & Art · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$21,073
Jewish Federation of Nepa · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support general purposes
$20,734
Discovery Mi Preschool · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$19,738
Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$19,706
Lackawanna College · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$19,649
Casa of Lackawanna County · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$19,637
Indraloka Animal Sanctuary · Dalton, PA · 2023
To support general purposes
$19,400
Family and Community Christian Association · Meadville, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$19,200
Nepa Pet Fund and Rescue · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support various programs
$19,000
Dress for Success Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To assist with hygiene products for the mobile unit community events
$19,000
Pawsitively for the Animals · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support the maddie fund and paws for a cause
$18,537
Ronald McDonald House of Scranton · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general purposes
$18,537
Telespond Senior Services · Scranton, PA · 2024
To provide funding for emergency kitchen repairs
$18,500
Patient Engagement Council Dba the Wright Center for Patient and Community · Scranton, PA · 2022
To support community health workers patient assistance program
$18,399
The Wright Center for Community Health · Scranton, PA · 2024
To support general programs
$18,370
Greater Scranton Ymca · Scranton, PA · 2023
To support general purposes, along with the child care program

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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.