Funding search · EIN 461605118 · Allentown, PA

Ppl Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,504
grants reported
$27.8M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$4,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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34 grants matching “lancaster · $400,311

  • $20,117

    United Way of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $11,000

    The Lancaster Science Center · Lancaster, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $10,000

    Assets Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $10,000

    Lancaster County Workforce Investment Bo · Lancaster, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $10,000

    Lancaster County Food Hub · Lancaster, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $10,000

    Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity · Lancaster, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $5,000

    Lancaster City Alliance · Lancaster, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $50

    Ywca Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $34,092

    United Way of Lancaster County (Pa) · Lancaster, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $8,000

    Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity · Lancaster, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $8,000

    Lancaster City Alliance · Lancaster, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $8,000

    Young Women'S Christian Association of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $5,000

    Assets Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $5,000

    Lancaster Farmland Trust · Strasburg, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $33,903

    United Way of Lancaster County (Pa) · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $33,903

    United Way of Lancaster County (Pa) · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $10,000

    The Lancaster Science Center · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $10,000

    The Lancaster Science Center · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $7,500

    Young Women'S Christian Association of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $7,500

    Young Women'S Christian Association of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $7,500

    Assets Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $7,500

    Assets Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $2,500

    Lancaster County Conservancy · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $2,500

    Lancaster County Conservancy · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $30,000

    The Lancaster Science Center · Lancaster, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $27,500

    Lancaster County Career and Technology Foundation · Mt Joy, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity · Lancaster, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $20,766

    United Way of Lancaster County (Pa) · Lancaster, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $7,500

    Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $7,000

    Lancaster City Alliance · Lancaster, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $5,000

    Young Women'S Christian Association of Lancaster · Lancaster, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $5,000

    Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $5,000

    Lancaster Public Library · Lancaster, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $480

    United Way of Lancaster County Inc (Sc) · Lancaster, SC · 2022

    Program support

Top recipients

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

  • United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley5 grants · $13.8M
  • United Way of Rhode Island5 grants · $1.6M
  • Artsquest2 grants · $704,100
  • Lehigh Valley Community Foundation2 grants · $600,000
  • Operation Help Ppl - Allentown Pa1 grant · $500,000
  • Scholarship America3 grants · $337,500
  • Wildlands Conservancy4 grants · $309,681
  • The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science5 grants · $274,500
  • Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way5 grants · $260,861
  • United Way of Berks County5 grants · $164,840

Giving over time

$5.0M
2022
$10.1M
2023
$6.2M
2024
$6.5M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,504 grants.

  • $3.1M

    United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $2.9M

    United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $2.9M

    United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $2.8M

    United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $2.2M

    United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $500,000

    Operation Help Ppl - Allentown Pa · Allentown, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $498,533

    United Way of Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2025

    Program support

  • $400,000

    Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Allentown, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $352,200

    Artsquest · Bethlehem, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $351,900

    Artsquest · Bethlehem, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $336,806

    United Way of Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2023

    Program support

  • $336,806

    United Way of Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2023

    Program support

  • $316,907

    United Way of Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2024

    Program support

  • $302,000

    Wildlands Conservancy · Emmaus, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $260,000

    The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science · Allentown, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $200,000

    Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Allentown, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $122,500

    Scholarship America · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Program support

  • $122,500

    Scholarship America · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Program support

  • $100,000

    United Way of Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2022

    Program support

  • $92,500

    Scholarship America · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Program support

  • $88,950

    Rhode Island Community Food Bank · Providence, RI · 2025

    Program support

  • $73,419

    Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way · Sunbury, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $70,000

    Os Johnson Technical Institute · Scranton, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $65,000

    American Red Cross Mid Central Pa Chapter · Harrisburg, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $55,853

    United Way of New York City · New York, NY · 2022

    Program support

  • $52,183

    United Way of Berks County · Reading, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $52,183

    United Way of Berks County · Reading, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $51,809

    United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $50,673

    United Way of Berks County · Reading, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $50,226

    Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way · Sunbury, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Lehigh Valley Zoo · Schnecksville, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $50,000

    William Allen High School Enhancement Program · Allentown, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $50,000

    American Rescue Workers · Williamsport, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Catholic Social Services of Ri · Providence, RI · 2022

    Program support

  • $50,000

    City Year Providence · Providence, RI · 2022

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Downcity Design · Providence, RI · 2022

    Program support

  • $50,000

    Save the Bay · Providence, RI · 2022

    Program support

  • $49,647

    Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way · Sunbury, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $49,647

    Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way · Sunbury, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $37,922

    Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way · Sunbury, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $35,000

    Habitat for Humanity for Rhode Island South County · Charlestown, RI · 2023

    Program support

  • $35,000

    Habitat for Humanity for Rhode Island South County · Charlestown, RI · 2023

    Program support

  • $35,000

    The Urban Regenerative Farm Incorporated · Harrisburg, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $34,092

    United Way of Lancaster County (Pa) · Lancaster, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $33,903

    United Way of Lancaster County (Pa) · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $33,903

    United Way of Lancaster County (Pa) · Lancaster, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $32,500

    Friends of the Columbia County Traveling Library · Bloomsburg, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $32,444

    Pocono Mountains United Way · Stroudsburg, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $30,000

    McAuley Corporation · Providence, RI · 2025

    Program support

  • $30,000

    Northern Ri Food Pantry · Cumberland, RI · 2025

    Program support

  • $30,000

    American Red Cross Rhode Island Chapter · Providence, RI · 2024

    Program support

  • $30,000

    Newport County Development Council · Newport, RI · 2022

    Program support

  • $30,000

    The Lancaster Science Center · Lancaster, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $30,000

    Valley Youth House Committee · Bethlehem, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $30,000

    Year Up · Providence, RI · 2022

    Program support

  • $29,000

    Children'S Museum · Bloomsburg, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $28,550

    Children'S Museum · Bloomsburg, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $28,550

    Children'S Museum · Bloomsburg, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $28,190

    Children'S Museum · Bloomsburg, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $28,004

    Cops N Kids · Bethlehem, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $27,500

    Lancaster County Career and Technology Foundation · Mt Joy, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $25,800

    Focus Central Pennsylvania · Danville, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $25,800

    Focus Central Pennsylvania · Danville, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $25,100

    Rhode Island Kids Count · Providence, RI · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Downcity Design · Providence, RI · 2025

    Program support

  • $25,000

    House of Hope Cdc · Warwick, RI · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    New England Institute of Technology · East Greenwich, RI · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Pocono Services for Families and Children · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Rising Tide Community Load Fund · Bethlehem, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Sharing Excess · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Sharing Excess · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $25,000

    African American Museum of Bucks County · Langhorne, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Black Heritage Association of the Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Harrisburg, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $25,000

    For the Cause · Berwick, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity · Lancaster, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $25,000

    One Neighborhood Builders · Providence, RI · 2022

    Program support

  • $25,000

    The Century Promise · Allentown, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $25,000

    The Cooperage Project · Honesdale, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $25,000

    The Kindness Project · Emmaus, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $24,500

    Lehigh Carbon Community College Foundation · Schnecksville, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $24,500

    Lehigh Carbon Community College Foundation · Schnecksville, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $24,000

    Greater Philadelphia Ymca · Conshohocken, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $23,400

    Lehigh Carbon Community College Foundation · Schnecksville, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $21,500

    Focus Central Pennsylvania · Danville, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $21,481

    United Way of the Capital Region · Enola, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $21,040

    Habitat for Humanity for Rhode Island South County · Charlestown, RI · 2024

    Program support

  • $20,899

    Schuylkill United Way · Pottsville, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $20,867

    United Way of the National Capital Area · Washington, MD · 2025

    Program support

  • $20,766

    United Way of Lancaster County (Pa) · Lancaster, PA · 2022

    Program support

  • $20,500

    Cedar Crest College · Allentown, PA · 2024

    Program support

  • $20,173

    United Way of the Capital Region · Enola, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $20,173

    United Way of the Capital Region · Enola, PA · 2023

    Program support

  • $20,117

    United Way of Lancaster County · Lancaster, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $20,100

    Cedar Crest College · Allentown, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $20,000

    American Red Cross Mid Central Pa Chapt · Harrisburg, PA · 2025

    Program support

  • $20,000

    Inspiring Minds · Providence, RI · 2025

    Program support

  • $20,000

    Jonnycake Center of Westerly · Westerly, RI · 2025

    Program support

  • $20,000

    Ksu Thorobreds Foundation · Frankfort, KY · 2025

    Program support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.