Funding search · EIN 232953650 · Wilkesbarre, PA

Joseph B and Virginia H Banks Foundation

Name: Joseph B and Virginia H Banks Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

84
grants reported: $369,470
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

Top recipients

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

Weinburg Northeast Regional Food Ba3 grants · $40,000
Back Mountain Memorial Library Assn4 grants · $35,500
Northeast Sight Services4 grants · $34,200
Fork Over Love4 grants · $25,000
Casa of Luzerne County4 grants · $23,000
Moa Prescription Fund2 grants · $20,000
Childrens Service Center4 grants · $18,500
Dinners for Kids4 grants · $18,300
Meals On Wheels of Wyoming Valley4 grants · $14,000
Lehman Sanctuary4 grants · $14,000

Giving over time

$75,500

2022

$92,500

2023

$82,470

2024

$119,000

2025

Grant history

All 84 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Weinburg Northeast Regional Food Ba · Pittston, PA · 2025
Program support
$13,700
Northeast Sight Services · Exeter, PA · 2022
Program support
$11,000
Back Mountain Memorial Library Assn · Dallas, PA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Back Mountain Memorial Library Assn · Dallas, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Fork Over Love · Kingston, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Moa Prescription Fund · Kingston, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Northeast Sight Services · Exeter, PA · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Back Mountain Memorial Library Assn · Dallas, PA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Moa Prescription Fund · Kingston, PA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Weinburg Northeast Regional Food Ba · Pittston, PA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Ba · Pittston, PA · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Weinburg Northeast Regional Food Ba · Pittston, PA · 2022
Program support
$8,500
Casa of Luzerne County · Plains, PA · 2022
Program support
$7,500
Ruth'S Place · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2025
Program support
$7,500
Childrens Service Center · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Casa of Luzerne County · Plains, PA · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Northeast Sight Services · Exeter, PA · 2023
Program support
$6,000
Dinners for Kids · Edwardsville, PA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Autism Foundation Allied Services · Clarks Summit, PA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Casa of Luzerne County · Plains, PA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Family Services Association · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Lehman Sanctuary · Shavertown, PA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Dinners for Kids · Edwardsville, PA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Fork Over Love · Kingston, PA · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Childrens Service Center · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Dinners for Kids · Edwardsville, PA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Fork Over Love · Kingston, PA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Meals On Wheels of Wyoming Valley · Kingston, PA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
No Nonsense Neutering · Plains, PA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Fork Over Love · Kingston, PA · 2022
Program support
$4,600
Luzerne County Spca · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
Program support
$4,500
Nepa Youth Shelter · Scranton, PA · 2025
Program support
$4,500
Autism Foundation Allied Services · Clarks Summit, PA · 2022
Program support
$4,500
Back Mountain Memorial Library Assn · Dallas, PA · 2022
Program support
$4,000
Luzerne County Spca · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2025
Program support
$4,000
Volunteers in Medicine · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2025
Program support
$3,500
Meals On Wheels of Wyoming Valley · Kingston, PA · 2024
Program support
$3,500
Meals On Wheels of Wyoming Valley · Kingston, PA · 2022
Program support
$3,270
Wilkes-Barre City Hall · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Childrens Service Center · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2025
Program support
$3,000
Family Services Association · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Keystone Mission · Scranton, PA · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Lehman Sanctuary · Shavertown, PA · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Northeast Sight Services · Exeter, PA · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Lehman Sanctuary · Shavertown, PA · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Wilkes-Barre City Hall · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Childrens Service Center · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Lehman Sanctuary · Shavertown, PA · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Allied Services · Clarks Summit, PA · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Family Services Association · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Fm Kirby Center · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
Program support
$2,500
For the Love of a Feral · Factoryville, PA · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Junior Achievement of Nepa · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
Program supoort
$2,500
Volunteers in Medicine · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Allied Services · Clarks Summit, PA · 2022
Program support
$2,500
For the Love of a Feral · Factoryville, PA · 2022
Program support
$2,300
Dinners for Kids · Edwardsville, PA · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Anthracite Scenic Trails Assn · Dallas, PA · 2025
Program support
$2,000
Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge · Dallas, PA · 2025
Program support
$2,000
Meals On Wheels of Wyoming Valley · Kingston, PA · 2025
Program support
$2,000
Rotary Club of Dallas · Dallas, PA · 2025
Program support
$2,000
St Vincent Depaul Kitchen · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2025
Program support
$2,000
Casa of Luzerne County · Plains, PA · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Twin Falls, ID · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Volunteers in Medicine · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
Program support
$2,000
Cody Barrasse Foundation · Moosic, PA · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Twin Falls, ID · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Wilkes-Barre Wolverine · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
Program support
$2,000
Cody Barrasse Foundation · Moosic, PA · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Fm Kirby Center · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
Program support
$2,000
Rotary Club of Dallas · Dallas, PA · 2022
Program support
$1,600
For the Love of a Feral · Factoryville, PA · 2024
Program support
$1,500
No Nonsense Neutering · Plains, PA · 2024
Program support
$1,500
Rotary Club of Dallas · Dallas, PA · 2024
Program support
$1,500
Brighter Journeys · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
Program support
$1,500
Brighter Journeys · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
Program support
$1,500
Family Services Association · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
Program support
$1,500
Volunteers in Medicine · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
Program support
$1,000
Luzerne Foundation · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
Program support
$1,000
Anthracite Scenic Trails Assn · Dallas, PA · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Nepa Racing · Forty Fort, PA · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Rotary Club of Dallas · Dallas, PA · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Nepa Racing · Forty Fort, PA · 2022
Program support
$1,000
St Vincent Depaul Kitchen · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
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.