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 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

domesticviolence

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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.

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

$34.5M
2021
$39.0M
2022
$39.0M
2023
$41.0M
2024

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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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.