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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Pennsylvania

Imperigo has identified 610 funders that made 3,664 grants totaling $475.7M to 564 community improvement organizations in Pennsylvania, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Pennsylvania

Total granted $475.7M
Funders 610
Grants 3,664
Organizations funded 564

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Lancaster County Community Foundation
41 grants to 11 organizations · largest $262K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$2.5M
27. Philadelphia Hospitality Investment Levy
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2025 · 8.3% of their giving
$1.1M
28. Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $351K · through 2024 · 94.0% of their giving
$430K
29. Community Foundation of Warren County
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $245K · through 2025 · 7.3% of their giving
$1.0M
30. American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $256K · through 2021 · 24.5% of their giving
$371K
31. Jefferson Regional Foundation
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$1.1M
32. Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown
39 grants to 17 organizations · largest $245K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$1.5M
33. York County Community Foundation
21 grants to 7 organizations · largest $440K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$1.5M
34. United Way of Washington County
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $53K · through 2024 · 21.2% of their giving
$328K
35. The Harry R Halloran Jr Charitable Trust
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$1.2M
36. Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 28.9% of their giving
$275K
37. Community Hope Investment Partnership
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$275K
38. The Pew Charitable Trusts
13 grants to 8 organizations · largest $2.7M · through 2024
$6.7M
39. Berks County Chamber Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2021 · 36.8% of their giving
$240K
40. The Sarah Ralston Foundation
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $165K · through 2025 · 8.0% of their giving
$595K
41. Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $65K · through 2025 · 16.1% of their giving
$291K
42. Union City Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 31.4% of their giving
$231K
43. Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio
38 grants to 17 organizations · largest $119K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$1.2M
44. The Civil Justice Reform Group
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $145K · through 2025 · 5.7% of their giving
$775K
45. The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau
26 grants to 4 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024 · 9.8% of their giving
$424K
46. Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$2.6M
47. United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
40 grants to 11 organizations · largest $144K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$1.8M
48. Master Builders' Association of Western Pennsylvania Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2025 · 75.6% of their giving
$155K
49. Gettysburg Travel Council Inc DBA Destination Gettysburg
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2025 · 47.9% of their giving
$154K
50. Poise Foundation
21 grants to 15 organizations · largest $150K · through 2025 · 3.5% of their giving
$819K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement work in Pennsylvania, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 13 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering community improvement work, with an address in Pennsylvania. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable community improvement funding in Pennsylvania, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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