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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Pennsylvania

Imperigo has identified 597 funders that made 3,557 grants totaling $468.8M to 559 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 $468.8M
Funders 597
Grants 3,557
Organizations funded 559

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. American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $256K · through 2021 · 24.5% of their giving
$371K
30. Jefferson Regional Foundation
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$1.1M
31. Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown
39 grants to 17 organizations · largest $245K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$1.5M
32. York County Community Foundation
21 grants to 7 organizations · largest $440K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$1.5M
33. United Way of Washington County
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $53K · through 2024 · 21.2% of their giving
$328K
34. The Harry R Halloran Jr Charitable Trust
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$1.2M
35. Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 28.9% of their giving
$275K
36. Community Hope Investment Partnership
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$275K
37. The Pew Charitable Trusts
13 grants to 8 organizations · largest $2.7M · through 2024
$6.7M
38. Berks County Chamber Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2021 · 38.3% of their giving
$240K
39. Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $65K · through 2025 · 16.1% of their giving
$291K
40. Union City Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 31.4% of their giving
$231K
41. Community Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio
38 grants to 17 organizations · largest $119K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$1.2M
42. The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau
26 grants to 4 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024 · 9.8% of their giving
$424K
43. The Civil Justice Reform Group
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $145K · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$690K
44. Community Foundation of Warren County
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$631K
45. Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$2.6M
46. United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
40 grants to 11 organizations · largest $144K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$1.8M
47. Gettysburg Travel Council Inc DBA Destination Gettysburg
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2025 · 47.9% of their giving
$154K
48. The Sarah Ralston Foundation
8 grants to 6 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$408K
49. Poise Foundation
19 grants to 14 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$804K
50. Bradford County Tourism Promotion Agency
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $27K · through 2024 · 38.6% of their giving
$145K

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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