Public Charity

COMMUNITY FIRST FUND

COMMUNITY FIRST FUND, of LANCASTER, PA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $40.0M in revenue, $34.7M in expenses, $175.1M in total assets. 46 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $49.5M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 232689714 LANCASTER, PA Housing Support NTEE: L80 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$40.0M
Total Expenses$34.7M
Total Assets$175.1M
Grant Records46
Funding Total$49.5M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY AND WORK-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES LOANS FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HOUSING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE A DIRECT AND MEASURABLE BENEFIT TO LOW INCOME PERSONS AND CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL PROGRESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA REGION.

Where $100 goes at Community First Fund

How Community First Fund divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$85 Programs the work itself
$11 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $85 for programs

$43
Community First Fund promotes community and economic development by providing affordable loans to entities throughout central and eastern pennsylvania, including small businesses, developers of affordable housing, community-based organizations…
50% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 348 loans; 424 units; 3,312 jobs
$42
New markets tax credit program to date the organization was granted 90 million of new markets tax credit allocation from the us treasury
About 50% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Abraham Pardo
SEN VP/ LEND Alba Fernandez
BOARD MEMBER Carlos Lopez
PRESIDENT & Daniel Betancourt
SENIOR VP CH Dragan Dodik
BOARD MEMBER Dr Gregory Edwards

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$33,347,589 19 grants
Human & Social Services
$4,355,746 3 grants
Economic Development
$1,975,657 10 grants
Health & Medicine
$500,000 1 grant
Training & Professional Development
$57,289 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $40.0M $34.7M $175.1M
2024 $22.6M $14.7M $146.3M
2023 $19.6M $14.8M $150.0M
2022 $17.5M $8.1M $141.9M
2021 $45.0M $34.8M $129.0M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $45.0M to $40.0M (-11%), with total assets most recently reported at $175.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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