Grants made by Lancaster County Community Foundation
Lancaster County Community Foundation (EIN 20-0874857) reported 373 grants totaling $14.8M in FY2024 on Schedule I of its IRS Form 990 — the 100 largest are listed below. See the full financial profile for revenue, ratings and leadership.
Grant recipients (FY2024) · $14.8M total
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dayspring Christian Academy | Donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for general operating support and capital campaign | $1,050,000 |
| Lancaster County Conservancy | General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for training of conservation landscaping crews and climbers run nature center | $542,402 |
| Water Street Ministries | General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for wonder club program, event support, and building project | $393,226 |
| Moravian Manors Inc | General operating support | $333,287 |
| YWCA Lancaster | General operating support, race against racism, women of achievement event, poetry cubed artistic project, equity grants, rise above youth summit, black art across lancaster project, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for career development program | $316,798 |
| Tenfold | General operating support and support for the temporary homeless shelter | $302,128 |
| Lnp Media Group Inc | Support public-interest investigative journalism and event support | $295,080 |
| Foundation of Lancaster Chamber | General operating support, capacity building for cbos, support for local chambers of commerce and business associations, event support and donor recommended grants from donor advised fund for tandem center for shared business success | $248,374 |
| Lancasterhistory Org | General operating support, museum pass program, event support, support for history and democracy student advisory group, and support for the thaddeus stevens & lydia hamilton smith center for history and democracy | $215,699 |
| The Children Deserve A Chance Foundation | General operating support, poetry cubed artistic project, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for capital campaign | $214,033 |
| Our Mother of Perpetual Help School | General operating support | $200,375 |
| Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue Inc | General operating support | $194,202 |
| Schreiber Center For Pediatric Development | General operating support, fostering independence through activities of daily living pogram, spring respite services, and donor recommended grants from donor advised fund for event support | $179,900 |
| Lancaster Public Library | General operating support, rainbow visibility project, staff support, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for capital campaign | $161,800 |
| Bright Side Opportunities Corporation | General operating support, event support, strong choices bright futures program for well-being of elderly individuals, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for stem program | $153,213 |
| Milagro House | General operating support, support educational access, and educational and child care program for single mothers | $150,762 |
| Lancaster County Food Hub | General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for staff benefits | $146,913 |
| Church World Service Inc | General operating support | $145,854 |
| Assets Lancaster | General operating support, event support, language justice program, community engagement coordinator, podcast support and financial equity program | $137,496 |
| Central Pennsylvania Food Bank | General operating support | $125,332 |
| Mental Health America of Lancaster County | General operating support, event support, and continuum of care program for lancaster county youth | $122,270 |
| Mennonite Disaster Service | General operating support | $118,945 |
| Eastern Lancaster County Library | General operating support | $117,979 |
| Casa of Lancaster County Inc | General operating support | $115,855 |
| Lancaster Farm Sanctuary | General operating support | $104,760 |
| Rock Ford Foundation | General operating support, lancaster city witness stones project, and museum pass program | $104,581 |
| Lancaster Farmland Trust | General operating support and support for creation of an agricultural education center for community residents and visitors | $102,347 |
| Miltons S Hershey Medical Center | Donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for medical equipment and event support | $100,000 |
| Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County Inc | General operating support, event support, heat for new holland residents, young professionals of color network, and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for juneteenth event support and domestic violence services program | $98,829 |
| Thaddeus Stevens Foundation | General operating support, support for home building program, and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for scholarship funds | $95,046 |
| Choices Healthcare | General operating support and support for merger | $94,775 |
| Prima Arts Inc | General operating support and beloved community project to support bipoc artists | $94,192 |
| Bench Mark Program | General operating support and program to support recent graduates in work placement | $94,082 |
| Meals On Wheels | General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for staff benefits | $90,726 |
| Girls On the Run of Lancaster | General operating support, educational scholarships, youth empowerment program, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for fundraising event | $90,116 |
| Arbor Place | General operating support, event support, and ripple creators program: music program for middle school students | $89,983 |
| Pet Pantry of Lancaster County Inc | General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for building project and education and development | $87,425 |
| United Disabilities Services Foundation | General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for service dogs | $85,734 |
| Fulton Theatre Company | General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for art and education | $85,549 |
| Aarons Acres | General operating support | $85,267 |
| Lancaster Pride Association | General operating support, event support, staff support, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for award fund | $83,480 |
| The Clinic For Special Children Inc | General operating support and new medical center building project | $83,236 |
| Spanish American Civic Association For Equality Inc | General operating support and sidewalk stewardship program: environmental support and education in southeast lancaster city | $75,121 |
| Childrens Miracle Network | Donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for general operating support | $75,000 |
| Regenall | General operating support, climate summit, creation and distribution of business resources, energize lancaster program: energy efficient improvements to homes, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for river pathway connections | $74,625 |
| Planned Parenthood Keystone | General operating support | $73,436 |
| Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals | General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for pet adoptions | $72,216 |
| Off the Streets Inc | General operating support | $71,687 |
| Chestnut Housing Corporation | General operating support | $70,941 |
| Lancaster City Alliance | General operating support and let's get down to business program | $68,926 |
| Touchstone Foundation | General operating support, event support, healing circles and group therapy, and rise above program that supports youth mental wellness | $67,920 |
| Lancaster Country Day School | General operating support | $67,373 |
| The Salvation Army | General operating support | $64,492 |
| Mennonite Central Committee U S | General operating support | $62,821 |
| Union Community Care | General operating support, pharmacy fund, and program to improve health equity through a digital needs assessment | $62,650 |
| Power Packs Project | General operating support | $62,255 |
| Parish Resource Center Inc | General operating support, support capacity buiilding for cbos, support services for women and infants, and food and nutrition program | $61,368 |
| Elizabethtown College | General operating support, memberships and expansion of peer groups, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for pathways to progress program | $60,230 |
| United Way of Lancaster County | General operating support and vita program | $59,509 |
| Ephrata Performing Arts Center | General operating support and event support | $58,876 |
| Southern Lancaster County Foundation For Education | General operating support | $58,521 |
| Lancaster Area Habitat For Humanity Inc | General operating support and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for capital campaign | $58,068 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster | General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for event support | $57,400 |
| Music For Everyone | General operating support, music programs, and event support | $56,898 |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | General operating support, educational scholarship, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for information technology program | $56,836 |
| The Factory Ministries | General operating support | $55,422 |
| Lancaster Bible College | General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for scholarship fund | $55,020 |
| Lancaster Mennonite School | General operating support | $53,959 |
| Demuth Foundation | General operating support, museum pass program, building renovations and immigrant and refugee artist exhibits | $52,712 |
| Iolc | Event support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for general operating support | $52,500 |
| Lets Go 1-2-3 | General operating support, little brown seed of change, and saving nature in youth centered spaces program | $50,979 |
| Lancaster Redevelopment Fund | General operating support and funding for homelessness services | $50,363 |
| Children's Miracle Network Kc Heartland | Donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for general operating support | $50,000 |
| Speranza Animal Rescue Inc | General operating support | $48,980 |
| Global Disciples | General operating support | $48,674 |
| Raven Ridge Wildlife Center Inc | General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for education and development | $48,138 |
| Stone Independent School | General operating support | $47,403 |
| Lancaster Education Foundation | General operating support, educational scholarships, and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for arts, volunteer day, and school beautification | $47,019 |
| Lancaster General Health Foundation | General operating support and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for endowment fund | $46,213 |
| Lancaster Recreation Commission | General operating support, event support, renovation project to create new community space, and school supplies for children in need | $45,810 |
| Anchor Lancaster | General operating support | $44,823 |
| Old Zion Church | General operating support | $44,071 |
| Historic Rittenhousetown Inc | General operating support | $44,071 |
| Bridge of Hope Inc | General operating support | $44,049 |
| Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Scholarship Committee | General operating support and educational scholarships | $43,775 |
| Common Wheel | General operating support | $43,682 |
| Clare House Inc | General operating support | $43,666 |
| Servant Stage Company | General operating support | $43,483 |
| Organization For Responsible Care of Animals | General operating support | $43,376 |
| Pennon Organization | General operating support | $43,319 |
| Cobys Family Services | General operating support | $43,167 |
| Acorn Acres Wildlife Rehabilitation | General operating support, building expansion project to increase service capacity, and donor recommended grant from donor advised fund for capacity support | $41,291 |
| Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic | General operating support and event support | $41,099 |
| Longs Park Amphitheater Foundation | General operating support , event support, and donor recommended grants from donor advised funds for the arts and the summer music series | $40,097 |
| Humane League of Lancaster County - Partner of Humane PA | General operating support | $39,448 |
| Lancaster Law Foundation | General operating support | $39,110 |
| Kind Human Foundation | General operating support | $38,360 |
| Lancaster County Therapeutic Riding Inc | General operating support and support for volunteering pilot program | $37,808 |
| Samaritan Center | General operating support | $36,796 |
| Advantage Lancaster | General operating support | $35,447 |
Grant data comes from Schedule I of Lancaster County Community Foundation's e-filed Form 990, via CharityIndex. Recipients link to their own profiles where the EIN matches our directory.