Conewago Enterprises Charitable
Hanover, PA · EIN 27-3915004. Reported 94 grants totalling $559,512 to 78 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Conewago Enterprises Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $108 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Rescue Mission | Gettysburg, PA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology | Williamsport, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vision Resources of Central Pa | Harrisburg, PA | $25,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| York College of Pa | York, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Thrive Ministries | Hanover, PA | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| House of His Creation | Lititz, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northern York County Regional Police Dept | York, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Peniel Ministries | Johnstown, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cash | Hanover, PA | $7,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Bikers on a Mission | Fairfield, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bucknell University | Lewisburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dickinson College | Carlisle, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Focus Services Foundation | East Berlin, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gettysburg College | Gettysburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hagerstown Community College | Hagerstown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hanover First Church of God | Hanover, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manos Unidas Hispanic American Center Inc | Gettysburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Messiah University | Mechanicsburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Peniel Ministries International | Ephrata, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Penn State University | University Park, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Roots for Boots | Nex Oxford, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ruth's Harvest Gettysburg | Gettysburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School | Mcsherrystown, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thaddeus Stevens College | Lancaster, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Delaware | Newark, DE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| West Virginia University | Morgantown, WV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Widener University | Chester, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association | Austin, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Diffusion Dance Company | York, PA | $4,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| For the Love of a Veteran | Hanover, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hanover Soccer Club | Hanover, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics of Pennsylvania | Gettysburg, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Thunderbolt Education Foundation | Littlestown, PA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Upper Adams School District | Biglerville, PA | $3,788 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Leadership & Workforce Development Center | Hanover, PA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Occupation Development Center | Lancaster, PA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Graceful Harvest Community Connection Inc | Biglerville, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Adams County Community Foundation | Gettysburg, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Rose Rollers Inc | Erie, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairfield Area High School National Honors Society | Fairfield, PA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gettysburg Cares | Gettysburg, PA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gettysburg Community Theatre | Gettysburg, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pennsylvania Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Harrisburg, PA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education | Lemoyne, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hollabaugh Bros Inc | Biglerville, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shoshonean Rod and Gun Club | Aspers, PA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Oxford High School | New Oxford, PA | $1,515 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Biglerville Youth Wrestling Club | Aspers, PA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fairfield High School National Honor Society | Fairfield, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vigilant Hose Company | Emmitsburg, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wesley's Warriors | York, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| York Area Down Syndrome Association | York, PA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Harrisburg, PA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundaton | Harrisburg, PA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hanover High School | Hanover, PA | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Littlestown Thunderbolt Foundation | Littlestown, PA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sg Mini-Thon | Spring Grove, PA | $1,008 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Adams County Economic Education Foundation | Gettysburg, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Biglerville Wrestling Team | Biglerville, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Gettysburg Midget Football and Cheer | Gettysburg, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gettysburg Montessori Charter School | Gettysburg, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Izaak Walton League of America | Dallastown, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shoshoenean Rod and Gun Club | Aspers, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Speranza Animal Rescue | Mechanicsburg, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Upper Adams Youth Football | Biglerville, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association | Harrisburg, PA | $778 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Penn State Thon | University Park, PA | $515 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Four Diamonds | Hershey, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hanover Area Junior Chamber | Hanover, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope Christian School | Hanover, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| James Gettys Elementary | Gettysburg, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Intermediate Unit #12 | Nex Oxford, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Spring Grove Mini-Thon | Spring Grove, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Four Diamonds Fund | New Oxford, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hanover High School Mini-Thon | Hanover, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Adams Electric Cooperative Inc | Gettysburg, PA | $108 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
15 of 78 (19%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 0%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Adams Rescue Mission
RESTORE HOPE INITIATIVE (LOW INCOME HOUSING) - Thrive Ministries
DONATION FOR NEW BUILDING - Northern York County Regional Police Dept
SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES OF OFFICER'S INVOLVED IN SHOOTING - Cash
LOW INCOME NEEDS - CHRISTMAS GIFTS/MEALS - Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association
BLACK ROSE ROLLERS FLAT TRACK ROLLER DERBY - Special Olympics of Pennsylvania
SPEC OLYMPICS ADAMS COUNTY- TO HELP ATHLETES WITH COST
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 36 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | $44,528 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 15 | $47,650 | $4,400 |
| 2023 | 17 | $34,250 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 19 | $283,811 | $1,250 |
| 2025 | 36 | $149,273 | $3,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
96% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Conewago Enterprises Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 660 Edgegrove Road, Hanover, PA, 17331. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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