Sordoni Foundation Inc
Kingston, PA · EIN 46-0728514. Reported 154 grants totalling $2,518,889 to 58 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. Sordoni Foundation Inc 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $75,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Rockwell Museum | Stockbridge, MA | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lackawanna College | Scranton, PA | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| All One Charities | Wilkes Barre, PA | $210,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| King's College | Wilkes Barre, PA | $209,389 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wvia | Pittston, PA | $170,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pennsylvania Chamber Foundation | Harrisburg, PA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| United Way of Wyoming Valley | Wilkes Barre, PA | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine | Scranton, PA | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Magee Rehabilitation Hospital | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brandywine River Museum of Art | Chadds Ford, PA | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Commonwealth Foundation | Harrisburg, PA | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wilkes University - Sordoni Art Gallery | Wilkes Barre, PA | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pa Chamber Foundation | Harrisburg, PA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marywood University | Scranton, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute for Public Policy & Econ Devel | Wilkes Barre, PA | $45,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Threefold Education Association | Mechanicsburg, PA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Volunteers in Medicine | Wilkes Barre, PA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Misericordia University | Dallas, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Open Discourse Coalition | Lewisburg Pa, PA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Luzerne County Historical Society | Wilkes Barre, PA | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pennsylvania Chamber Education Fdn | Harrisburg, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Telespond Senior Services | Scranton, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute for Public Policy & Economic Development | Wilkes Barre, PA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Society of Illustrators | New York, NY | $21,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Threefold Eduation Association | Mechanicsburg, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Open the Books | Burr Ridge, IL | $18,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Back Mountain Memorial Library Assoc | Dallas, PA | $13,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Acta | Washington, DC | $13,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fork Over Love | Kingston, PA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childrens Scholarship Fund of Phila | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Father Judge High School | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Keystone College | Laplume, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre | Wilkes Barre, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Disclosure Coalition | Lewisburg, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Pennsylvania Society | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Threefold Schoolhouse | Lemoyne, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Volunters in Medicine | Wilkes Barre, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fine Arts Fiesta | Wilkes Barre, PA | $6,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Anthracite Heritage Foundation | Wilkes Barre, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Back Mountain Memorial Library Assn | Dallas, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Children's Advocacy Center of Nepa | Scranton, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Ohav Zedek | Wilkes Barre, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cori's Place | Hanover Township, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heritage Foundation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ianepa | Wilkes Barre, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Harveys Lake Fire & Ambulance | Harveys Lake, PA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hoyt Library | Kingston, PA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Osterhout Free Library | Wilkes Barre, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hoover Institute | Stanford Ca, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum | Columbus, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Domestic Violence Service Ctr | Wilkes Barre, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harveys Lake Fire and Ambulance | Harveys Lake, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Realclear Foundation | Northbrook, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lands at Hillside Farms | Shavertown, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
33 of 58 (57%) 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 69%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 94 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 | 35 | $582,242 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $451,959 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $477,168 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $486,581 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 32 | $520,939 | $10,000 |
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
85% 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 $10,000. 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 Sordoni Foundation Inc'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: 1088 Wyoming Ave, Kingston, PA, 18704. 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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