The Steinman Foundation
Lancaster, PA · EIN 23-6266377. Reported 437 grants totalling $30.0M to 238 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. The Steinman Foundation 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 $6,000 and $35,809; the smallest was $500 and the largest $7,000,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steinman Institute for Civic Engagement | Harrisburg, PA | $12.0M | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lancaster Farmland Trust | Strasburg, PA | $1,512,894 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Always Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $1,384,826 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hdc Midatlantic | Lancaster, PA | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lancaster County Community Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $700,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $612,500 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $610,483 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lancaster Historyorg | Lancaster, PA | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Touchstone Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $539,698 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lancaster County Local Journalism Fund | Lancaster, PA | $533,812 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lancaster City Alliance | Lancaster, PA | $525,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way of Lancaster County | Lancaster, PA | $467,189 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Little Conestoga Creek Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $460,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thaddeus Stevens College | Lancaster, PA | $419,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lancasterhistoryorg | Lancaster, PA | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Elizabethtown College | Elizabethtown, PA | $304,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tenfold | Lancaster, PA | $295,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Horizons at Lancaster Country Day School | Lancaster, PA | $263,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Action Partnership | Lancaster, PA | $250,675 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lancaster Conservancy | Lancaster, PA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Penn State College of Medicine | Hershey, PA | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lancaster Community Safety Net | Lancaster, PA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lancaster General Health Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lancaster Science Factory | Lancaster, PA | $188,025 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Water Science Institute | Lancaster, PA | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $168,146 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lancaster-Lebanon Iu 13 | Lancaster, PA | $162,555 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Foundation of Edc | Lancaster, PA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Music for Everyone | Lancaster, PA | $136,505 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Pa College of Art & Design | Lancaster, PA | $133,230 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lancaster Lebanon IU13 | Lancaster, PA | $127,213 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Literacy Council | Lancaster, PA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Tech Network Inc | Napa, CA | $120,140 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Lancaster Lgbtq Center | Lancaster, PA | $107,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lancaster Public Library | Lancaster, PA | $105,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Josephs Childrens Health | Lancaster, PA | $103,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Economic Development Co of Lanc Co | Lancaster, PA | $100,800 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Susan P Byrnes Health Education Center | York, PA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Precision Cobotics | Lititz, PA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cocalico School District | Denver, PA | $89,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run of Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Historic Preservation Trust | Lancaster, PA | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Conservation Foundation | Napersville, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bright Side Opportunities Corp | Lancaster, PA | $79,968 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kinber | Lititz, PA | $77,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lancaster Chamber of Commerce | Lancaster, PA | $77,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| All Star Code | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Pennsylvania Food Bank | Harrisburg, PA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lancaster Recreation Commission | Lancaster, PA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Film Collaborative | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Horizons at Lancaster Country | Lancaster, PA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mental Health America of Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $66,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lancaster Clean Water Partners | Lancaster, PA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Patients R Waiting Inc | East Petersburg, PA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Museum of Natural History & Science-Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $61,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manheim Central School District | Manheim, PA | $60,160 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Central Market Trust | Lancaster, PA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Good Samaritan Services | Lancaster, PA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Leadership Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $58,950 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Girls Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $58,622 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bellxcel | Westwood, MA | $56,130 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museum of Science - Wee Engineer | Boston, MA | $55,828 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Assets | Lancaster, PA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ephrata Area Education Foundation | Ephrata, PA | $50,989 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lafayette Fire Company | Lancaster, PA | $50,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Assist | Suffield, CT | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| CASA | Lancaster, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Eastern Lanc County School District | Harrisonburg, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lanc-Lebanon Education Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity | Lancaster, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lancaster Co Community Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lancaster Lebanon Education | Lancaster, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lancaster Osteopathic | Lancaster, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lancaster Redevelopment Fund | Lancaster, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Edible Classroom | Washington Boro, PA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| School District of Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $42,315 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Latin American Alliance | Lancaster, PA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Luthercare for Kids | Litiz, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Factories Ministries | Lancaster, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Xfinity - Internet Essentials | Philadelphia, PA | $39,699 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation of Lancaster Chamber | Lancaster, PA | $39,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Temple University | Philadelphia, PA | $38,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YWCA | Lancaster, PA | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bench Mark Program | Lancaster, PA | $35,809 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mantec | York, PA | $35,250 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Envision Excellence | Rockville, MD | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hands-on House | Lancaster, PA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical | Camp Hill, PA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| C Yarberough Co Grove City College | Grove City, PA | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Communities in Schools of Pa | Harrisburg, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eastern Lancaster County School District | New Holland, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Emu at Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement-Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Luthercare | Lititz, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| M Gates Co Delaware Valley University | Doylestown, PA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Plant the Seed of Learning Inc | Ephrata, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| R Emlet Co Shippensburg University | Philadelphia, PA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Aaron's Acres | Lancaster, PA | $27,459 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cnh Industrial | Racine, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foundation of Lanc Chamber | Lancaster, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| La Academia Partnership | Lancaster, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Live Event Association | Harrisburg, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Spanish American Civic Association | Lancaster, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| N Fidler - West Chester University | West Chester, PA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| O Marvin Co Mansfield University | Mansfield, PA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eastern Mennonite University | Harrisonburg, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa | Harrisburg, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Real Life Community Services | Denver, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Samaritan Center | Lancaster, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Common Wheel | Lancaster, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Workforce Live | Litiz, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Psce Program Fund | Lancaster, PA | $19,850 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pennsylvania Legislative | Harrisburg, PA | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A Fidler Co Shippensburg University | Shippensburg, PA | $18,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| A Leese Co Arcadia University | Glenside, PA | $18,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| D Phillips Co Elizabethtown College | Elizabethtown, PA | $18,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| H Murse Co Franklin & Marshall College | Landcaster, PA | $18,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| L Paparella - Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | $18,750 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| M Bywater Co Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley, MA | $18,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| T Tang Co Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | $18,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Let's Go 1-2-3 | Philadelphia, PA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Mix | Lancaster, PA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| P Fogell Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $16,875 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| D Jensen Co Widener University | Chester, PA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| T Ward Co Bryn Mawr College | Byrn Mawr, PA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region | Harrisburg, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Elizabethtown Community Housing | Elizabethtown, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| J Fidgett Co St Joseph's University | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lancaster Ems | Lancaster, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Milagro House | Lancaster, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Dede Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| J Ayala Co Elizabethtown College | Elizabethtown, PA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Reporters Committee for | Washington, DC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hempfield Foundation | Landisville, PA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| B Brody Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $11,250 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| B Felsinger Co University of Rochester | Rochester, PA | $11,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| E Long Co University of Vermont | Burlington, VT | $11,250 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| J Montgomery Co American University | Washington, DC | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| L Mcphail Virginia Tech University | Blacksburg, VA | $11,250 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| M Watson Co Towson University | Towson, MD | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| O Schmid Co Franklin & Marshall | Lancaster, PA | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| K Fickles Elizabethtown College | Elizabethtown, PA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Prieto Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $10,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Ramsay Co St Joseph's University | Merion, PA | $10,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| R Holder-Orta Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $10,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| T Feiler Co Widener University | Chester, PA | $10,125 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Advoz | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elizabethtown Community Housing (echos) | Elizabethtown, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gigi's Playhouse Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lancaster Creative Factory | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lancaster Pride Association | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Vocational Services | New Holland, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mr Mitchell for Mathematics | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Public Health | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Positive Media Academy Inc | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rock Ford Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rock Lititz Properties | Lititz, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Conservation Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Sparks Foundation | Mohnton, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Churches Elizabethtown Area | Elizabethtown, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Disabilities Services | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Warwick Senior High School | Lititz, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| B Hurst Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| C Dejesus Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Howard Co Widener University | Chester, PA | $8,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| G Mentzer - Co Lancaster Bible College | Lancaster, PA | $8,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American University | Syracuse, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| J Fidgert Co Temple University | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| L Reynolds Co Mount Allison University | Sackville Nb, Alberta | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Logan Paparella Co Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nicole Fidler Co West Chester University | West Chester, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| O Schmid Co Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| S Bare Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| S Rios Co Lebanon Valley College | Annville, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| T Buckwalter Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tyler Tang Co Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA of the Roses | Lancaster, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Ashton Co Capella University | Minneapolis, MN | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| D Mercado Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Samueli Academy | Santa Ana, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Lancaster Pa | Lancaster, PA | $6,593 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Peffer Villanova University | Villanova, PA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Conestoga Valley School District | Lancaster, PA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| J Ly Co Drexel Central-Main Bldg | Philadelphia, PA | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lancaster 4-H Co Psce Program Fund | Lancaster, PA | $6,150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Church World Services Inc | Lancaster, PA | $6,001 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| J Hornibrook Co Elizabethtown College | Elizabethtown, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Janus School | Mount Joy, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| B Foose Co Elizabethtown College | Elizabethtown, PA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| K Blose Co Erikson Institute | Chicago, IL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kirsten Blose Co Erikson Institute | Chicago, IL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| M Battacharya Co Elizabethtown College | Elizabethtown, PA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| M Burris Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lancaster Downtowners | Lancaster, PA | $5,336 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Advanced Cooling Technologies | Lancaster, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| B Griffiths Lebabon Valley College | Annville, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Columbia Borough School District | Columbia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Demuth Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emerald Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| J Bushong Co Widener University | Chester, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lancaster Foundation for Education | Lancaster, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Media Impact Funders | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mom's House of Lancaster | Lancaster, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pennsylvania Guild of Craftmen | Lancaster, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rock Lititz | Lititz, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| T Surita Co Messiah University | Mechanicsburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Team Pennsylvania Foundation | Harrisburg, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Thaddeus Stevens Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union College | Schenectady, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lancaster Mennonite | Lancaster, PA | $4,730 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Amico Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| C Fisher Co Lancaster Bible College | Lancaster, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| D Mercado Lesley University | Cambridge, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| J Abel Fort Hayes State University | Hayes, KS | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| J Palm Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| B Felsinger Co University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| F Roda Co Philadelphia University | Philadelphia, PA | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| T Tang Co Drexel Central-Main Bldg | Philadelphia, PA | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, PA | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| K Ragsdale Lancaster Bible College | Lancaster, PA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| E Gerlach Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| E Luska Millsersville University | Millersville, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| S Settle Co Kairos University | Sioux Falls, SD | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Justin Ly Co Drexel Central-Main Bldg | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Manheim Twp School District | Lancaster, PA | $2,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Arbor Place Inc | Menomonie, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| J Brein Lancaster Bible College | Lancaster, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| E Kenner Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| J Abel Co Fort Hays State Univeristy | Hays, KS | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hempfield School District | Landisville, PA | $1,350 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| J Dailey Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| J Savicky Co Millersville University | Millersville, PA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| B Griffiths Co Lebanon Valley College | Annville, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lebanon Valley College | Annville, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Penn Manor School District | Lancaster, PA | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lancaster Shrm | Lancaster, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
102 of 238 (43%) 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 48%, 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.
- Steinman Institute for Civic Engagement
LOCAL JOURNALISM & MEDIA LITERACY - Always Lancaster
LOCAL JOURNALISM & MEDIA LITERACY GRANTS - Lancaster Historyorg
ECONOMIC & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT - Little Conestoga Creek Foundation
GRANT - OPERATING AND CAPITAL - Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster
GRANT - OPERATIONS AND SUMMER CAMP - Community Action Partnership
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 146 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 | 84 | $4,670,187 | $10,925 |
| 2022 | 78 | $2,733,751 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 92 | $8,162,879 | $10,750 |
| 2024 | 96 | $9,854,690 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 87 | $4,596,373 | $7,500 |
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
97% 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
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Steinman Foundation'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: 23 E King Street, Lancaster, PA, 17602. 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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