Emporium Foundation Inc
Emporium, PA · EIN 25-0995760. Reported 95 grants totalling $1,014,195 to 42 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. 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. Emporium 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 $4,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $12,500; the smallest was $203 and the largest $84,000. 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron County Recreation Board General Budget | Emporium, PA | $175,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cameron County Chamber of Commerce | Emporium, PA | $161,350 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Guy and Mary Felt Manor Inc | Emporium, PA | $84,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emporium Volunteer Fire Department | Emporium, PA | $67,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cameron County Little League | Emporium, PA | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cameron County Recreation Board 4-H Programs | Emporium, PA | $59,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Guy & Mary Felt Manor Inc | Emporium, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cameron County Ambulance Service Inc | Emporium, PA | $30,715 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Guy & May Felt Manorarts in Education | Emporium, PA | $30,216 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Newton Cemetery Association | Emporium, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cameron County Outdoor Youth Activities | Emporium, PA | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cameron County Recreation Board Playground | Emporium, PA | $22,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cameron County Youth Outdoor Activities | Emporium, PA | $22,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emporium Borough Student Summer Work Experience Program | Emporium, PA | $20,592 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cameron County Quarterback Club | Emporium, PA | $19,854 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Barbara M Brown Memorial Library | Emporium, PA | $16,440 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emporium Shade Tree Commission | Emporium, PA | $13,556 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cameron County Super Saturday Committee | Emporium, PA | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Drum & Henry Kids Fishing Derby Committee | Emporium, PA | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cameron County School District | Emporium, PA | $10,864 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northern Tier Community Action Corp Hvac Replacement | Emporium, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Guardian Angel Center Inc | St Marys, PA | $9,900 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cameron County Fireworks Committee | Emporium, PA | $9,870 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Miller-Raffaele VFW Post 6221 | Emporium, PA | $5,519 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cameron County Triple Crown Race | Emporium, PA | $5,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cameron County Historical Society | Emporium, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern Tier Community Action Corp Food Bank | Emporium, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seneca Highlands Career & Technical Center | Port Allegany, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Marys Area Snowmobile Association | St Marys, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Education Center of Elk & Cameron Counties | St Marys, PA | $4,053 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cameron County Concert Band | Emporium, PA | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Office of Human Services Inc | Ridgeway, PA | $2,466 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cch Boys Hoop Club | Emporium, PA | $2,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emporium American Legion Baseball | Emporium, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hometown Mentors Inc | Yeagertown, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hometown Mentors Inc Dolly Parton Imagination Library | Emporium, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northern Tier Camp Cadet | Montoursville, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emporium Borough Police Department | Emporium, PA | $1,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mountaineer Search & Rescue | Emporium, PA | $1,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lady Raider Basketball Boosters | Emporium, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cameron County Baseball Boosters | Emporium, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lady Raider Softball Boosters | Emporium, PA | $450 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
16 of 42 (38%) 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 72%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Guy and Mary Felt Manor Inc
2022-2023 CRITICAL EMPLOYEE RETENTION/INCENTIVE PROGRAM - Guy & Mary Felt Manor Inc
NURSING HOME OPERATING EXPENSES - Cameron County Recreation Board General Budget
DEFRAY 2023 RECREATION CENTER ACTIVITIES BUDGET - Cameron County Chamber of Commerce
DEFRAY 2023 OPERATING BUDGET - Cameron County Ambulance Service Inc
PURCHASE OF A NEW CARDIAC MONITOR - Guy & May Felt Manorarts in Education
COVER THE BALANCE OF THE COSTS OF INSTALLATION OF AN IN-HOUSE LAUNDRY FACILITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 14 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 14 | $201,777 | $8,500 |
| 2021 | 24 | $199,702 | $4,750 |
| 2022 | 18 | $228,014 | $4,000 |
| 2023 | 20 | $143,410 | $3,529 |
| 2024 | 19 | $241,292 | $4,500 |
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
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $4,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 Emporium Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 2 East Fourth Street, Emporium, PA, 15834. 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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