FundersPennsylvania

Hall Foundation

Camp Hill, PA · EIN 23-6243044. Reported 254 grants totalling $797,600 to 95 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$797,600granted, 2021-2024
95organizations funded
79%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,762,748assets, latest filing

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. Hall 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $600 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
218 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
19 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Boys and Girls Club of AmericanAtlanta, GA$50,000332024
Hha for Elegant ProgressionsHarrisburg, PA$48,500332023
Harrisburg Area YMCAHarrisburg, PA$47,000432023
Harrisburg Symphony OrchestraHarrisburg, PA$30,000442024
Central Penn College Educ FoundSummerdale, PA$25,000332023
Middletown Area YMCAMiddletown, OH$18,000112024
Elegant Progressions Historic HarriHarrisburg, PA$17,000112024
Coaches Vs CancerState College, PA$15,000222022
Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, PA$14,000442024
Art Association of HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA$12,500442024
Bethesda MissionHarrisburg, PA$12,500442024
Hospice of Central PaHarrisburg, PA$12,000442024
Thaddeus Stevens FoundationLancaster, PA$12,000332023
Upper Dauphin Area School DistrictLykens, PA$12,000442024
Keystone Human ServicesHarrisburg, PA$11,500442024
World Vision IncFederal Way, WA$11,500442024
Harrisburg Area Riverboat SocietyHarrisburg, PA$10,000222024
Logos AcademyHarrisburg, PA$10,000222024
West Chester UniversityWest Chester, PA$10,000112023
American Red Cross Greater PaHarrisburg, PA$9,000332024
Bishop Mcdevitt High SchoolHarrisburg, PA$9,000442024
Camp Hill High SchoolCamp Hill, PA$9,000442024
Carlisle High SchoolCarlisle, PA$9,000442024
Central Dauphin East High SchoolHarrisburg, PA$9,000442024
Central Dauphin High SchoolHarrisburg, PA$9,000442024
Cumberland Perry Areavotech SchoolMechanicsburg, PA$9,000442024
Dauphin County Technical SchoolHarrisburg, PA$9,000442024
East Pennsboro Area High SchoolEnola, PA$9,000442024
Halifax Area School DistrictHalifax, PA$9,000442024
Harrisburg AcademyWormleysburg, PA$9,000442024
Hershey High SchoolHershey, PA$9,000442024
Line Mountain High SchoolHerndon, PA$9,000442024
Lower Dauphin High SchoolHummelstown, PA$9,000442024
Mechanicsburg Area Senior HighMechanicsburg, PA$9,000442024
Millersburg Area High SchoolMillersburg, PA$9,000442024
Northern High SchoolDillsburg, PA$9,000442024
Red Land High SchoolLewisberry, PA$9,000442024
Sci Tech High Campus - HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA$9,000442024
Steelton Highspire School DistrictSteelton, PA$9,000442024
Susquehanna Township High SchoolHarrisburg, PA$9,000442024
Susquenita High SchoolDuncannon, PA$9,000442024
Trinity High SchoolCamp Hill, PA$9,000442024
Cumberland Valley High SchoolMechanicsburg, PA$8,000332023
Blind SportsHavertown, PA$7,500222024
Central Pa Food BankHarrisburg, PA$7,500332024
Community Check Up CenterHarrisburg, PA$7,500332024
The Nativity School of HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA$7,500222022
World Surgical FoundationCamp Hill, PA$7,500332023
Cedar Cliff High SchoolCamp Hill, PA$7,000332024
Central Pennsylvania Youth BalletCarlisle, PA$7,000442024
Big Brothers Big SistersHarrisburg, PA$6,000332024
Central Pa Friends of JazzHarrisburg, PA$6,000332024
Historical Society of Dauphin CountHarrisburg, PA$6,000442024
The National Civil War MuseumHarrisburg, PA$6,000442024
Theatre HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA$6,000332024
Coaches Versus CancerState College, PA$5,000112024
Dauphin Country Library SystemHarrisburg, PA$5,000112021
Hoffman Homes for YouthLittlestown, PA$5,000442024
Perry County Council of the ArtsNewport, PA$5,000442024
Salvation ArmyHarrisburg, PA$5,000112024
Salvation Army HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA$5,000112022
USA Basketball FoundationColorado Springs, CO$5,000112022
Rivers Edge Christian AcademyKnoxville, TN$4,500222024
Boiling Springs High SchoolBoiling Springs, PA$4,000222022
Leadership Education and FarmingCarlisle, PA$4,000222024
Middletown Area High SchoolMiddletown, PA$4,000222022
Mission CentralMechanicsburg, PA$4,000222022
National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyHarrisburg, PA$4,000332024
Newport High SchoolNewport, PA$4,000222022
Pa Junior Academy of Sciences REG4New Cumberland, PA$4,000442024
New Hope MinistriesDillsburg, PA$3,500332024
Contact HelplineHarrisburg, PA$3,000332024
Friends of Fort HunterHarrisburg, PA$3,000332023
Pa Chapter Multiple SclerosisCanton, MA$3,000222023
Paid Friends of the West Shore TheaNew Cumberland, PA$3,000112022
Ronald Mcdonald HouseHershey, PA$3,000222023
Saint Joseph's Catholic AcademyBoalsburg, PA$3,000112021
United Cerebral Palsy of Central PaLewistown, PA$3,000112022
University of Tennessee College LawKnoxville, TN$3,000112024
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USALaguna Hills, CA$2,500112022
Friends of the West Shore TheatreNew Cumberland, PA$2,500112023
Game ChangerDana Point, CA$2,500112023
Homeland CenterHarrisburg, PA$2,500112022
PhilabundancePhiladelphia, PA$2,500112022
Team Ream FoundationBoalsburg, PA$2,500112021
Capital Region Literacy CouncilHarrisburg, PA$2,000112021
Cumberland Co Historical SocietyCarlisle, PA$2,000222022
Harrisburg High SchoolHarrisburg, PA$2,000112021
Canine Rescue of Central PaDillsburg, PA$1,000112024
Perry County Literacy CouncilNewport, PA$1,000112023
Rotary of the West ShoreCamp Hill, PA$1,000112024
Samaritans PurseBoone, NC$1,000112024
Shriners HospitalTampa, FL$1,000112022
Susquehanna Folk Music SocietyNew Cumberland, PA$1,000112021
Delone Catholic High SchoolMcsherrystown, PA$600112024

68 of 95 (72%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 77 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
22 grants
Human Services
15 grants
Education
12 grants
Health Care
11 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
Religion
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202164$182,000$2,000
202267$216,000$2,000
202362$185,500$2,000
202461$214,100$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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 87% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Pennsylvania
$696K
Georgia
$50K
Ohio
$18K
Washington
$12K
Tennessee
$8K
California
$5K
Colorado
$5K
Massachusetts
$3K

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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.

The Foundation for Enhancing Communities20 shared recipientsUnited Way of the Capital Region15 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc14 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund12 shared recipientsJohn Crain Kunkel Foundation12 shared recipientsAlexander and Jane Boyd Ta Foundation12 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Related guides

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Hall Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1200, Camp Hill, PA, 17001. 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.

EIN 23-6243044 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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