Peoples Security Charitable Foundation
Scranton, PA · EIN 25-1886434. Reported 61 grants totalling $425,666 to 45 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Peoples Security Charitable 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $100,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Valley Zoo | Schnecksville, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Womens Resource Center | Scranton, PA | $19,166 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hdc Mid Atlantic | Lancaster, PA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Outreach-Cntr Fo Comm Resources | Scranton, PA | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| B-K Health Center Inc | Montrose, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Handicapped Childrens Assoc of Southern Ny | Johnson City, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Scranton Counseling Center | Scranton, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aclamo | Norristown, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Nepa | Scranton, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Service Center | Wilkesbarre, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Poor | Scranton, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lehigh Valley Zoological Society | Schnecksville, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mosaic Comm Land Trust | Pottstown, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ripple Community Inc | Allentown, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Third Street Alliance | Easton, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town Clock Comm Development | New Brunswick, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Valley Youth House | Wilkes Barre, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vhp Street Medicine | Allentown, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Victory House of Lehigh Valley | Bethlehem, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wepa Empowerment | Lebanon, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Lehigh Valley | Allentown, PA | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| B-K Health Center Dba Nepa Comm Health | Kingsley, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Humanistic Change Inc | Allentown, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chop Out Hunger | Towanda, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Empower Somerset Inc | Somerville, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem | Bethlehem, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Promise of the Poconos | Stroudsburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Handicapped Children's Assoc of So Ny | Johnson City, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lackawanna Blind Association | Scranton, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corp | Bethlehem, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nadine Cenci Marchegiai Foundation | Jessup, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nativity Miguel School of Scranton | Scranton, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Outreach - Center for Community Resources | Scranton, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Serving Seniors Inc | Scranton, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Third St Alliance for Women & Children | Easton, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA of Lackawanna County | Scranton, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dress for Success Central Nj | Lawrenceville, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lacawac Santuary Foundaiton | Lake Ariel, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Providence Pregnancy Center | Scranton, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women Aware | New Brunswick, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley | Bethlehem, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dress for Success Luzerne County | Wilkes Barre, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shanthi Project | Allentown, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sights for Hope | Allentown, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity | Kingston, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
10 of 45 (22%) 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 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 25 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | $43,333 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 13 | $64,333 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $115,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 21 | $203,000 | $5,000 |
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. 91% 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.
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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 $5,000. 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 Peoples Security Charitable 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: 150 North Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA, 18503. 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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