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R Dale & Frances M Hughes Fdn 47F100011

Lancaster, PA · EIN 23-7914215. Reported 105 grants totalling $9,500,000 to 40 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$51,100median grant
$9,500,000granted, 2021-2024
40organizations funded
81%of grantees funded again the next year
$58.5Massets, 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. R Dale & Frances M Hughes Fdn 47F100011 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 $51,100. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $6,889 and the largest $1,125,643. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$5,000 - $10,000
5 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
19 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
26 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
28 grants
$100,000 and Up
27 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
Monroe County Historical AssociationStroudsbrug, PA$2,512,555442024
Salvation ArmyEast Stroudsburg, PA$640,000442024
East Stroudsburg University FdnEast Stroudsburg, PA$620,373442024
Pocono Mountain Regional EmsTobyhanna, PA$548,413332023
Eastern Monroe Public Library Attn Susan Lyons DirectorStroudsburg, PA$531,765442024
Pocono Area Transitional HousingStroudsburg, PA$406,337442024
Barrett Paradise Friendly LibraryCresco, PA$363,174442024
Pleasant Valley Manor IncStroudsburg, PA$316,866332023
Northampton County Community College FoundationBethlehem, PA$315,000442024
Pocono Health FoundationEast Stroudsburg, PA$300,000112021
Family Promise of Monroe County IncStroudsburg, PA$246,997442024
Pocono Mountain Public LibraryTobyhanna, PA$233,753442024
Pleasant Valley Ecumenical NetworkSaylorsburg, PA$220,000442024
Blakeslee Community Association Tammy Livziey PresidentBlakeslee, PA$180,785222023
Women's Resources of Monroe CountyDelaware Water Gap, PA$180,000332023
Suburban EmsEaston, PA$168,579112024
Childrens Advocacy Center of Monroe CountyBartonsville, PA$135,000442024
Monroe County Meals on WheelsStroudsburg, PA$120,000442024
Sights for HopeAllentown, PA$112,000442024
Gregory W Moyer Defibrillator FundShawne on Delaware, PA$106,310222023
Stroudsburg Little Bethel Hist AssocEast Stroudsburg, PA$103,150112022
Clymer Library Assoc of Pocono PinesPocono Pines, PA$103,116222023
Lvhn-Pocono FoundationEast Stroudsburg, PA$100,000112024
Quiet Valley Living Historical FarmStroudsburg, PA$93,989442024
Devereux FoundationNewfoundland, PA$90,000442024
Western Pocono Public LibraryBrodheadsville, PA$89,322442024
Animal Welfare Society of MonroeStroudsburg, PA$85,000112023
Monroe Career & Technical InstituteEast Stroudsburg, PA$79,000112024
East Stroudsburg School DistrictEast Stroudsburg, PA$71,875332024
Pocono Services for Families & ChildrenEast Stroudsburg, PA$70,159112023
Celebration of the Arts Jazz FestivalDelaware Water Gap, PA$65,556222024
Safe MonroeDelaware Water Gap, PA$60,000112024
The Friendly Community CenterMountainhome, PA$57,416442024
Rimrock Masonic Center AssociationStroudsburg, PA$50,000112022
Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts IncDelaware Water Gap, PA$35,327222022
Stroudsburg Area School DistrictStroudsburg, PA$28,250112023
Developmental Educational Services FoundationStroudsburg, PA$25,000112021
Support Services for SeniorsStrudsburg, PA$20,000222022
Brodheads Watershed AssociationHenryville, PA$7,500112021
Pocono Cinema and Cultural CenterEast Stroudsburg, PA$7,433112022

27 of 40 (68%) 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 81%, 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 51 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
19 grants
Education
8 grants
Arts & Culture
7 grants
Health Care
6 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants
Animal Welfare
1 grant
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202127$2,500,000$45,000
202227$2,600,000$30,000
202328$2,100,000$49,750
202423$2,300,000$72,250

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

Stroudsbrug, PA
$2.5M
East Stroudsburg, PA
$2.0M
Stroudsburg, PA
$1.9M
Tobyhanna, PA
$782K
Cresco, PA
$363K
Delaware Water Gap, PA
$341K
Bethlehem, PA
$315K
Saylorsburg, PA
$220K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $51,100. 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from R Dale & Frances M Hughes Fdn 47F100011'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 3215, Lancaster, PA, 17604. 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 23-7914215 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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