FundersPennsylvania

Shady Maple Foundation

East Earl, PA · EIN 20-0903361. Reported 265 grants totalling $1,744,000 to 87 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,744,000granted, 2021-2024
87organizations funded
84%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,788,039assets, 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. Shady Maple 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $26,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$5,000 - $10,000
219 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
42 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
4 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
Revelations of Freedom MinistriesNew Holland, PA$104,000442024
Conestoga Christian SchoolMorgantown, PA$80,000442024
Welsh Mountain HomeNew Holland, PA$72,000442024
Crossnet MinistriesNew Holland, PA$55,000442024
Linville Hill Christian SchoolParadise, PA$45,000442024
Terre Hill Mennonite SchoolTerre Hill, PA$32,000442024
Lighthouse Vocational ServicesNew Holland, PA$30,000442024
Orphan Resources InternationalNewmanstown, PA$30,000442024
Ywam - OrlandoMontverde, FL$30,000442024
Upward Call Counseling ServicesNew Holland, PA$29,000442024
Institute for Global OppurtunitiesEphrata, PA$25,000442024
Jubilee MinistriesLebanon, PA$25,000442024
Petra ChurchNew Holland, PA$25,000442024
The Factory MinistriesParadise, PA$25,000442024
Water Street MinistriesLancaster, PA$25,000442024
The Peacemaker CenterDowningtown, PA$24,000332024
Shalom Mennonite SchoolTerre Hill, PA$22,000442024
Silver Springs MinistriesHoltwood, PA$22,000332024
Sustainable Agricultural SolutionsState College, PA$22,000332023
Tidings of Peace Christian SchoolYork, PA$21,000442024
Align Life MinistriesLebanon, PA$20,000442024
Blessings of HopeEphrata, PA$20,000442024
Blue Ball Mennonite ChurchBlue Ball, PA$20,000442024
Breakloose InternationalRochester, MI$20,000442024
Breath of Life Ministries InternatiLancaster, PA$20,000442024
Camp HebronHalifax, PA$20,000442024
Dynamis World MinistriesLancaster, PA$20,000442024
Ephrata Mennonite SchoolEphrata, PA$20,000222022
Fairview Christian SchoolReading, PA$20,000442024
Faith Builders Educational ProgramsGuys Mills, PA$20,000442024
Faith Friendship Ministries IncMountville, PA$20,000442024
Friendship CommunityLititz, PA$20,000442024
Green Meadow FarmLeola, PA$20,000442024
Heralds of HopeBreezewood, PA$20,000442024
Joni and Friends PaMountville, PA$20,000442024
Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, PA$20,000442024
Life Counseling MinistriesConestoga, PA$20,000442024
Mountain Spring Mennonite ChurchEast Earl, PA$20,000442024
North Star InitiativeLititz, PA$20,000222022
Open HandsWest Milton, PA$20,000442024
Restart Training Center MinistryStrasburg, PA$20,000442024
Sunny Crest Home IncMorgantown, PA$20,000442024
Support for Prison MinistriesBrownstown, PA$20,000442024
Ten Million for ChristEast Earl, PA$20,000442024
TenfoldLancaster, PA$20,000442024
The Potter's House MinistriesBrownstown, PA$20,000442024
Way of Jesus AcademyLancaster, PA$20,000332024
Ywam - MadisonMadison, WI$20,000442024
Day Seven MinistriesLititz, PA$18,000222024
Good Samaritan ServicesLancaster, PA$18,000332024
Africa Association of Bible SchoolsNew Holland, PA$15,000332023
Bethany Christian ServicesLancaster, PA$15,000332023
Bible Visuals International IncAkron, PA$15,000332024
Cbm Ministries of S Central Pa - JGreencastle, PA$15,000332024
Christ's HomeWarminster, PA$15,000332024
Clinic for Special ChildrenStrasburg, PA$15,000332024
Cobys Family ServicesLeola, PA$15,000222024
Eastgate House of Prayer IncTerre Hill, PA$15,000222022
Ephrata Community ChurchEphrata, PA$15,000332024
Fairmount HomesEphrata Township, PA$15,000332024
Global DisciplesLancaster, PA$15,000332024
Hospice & Community CareLancaster, PA$15,000332023
Open Door ProjectPine Grove, PA$15,000332023
Still Waters Counseling MinistriesMorgantown, PA$15,000332023
Voice of the MartyrsBartlesville, OK$15,000332023
We Care ProgramAtmore, AL$15,000332024
Why Not You MinistriesBlossburg, PA$15,000332024
Ywam - LancasterEphrata, PA$15,000222023
Camp AndrewsHoltwood, PA$10,000112021
Chazak RescueGap, PA$10,000222022
Fellowship of Christian Athletes-LaManheim, PA$10,000222024
God's Universal ServicesLeola, PA$10,000222022
Hinkletown Mennonite SchoolEphrata, PA$10,000222024
Lancaster County Christian SchoolLancaster, PA$10,000222024
Lebanon Rescue MissionLabanon, PA$10,000222022
Onelife InstituitionManheim, PA$10,000112023
All-Nations Association of Bible ScNew Holland, PA$5,000112024
Center for Parentyouth UnderstandiElizabethtown, PA$5,000112021
Cornerstone Reproductive HealthGap, PA$5,000112024
Hope Inspire LoveLancaster, PA$5,000112024
Pathways Community HomeschoolTerre Hill, PA$5,000112024
Pathways Community SchoolEast Earl, PA$5,000112022
Sustainable Development SolutionsState College, PA$5,000112024
SwanLyndell, PA$5,000112023
University of the Nations - Ywam KoKailuakona, HI$5,000112021
Young LifeLewisburg, PA$5,000112021
Zoe InternationalSanta Clarita, CA$5,000112021

74 of 87 (85%) 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 84%, 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 134 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Religion
51 grants
Human Services
35 grants
Health Care
8 grants
Education
8 grants
International Affairs
8 grants
Youth Development
6 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants
Community Improvement
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202168$446,000$5,000
202268$451,000$5,000
202364$431,000$5,000
202465$416,000$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. 94% 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
$1.6M
Florida
$30K
Michigan
$20K
Wisconsin
$20K
Oklahoma
$15K
Alabama
$15K
Hawaii
$5K
California
$5K

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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.

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc45 shared recipientsAnabaptist Foundation38 shared recipientsLancaster County Community Foundation33 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund29 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc24 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program22 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. 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.
  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 Shady Maple 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: 129 Toddy Dr Po Box 157, East Earl, PA, 17519. 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 20-0903361 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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