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Vna Foundation of Greater North Penn

Lansdale, PA · EIN 23-1396799. Reported 192 grants totalling $3,068,105 to 59 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$11,375median grant
$3,068,105granted, 2021-2024
59organizations funded
89%of grantees funded again the next year
$20.5Massets, 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. Vna Foundation of Greater North Penn 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 $11,375. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $140,050. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
38 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
46 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
79 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
20 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
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
Abington Health FoundationAbington, PA$382,300332023
Bucks-Mont CollaborativeHarleysville, PA$185,050442024
Manna on Main StreetLansdale, PA$146,100442024
Abington Memorial FoundationAbington, PA$140,000112024
Mitzvah Circle FoundationTrooper, PA$136,100442024
North Penn Valley Boys and Girls ClubLansdale, PA$108,600442024
Keystone Opportunity CenterSouderton, PA$91,100442024
Aclamo Family CentersNorristown, PA$85,100442024
Greater Harleysville and North Penn Senior ServicesHarleysville, PA$85,100442024
Tricounty Community NetworkPottstown, PA$84,500332024
Mattie N Dixon Community CupboardAmbler, PA$82,050442024
Family Services of Montgomery CountyEagleville, PA$79,600442024
Family Promise MontcoAmbler, PA$77,250442024
Philip Jaisohn Memorial FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$67,600442024
Mission Kids Child Advocacy CenterBlue Bell, PA$66,050442024
Variety Club Camp and Development CenterWorcester, PA$58,100442024
Garden of Health IncNorth Wales, PA$56,550442024
Generations of Indian ValleySouderton, PA$56,100442024
Laurel HouseNorristown, PA$49,100442024
Maternity Care CoalitionPhiladelphia, PA$46,000442024
North Penn YMCAColmar, PA$43,600442024
Vol Medical Service Corps of LansdaleLansdale, PA$42,600442024
Korean American Assoc of Greater PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$42,525222022
Access ServicesFt Washington, PA$42,500222022
Indian Creek FoundationSouderton, PA$42,500442024
St Luke's Penn FoundationSellersville, PA$42,100442024
Vna Community Services IncAbington, PA$40,600442024
Advanced Living CommunitiesLansdale, PA$37,600332023
Wissahickon Valley Public LibraryBlue Bell, PA$36,100442024
Lansdale Library AssociationLansdale, PA$36,050442024
The Salvation Army Children's ServicesSouderton, PA$33,550442024
North Wales Area LibraryNorth Wales, PA$33,050442024
Legal Aid of Southeastern PennsylvaniaNorristown, PA$32,550442024
Jamaica Land We Love (jalawelo)Lansdale, PA$31,000222022
Women's Center of Montgomery CountyColmar, PA$30,100442024
North Penn School District Educational FoundationLansdale, PA$30,000222022
The Partnership Tma of Montgomery CountyMontgomeryville, PA$29,700442024
Worthwhile WearSilverdale, PA$29,050442024
The Center for Loss and BereavementSkippack, PA$28,600332024
Senior Adult Activities Center of Montgomery CountyNorristown, PA$26,050442024
Peaceful LivingHarleysville, PA$25,100442024
Montgomery County FoundationBlue Bell, PA$25,000332023
Welcome Project PaHatboro, PA$24,500442024
Bean Bag Food ProgramSouderton, PA$23,500332024
Hope WorxNorristown, PA$23,500442024
Integrate for GoodCollegeville, PA$21,000332023
Boston Legacy FoundationSkippack, PA$19,380222022
Indian Valley Public LibrarySouderton, PA$17,550442024
Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, PA$16,000222022
Victims Services Center of Montgomery CountyNorristown, PA$15,000332024
Along the WaySouderton, PA$10,050112021
Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery CountyNorristown, PA$10,050112021
Sebastian RidingCollegeville, PA$10,000112021
Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, PA$9,300332023
Montco Anti-Hunger NetworkLansdale, PA$8,000112024
One House at a TimeAmbler, PA$7,500332024
International Festival FoundationLansdale, PA$4,500332024
Trinity Lutheran ChurchLansdale, PA$3,500112024
Mama Sophia IncPhiladelphia, PA$2,500112021

52 of 59 (88%) 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 89%, 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 110 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
51 grants
Mental Health
11 grants
Education
9 grants
Crime & Legal
8 grants
International Affairs
6 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202152$1,169,255$16,100
202251$671,125$7,250
202345$586,725$8,500
202444$641,000$7,500

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

Abington, PA
$563K
Lansdale, PA
$510K
Harleysville, PA
$295K
Souderton, PA
$294K
Norristown, PA
$251K
Ambler, PA
$167K
Philadelphia, PA
$154K
Blue Bell, PA
$132K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $11,375. 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 Vna Foundation of Greater North Penn'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: 51 Medical Campus Drive, Lansdale, PA, 19446. 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 23-1396799 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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