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St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Pa

Allentown, PA · EIN 23-1352213. Reported 272 grants totalling $49.4M to 124 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.

124organizations funded
$20,000median reported grant
$49.4Mgranted, 2020-2023
67%of grantees funded again the next year
74%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Pa, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E220) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
  2. How spread out its giving is. 124 distinct organizations, with 74% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
  3. How much its list changes. 67% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $67,700; the smallest was $5,089 and the largest $10.5M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
54 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
100 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
30 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
40 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
36 grants
$250,000 Or More
12 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Star Community Health IncBethlehem, PA$36.4M442023
Parkland School District Education FoundationAllentown, PA$817,165332023
Easton Area School DistrictEaston, PA$730,805332023
Pocono Mountain School DistrictSwiftwater, PA$618,953442023
Bethlehem Area School DistrictBethlehem, PA$602,151442023
East Stroudsburg Area School DistrictEast Stroudsburg, PA$580,500332023
Pleasant Valley School DistrictFountain Hill, PA$554,861632022
Whitehall Coplay School DistrictWhitehall, PA$552,750442023
Nazareth Area School DistrictNazareth, PA$539,511442023
Allentown School DistrictAllentown, PA$501,464332023
Southern Lehigh School DistrictCenter Valley, PA$373,750332023
Pen Argyl Area School DistrictPen Argyl, PA$333,100442023
Tamaqua Area School DistrictTamaqua, PA$316,490442023
Moravian AcademyBethlehem, PA$310,000222023
Desales UniversityCenter Valley, PA$306,493332023
Northampton Area School DistrictNorthampton, PA$300,949442023
Northampton County Area Community College FoundationBethlehem, PA$290,970332023
Athlife Foundation IncHuntington, NY$290,000332023
Panther Valley School DistrictLansford, PA$201,617332023
Moravian UniversityBethlehem, PA$200,000332023
Bethlehem Area Education FoundationBethlehem, PA$192,500442023
Blue Mountain Education Association of the Pennsylvania StateOrwigsburg, PA$186,908642023
Wilson Area School DistrictEaston, PA$170,461332023
Wilson Area Partners in Education Foundation IncEaston, PA$148,750112021
Pasd General FundPalmerton, PA$146,500332023
Notre Dame High School IncEaston, PA$144,000442023
Saucon Valley School DistrictHellertown, PA$141,000222022
Pottsville Area School DistrictPottsville, PA$122,375542023
Marian Catholic High SchoolTamaqua, PA$113,500442023
Quakertown Community School DistrictQuakertown, PA$112,300222023
Pleasent Valley Educational FoundationBrodheadsvlle, PA$108,957112023
Keystone AthleticStroudsburg, PA$107,500222023
Northampton Community CollegeBethlehem, PA$100,500112021
Salisbury Township School DistrictAllentown, PA$96,864442023
Northern Lehigh School DistrictSlatington, PA$96,829222023
Perkiomen Valley School DistrictCollegeville, PA$95,000222023
Palmerton Area School DistrictPalmerton, PA$90,000112021
Stroudsburg Area School DistrictStroudsburg, PA$87,500112023
Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association IncMechanicsburg, PA$83,750332022
Brandywine Heights Area SchoolTopton, PA$75,960222023
Fleetwood Area School District FoundationFleetwood, PA$75,500442023
Headstrong FoundationWoodlyn, PA$75,000332023
Shenandoah Valley School DistrictShenandoah, PA$73,500442023
The Hispanic Center of the Lehigh ValleyBethlehem, PA$69,893222023
Alvernia UniversityReading, PA$67,500332023
Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of CommerceEaston, PA$66,668442023
Centenary UniversityHackettstown, NJ$66,000332023
Hispanic Center Lehigh ValleyBethlehem, PA$62,935112022
Boyertown Area School DistrictBoyertown, PA$62,500442023
Reading School District Athletic DepartmentReading, PA$62,500222021
Lehigh Valley Youth Soccer LeagueCoopersburg, PA$55,000222023
Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, PA$50,137222021
Cancer Support Community of the Greater Lehigh ValleyAllentown, PA$50,000442023
Lehigh Valley Athletic ClubBethlehem, PA$50,000442023
Michael Ann & Saquon Barkley Hope FoundationIndependence, OH$50,000112022
Warren Hills Regional Board of EducationWashington, NJ$47,590222023
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Allentown IncAllentown, PA$45,000222022
Treatment Trends IncAllentown, PA$41,883222023
North Schuykill School DistrictAshland, PA$41,860442023
Berks Catholic High School IncReading, PA$41,580332023
Hunterdon Warren Sussex Athletic AssocEaston, PA$40,500442023
Boy Scouts of AmericaAllentown, PA$40,250432022
Historic Bethlehem Partnership IncorporatedBethlehem, PA$34,500332023
Special Olympics Pennsylvania IncNorristown, PA$30,000222023
Allentown School District FoundationAllentown, PA$27,500222023
Bethlehem Economic Development CorpBethlehem, PA$27,000222023
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute Education AssociationSchnecksville, PA$26,662112022
Southern Lehigh High SchoolCenter Valley, PA$26,000222023
Upper Perkiomen School DistrictPennsburg, PA$25,500222022
Kellyn FoundationTatamy, PA$23,250332023
Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary High SchoolPottsville, PA$22,950332023
Girls on the Run Lehigh ValleyAllentown, PA$22,500112023
Lehigh Valley Economic Development CorporationBethlehem, PA$22,500222023
Geisinger HealthDanville, PA$22,100222023
Kutztown Area School DistrictKutztown, PA$20,566322022
Lehigh Valley Community FoundationAllentown, PA$20,000222022
Lv Economic DevelopmentBethlehem, PA$20,000222021
Nazareth Blue Eagle Education FoundationNazareth, PA$20,000222021
Phillipsburg Board of EducationPhillipsburg, NJ$20,000112023
Project of Easton IncEaston, PA$20,000112022
Dock Mennonite AcademyLansdale, PA$18,000222022
Thunder Youth HockeyBethlehem, PA$18,000222023
Parkland School DistrictAllentown, PA$17,500112020
Belvidere Board of EducationBelvidere, NJ$16,000112023
Carve for Cancer IncPhiladelphia, PA$15,150112023
Diakon Child Family & Community MinistriesTopton, PA$15,000112022
Five Star Heart Project CorporationBethlehem, PA$15,000112020
Road Runners Club of AmericaAllentown, PA$15,000112022
Tulpehocken Area School DistrictBethel, PA$14,935222022
Habitat for Humanity International IncAllentown, PA$12,500112022
Salem Bible ChurchMacungie, PA$11,700222023
Mahanoy Area Education AssociationCatawissa, PA$11,500112022
Mahonoy Area School DistrictMahanoy City, PA$11,500112020
United Way of the Greater Lehigh ValleyAllentown, PA$11,223112023
Camp Freedom IncAllentown, PA$11,000222021
Delaware Valley Regional High School Education Association PhilaFrenchtown, NJ$11,000112022
Wildlands Conservancy IncEmmaus, PA$10,200112021
Borough of Emmaus AmbulanceEmmaus, PA$10,000112023
Borough of QuakertownQuakertown, PA$10,000112020
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor IncEaston, PA$10,000112023
Dewey Fire Co No 1Hellertown, PA$10,000112020
Friends of the Town of Clinton Parks and Events IncClinton, NJ$10,000112023
Hope Ministries and Community ServicesLancaster, PA$10,000112022
Pennsylvania State Association of County FairsLehighton, PA$10,000112021
Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29Mar Lin, PA$10,000112023
Schuylkill LeaguePottsville, PA$10,000112023
Safer Streets for Tamaquas Little FeetsTamaqua, PA$9,000112020
Steel Valley Renegades WrestlingEaston, PA$9,000112023
Boys & Girls Club of BethlehemBethlehem, PA$8,241112022
Temple University Hospital IncPhiladelphia, PA$7,600112021
East Penn Raiders LLCWind Gap, PA$7,500112020
Girls on the Run PoconosStroudsburg, PA$7,500112020
Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the ArtsBethlehem, PA$7,500112022
St Thomas More Soccer ClubAllentown, PA$7,500112023
Brandywine Heights Education FoundationTopton, PA$6,000112022
Civic Theatre of Allentown PaAllentown, PA$6,000112023
Lehigh County Agricultural SocietyAllentown, PA$6,000112022
Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley IncAllentown, PA$6,000112021
New Bethany IncBethlehem, PA$6,000112021
Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley IncAllentown, PA$6,000112023
Fountain Hill Elementary SchoolBethlehem, PA$5,599112022
Fund to Benefit Children and Youth IncWhitehall, PA$5,450112023
The Pedro J Martinez and Brothers FoundationBoston, MA$5,200112021
Wescoe Foundation for Pulmonary Fibrosis IncCoopersburg, PA$5,089112022

74 of 124 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

It also reported 17 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 54 of 124 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Education
14 orgs
Recreation & Sports
8 orgs
Health Care
5 orgs
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
5 orgs
Youth Development
3 orgs
Human Services
3 orgs
Arts & Culture
3 orgs
Mental Health
2 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
202048$12.2M$18,125
202172$12.9M$19,250
202276$11.7M$18,919
202376$12.7M$21,750

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

99% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

Pennsylvania
$48.9M
New York
$290K
New Jersey
$171K
Ohio
$50K
Massachusetts
$5K

Down to the city

Bethlehem, PA
$38.5M
Allentown, PA
$1.8M
Easton, PA
$1.3M
Center Valley, PA
$706K
Swiftwater, PA
$619K
East Stroudsburg, PA
$580K

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How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Pennsylvania.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Pa's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 76 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 1 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: 1110 St Lukes Way, Allentown, PA, 18109.

EIN 23-1352213 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.

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