The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau
State College, PA · EIN 25-1286646. Reported 162 grants totalling $2,599,969 to 66 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
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:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 66 distinct organizations, with 13% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 74% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $11,500. Half of what it reported fell between $9,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $77,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Jordan Center | University Park, PA | $329,650 | 21 | 4 | 2023 |
| State Theatre Inc | State College, PA | $157,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Historic Bellefonte Inc | Bellefonte, PA | $142,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Inc | State College, PA | $124,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Central Pennsylvania July 4TH Inc | State College, PA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs | Centre Hall, PA | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Discovery Space of Centralpennsylvania Inc | State College, PA | $74,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Central Pennsylvania Tasting Trail | State College, PA | $71,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Happy Valley Improv LLC | State College, PA | $70,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Happy Valley Music Fest | Johnstown, PA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Nittany Mountain Biking Association | State College, PA | $66,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County | Bellefonte, PA | $65,879 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Centre County Library & Historical Museum | Bellefonte, PA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Downtown Bellefonte Inc | Bellefonte, PA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Centre County Historical Society | State College, PA | $52,040 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Big Cat Aquatics Inc | State College, PA | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mt Top Area Swimming Pool Association Inc | Snow Shoe, PA | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lucky Dog Management - Happy Valley Music Fest | Mayville, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tempest Productions Inc | Bayonne, NJ | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Centre County Grange Fair | Centre Hall, PA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Millheim Borough | Millheim, PA | $45,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Clearwater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania Inc | State College, PA | $44,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crooked House | Milesburg, PA | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Roland Curtin Foundation for the Preservation of Eagle Furnace Inc | Howard, PA | $37,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Downtown State College Improvement District Inc | State College, PA | $37,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Happy Valley Womens Cycling | Pa Furnace, PA | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation | Camp Hill, PA | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Centre Film Festival | State College, PA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 3 Dots Downtown | State College, PA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Moshannon Valley Emergency Medical Services | Philipsburg, PA | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Peoples Choice Festival | Pine Grv Mls, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rowland Theatre Inc | Philipsburg, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Dead Canary Brewing Company - Te | Philipsburg, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Happy Valley Comic Con LLC | Centre Hall, PA | $24,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Snow Shoe Rails to Trails Association | Clarence, PA | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| C3 Sports LLC - Te | State College, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Centre Volunteers in Medicine | State College, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Columbus Chapel-Boalsburg Estate Society Inc | Boalsburg, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Provisions Magazine - Happy Velley Restaruant Week | Howard, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ferguson Township - Route 45 Getaway | State College, PA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Potter Township | Spring Mills, PA | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Philipsburg Revitalization Corp | Philipsburg, PA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gorinto Co LLC | Boalsburg, PA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| State College Area Rowing Association | State College, PA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Nittany Valley Symphony Inc | State College, PA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Baseball Inc | Boalsburg, PA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Way Fruit Farm LLC | Port Matilda, PA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Happy Valley Cigar Co LLC Dba Your Cigar Den | State College, PA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pennsylvania Centre Chamber Orchestra Society | State College, PA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| America's Wrestling Cup - Tm | Bethlehem, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Centre Lgbtqa Support Network | State College, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nittany Performing Arts Centre | State College, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tussey Mountain LLC | Boalsburg, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Borough of State College | State College, PA | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philipsburg Historical Foundation | Philipsburg, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Krislund Camp & Conference Center | Madisonburg, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Pennsylvania Military Museum Inc | Boalsburg, PA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Apple Hill Antiques | State College, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Centre Region Bicycle Coalition | State College, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Howard Fire Company No 1 Inc | Howard, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Makery of Central Pennsylvania | State College, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| MTB50 Inc | State College, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nittany Antique Machinery Association | Centre Hall, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Snow Shoe Park Corporation | Snow Shoe, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Centre Region Parks and Recreation Authority | State College, PA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation | State College, PA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
40 of 66 (61%) 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.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 38 of 66 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 33 | $540,529 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 32 | $415,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 44 | $619,300 | $12,000 |
| 2023 | 53 | $1,025,140 | $15,000 |
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
96% 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.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- 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.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $11,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Pennsylvania.
- 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 The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau'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.
Address of record on the latest return: 204 West Beaver Avenue, State College, PA, 16801.
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