1889 Foundation Inc
Johnstown, PA · EIN 25-1719695. Reported 106 grants totalling $13.3M to 60 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. For 1889 Foundation Inc, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for human services (NTEE P12).
- How spread out its giving is. 60 distinct organizations, with 16% 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. 52% 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 $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $16,020 and $108,149; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $1,075,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Greater Johnstown Community Y M C a | Johnstown, PA | $2,087,997 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of the Southern Alleghenies | Johnstown, PA | $2,073,422 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Population Health | Johnstown, PA | $1,583,406 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hosanna Industries Inc | Gibsonia, PA | $1,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Learning Lamp Inc | Johnstown, PA | $686,313 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hyndman Area Health Center Inc | Hyndman, PA | $650,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Richland School District | Johnstown, PA | $574,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Womens Help Center Inc | Johnstown, PA | $402,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dlp Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center | Johnstown, PA | $350,765 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown | Johnstown, PA | $348,947 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Johnstown Area Heritage Association | Johnstown, PA | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pittsburgh Gateways Corporation | Pittsburgh, PA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance | Indiana, PA | $229,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Greater Johnstown School District | Johnstown, PA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Communities in Schools of Pennsylvania Inc | Camp Hill, PA | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Flood City Boxing Academy Inc | Johnstown, PA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vision Together 2025 Inc | Johnstown, PA | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vision Together 2025 | Johnstown, PA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cambria County Transit Authority | Johnstown, PA | $107,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hope 4 Johnstown | Johnstown, PA | $105,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Johnstown Area Regional Industries Inc | Johnstown, PA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Foundation | Johnstown, PA | $96,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Laurel Highlands Alzheimers Foundation | Johnstown, PA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pathways Community Hub Institute Inc | Toledo, OH | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Veteran Community Initiatives Inc | Johnstown, PA | $76,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Johnstown Symphony Orchestra | Johnstown, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Coaches for Kids Foudation | Johnstown, PA | $40,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cambria County Backpack Project | Johnstown, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cambria County Child Advocacy Center Inc | Johnstown, PA | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cambria County Student Hockey League Inc | Johnstown, PA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Beginnings Inc | Johnstown, PA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dlp Conemaugh Physician Practices | Johnstown, PA | $32,337 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Alternative Community Resource Program Inc | Johnstown, PA | $31,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dlp Conemaugh Physician Practices | Johnstown, PA | $27,044 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cresson Volunteer Fire Company | Cresson, PA | $26,598 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| City of Johnstown | Johnstown, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Communtiy Action Partnership of Cambria County Inc | Johnstown, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Portage Area Ambulance Association | Portage, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saint Francis University | Loretto, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reade Township Road District | Blandburg, PA | $23,120 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cambria County Department of Emergency Services | Ebensburg, PA | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Berlin Lions Club of Pennsylvania | Berlin, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Easter Seals Western and Central Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cambria and Somerset Counties Conservancy | Johnstown, PA | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cambria County Drug Coalition Inc | Johnstown, PA | $16,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ambitec Inc Dba Rts Tactical | Miami Beach, FL | $15,703 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Aid Home Programs of Somerset County Inc | Somerset, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Windber Area School District | Windber, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Patton Borough | Patton, PA | $14,440 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | Cresson, PA | $10,842 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown | Johnstown, PA | $9,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Somerset Area School District | Somerset, PA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Second Chance Fundraising | Windber, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Variety the Childrens Charity | Wexford, PA | $6,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cuddles for Kids | Johnstown, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sandyvale Cemetery Association Inc | Johnstown, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Victim Services Inc | Johnstown, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
27 of 60 (45%) 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Center for Population Health
POPULATION HEALTH STRATEGIES - Greater Johnstown Community YMCA
AT RISK YOUTH AND DISEASE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING AND SAFE HAVEN PROJECT - Richland School District
PENNSYLVANIA MATCH GRANT COMMUNITY WELLNESS PROJECT - United Way of the Southern Alleghenies
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS - Learning Lamp Inc
CHILD CARE WORKS - SOMERSET/PLAYGROUND UPGRADE/CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTING - Johnstown Area Heritage Association
PATH OF THE FLOOD RACE SPONSORSHIP & VOICES OF THE SURVIVORS HEISER INTERVIEW
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 of 60 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 | 28 | $1,858,093 | $23,750 |
| 2021 | 21 | $3,689,648 | $59,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $3,765,224 | $45,500 |
| 2023 | 31 | $3,940,919 | $25,000 |
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
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.
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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 $25,000 -- 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 1889 Foundation Inc'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 29 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 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: 4 Valley Pike, Johnstown, PA, 15905.
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