Lancaster General Health Foundation

Analysis

Lancaster General Health Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Lancaster General Health Foundation reported income of $3.2m and spending of $1.4m, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $5.6m to $3.2m (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Lancaster General Health Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley ($3.2m), B R Chamberlain Foundation for Public Enrichment Inc ($3.2m) and Rainbow Railroad USA Inc ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $228k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $407k. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $963k, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 8 employees.