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Anne B Sweigart Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Lancaster, Pennsylvania · EIN 202751003

Anne B Sweigart Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $353,500 in 51 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $50,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $360,000 the year before.

37% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$360,00049$9.2 million
2024$353,50051$9.7 million

How to apply

ContactAnne Brossman Sweigart Charitable F
PO Box 757, Ephrata, PA 17522
Phone or email(717) 581-9321
What to submitApply in letter form
DeadlinesSeptember 1st deadline - grants distributed in november
RestrictionsRestricted to charitable organizations in the denver and ephrata areas

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Anne B Sweigart Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania48$298,500
New Jersey1$50,000
Indiana1$3,000
District of Columbia1$2,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 51 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ
Scholarship$50,000
Ephrata Area Social Services
Ephrata, PA
General support$25,000
Good Samaritan Shelter Inc
Ephrata, PA
General support$23,000
Ephrata Area Rehab Services (Ears)
Ephrata, PA
General support$20,000
Lititz Warwick Community Chest
Lititz, PA
General support$17,500
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley
Ephrata, PA
General support$15,000
Ephrata Recreation Center
Ephrata, PA
General support$10,000
Lincoln Cemetery Assoc of Lancaster County
Ephrata, PA
General support$10,000
Lititz Recreation Center
Lititz, PA
General support$10,000
Gretna Theatre
Mt Gretna, PA
General support$10,000
Real Life Comm Services
Denver, PA
General support$10,000
Mount Gretna Historical Society
Mount Gretna, PA
General support$7,500
Gretna Music
Elizabethtown, PA
General support$7,500
Boy Scouts of America
Lancaster, PA
General support$5,000
Ephrata Cloister Associates
Ephrata, PA
General support$5,000
Ephrata Public Library
Ephrata, PA
General support$5,000
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
Ephrata, PA
General support$5,000
Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy Services
Lancaster, PA
General support$5,000
Lititz Historical Foundation
Lititz, PA
General support$5,000
Lititz Public Library
Lititz, PA
General support$5,000
Muddy Creek Evangelical Church
Denver, PA
General support$5,000
Aaron's Acres
Lancaster, PA
General support$5,000
Girls on the Run
Landisville, PA
General support$5,000
Pennsylvania Canine Search & Rescue
Adamstown, PA
General support$5,000
Grace House Blessings
Bowmansville, PA
General support$5,000
West Chester University
West Chester, PA
General$5,000
Zion Lutheran Church
Frackville, PA
General support$5,000
Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, PA
General support$5,000
Lancaster Science Factory
Lancaster, PA
General support$5,000
Terre Hill Area Historical Society
Terre Hill, PA
General support$4,500
St Lukes United Church of Christ
Lititz, PA
General support$3,000
The Bridge Youth Center
Ephrata, PA
General support$3,000
Girl Scouts in the Heart of Pa
Harrisburg, PA
General support$3,000
Servant Stage Company
Strasburg, PA
General support$3,000
Elanco Foundation Inc
Greenfield, IN
General support$3,000
Ephrata Pioneer Fire Company
Ephrata, PA
General support$2,500
Lincoln Fire Company
Ephrata, PA
General support$2,500
Stevens Fire Company
Stevens, PA
General support$2,500
Christian Endeavor
Ephrata, PA
General suppoert$2,500
Brickerville Fire Company
Lititz, PA
General support$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Anne B Sweigart Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: September 1st deadline - grants distributed in november.

How much does Anne B Sweigart Charitable Foundation give?

$353,500 in tax year 2024, across 51 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Anne B Sweigart Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Fred N Buch (Trustee), Richard Cummings (Trustee), W Craig Brossman (Trustee) and Patrick J Castagna (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Anne B Sweigart Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and faith communities.

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