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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-3724672

Arnold Family Foundation

A private foundation in Lancaster, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $77,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $77,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,302,949
  • Tax year 2023

    $73,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,333,789
  • Tax year 2022

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,388,504
  • Tax year 2021

    $82,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,421,918
  • Tax year 2020

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,452,212
  • Tax year 2019

    $55,208

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,445,050
  • Tax year 2018

    $40,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,310,931

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. PBS New Hour (weta)Arlington, VA

    PBS new hour

    $25,000
  2. PhilabundancePhiladelphia, PA

    General operations

    $25,000
  3. Martha's TableWashington, DC

    Genearal operations

    $10,000
  4. Pennsylvania State University - College of Arts and ArchitectureUniversity Park, PA

    James robert wilson end. SCH.

    $10,000
  5. Community Help in Park Slope IncBrooklyn, NY

    General operations

    $5,000
  6. Operation WildcatMechanicsburg, PA

    General operations

    $2,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Food and agriculture2 grants $35,00083% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $7,00017% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania3 grants $37,000
  2. Virginia1 grant $25,000
  3. District of Columbia1 grant $10,000
  4. New York1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • John H ArnoldPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Katharine G ArnoldTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Robert M ArnoldSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kara Hanlon ArnoldDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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