How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Applications Are Submitted Online T
5000 Ritter Road Suite 202
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(717) 902-9817
- Form and materials
- Applications are submitted to the foundation online through the website including specific project budget including total project cost and amount that is requested. Other information is required as outlined on the foundation's website kunkelfoundation.org.
- Deadlines
- September 1st
- Restrictions
- None
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2025
$650,088
- Grants listed
- 39
- Assets, end of year
- $13,458,679
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Tax year 2024
$675,500
- Grants listed
- 47
- Assets, end of year
- $13,253,672
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Tax year 2023
$691,300
- Grants listed
- 41
- Assets, end of year
- $13,315,123
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Tax year 2022
$440,630
- Grants listed
- 22
- Assets, end of year
- $13,355,974
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Tax year 2021
$600,530
- Grants listed
- 35
- Assets, end of year
- $12,914,555
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Tax year 2020
$521,095
- Grants listed
- 17
- Assets, end of year
- $11,860,946
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Penn State Health - Hampden Medical CenterEnola, PA
To purchase the naming rights for the hampden center scenic walking path to say "john crain kunkel".
$90,000 -
Whitaker Center for Science and the ArtsHarrisburg, PA
To support a set of mission-critical upgrades that invest in your core mission.
$90,000 -
Art Center School & GalleriesMechanicsburg, PA
To improve the gravel lot, water filtration system and add a dedicated sink.
$30,000 -
United Way of the Capital RegionEnola, PA
To help alice families move from crisis to thriving
$25,000 -
St Stephen's Episcopal SchoolHarrisburg, PA
To renovate/replace three heat pumps within the school's infrastructure have ceased functioning.
$24,938 -
Board of Child CareBaltimore, MD
To update the computer lab and library.
$23,700 -
Bethesda MissionHarrisburg, PA
To update the creativity room.
$20,000 -
National Civil War MuseumHarrisburg, PA
To complete the installation of a new boiler
$20,000 -
Planned Parenthood KeystoneBensalem, PA
To help alice families move from crisis to thriving
$20,000 -
UPMC Pinnacle FoundationPittsburgh, PA
To help in the acquisition of advanced simulators to enhance training capabilities for our residents and fellows.to help in the acquisition of advanced simulators to enhance training capabilities for our residents and fellows.
$20,000 -
Community Check-Up CenterHarrisburg, PA
To cover the costs of providing medical care for CCC'S uninsured patients.
$17,000 -
Harrisburg Green AllianceHarrisburg, PA
To cultivate a vibrant community and foste
$16,000 -
Caring CupboardPalmyra, PA
To stock the choice pantry so people in need can select what they desperately want.
$15,000 -
Greenlight OperationCamp Hill, PA
To support counseling, life skills coaching, and education/job training services for survivors of human trafficking who will reside at greenlight operation's restoration home near harrisburg.
$15,000 -
Project Share of CarlisleCarlisle, PA
To stock the choice shopping food pantry and emergency food boxes for those in urgent need or who can't get a pantry appointment.
$15,000 -
Beacon Clinic for Health and HopeHarrisburg, PA
To update the computers.
$14,000 -
Brethren Housing AssociationHarrisburg, PA
To help eliminate homelessness in the community.
$10,000 -
Center for Employment OpportunitiesNew York, NY
For the housing barrier navigation fund
$10,000 -
Central Pennsylvania Food BankHarrisburg, PA
To address the needs of food-insecure households
$10,000 -
Contact HelplineHarrisburg, PA
To update its technological infrastructure
$10,000 -
Cracked Pot Coffee ShopMechanicsburg, PA
To implement the "empower tomorrow sponsorship program for youth transitioning from foster car".
$10,000 -
Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland and Perry CountiesCarlisle, PA
To implement the DVSCP'S emergency shelter program.
$10,000 -
Girls on the Run Mid State PAEnola, PA
To support a the i'm fine project and a one-day middle school girls mental health conference.
$10,000 -
Hospice of Central PAHarrisburg, PA
For uncompensated care specifically end-of-life
$10,000 -
Janus SchoolMount Joy, PA
To reconfigure the front entrance to improve sightlines and enable staff to see all visitors requesting admission to the school.
$10,000 -
Joshua GroupHarrisburg, PA
To provide after-school and summer services to at-risk youth who urgently need safe, supportive, and academically enriching environments during out-of-school-time periods.
$10,000 -
Nativity School of HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA
To break the cycle of poverty through a co
$10,000 -
Stop the Violence MinistryOberlin, PA
To continue the impact stop the violence ministry is having on the community
$10,000 -
Tribe on A Quest IncHarrisburg, PA
To provide a safe, equitable, and free tra
$10,000 -
YWCA Greater HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA
To help transform lives and bring meaning and purpose into the lives of your clients, your staff and the community.
$10,000 -
Hacc FoundationHarrisburg, PA
To help the purchase of an echonous torso one probe portable ultrasound device for instructional and clinical education.
$9,950 -
Harrisburg Area YMCAHarrisburg, PA
To provide high-quality early learning and child care services for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years in harrisburg's uptown neighborhood.
$8,000 -
Family Promise of Harrisburg Capital RegionCamp Hill, PA
To support funding for the family shelter program.
$7,500 -
Gamut Theatre GroupHarrisburg, PA
To support and strengthen our arts education initiatives
$5,000 -
Harrisburg AcademyWormleysburg, PA
To help resurface the tennis courts located at our john crain kunkel field.
$5,000 -
Ned Smith Center for Nature and ArtMillersburg, PA
To renovate and revitalize the now 20-year-old ned smith gallery.
$5,000 -
Operation WarmPhiladelphia, PA
To purchase brand-new clothing for low-income children.
$5,000 -
Salvation Army Harrisburg Capital City RegionHarrisburg, PA
To stock the choice shopping food pantry a
$5,000 -
Cleve J Fredricksen LibraryCamp Hill, PA
To purchase new toys to replace some of our "well-loved and worn play items and play stations.
$4,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Arts and culture3 grants $115,00030% of the total
- Human services8 grants $92,50024% of the total
- Education4 grants $54,93815% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $25,0007% of the total
- Health1 grant $20,0005% of the total
- Jobs and employment2 grants $20,0005% of the total
- 5 other causes5 grants $51,00013% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Pennsylvania38 grants $626,388
- Maryland1 grant $23,700
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Nancy W BergertTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $6,000
- John P DavisTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $6,000
- Deborah K FaciniTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $6,000
- Dave DavisTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $6,000
- Emily KunkelTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $6,000
- John K StarkTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $10,000
- Jay W StarkTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $10,000
- Jennifer R Maguire-WrightTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $6,000
- William T Wright IITRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $6,000
- John C Kunkel IIITRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $6,000
- Mary L WrightTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $6,000
- Franklin B BergertTRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $6,000
- Kenneth R Stark IITRUSTEE Hours 6Pay $10,000
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