The 1994 Charles B Degenstein Fdn | Foundation Profile

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EIN: 23-7792979

Foundation Overview

Based in Sunbury, PA, The 1994 Charles B Degenstein Fdn has awarded 185 grants totaling $32,451,200 to organizations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and 1 other state across the US. Individual grants range from $1,000 to $6,772,400, with a median award of $10,000.

Latest Tax Year
2022
Total Giving (all years)
$32,451,200
Total Assets
$108,092,675
Median Grant (all grants)
$10,000

Latest Form 990-PF Snapshot

Total Grants
1
Median Grant
$4,666,237
% Median Grant Decline
-31% (vs previous year)
Data extracted from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Last filing year: February 2026

Foundation Intelligence

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New Applicant Friendliness
Limited Sample: 0%

1 total grant. Insufficient data for reliable pattern analysis. Foundation may be highly selective or recently established.

Geographic Focus
Pennsylvania

98% of all grants are concentrated in Pennsylvania, demonstrating highly focused geographic giving. This foundation prioritizes deep community impact in its primary service area. Within Pennsylvania, funding concentrates in Sunbury (17%), Lewisburg (11%), Bloomsburg (6%).

Funding Trajectory
+17%

Stable funding levels with 17% change over 3 years indicate consistent grant-making capacity and predictable philanthropic resources. This stability suggests reliable ongoing funding opportunities.

Program Areas
General Purposes + 4 others

Diversified giving across multiple program areas with primary emphasis on general purposes (71%). This broad approach suggests openness to various causes and innovative cross-sector solutions.

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Grants & Funding

Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into The 1994 Charles B Degenstein Fdn's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.

Name Amount Location Purpose Year
Various Organizations $4,666,237 Statement, PA, US See Attached 2022
Various Organizations $6,772,400 Statement, PA, US See Attached 2021
Various Organizations $6,772,400 Statement, PA, US See Attached 2021
Various Organizations $6,772,400 Statement, PA, US See Attached 2021
The Bloomsburg University Foundation $44,500 Bloomsburg, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Sunbury's Revitalization Inc $15,000 Sunbury, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Alvernia University $5,000 Reading, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Wilkes University $15,000 Wilkesbarre, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Villanova University $5,000 Villanova, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way $182,797 Sunbury, PA, US Wi-fi Hotspots For Local 2020
Concerned Citizens Childcare Inc $10,000 Sunbury, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Keystone Service Systems $35,000 Harrisburg, PA, US Tech To Increase 2020
Shippensburg University $5,000 Shippensburg, PA, US General Operating 2020
Public Library For Union County $50,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Children's Library Redesign 2020
West Beaver Township Veterans Memorial $5,000 Mcclure, PA, US Pool Repairs 2020
Buffalo Vally Singers Inc $3,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Donald L Heiter Community Center Inc $40,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Summer Day Camp 2020
Donald L Heiter Community Center Inc $24,600 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
West End Library $10,000 Laurelton, PA, US Outdoor Childrens Area 2020
Beaver Community Fair $10,000 Beaver Springs, PA, US Repair Of Bleachers 2020
A Community Clinic Inc $40,000 Sunbury, PA, US Medical Care For The 2020
Misericordia University $5,000 Dallas, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarship 2020
Family Service Association $25,000 Wilkes Barre, PA, US Pa 211 Ne/help Line Program 2020
Shamokin Coal Township Public $10,000 Shamokin, PA, US Coronavirus Prevention 2020
Chesapeake Conservancy Inc $25,000 Annapolis, MD, US Making Central Pa Stream 2020
Susquehanna River Valley Dental $30,000 Sunbury, PA, US Third Floor Hvac & Lighting 2020
Susquehanna River Valley Dental $40,000 Sunbury, PA, US Dental Care For 2020
Susquehanna River Valley Dental $2,500 Sunbury, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Washingtonville Volunteer Fire Company $5,000 Washingtonvle, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Allegheny College $5,000 Meadville, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarhip 2020
Regional Engagement Center $15,000 Selinsgrove, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Shamokin Area Youth Baseball-softball $12,000 Paxinos, PA, US Beautification And Safety 2020
Dig Furniture Bank $10,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Upper Augusta Township $25,000 Sunbury, PA, US Act 13 Flood Mitigation 2020
The Improved Milton Experience $25,000 Milton, PA, US Milton Makerspace Program 2020
Kulpmont 100 Inc $20,000 Kulpmont, PA, US Terry/miriello Stadium 2020
Geisinger Health Foundation $475,000 Danville, PA, US Sunbury Opportunity 2020
Geisinger Health Foundation $4,000 Danville, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
John R Kauffman Jr Public Library $10,000 Sunbury, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
John R Kauffman Jr Public Library $15,000 Sunbury, PA, US Shelf To Shore Program: 2020
The Salvation Army $50,000 West Nyack, NY, US The Daily Item Needy Family 2020
The Salvation Army $5,000 West Nyack, NY, US Website Development 2020
The Salvation Army $20,000 West Nyack, NY, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Rcaa Health Services Inc $10,000 Mount Carmel, PA, US Aquarium Purchase 2020
The Arc Susquehanna Valley $50,000 Sunbury, PA, US Parking Lot And Building 2020
The Arc Susquehanna Valley $6,100 Sunbury, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Borough Of Selinsgrove $5,451 Selinsgrove, PA, US Pheaa Summer Internship 2020
Delaware Valley University $5,000 Doylestown, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarship 2020
West Chester University Of Pa $10,000 West Chester, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Juniata College $5,000 Huntingdon, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarship 2020
Greater Susquehanna Valley Ymca $150,000 Sunbury, PA, US Annual Program And Facility 2020
Greater Susquehanna Valley Ymca $12,500 Sunbury, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Greater Susquehanna Valley Ymca $3,170 Sunbury, PA, US Western Union County Youth 2020
Wyoming Seminary $100,000 Kingston, PA, US Performing Arts Center 2020
Indiana University Of Pennsylvania $10,000 Indiana, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Lebanon Valley College $5,000 Annville, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarship 2020
Kutztown University Foundation Inc $15,000 Kutztown, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Pennsylvania College Of Technology $20,000 Williamsport, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Messiah College $7,500 Mechanicsburg, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Temple University Of The Commonwealth $20,000 Philadelphia, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Susquehanna University $67,500 Selinsgrove, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Susquehanna University $100,000 Selinsgrove, PA, US Su Downtown Center 2020
Susquehanna University $10,000 Selinsgrove, PA, US In Memory Of John Kirkland 2020
Susquehanna University $825,000 Selinsgrove, PA, US Service Scholars Program 2020
University Of Pittsburgh $10,000 Pittsburgh, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Pennsylvania State University $2,533 Carlise, PA, US Pheaa Summer Internship 2020
Pennsylvania State University $25,000 Carlise, PA, US Last Dollar Scholarships 2020
Pennsylvania State University $10,000 Carlise, PA, US Thon 2020
Central Susquehanna Workforce $10,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Milton Public Library $10,000 Milton, PA, US Nature Play Garden 2020
Milton Public Library $8,550 Milton, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Summit Early Learning $10,000 Mifflinburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
A&b Children's Theatre $6,000 Sunbury, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Autism Diagnostics Evaluations Resources $15,000 New Columbia, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Berwick Theatre And Center For $1,000 Berwick, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Bethesda Family Services Foundation $10,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Beyond Violence Inc $5,456 Berwick, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble $5,000 Bloomsburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Buffalo Valley Recreation Authority $20,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
By Grace Women's Transitional Home $6,000 Middleburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Camp Susque Inc $7,000 Trout Run, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Nicholas Wolff Foundation Inc $1,000 Millville, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Central Susquehanna Sight Services Inc $7,000 Sunbury, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Cherished Cats Rescue Alliance Inc $4,750 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Columbia Day Care Program Inc $5,000 Bloomsburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Community Options Inc $2,000 Bloomsburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Community Zone $10,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Caf In Memory Of 2020
Danville Child Development Center $8,556 Danville, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Eos Therapeutic Riding Center Inc $10,000 Bloomsburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Expectations Women's Center $7,200 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Far Point Animal Rescue $2,500 Port Trevorton, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Friendship Fire Company $5,000 Danville, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Gaudenzia Inc $3,000 Coal Township, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Girls On The Run Central Pa $8,200 Williamsport, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Greater Lycoming Habitat For Humanity $15,000 Williamsport, PA, US Replace Restore Truck 2020
Handup Foundation $10,000 Milton, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Junior Achievement Of Nepa Inc $2,000 Berwick, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Kidspeace National Centers For $5,000 Bloomsburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Kingdom Kidz Inc $8,000 Watsontown, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Lewisburg Children's Museum $11,370 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Lewisburg Listening Post $8,500 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Mcclure Area Quick Response $3,600 Mcclure, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Middlecreek Area Community Center $5,000 Beaver Springs, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Mifflinburg Heritage And Revitalization $13,000 Mifflinburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Montgomery House Inc $10,000 Mcewensville, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Mostly Mutts Inc $10,000 Sunbury, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Mount Carmel Public Library Inc $7,750 Mount Carmel, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Fetherston Foundation $2,500 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Priestley-forsyth Memorial Library $10,000 Northumberland, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Ralpho Township Public Library $10,000 Elysburg, PA, US Circulation/main Room 2020
Riverstage Community Theatre $6,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Selinsgrove Area Meals On Wheels Inc $2,500 Selinsgrove, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Selinsgrove Area Recreation Inc $150,000 Selinsgrove, PA, US Community Pool Repair 2020
Setebaid Services Inc $3,280 Winfield, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Sheltering Hearts Inc $5,000 Mifflinburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Sun Area Career & Technology Education $13,000 New Berlin, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Suncom Industries Inc $15,000 Northumberland, PA, US Unrestricted Grant Award 2020
Susquehanna Valley Casa - Voices $10,000 Sunbury, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
The Children's Museum Inc $12,000 Bloomsburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
203 West Main Street Inc $4,000 Bloomsburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
The Green Dragon Foundation $10,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Thrive International Programs Inc $3,900 Williamsport, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Transitional Housing And Care Center Inc $15,000 Danville, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Transitions Of Pa $17,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Fairl Family Justice Center 2020
Union County Library System $40,000 Lewisburg, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Warrior Run Fort Freeland $2,000 Turbotville, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Warrior Run School District $40,000 Turbotville, PA, US Community School 2020
Zing Productions $4,000 Danville, PA, US Covid-19 Common Application 2020
Camp Energy Inc $15,000 Millville, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Autism Diagnostics Evaluations $7,291 New Columbia, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Pennsylvania Parks And Forests Fdn $15,000 Camp Hill, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Mifflinburg Buggy Museum $25,000 Mifflinburg, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Five Barley Loaves $60,000 Mcclure, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
A&b Children's Theatre Construction On T $15,164 Sunbury, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
The Bloomsburg University Foundation $47,500 Bloomsburg, PA, US General Operating 2019
Northumberland Borough Police Department $54,653 Northumberland, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Priestley Forsyth Memorial Library $5,464 Northumberland, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Alvernia University $10,000 Reading, PA, US Scholarships 2019
West Branch Arts Consortium $12,500 Loganton, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Wilkes University $10,000 Wilkesbarre, PA, US Scholarships 2019
A Community Clinic Inc $75,000 Sunbury, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Warrior Run School District $55,000 Turbotville, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Eos Therapeutic Riding Center $10,245 Bloomsburg, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Allegheny College $5,000 Meadville, PA, US Scholarships 2019
Bloomsburg Park $12,500 Bloomsburg, PA, US General Operating 2019
Danville Child Development Center $10,000 Danville, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Community Zone $20,000 Lewisurg, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Shamokin Area School District $1,510 Coal Township, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Evangelical Community Hospital $497,899 Lewisburg, PA, US General Operating 2019
Little Shamokin Creek $60,000 Sunbury, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Handup Foundation $62,500 Milton, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
The Improved Milton Experience $10,000 Milton, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
City Of Sunbury $174,459 Sunbury, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Geisinger Health Foundation $125,000 Danvilee, PA, US General Operating Purpose 2019
Montgomery House $10,000 Mcewensville, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Laurel House For Womenchildren Shelter $35,000 East Norritin, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
John R Kauffman Jr Public Library $30,000 Sunbury, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Central Susquehanna Sight Services Inc $15,000 Sunbury, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Snyder County Libraries Inc $49,619 Selinsgrove, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Shikellamy Band Association Inc $1,500 Sunbury, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
The Salvation Army $165,000 Pittsburgh, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Northumberland Council For Arts $210,000 Shamokin, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Central Pennsylvania Rowing $5,000 Sunbury, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
The Arc Susquehanna Valley $2,000 Sunbury, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Northeasern Pennsylvania Educational $20,000 Pittston, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Borough Of Selinsgrove $13,336 Selinsgrove, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Delaware Valley University $10,000 Doylestown, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
West Chester University Of Pa $10,000 West Chester, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Juanita College $2,000 Huntingdon, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Greater Susquehanna Valley $252,088 Sunbury, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Keystone Service Systems $35,000 Harrisburgh, PA, US General Operating Purposes 2019
Greater Susquehanna Valley Ymca $259,227 Sunbury, PA, US General Operating 2019
Lackawanna College $17,500 Scranton, PA, US General Operating 2019
Wyoming Seminary $100,000 Kingston, PA, US General Operating 2019
Indiana University Of Pennsylvania $5,000 Indiana, PA, US General Operating 2019
Lebanon Valley College $5,000 Annville, PA, US General Operating 2019
Messiah College $7,500 Mechanicsburg, PA, US General Operating 2019
Temple University $15,000 Philadelphia, PA, US General Operating 2019
Lock Haven University Foundation $5,000 Lock Haven, PA, US General Operating 2019
Kutztown University Foundation Inc $10,000 Kutztown, PA, US General Operating 2019
Pennsylvania College Of Technology $33,750 Williamsport, PA, US General Operating 2019
Susquehanna University $1,155,000 Selinsgrove, PA, US General Operating 2019
University Of Pittsburgh $10,000 Pittsburgh, PA, US General Operating 2019
Pennsylvania State University $31,795 Carlise, PA, US General Operating 2019
Bucknell University $60,000 Lewisburg, PA, US General Operating 2019

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Contact Information

Official contact details for The 1994 Charles B Degenstein Fdn as registered with the IRS. These details are essential for grant applications, correspondence, and due diligence processes.

EIN 23-7792979
Website N/A
Address PO BOX 894 Sunbury, PA 17801-0894

Key People (3)

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Co-trustee Brianna Apfelbaum Kula
Co-trustee Benjamin Apfelbaum
Co-trustee Bny Mellon Na

Forms 990-PF

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Data Currency: Last updated February 2026 based on IRS Form 990-PF filings. Foundation information reflects most recent available tax year data.