Lancaster area nonprofits

There are 2,661 organizations in the greater Lancaster metro area. Combined, these Lancaster metro nonprofits employ 41,750 people, earn more than $3 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $9 billion.

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Job trends for Lancaster nonprofits

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	289
1-10	145
11-25	107
26-100	81
101 to 1,000	59
1,000+	7

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Lancaster is driven by large organizations like Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine (LGH), Masonic Villages of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Franklin and Marshall College, Elizabethtown College, and Willow Valley COMMUNITIES.
The largest employers tend to be senior residential care facilities, general hospitals, colleges, developmentally disabled centers, and managed care organizations.

Sizes of nonprofits in Lancaster

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	815
$250k to $1M	273
$1M to $5M	135
$5M to $25M	49
$25M to $100M	16
$100M+	6

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine (LGH), Masonic Villages of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Franklin and Marshall College, Willow Valley COMMUNITIES, and Elizabethtown College earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Lancaster.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 5.8% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Lancaster with more than $100 million account for 53.5% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be general hospitals, senior residential care facilities, colleges, managed care organizations, and private foundations.

Types of nonprofits in Lancaster

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Religious organizations	393	640	$61,288,982	$142,848,189
Educational institutions	313	8,205	$498,077,403	$1,560,489,737
Foundations	297	51	$134,534,521	$712,535,090
Recreation, sports, and social clubs	263	2,496	$65,285,602	$128,349,578
Human service organizations	179	15,081	$878,646,565	$2,881,759,700
Business and community development organizations	178	445	$57,072,421	$315,255,463
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits	173	799	$36,990,565	$105,878,524
Public safety organizations	119	48	$24,141,765	$125,765,565
Public sector, public co-ops, and veteran organizations	87	280	$8,346,540	$65,370,826
Mutual assistance organizations	85	85	$59,584,704	$51,801,122

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Community First Fund

To promote community and work-based economic development. The organization provides loans for community projects and technical assistance to housing & economic development projects that have a direct and measurable benefit to low income persons and cont...

Revenue

$6.8m

Assets

$59.5m

Employees

EIN

23-2689714

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Water Street Mission

Water Street Mission is a non-profit mission located in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania committed to serving the homeless and the hungry. They provide the tools to people experiencing homelessness so they have hope for a better life.

Revenue

$9.9m

Assets

$24.7m

Employees

138

EIN

23-6004676

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown College is a community of learners dedicated to educating students intellectually, socially, aesthetically and ethically for lives of service and leadership as citizens of the world.

Revenue

$106.9m

Assets

$200.1m

Employees

1,929

EIN

23-1352632

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Eden Bridge Foundation

To support and promote biblical stewardship for the benefit of Lancaster Bible College and to provide stewardship education and charitable planning/planned giving for individual donors and ministries.

Revenue

$7.5m

Assets

$16.2m

Employees

EIN

02-0714460

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine (LGH)

Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine is the leading healthcare provider for Lancaster County in orthopedics, obstetrics, cardiology, open-heart surgery, neurosurgery, trauma and many other key specialties.

Revenue

$1.1b

Assets

$911.0m

Employees

7,299

EIN

23-1365353

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Hope International

HOPE International (HOPE) is a Christian, global organization focused on microenterprise development that generates lasting change, temporal and eternal, in the lives of people living in poverty.

Revenue

$18.2m

Assets

$15.7m

Employees

128

EIN

23-2836648

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

Educate for excellence in health care practice, leadership, and the continuous acquisition of knowledge.

Revenue

$30.4m

Assets

$87.9m

Employees

396

EIN

06-1645496

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Mennonite Home Communities

Mennonite Home Communities is a Continuing Care Retirement Community committed to providing health services, supportive services, and living accommodations for senior residents in a Christian atmosphere conducive to wholesome living.

Revenue

$47.9m

Assets

$185.6m

Employees

862

EIN

23-1413689

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Pleasant View Retirement Community

Pleasant View Retirement Community provides a continuum of care ranging from independent residential living to skilled nursing care, fee-based home care is provided within a 15-mile radius of the campus.

Revenue

$23.2m

Assets

$76.5m

Employees

465

EIN

23-1869182

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lancaster Bible College (LBC)

Lancaster Bible College (LBC) exists to educate Christian students to think and live a biblical worldview and to proclaim Christ by serving him in the Church and society.

Revenue

$39.3m

Assets

$83.3m

Employees

1,022

EIN

23-1484178

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Lancaster area nonprofits

Job trends for Lancaster nonprofits

Sizes of nonprofits in Lancaster

Types of nonprofits in Lancaster

Directory of nonprofits in Lancaster

Community First Fund

Water Street Mission

Elizabethtown College

Eden Bridge Foundation

Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine (LGH)

Hope International

Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

Mennonite Home Communities

Pleasant View Retirement Community

Lancaster Bible College (LBC)

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