About Lycoming County United Way
Lycoming County United Way Inc has paired large, repeated grants with a clear local service network, backing organizations that keep families housed, support children, and connect residents to health and human services. In the recent grants list, American Rescue Workers received the largest award in both 2023 and 2024, at $203,403 and $187,058, signaling an ongoing relationship rather than a one-time gift. YWCA also appears across consecutive years, with $87,400 in 2023 and $84,055 in 2024, reflecting continued support for community-serving work.
The foundation’s giving is place-based and nonprofit-centered. Its stated focus areas include housing stability, education and youth success, health and human services, grantmaking to strengthen local nonprofits, and volunteer engagement. That mix is visible in the recipient list, which includes shelters, family service providers, health foundations, and youth-serving organizations. The pattern points to operating support for local institutions that deliver direct services, while also using grantmaking to sustain the community infrastructure around them.
Recent awards also show support for recurring partners such as Diakon Family Life Services, Family Promise, Family Service Association of Nepa, and Journey House, each appearing in multiple years.
What Lycoming County United Way Funds
Housing stability is a consistent theme. Family Promise received $54,821 in 2024 after a $39,834 grant in 2023, while Shepherd of the Street received $20,000 in 2023 and $15,000 in 2024. Those awards fit the foundation’s stated interest in preventing homelessness and keeping families housed.
In health and human services, the funder supported Diakon Family Life Services with $70,000 in both 2023 and 2024. It also funded Salvation Army with $12,000 in each of those years, and Sojourner Truth Ministries with $20,000 in both 2023 and 2024, showing repeated support for direct-service organizations.
Youth and education appear through Pennsylvania State University’s $15,500 grant in 2024 and Sullivan Co 4h’s $10,850 grant in 2023. The list also includes Jersey Shore YMCA at $12,500 in 2023, another signal of youth-focused community programming.
How Lycoming County United Way Gives
Grant sizes cluster in the mid-five-figure range, with a p25 of $11,000, a median of $16,957, and a p75 of $39,834. The recent list shows repeated awards to the same organizations across 2023 and 2024, including American Rescue Workers, YWCA, Diakon Family Life Services, Family Service Association of Nepa, Journey House, Sojourner Truth Ministries, Shepherd of the Street, Susquehanna Valley Casa, and Salvation Army. That pattern suggests ongoing support for a core set of local nonprofits rather than isolated project gifts. The foundation is a nonprofit grantmaker; it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
