About Wenger Foundation
Wenger Foundation Inc. makes some of its largest recent gifts through donor-advised fund vehicles, including $215,184 grants to Fidelity Char Giving Z97-000442 and Fidelity Char Giving 066196-221 in 2023 and a $184,510 grant to The Signatry - Albert Daf in 2024. That pattern sits alongside direct support for local churches and ministry organizations in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The foundation’s recent giving includes $161,557 to Lebanon Valley Bible Church in Lebanon, $84,155 to Oaks Community Church - Graeve Daf in Middletown, and repeated general-purpose support for On Fire Youth Ministries in Myerstown across 2023, 2024, and 2025. Its grant list also shows consistent unrestricted gifts to faith-based groups such as Jubilee Ministries, Calvary Chapel, Friendship Community, Cobys Family Services, and Evangelical Seminary. The recurring use of general-purpose awards suggests flexible charitable support rather than tightly restricted project funding. Recent grants also reach beyond churches into community and service organizations, including Lebanon County-area recipients tied to family services, housing, and youth work. The overall picture is of a foundation that channels substantial dollars into evangelical Christian ministry and DAF distributions, while maintaining a steady local footprint in Lebanon County and nearby Pennsylvania communities.
What Wenger Foundation Funds
Faith-based support is central to Wenger Foundation Inc.’s recent grant pattern. In 2025, it gave $161,557 to Lebanon Valley Bible Church in Lebanon for general purpose support, and it supported Calvary Chapel in Lebanon with $34,823 in 2024 and $34,288 in 2025. The foundation also backed Berean Bible Church - Buchanan Daf with $16,320 in 2024. Beyond congregational support, it funds ministry-oriented organizations: On Fire Youth Ministries in Myerstown received $49,140 in 2025, following earlier grants of $45,657 in 2023 and $41,111 in 2024. Community-serving and family-focused nonprofits also appear in the recent list, including $37,500 to Community Homes of Lebanon Cty and $31,665 to Cobys Family Services in 2025. That mix shows support for churches, youth ministry, and local service organizations within the same grantmaking profile.
How Wenger Foundation Gives
Typical awards are small to mid-sized, with a p25 of $1,500, a median grant of $4,750, and a p75 of $15,330. The recent list also includes a few much larger general-purpose gifts, which pushes the foundation’s annual total upward. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including On Fire Youth Ministries, Jubilee Ministries, Calvary Chapel, Friendship Community, and Cobys Family Services, indicating repeat support rather than one-time grants only. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF sponsor, and it accepts unsolicited applications. Its active grant program allows requests for general support, project support, endowment gifts, start-up costs, and capital expenditures from public charities aligned with faith, family, farming, and community.
