The 100 Acre Wood Foundation concentrates its giving locally in Quakertown/Upper Bucks County with a strong emphasis on healthcare infrastructure and community wellbeing. The foundation's largest and most repeat commitments fund hospital capital projects, while smaller grants support local YMCA programming, faith-based organizations, community service groups, and youth sports. Overall, the foundation appears focused on strengthening local health capacity and basic community services rather than broad national causes.
100 Acre Wood Foundation’s defining pattern is a pair of $50,000 commitments in 2023 to St. Luke's University Health Network for the campaign to build a replacement hospital and for the St. Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks construction project. Those gifts set the tone for a foundation that uses its resources to support local health infrastructure, with additional grants extending that approach into scholarship support and community services. The foundation also funded the Sue Hoch Scholarship Fund twice, including a $10,000 grant in 2025, showing that education-related giving sits alongside its facility and patient-care priorities. Smaller awards have gone to community organizations in Quakertown and nearby Bucks County towns, indicating a local grantmaking style centered on practical needs. Across the recent grants list, the pattern is consistent: large capital and campaign support at the top of the schedule, followed by smaller operating or unrestricted grants for organizations that serve residents directly.
A clear theme in the foundation’s grantmaking is healthcare infrastructure. In 2023, it gave $50,000 to St. Luke's University Health Network for the campaign to build a replacement hospital and another $50,000 for the St. Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks construction project. Education support appears as a separate thread, with $10,000 grants in both 2023 and 2025 to the Sue Hoch Scholarship Fund. Community service is another visible area: Upper Bucks YMCA received $10,000 for Bucks County's Operation Compassion in 2023 and $2,500 for unrestricted use in 2025. The foundation also backed local faith-based service with a $2,500 unrestricted grant to Quakertown United Methodist Church in 2025, showing that it supports organizations serving residents through multiple channels.
Grant size clusters around a small local-funder profile: p25 is $2,500, median grant size is $5,000, and p75 is $10,000. The schedule includes both large capital commitments and smaller unrestricted awards, with repeated support to some recipients across years. St. Luke's University Health Network appears more than once, and the Sue Hoch Scholarship Fund received grants in both 2023 and 2025. The foundation is not structured as a program-related-investment vehicle, and it also funds individuals. Its recent grants are all to U.S. recipients, with every listed grant going to Pennsylvania organizations.
$257K
$1.1M
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$115K
Most grants fall between $3K and $10K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$10K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in PA.
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Concentrated local giving: a majority of dollars flow to one regional health system via multiple grants, while the remainder are smaller, unrestricted operating or program grants to repeat local nonprofits and community institutions.
Notable grantees: St. Luke's University Health Network, Upper Bucks YMCA, Grand View Health Foundation, Quakertown Cares, Quakertown United Methodist Church
The foundation gives locally: 100% of its recent grants went to recipients in Pennsylvania. Quakertown appears frequently, including grants to Quakertown Cares, Upper Bucks YMCA, and Quakertown United Methodist Church. Bethlehem is another recurring recipient city through St. Luke's University Health Network. Sellersville and Hatfield also appear in the recent record, showing a tight Bucks County and nearby Montgomery County footprint rather than a broad multi-state map.
Its recent grants support hospital and healthcare infrastructure, scholarship funding, community service organizations, a YMCA, a faith-based congregation, and youth sports. The largest awards went to St. Luke's University Health Network for hospital construction and replacement projects, while smaller grants went to local nonprofits such as Quakertown Cares and Quakertown United Methodist Church.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is modest and local: p25 is $2,500, median grant size is $5,000, and p75 is $10,000. Recent grants include both smaller unrestricted awards and larger $50,000 capital gifts.
Yes. St. Luke's University Health Network appears in multiple grants, including two $50,000 awards in 2023 and a $10,000 scholarship grant in 2025. The Sue Hoch Scholarship Fund also received support in both 2023 and 2025, and Quakertown Cares was funded in both 2023 and 2025.
The foundation gives entirely in Pennsylvania in the recent grant record. Recipient cities include Quakertown, Bethlehem, Sellersville, and Hatfield, with Quakertown showing up multiple times.
Yes. The foundation is marked as funding individuals, and one of its named recent grants is the Sue Hoch Scholarship Fund, which received $10,000 in 2023 and again in 2025.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIVER CROSSING YMCA | DOYLESTOWN, PA | $100,000 | 2026 | SUPPORT OF THE RAISE UP OUR YOUTH CAMPAIGN FOR QUAKERTOWN |
| MORAVIAN ACADEMY | BETHLEHEM, PA | $5,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION |
| QUAKERTOWN CARES | QUAKERTOWN, PA | $2,500 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION |
| PANCREATIC CANCER CURE FOUNDATION | QUAKERTOWN, PA | $1,000 | 2026 | UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION |
| ST LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK | BETHLEHEM, PA | $10,000 | 2025 | SUE HOCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
| QUAKERTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | QUAKERTOWN, PA | $2,500 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION |
| QUAKERTOWN CARES | QUAKERTOWN, PA | $2,500 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION |
| UPPER BUCKS YMCA | QUAKERTOWN, PA | $2,500 | 2025 | UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION |
| ST LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK | BETHLEHEM, PA | $50,000 | 2023 | CAMPAIGN TO BUILD A REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL |
| ST LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK | BETHLEHEM, PA | $50,000 | 2023 | ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT |
| ST LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK | BETHLEHEM, PA | $10,000 | 2023 | SUE HOCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
| UPPER BUCKS YMCA | QUAKERTOWN, PA | $10,000 | 2023 | BUCKS COUNTY'S OPERATION COMPASSION |
| GRAND VIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION | SELLERSVILLE, PA | $5,000 | 2023 | THIS IS US TOGETHER CAMPAIGN |
| NORTH PENN ECLIPSE GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION | HATFIELD, PA | $3,500 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION |
| QUAKERTOWN CARES | QUAKERTOWN, PA | $2,500 | 2023 | UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION |
RIVER CROSSING YMCA
$100,000SUPPORT OF THE RAISE UP OUR YOUTH CAMPAIGN FOR QUAKERTOWN
MORAVIAN ACADEMY
$5,000UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION
QUAKERTOWN CARES
$2,500UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION
PANCREATIC CANCER CURE FOUNDATION
$1,000UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION
ST LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
$10,000SUE HOCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND
QUAKERTOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
$2,500UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION
QUAKERTOWN CARES
$2,500UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION
UPPER BUCKS YMCA
$2,500UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION
ST LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
$50,000CAMPAIGN TO BUILD A REPLACEMENT HOSPITAL
ST LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
$50,000ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
ST LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
$10,000SUE HOCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND
UPPER BUCKS YMCA
$10,000BUCKS COUNTY'S OPERATION COMPASSION
GRAND VIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION
$5,000THIS IS US TOGETHER CAMPAIGN
NORTH PENN ECLIPSE GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
$3,500UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION
QUAKERTOWN CARES
$2,500UNRESTRICTED USE FOR TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THIS ORGANIZATION