Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$5,818,512

Total expenses

$4,110,896

Contributions and grants received

$2,385,113

Grants paid

$3,039,460

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$3,395,412

Other revenue

$37,987

Total assets, end of year

$107,751,581

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,432,265

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$106,319,316

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,699,155

Management and general expenses

$406,065

Fundraising expenses

$5,676

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,699,155

Program services were 90.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE PARTNERSHIP FOR BETTER HEALTH (FOUNDATION) PROVIDES FUNDING FOR GRANTS AND INITIATIVES THAT SEEK TO ELIMINATE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND ADDRESS THE ROOTS OF HEALTH ISSUES, TOWARD ENSURING THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE CHANCE TO ENJOY HEALTHY LIVES. IN LINE WITH OUR TRUST-BASED GRANT MAKING APPROACH, OUR GRANT PRIORITIES INCLUDE THREE APPLICATION CATEGORIES COMPRISED OF GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS FOR ORGANIZATIONS LEADING IN EQUITY WORK, PROJECT GRANTS TO ADDRESS ROOT ISSUES AND SPARK GRANTS. PRIORITY CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO GRANTEES THAT ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE HEALTH EQUITY, AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, AND WHICH ARE CENTERING PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. FURTHER, EACH PROJECT AND SPARK GRANT IS ASSIGNED ONE OR MORE CORE FUNDING AREAS ALIGNED WITH THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND QUALITY; SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT; ECONOMIC STABILITY; EDUCATION ACCESS AND QUALITY; AND NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT). IN ADDITION, DURING FISCAL 24-25, $149,400 IN FOUNDATION INITIATIVES WERE APPROVED WHICH WILL FOCUS ON HIGH PRIORITY AREAS SUCH AS PERRY COUNTY HEALTH COALITION, NONPROFIT CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, WORKPLACE WELLNESS, AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS.IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THE FOUNDATION AWARDED $2,455,196 FOR 85 GRANTS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL $443,413 WAS PUT BACK INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FROM INITIATIVES APPROVED IN PRIOR FISCAL YEARS.PROGRAMS AT SADLER HEALTH CENTER RECEIVED 18% OF THE TOTAL GRANTS AND INITIATIVE FUNDING FOR HEALTH SERVICES THAT INCLUDE DENTAL CARE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO PROVIDE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, INFORMAL COUNSELING, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY. THE FOUNDATION MADE INVESTMENTS OF $25,000 IN LANDISBURG EMS FOR THEIR CITIZEN RESPONDER CAMPAIGN IN PERRY COUNTY, $17,000 FOR INCREASED FOOD STORAGE AND REFRIGERATION CAPACITY TO THE PAW PACKS PROGRAM IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, AND $4,947 TO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY TO INSTALL AN ADA-COMPLIANT WHEELCHAIR RAMP TO SUPPORT EQUITABLE ACCESS TO LETORT SPRING GARDEN PRESERVE'S HISTORIC BARN. CARLISLE CARES WAS AWARDED $85,000 TO IMPROVE ITS CAPACITY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN GREATER SHIPPENSBURG. FOR NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY, THE FOUNDATION AWARDED GRANTS TO SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM'S GLEANING PROJECT FOR $50,000 TO DECREASE FOOD INSECURITY AND $15,000 TO THE ADAMS COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO VULNERABLE CHILDREN. THE PARTNERSHIP AWARDED $96,480 TO 12 NONPROFITS TO ADDRESS EMERGENT SOCIAL ISOLATION ISSUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE SERVICE AREA. THESE GRANTS WERE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS PART OF OUR NEW PARTICIPATORY GRANTMAKING PROGRAM. OTHER ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FOOD SECURITY, ADDRESSING OPIOID ADDICTION, AND ADVANCING HIGH-QUALITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. THE FOUNDATION'S STRATEGIC APPROACH INCLUDES COALITION BUILDING, POLICY ADVOCACY, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING. WE SERVE AS A CATALYST, ADVOCATE AND COLLABORATOR TO MAKE HEALTH A SHARED PRIORITY TOWARD ESTABLISHING OUR COMMUNITIES AS THE HEALTHIEST IN THE NATION.

  Expenses $3,699,155 · Grants $3,039,460 · Revenue $37,987

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• SADLER HEALTH CENTER CORPORATION

  $545,000

  SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF DENTAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER SUPPORT IN ADDRESSING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH REGARDLESS OF PATIENTS' ABILITY TO PAY.

• NLC LIFEWORKS

  $165,000

  TO ADVOCATE AND COORDINATE SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED OF SERVICES TO ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; HOUSING COALITION OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY & HOUSING STRATEGIC PLAN

• CARLISLE CARES

  $135,000

  COORDINATED ENTRY;ASSIST WITH THE OPERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS AT OUR FAMILY SHELTER LOCATED IN SHIPPENSBURG, PA SERVING HUNDREDS EACH YEAR.

• TOMORROW'S NEIGHBORS

  $100,000

  TOMORROW'S NEIGHBORS - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• YWCA CARLISLE

  $97,280

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT; SECOND SEASON: A GATHERING FOR WOMEN; ESTABLISH AND MANAGE A COUNTY-WIDE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION TO IMPROVE SURVIVOR SUPPORT, EDUCATION FOR CAREGIVERS AND DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND COUNTY-WIDE RESOURCE COORDINATION.

• SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES INC

  $90,000

  PROVIDE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES AND SUPPORTS.

• CHURCH WORLD SERVICE HARRISBURG (PA)

  $75,000

  THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO ENSURE REFUGEES HAVE ACCESS TO STABLE, PERMANENT HOUSING AT A FRAGILE TIME WHEN THE FEDERAL FUNDING FREEZES HAVE DISRUPTED HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR NEW NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION.

• PA COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER COLLABORATIVE

  $69,250

  TO EMPOWER COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THROUGH TRAINING, ADVOCACY, AND COLLABORATION TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND ADVANCE EQUITY, AS WELL AS ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE FINANCING FOR CHWS IN PENNSYLVANIA.

• LEAF PROJECT INC

  $65,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT; TO GROW LEAF'S KITCHEN CAPACITY IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR HEALTHY CONVENIENT FOOD.

• THE HARBOR CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE INC

  $60,776

  TO EXPAND RECOVERY RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY BEYOND OUR OWN RECOVERY HOUSE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

10 December 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202543449349300209

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