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TOUCHSTONE FOUNDATION SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION

EIN 23-1352186 LANCASTER, PA

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Revenue 2024
$2,218,240
Expenses 2024
$771,898

Program services were 65.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E11
Classification
1000
Street
128 EAST GRANT ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE TOUCHSTONE FOUNDATION SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION, VIA TOUCHSTONE FOUNDATION, ELEVATES THE MENTAL WELL-BEING OF YOUTH AND CHILDREN IN LANCASTER COUNTY. IN 2024, TOUCHSTONE FOUNDATION INVESTED $320,158.68 TO FUND OUR PROGRAMS WHICH INCREASE YOUTH MENTAL WELLNESS. OUR WORK IS STRATEGICALLY FOCUSED ON INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, IMPROVING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES, AND ADVOCATING FOR PROGRAMS THAT INCREASE YOUTH MENTAL WELLNESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE TOUCHSTONE FOUNDATION ELEVATES THE MENTAL WELL-BEING OF YOUTH AND CHILDREN IN LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA BY BUILDING THE TALENT PIPELINE IN THE MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE AND INCREASING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR YOUTH, CHILDREN, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

  • TALENT PIPELINE PROGRAMS (GOAL 1) BUILD THE TALENT PIPELINE BY INCREASING MENTAL HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS, PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH CAREERS, AND RETAINING LICENSED PROFESSIONALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE INVESTED IN PROGRAMS THAT HELP REMOVE BARRIERS FOR STUDENTS PURSUING MENTAL HEALTH CAREERS. 1. MENTAL HEALTH CLINICAL FELLOWSHIPS: $118,400.00 TO 20 SUPERVISORS ACROSS 13 AGENCIES AND PRACTICES WHO PROVIDED FREE CLINICAL SUPERVISION TRAINING TO 30 PRE-LICENSE FELLOWS, RESULTING IN 17 NEWLY LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS SERVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN LANCASTER COUNTY IN 2024, AND OVER 40 NEWLY LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS SINCE 2020. 2. MENTAL HEALTH CAREERS SCHOLARSHIPS: $22,825.00 AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO NINE LANCASTER COUNTY STUDENTS PURSUING MENTAL HEALTH CAREERS , AT TWO UNIVERSITIES.3. NEW STUDENT SYMPOSIUM: $7,841.48 TO HOST OUR FIRST PROGRAM HELPING STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS GAIN PEER SUPPORT, LEARNING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CAREER PATHWAYS TOWARDS A CLINICAL LICENSE, CONNECTING TO COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AGENCIES. 4. GENERAL TALENT PIPELINE PROGRAM EXPENSES, INCLUDING PROGRAM SUPPLIES, ADVOCACY, GUEST SPEAKER STIPENDS, PROGRAM OUTREACH AND AWARENESS TOTALED: $950.00 FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING AT EVENTS AND CONFERENCES. 5. TALENT PIPELINE RECOGNITION EXPENSES: $4,580.20 TO SUPPORT OUR ANNUAL PROGRAM, RAISE AWARENESS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CAREERS, CELEBRATING SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND CLINICIANS WHO EARN THEIR LICENSE IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE. ACCESS PROGRAMS: (GOAL 2) INCREASE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTHCARE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOST MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS, BY REMOVING FINANCIAL BARRIERS, PROMOTING WELLNESS ACTIVITIES, ADVOCATING FOR HEALTH POLICY CHANGES, AND ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION ACROSS ALL SETTINGS. WE INVESTED IN REMOVING BARRIERS TO ACCESS FOR YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S MENTAL WELL-BEING.1. RISE ABOVE YOUTH SUMMIT: $13,165.21 SUPPORTED OUR TEEN AND YOUTH PROGRAMS, FOCUSED ON EMPOWERMENT AND EQUIPPING YOUNG PEOPLE AS ADVOCATES FOR MENTAL WELLNESS, FOR THEMSELVES AND PEOPLE THEY CARE ABOUT. THIS INCLUDES AN EQUITY STIPEND AND CERTIFICATES IN TEEN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID. IN 2024, 29 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPLETED TWO RISE ABOVE YOUTH SUMMIT SESSIONS. 2. CAREGIVER AND CHILD PROGRAM: $8,370.40 TO SUPPORT PARENTS AND FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN (BIRTH-PRESCHOOL) WITH CONNECTION AND SUPPORT WITH LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS , BUILDING COMMUNITY AMONG CAREGIVERS, AND REMOVING BARRIERS TO ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH CARE. 3. OTHER ACCESS PROGRAMS: $1,354.52 FOR IN-PERSON SESSIONS OF GROUP THERAPY FOR LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO PROVIDE CARE FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, BUT WHO OFTEN DO NOT HAVE TRAINING OR BACKGROUND IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE. 4. ACCESS PROGRAM COMMUNICATIONS: $10,400.96 IN COMMUNICATIONS, AND MATERIALS FOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. 5. COMMUNITY BENEFIT GRANTS TO SUPPORT YOUTH MENTORSHIP: $60,750 TO SUPPORT FIVE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE WORK IMPROVES THE MENTAL WELLNESS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN LANCASTER COUNTY. 6. FISCAL AGENT GRANTS: $9,205.52 FOR TWO FUNDS TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS WITH MENTAL WELLNESS WORK FOCUSED ON EMPOWERING YOUTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR CREATIVITY: BALDWIN FELLOWSHIP FOR SAM SOLIMAN, AND THE RIPPLE EFFECT WITH ALEXANDER COLON. PROGRAMS EDUCATION & ADVOCACY: (GOAL 3) CREATE AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ABOUT IDENTIFYING THE WARNING SIGNS OF DEPRESSION AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUTH TO PREVENT SUICIDE, ESPECIALLY AMONG MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS, SUCH AS YOUTH WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQIA+, EARLY-CHILDHOOD TRAUMA, AND YOUTH WITH ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. WE INVESTED IN BUILDING AWARENESS FOR YOUTH MENTAL WELLNESS IN LANCASTER COUNTY, CONDUCTED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND TRAINING FOR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, AND ADVOCACY FOR MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES.1. FUNDING SUPPORTS $12,166.38 FOR OUTREACH, INCLUDING THE CREATION OF A COLORING BOOK AND ACTIVITY GUIDE FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE, FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BREATHING AND GROUNDING TECHNIQUES, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN STUDENTS. 2. ADVOCACY: $5,000.00 AS A MEMBER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE, ADVOCATING FOR HEALTH POLICY IN PENNSYLVANIA. 3. SPONSORSHIPS: $947.44 SUPPORTED YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION FOR LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 4. GENERAL PROGRAM MARKETING: $200.00 FOR ONE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT RAISING AWARENESS FOR YOUTH MENTAL WELLNESS DURING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.

    Expenses $509,027 · Grants $247,182

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Carrie Smith PhD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 0.5 related
  • Amanda Katchur Psyd

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 0.5 related
  • Pat Anderson Do

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 0.5 related
  • Wayne Groff CPA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Anna Brendle Kennedy

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,637
    From this org
    $115,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,792
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,218,240
    Expenses
    $771,898
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $247,182
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $660,117
    Expenses
    $745,311
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $255,302
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $699,470
    Expenses
    $732,093
    Contributions
    $3,522
    Grants paid
    $255,375

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $734,181
    Expenses
    $662,665
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,524,302
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $252,100
    Expenses
    $573,418
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,644,370
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $562,014
    Expenses
    $621,119
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,539,484
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $962,571
    Expenses
    $721,722
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,269,385
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,007,870
    Expenses
    $714,780
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,542,758
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $392,451
    Expenses
    $673,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,675,782
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $847,647
    Expenses
    $627,700
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,356,048
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $929,814
    Expenses
    $488,570
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,010,735
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $710,493
    Expenses
    $361,843
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,812,921
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $558,487
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,422,920

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • 2023 AN ESTIMATED 1,430 INDIVIDUALS WILL RECEIVE ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE, AND 286 PEOPLE WILL BE ENROLLED IN HEALTH CARE COVERAGE THEY CAN AFFORD. 26 LOCAL LEADERS WILL BE TRAINED IN UNDERSTANDING HEALTH CARE POLICY AND ACCESSING QUALITY COVERAGE TO INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

  • 2022 PROGRAM SERVICE

  • TEAMCARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LLC

    $30,000

    2022 PROGRAM SERVICE

  • MATTERS OF THE HEART COUNSELING LLC

    $30,000

    2022 PROGRAM SERVICE

  • TEAMCARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LLC

    $25,200

    2023 5 LICENSED CLINICAL SUPERVISORS PROVIDED OVER 200 HOURS OF SUPERVISION HOURS. TWO FELLOWS COMPLETED THEIR SUPERVISION HOURS FOR LICENSURE, AND TWO NEW FELLOWS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE PROGRAM FOR CLINICAL SUPERVISION.

  • 2023 HELPED 60 STUDENTS PER WEEK ATTEND CONSISTENTLY, ADDED A NEW WOMEN'S STRENGTH AND FITNESS CENTER TO THE EXISTING OPEN GYM PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AGES 14-24, PLUS A FEMALE SOCIAL WORKER TO SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LANCASTER STAFF TEAM RECEIVED TRAINING AND EDUCATION ON YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH. A KEY COMPONENT OF CLUB CULTURE IS ENSURING OUR YOUTH HAVE A SAFE AND POSITIVE PLACE TO SPEND THEIR OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME. DUE TO THE RISING NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR OUR YOUTH, IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR STAFF TO BE TRAINED IN MENTAL WELLNESS TOPICS AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. TRAINING TOPICS INCLUDED: TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICES FOR YOUTH, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, AND DE-ESCALATION.

  • 2023 TEEN HOPE NAVWELL IMPLEMENTATION

  • MATTERS OF THE HEART COUNSELING LLC

    $18,200

    2023 3 LICENSED CLINICAL SUPERVISORS EACH SUPERVISED 2 FELLOWS. 4 FELLOWS RECEIVED SUPERVISION DURING 2023.

  • DIVERSITY WORKS

    $16,250

    2022 PROGRAM SERVICE

  • DR LATINIA SHELL

    $15,600

    2023 1 LICENSED CLINICAL SUPERVISOR PROVIDED CLINICAL SUPERVISION FOR 3 FELLOWS. ONE FELLOW COMPLETED THEIR HOURS AND BECAME LICENSED.

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.