The Leon and Patricia Houser
Private foundation · Lebanon, PA · EIN 81-4619343 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Leon and Patricia Houser Foundation
20grants reported
$3,880median award
$500lower quartile
$200smallest grant
$390Ktotal paid
1states reached
3years giving
Gives only in PA. Every grant it reported went to a single state. If you are outside it, this is not a prospect. If you are inside it, that is the strongest signal on this page: a funder with a local mandate and less competition from out of state.
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 20 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $12K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
2540 E Cumberland St
Lebanon, PA 17042-9214
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Historic Schaefferstown QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Schaefferstown, PA | $96,300 |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus QUALFIIED ACTIVITIES | Cornwall, PA | $82,100 |
| Cornwall Manor QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Cornwall, PA | $76,000 |
| Swatara Watershed Association QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Annville, PA | $42,110 |
| Lebanon County Historical Society QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Lebanon, PA | $21,000 |
| Historic Schaefferstown QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Schaefferstown, PA | $21,000 |
| Cornwall Manor QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Cornwall, PA | $17,186 |
| Saint Cecilia Church QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Lebanon, PA | $12,500 |
| Lebanon Valley Conservancy QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Lebanon, PA | $5,150 |
| Historic Schaefferstown QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Schaefferstown, PA | $4,461 |
| Boy Scouts of America QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Lancaster, PA | $3,300 |
| Boy Scouts of America QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Lancaster, PA | $2,700 |
| Lebanon Valley Conservancy QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Lebanon, PA | $2,000 |
| Boy Scouts of America QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Lancaster, PA | $1,500 |
| Lebanon Valley Conservancy QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Lebanon, PA | $1,000 |
| American Association for Cancer Research QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Philadelphia, PA | $500 |
| Lebanon Rescue Mission QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Lebanon, PA | $200 |
| Salvation Army - Lebanon QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Lebanon, PA | $200 |
| Cornwall Fire Department QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Lebanon, PA | $200 |
| Schaefferstown Fire Co QUALIFIED ACTIVITIES | Schaefferstown, PA | $200 |
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