Venango VNA Foundation
To raise and invest capital to generate long-term funding in support of the upmc home healthcare d/b/a visiting nurses association of Venango county.
Venango VNA Foundation at a glance
In short: Venango VNA Foundation gave $25K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $25K), mostly in Pennsylvania. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $25,344
- -89.4% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $25,344
- -89.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $25,344
- Total assets
- $16,012,627
- +6.9% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Pennsylvania (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Venango VNA Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was UPMC Home Healthcare ($25K).
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Venango VNA Foundation gives
- Giving fell 88% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $25K (2025) to $290K (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $25K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| UPMC Home Healthcare Franklin, PA | Indigent Nursing Care | $25,344 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $16,012,627 | $948,196 | $663,737 | $25,344 | 1 | $883,574 |
| 2024 | $14,973,957 | $1,551,827 | $743,583 | $238,770 | 1 | $1,452,913 |
| 2023 | $14,156,593 | $544,696 | $690,221 | $289,733 | 1 | $472,188 |
| 2022 | $14,102,390 | $1,248,272 | $603,973 | $208,128 | 1 | $879,945 |
| 2021 | $15,049,078 | $1,160,969 | $450,283 | $154,856 | 1 | $1,122,958 |
| 2020 | $11,855,126 | $385,097 | $557,278 | $226,403 | 1 | $313,857 |
| 2019 | $12,621,364 | $1,330,256 | $280,932 | $132,900 | 1 | $1,297,425 |
About Venango VNA Foundation
Based on IRS filings
Venango VNA Foundation is a public charity focused on Health, based in Franklin, PA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $16.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $25K. Net investment income was $884K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Venango VNA Foundation is led by Kathy Cochran, Chair since 2023 (on filings since 2019); none of the 12 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kathy Cochran
Chair
Director → Chair, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Heasley
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Rakow
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Greenfield
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julie Powell
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Wesley Bell
Clinical Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marylou Hall
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vince Witherup
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bernie Nerlich
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Beth Fisher
Treasurer
Secretary → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Gardinier
Secretary
Director → Treasurer, 2022
Treasurer → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Ballard
Vice Chairman
Director → Vice Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (12)
- Former: John Shonnard (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Julie Hovis (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: James Hanna (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Steve Gibson (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Barrie Brancato (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Brian Durniok (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Matthew Kirtland (2019–2022) — Vice Chairman
- Former: Cheri Speer (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Sanford Powell (2019–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Judith Etzel (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Dave Ballard (2019) — Director
- Former: Maryann Fink (2019) — Chairman
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Venango VNA Foundation
How much does Venango VNA Foundation give each year?
Venango VNA Foundation gave $25K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $239K across 1 grant.
How large is Venango VNA Foundation?
Venango VNA Foundation reported $16.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $948K.
What is Venango VNA Foundation?
Venango VNA Foundation is a public charity focused on Health, based in Franklin, PA. It holds $16.0M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Venango VNA Foundation operate?
Venango VNA Foundation has awarded grants in Pennsylvania.
What is Venango VNA Foundation's EIN?
Venango VNA Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 25-1472179. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 30, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 14, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
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