Economic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania
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What it says it does
PART III LINE 1- EDCNP IS A REGIONAL, MULTI-COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY PROVIDING LEADERSHIP, PLANNING, EXPERTISE & SERVICES TO REGIONAL & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, INSTITUTIONS & INDIVIDUALS THROUGH INNOVATION & BENEFICIAL COLLARBORATIONS & PARTNERSHIPS TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE AREA. THE GOAL OF EDCNP IS TO PROVIDE A QUALITY MENU OF PROGRAMS & VALUABLE SERVICES THAT BEST MATCH THE NEEDS OF OUR PARTNERS AND ADD VALUE TO THE REGION.
- Income
- $7.1 million
- Spending
- $5.9 million
- Employees
- 31
- Volunteers
- 50
- Highest pay
- $247,950, president &
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $981,624 spent. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SERVICES - DURING THE PAST YEAR EDCNP PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, GIS AND RESEARCH ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE REGION. THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DIVISION MAINTAINS THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP) AND LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE NEPA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (MPO). DURING THE PAST YEAR, EDCNP UPDATED THE COORDINATED PUBLIC TRANSIT - HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND DEVELOPED A REGIONAL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. EDCNP SECURED 350,000 IN SUPPLEMENTAL PLANNING FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SR 2001 ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS WHICH IS UNDERWAY. EDCNP ALSO PROVIDED THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MAPPING AND GIS SUPPORT AND MANAGED THE LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LTAP) WHICH PROVIDES TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR ELECTED AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND ROAD MAINTENANCE CREWS. STAFF SUCCESSFULLY SECURED 2M IN CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FUNDING TOWARDS A BRIDGE PROJECT IN PIKE COUNTY. IN COORDINATION WITH FOUR ADJOINING MPO PLANNING AREAS, EDCNP PARTICIPATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FREIGHT ALLIANCE PLAN WHICH WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 2024. EDCNP ALSO COLLECTED HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM (HPMS) DATA ON THE EXTENT, CONDITION, PERFORMANCE, USE AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REGION'S HIGHWAYS AT OVER 90 LOCATIONS WITHIN THE NEPA MPO REGION. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SERVICES - DURING THE PAST YEAR EDCNP PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, GIS AND RESEARCH ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE REGION. THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DIVISION MAINTAINS THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP) AND LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE NEPA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (MPO). DURING THE PAST YEAR, EDCNP UPDATED THE COORDINATED PUBLIC TRANSIT - HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND DEVELOPED A REGIONAL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. EDCNP SECURED 350,000 IN SUPPLEMENTAL PLANNING FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SR 2001 ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS WHICH IS UNDERWAY. EDCNP ALSO PROVIDED THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MAPPING AND GIS SUPPORT AND MANAGED THE LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LTAP) WHICH PROVIDES TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR ELECTED AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND ROAD MAINTENANCE CREWS. STAFF SUCCESSFULLY SECURED 2M IN CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FUNDING TOWARDS A BRIDGE PROJECT IN PIKE COUNTY. IN COORDINATION WITH FOUR ADJOINING MPO PLANNING AREAS, EDCNP PARTICIPATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FREIGHT ALLIANCE PLAN WHICH WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 2024. EDCNP ALSO COLLECTED HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM (HPMS) DATA ON THE EXTENT, CONDITION, PERFORMANCE, USE AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE REGION'S HIGHWAYS AT OVER 90 LOCATIONS WITHIN THE NEPA MPO REGION.
- $549,940 spent. COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- DURING THE PAST YEAR, EDCNP OPERATED THE NONPROFIT ASSITANCE AND RESEARCH CENTERS, ADMINISTERED THE TOBYHANNA DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE AND STARTUP NEPA (AN ANGEL INVESTMENT FUND), MAINTAINED THE COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES (CEDS) PLAN, AND PROVIDED ECONOMIC IMPACT MODELING, BUSINESS RETENTION SERVICES, COMMUNITY FINANCING SERVICES AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT (LOANS, TAX CREDITS, GRANTS) FOR PROJECTS AND GRANT SEEKING, WRITING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
- $3.5 million spent. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES - DURING THE PAST YEAR EDCNP CLOSED 63 LOANS FOR A TOTAL OF 25,571,150 AND LEVERAGED 52,147,355 IN PRIVATE / PUBLIC FINANCING. EDCNP'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE RESULTED IN 510 JOBS BEING RETAINED OR CREATED. 95 ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES WERE COUNSELED. EDCNP ASSISTED 65 BUSINESSES IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF EXPORTING AND ACQUIRED 11 NEW CLIENTS. COMPANIES REPORTED 208 EXPORT ACTIONS AND 21 CLIENTS REPORTED 98,983,244 IN EXPORT SALES AND 624 JOBS SUPPORTED. EDCNP PROMOTED "BRING THE WORD TO PA" WHICH WAS HOSTED BY PA'S AUTHORIZED TRADE REPRESENTATIVES HIGHLIGHTING INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, TRENDS AND INDUSTRY SECTORS. EDCNP ASSISTED COMPANIES RECEIVING PRIME CONTRACT AWARDS TOTALING 179,451,540 AND STATE / LOCAL GOVERNMENT AWARDS TOTALING 5,595,033 WHICH IN TOTAL SUPPORTED 342 JOBS. EDCNP CONDUCTED 1,400 COUNSELING SESSIONS. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES - DURING THE PAST YEAR EDCNP CLOSED 63 LOANS FOR A TOTAL OF 25,571,150 AND LEVERAGED 52,147,355 IN PRIVATE / PUBLIC FINANCING. EDCNP'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE RESULTED IN 510 JOBS BEING RETAINED OR CREATED. 95 ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES WERE COUNSELED. EDCNP ASSISTED 65 BUSINESSES IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF EXPORTING AND ACQUIRED 11 NEW CLIENTS. COMPANIES REPORTED 208 EXPORT ACTIONS AND 21 CLIENTS REPORTED 98,983,244 IN EXPORT SALES AND 624 JOBS SUPPORTED. EDCNP PROMOTED "BRING THE WORD TO PA" WHICH WAS HOSTED BY PA'S AUTHORIZED TRADE REPRESENTATIVES HIGHLIGHTING INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, TRENDS AND INDUSTRY SECTORS. EDCNP ASSISTED COMPANIES RECEIVING PRIME CONTRACT AWARDS TOTALING 179,451,540 AND STATE / LOCAL GOVERNMENT AWARDS TOTALING 5,595,033 WHICH IN TOTAL SUPPORTED 342 JOBS. EDCNP CONDUCTED 1,400 COUNSELING SESSIONS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(4) social welfare organization as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1965.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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