Pennsylvania · Private foundation
25th Century Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $819k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations 25th Century Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $688k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $744k | 88% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $688k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $632k | 93% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $716k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $642k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $545k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $967k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inglis House | $161,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Natural Lands Trust Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City Year Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Whyy Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Auburn University Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| African Family Health Organization | $86,400 | 2 | 5% |
| Mighty Writers | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Acting Without Boundaries | $75,000 | 2 | 26% |
| For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 82 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
25th Century Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 73 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Barra Foundation Inc · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · Claneil Foundation Inc · Independence Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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About 25th Century Foundation
- How much does 25th Century Foundation give?
- 25th Century Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $819,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does 25th Century Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (19%), Arts & Culture (12%), Health (12%).
- Who are 25th Century Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Inglis House ($161k), Natural Lands Trust Inc ($150k), City Year Inc ($110k).
- Does 25th Century Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 25th Century Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as 25th Century Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The William Penn Foundation, Connelly Foundation.
- Where is 25th Century Foundation based?
- 25th Century Foundation is based in PA.
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