Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Adams Charitable Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $51k
- Granted FY2023
- 5
- Grants FY2023
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 55
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Adams Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 5 | $51k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $56k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $42k | 32% |
| FY2020 | 48 | $43k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $29k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 52 | $32k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridges to Independence | $79,100 | 6 | 1% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends Service Committee | $12,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Academy in Manayunk | $10,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Capital Hospice | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Shipley School | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Virginia Hospital Center Foundation | $4,650 | 3 | 0% |
| Arlington Free Clinic Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 62 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($53k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Adams Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 William Penn Foundation · Washington Forrest Foundation · Arlington Community Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Act for Alexandria · Venable Foundation Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Geary-OHara Family Foundation · Bergstrom Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Adams Charitable Foundation
- How much does Adams Charitable Foundation give?
- Adams Charitable Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $50,800 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Adams Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (32%), Health (13%), International (13%).
- Who are Adams Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Bridges to Independence ($79k), International Rescue Committee INC ($25k), American Friends Service Committee ($12k).
- Does Adams Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Adams Charitable 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 Adams Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, Washington Forrest Foundation, Arlington Community Foundation.
- Where is Adams Charitable Foundation based?
- Adams Charitable Foundation is based in PA.
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