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Apgar-Black Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Apgar-Black Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$533k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$225k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Civil Rights$600kArts & Culture$419kReligion$101kCrime & Legal$94kHealth$50kEducation$34kHousing & Shelter$25kHuman Services$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $425k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$241k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF PENNSYLVANIA$225,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION$200,000
LAMBDA LEGAL$30,000
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH$20,000
POINT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH$20,000
THE ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS$10,000
THE OHIO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS RESEARCH$7,500
Individual grant recipient$5,000
THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH$2,500
WHYY$2,500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PROJECT HOME: $5k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $5k → 22%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15k → 22%EPISCOPAL COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 16% of Apgar-Black Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 71% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 86%.

Apgar-Black Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$848k · 18 repeat orgs$511k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
12

Total granted

$848k
$81k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+35%

Still filing today

83%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $430k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationHealthCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LL
    LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $95k · revenue +197%
  • TA
    THE ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS
    8× · 2017–2025 · $76k · revenue +25%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $75k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • MA
    MARIAN ANDERSON MEMORIAL FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • LF
    LYRIC FESTgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +35%
  • PT
    PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +100%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Artphilly

The mission of artphilly is to amplify philadelphia's arts and culture by commissioning, presenting, producing, and promoting art of all kinds for local audiences and the world. its vision is to spotlight(continued on schedule o)the city…

Arts & Culture
2
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
3
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
4
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
5
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
7
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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8
American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through advocacy and lobbying.

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9
American Civil Liberties Union Inc

As noted in its articles of incorporation, the mission of the aclu is "to maintain and advance civil liberties, including, without limitation, the freedoms of association, press, religion and speech, and the rights to the franchise, to due…

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10
Pennsylvania Municipal League

The mission of the pennsylvania municipal league is to represent the interests of its membership and to serve local government by providing programs and cost-effective services and legislation, which strengthens the autonomy of…

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11
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
12
Public Trust

Public Trust is a non-profit organization on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania that fosters learning, creativity, and collaboration in support of justice and equality.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation for Aids Research. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC: $225,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF…TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $76,000 · OtherTRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCHMARIAN ANDERSON MEMORIAL FUND: $25,000 · OtherMARIAN ANDERSON MEMORIAL FUNDPOINT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherPOINT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCHUPENN LAW SCHOOL: $17,000 · Other+8 more: $34,200 · Other+8 moreAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION…LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $95,000 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATI…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC: $75,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUND…DELAWARE CANAL 21: $175,000 · Arts & CultureDELAWARE CANAL 21THE ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS: $75,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTSOPERA PHILADELPHIA: $52,500 · Arts & CultureOPERA PHILADELPHIAKIMMEL CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureKIMMEL CENTER INCWHYY INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureWHYY INCCHRIST CHURCH PRESERVATION TRUST: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE: $75,000 · Crime & LegalPHILADELPHIA BAR FOUNDATION: $3,832 · Crime & LegalTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $37,500 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $12,500 · HealthPROJECT HOME: $25,000 · Human ServicesEpiscopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania: $17,000 · Human ServicesBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $5,000 · Human ServicesThe Ohio University Foundation: $15,000 · EducationLYRIC FEST: $15,000 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University: $14,500 · Education
Other$402,200Civil Rights$370,000Arts & Culture$365,500Crime & Legal$78,832Health$50,000Human Services$47,000Education$44,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC: $225,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE CANAL 21: $175,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $95,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS: $75,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC: $75,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE: $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOPERA PHILADELPHIA: $52,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $37,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKIMMEL CENTER INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEpiscopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania: $17,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Ohio University Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLYRIC FEST: $15,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetCHRIST CHURCH PRESERVATION TRUST: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA BAR FOUNDATION: $3,832 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY HERALD FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Independence Foundati…The Lida FoundationThe Neubauer Family F…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…The Philadelphia Cult…The Philadelphia Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Independence FoundationPA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Independence Foundation · The Lida Foundation · The Neubauer Family Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Apgar-Black Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Apgar-Black Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Apgar-Black Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Apgar-Black Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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