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Arnold Family 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.

$77k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$146kArts & Culture$116kFood & Nutrition$108kHuman Services$59kYouth Development$48kCivil Rights$34kHealth$18kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PBS NEW HOUR (WETA)$25,000
PHILABUNDANCE$25,000
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE$10,000
MARTHA'S TABLE$10,000
COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC$5,000
OPERATION WILDCAT$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $89k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%YWCA OF GREATER HARRISBURG: $10k → 12%COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC: $10k → 20%SMYAL: $10k → 14%OPERATION WILDCAT: $3k → 8%COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC: $10k → 20%SMYAL: $10k → 14%OPERATION WILDCAT: $2k → 8%COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC: $5k → 20%SMYAL: $5k → 14%OPERATION WILDCAT: $2k → 8%COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC: $5k → 20%SMYAL: $5k → 14%OPERATION WILDCAT: $2k → 8%COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC: $5k → 20%COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC: $5k → 20%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$453k · 13 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
8

Total granted

$453k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
-8%

Still filing today

77%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Food & NutritionHuman ServicesCivil RightsArts & CultureEducationHealthOther
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

  • Philabundance
    6× · 2020–2025 · $80k · revenue +0%
  • TJ
    THE JANUS SCHOOL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $50k · revenue +31%
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $40k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • YG
    YWCA GREATER HARRISBURGgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +36%
  • OL
    OFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -23%
  • DC
    DAUPHIN COUNTY BAIL FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -98%
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.

1
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
2
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
3
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
4
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
7
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
8
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho

To provide exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education, and advocacy for all.

Health
9
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
10
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
11
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia

With over 20 years of experience and over 30,000 scholarships awarded, csfp provides philadelphia children with eight-year, needs-based scholarships to attend safe, quality, k-8th grade schools. continued on schedule o.supporting…

Education
12
Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future

The mission of pennfuture is to lead the transition to a clean energy economy in pennsylvania and beyond. pennfuture is protecting our air, water and land, and empowering citizens to build sustainable communities for future generations.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is God's Love We Deliver Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dauphin County Bail Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE: $125,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF…PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYPBS NEW HOUR (WETA): $25,000 · OtherPBS NEW HOUR (WETA)+2 more: $11,208 · Other+2 morePhilabundance: $80,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabundanceMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionMARTHA'S TABLE INCGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $7,500 · Food & NutritionGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER …CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $5,000 · Food & NutritionGreensgrow Inc: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HELP IN …SMYAL Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesSMYAL IncYWCA GREATER HARRISBURG: $10,000 · Human ServicesYWCA GREATER HARRI…OPERATION WILDCAT: $8,500 · Human ServicesOPERATION WILDCATTHE JANUS SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationTHE JANUS SC…SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $5,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD …THE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationTHE MR HOLLA…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Civil RightsDAUPHIN COUNTY BAIL FUND: $5,000 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $4,000 · Civil RightsPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $17,500 · HealthYOUTH MENTORING PARTNERSHIP: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentMUSICOPIA INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureBALLETX: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$201,208Food & Nutrition$107,500Human Services$88,500Education$60,000Civil Rights$34,000Health$17,500Youth Development$17,500Arts & Culture$11,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPhilabundance: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JANUS SCHOOL: $50,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY HELP IN PARK SLOPE INC: $40,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSMYAL Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH MENTORING PARTNERSHIP: $17,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA GREATER HARRISBURG: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION WILDCAT: $8,500 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICOPIA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAUPHIN COUNTY BAIL FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALLETX: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Arnold FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Arnold FoundationPA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Arnold Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Arnold Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arnold Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 Arnold Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Arnold Family 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 24 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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