Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia
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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $109k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 13 | $14k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $14k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $10k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $8k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Youthchoirs Inc | $13,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Homeless Advocacy Project | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa | $4,065 | 2 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Film Society | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Attic Youth Center | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Abington Presbyterian Church | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hias Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Youthchoirs Inc | $13,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Homeless Advocacy Project | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa | $4,065 | 2 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Film Society | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Attic Youth Center | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Abington Presbyterian Church | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hias Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Joshua Project | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Face to Face Inc | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Philabundance | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| 1in6 Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania Prison Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Renew Theaters Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pennsylvania Innocence Project | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Samaritan Fund Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia Foundation · Union Benevolent Association · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The William Penn Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Independence Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia
- How much does Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia give?
- Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia reported 13 grants totaling $14,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Health (15%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Commonwealth Youthchoirs Inc ($14k), Homeless Advocacy Project ($6k), Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance ($6k).
- Does Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia 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 Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, Union Benevolent Association, Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation.
- Where is Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia based?
- Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia is based in PA.
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