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Aster Foundation Of Philadelphia at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$18kHealth$9kYouth Development$9kCrime & Legal$7kFood & Nutrition$7kReligion$3kInternational$3kEducation$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$109k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MANNA$2,500
THE TREVOR PROJECT$2,000
FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA$2,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA$2,000
HOMELESS ADVOCACY PROJECT$1,500
THE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER$1,000
PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY$1,000
OXFAM AMERICA$1,000
WEST KENSINGTON MINISTRIES$300
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$250
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$250
THE AUGUSTANA FUND$250
LANTERN THEATER$250
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 (FY21–21, $1k) 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%WOMEN'S MEDICAL FUND: $500 → 22%FACE TO FACE: $750 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MA
PA
CA
MD
NC
SC
DC
TX
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.
$51k · 13 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
13

Total granted

$51k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
-1%

Still filing today

69%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCrime & LegalHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthInternationalOther
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

  • HA
    HOMELESS ADVOCACY PROJECT
    5× · 2021–2025 · $6k · revenue +10%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA
    2× · 2024–2025 · $4k · revenue +43%
  • PF
    PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY
    4× · 2021–2025 · $4k · revenue +158%

Funded once

  • HF
    HIAS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue -39%
  • TJ
    THE JOSHUA PROJECT
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +8%
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
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
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
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc C/O the Organization

Enforcing and protecting the rights of individuals and families by providing accessible, creative, and high quality legal assistance and working collaboratively for systemic change.

Crime & Legal
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
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

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

Education
6
Philadelphia Children's Alliance

Pca promotes healing and justice for sexually abused children in philadelphia. using a multidisciplinary approach, we collaborate with our partners in child protection, law enforcement, and medical and mental health services to provide…

Crime & Legal
7
The Public Interest Law Center

The Public Interest Law Center uses high-impact legal strategies to advance the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region facing discrimination, inequality, and poverty. We use litigation, community…

Crime & Legal
8
Prevention Point Pittsburgh

To provide health empowerment services to injection drug users and prevent the spread of hiv.

Health
9
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
10
Joseph J Peters Institute

JJPI is a specialized organization that provides prevention and treatment services in the areas of sexual and interpersonal violence, post-traumatic stress disorder and other forms of trauma, infant and early childhood mental health, and…

Crime & Legal
11
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
12
The Philadelphia Center

Hiv/aids counseling/assistance

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa; the most unlike its peers is The Attic Youth Center. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 29 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
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Commonwealth Youthchoirs Inc: $13,500 · Arts & CultureCommonwealth Youthchoirs IncPHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY: $3,500 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUND…ABINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $3,000 · OtherABINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWEST KENSINGTON MINISTRIES: $1,100 · OtherWEST KENSINGTON MINISTRIESTHE JOSHUA PROJECT: $1,000 · OtherTHE JOSHUA PROJECTUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $761 · OtherTHE AUGUSTANA FUND: $750 · OtherHIAS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · OtherHIAS FOUNDATION INCOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $1,000 · OtherOXFAM-AMERICA INCFACE TO FACE INC: $750 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $750 · Other+7 more: $2,050 · Other+7 moreHOMELESS ADVOCACY PROJECT: $6,000 · Crime & LegalHOMELESS ADV…PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY: $500 · Crime & LegalPENNSYLVANIA…THE PENNSYLVANIA INNOCENCE PROJECT: $250 · Crime & LegalMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $6,000 · Food & NutritionMETROPOLITAN…Philabundance: $500 · Food & NutritionPhilabundanc…PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA: $4,065 · HealthPLANNED P…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 · HealthPLANNED P…THE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER: $3,500 · Youth DevelopmentTREVOR PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Civil Rights
Arts & Culture$17,250Other$18,161Crime & Legal$6,750Food & Nutrition$6,500Health$5,065Youth Development$3,500Civil Rights$3,000

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 budgetCommonwealth Youthchoirs Inc: $13,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHOMELESS ADVOCACY PROJECT: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA: $4,065 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFACE TO FACE INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget1IN6 INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGE COLLECTIVE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetABORTION LIBERATION FUND OF PA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRENEW THEATERS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA INNOCENCE PROJECT: $250 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 Philadelphia Foun…Union Benevolent Asso…Henrietta Tower Wurts…United Way of Greater…The William Penn Foun…Chubb Charitable Foun…Independence Foundati…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The Bank of America C…Raymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–50%
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.

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 29 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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