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Bettie F Podell Charitable Trust at a glance

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Bettie F Podell Charitable Trust

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2022
7
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$2k
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, FY2017 to 2022.

Religion$14kCrime & Legal$10kPhilanthropy$9kHealth$7kFood & Nutrition$6kCivil Rights$4kYouth Development$4kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2022 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$192k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILA$2,000
HIST SOC OF EASTERN DISTRICT COURT$1,500
SUPPORT CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCATES$1,000
BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION$1,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA$500
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID$100
INT'L FELLOWSP OF CHISTIANS & JEWS$100
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FD: $523 → 16%BENSALEM JEWISH OUTREACH CENTER: $500 → 6%SARA'S SMILES FOUNDATION: $350 → 7%GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $2k → 12%RODEPH SHALOM CONGREGATION: $3k → 22%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID: $1k → 17%THE SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $500 → 13%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSP: $500 → 17%BENSALEM OUTREACH CENTER: $250 → 6%GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $2k → 7%RODEPH SHALOM CONGREGATION: $3k → 22%AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1k → 17%BENSALEM OUTREACH CENTER: $250 → 6%GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $500 → 7%Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: $3k → 22%AUTO DEALERS CARING FOR KIDS: $1k → 7%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILA: $2k → 22%BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $300 → 7%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILA: $2k → 22%BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: $2k → 22%PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER: $1k → 22%SUPPORT CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCATES: $2k → 22%BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%American Jewish Committee: $1k → 22%BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%SUPPORT CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCATES: $1k → 22%BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%SENIOR LAW CENTER: $1k → 22%HADASSAH THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORG: $500 → 17%SUPPORT CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCATES: $1k → 22%American Jewish Committee: $1k → 22%THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $1k → 22%SENIOR LAW CENTER: $1k → 22%SUPPORT CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCATES: $1k → 22%SINGING CITY: $500 → 22%THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $500 → 22%PENNSYLVANIA INNOCENCE PROJECT: $300 → 22%ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $250 → 22%PLEASE TOUCH MUSEUM: $1k → 22%THE JUSTINIAN FOUNDATION: $250 → 22%PHILABUNDANCE: $5k → 22%Planned Parenthood: $5k → 22%Susan G Komen Philadelphia: $1k → 22%JUVENILE LAW CENTER: $500 → 22%LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $250 → 22%Susan G Komen Philadelphia: $250 → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30k · 11 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +105% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2022, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
29

Total granted

$30k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+105%
+29%

Still filing today

55%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Crime & LegalHealthArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsInternationalOther
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

  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    3× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +116%
  • SENIORLAW CENTER
    2× · 2019–2020 · $2k · revenue +105%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    3× · 2017–2022 · $1k · revenue +206%

Funded once

  • Philabundance
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +0%
  • PP
    Planned Parenthood
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -12%
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
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
3
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

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

Education
5
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
6
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.

—
7
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
8
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
9
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
10
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
11
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
12
Pidc Development Management Corporation

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

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Support Center for Child Advocates; the most unlike its peers is Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History. 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

28 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. 28 of the 44 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RODEPH SHALOM CONGREGATION: $6,850 · OtherRODEPH SHALOM CONGREGATIONBOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherBOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FOUNDATIONPlanned Parenthood: $4,500 · OtherPlanned ParenthoodJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILA: $3,700 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILASusan G Komen Philadelphia: $1,550 · OtherHIST SOC OF EASTERN DISTRICT COURT: $1,500 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,300 · Other+22 more: $7,973 · Other+22 moreSupport Center for Child Advocates: $4,500 · Crime & LegalSupport Center …SENIORLAW CENTER: $2,000 · Crime & LegalSENIORLAW CENTE…THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER: $1,000 · Crime & LegalTHE PUBLIC INTE…JUVENILE LAW CENTER: $500 · Crime & LegalJUVENILE LAW CE…THE PENNSYLVANIA INNOCENCE PROJECT: $300 · Crime & LegalJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $4,100 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FE…ADAGP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1,125 · PhilanthropyADAGP CHA…Philabundance: $5,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabund…AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $3,250 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $250 · Civil RightsGIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentPlease Touch Museum: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $500 · Arts & CultureWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $360 · Arts & Culture
Other$32,373Crime & Legal$8,300Philanthropy$5,225Food & Nutrition$5,000Civil Rights$3,500Youth Development$3,000Arts & Culture$1,860

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: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $4,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSENIORLAW CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetADAGP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1,125 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlease Touch Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSINGING CITY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $360 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SARA'S SMILES FOUNDATION: $350 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Association for Cancer Research Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $150 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 William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Foun…Independence Foundati…United Way of Greater…Td Charitable Foundat…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The Snider FoundationThe Robert Wood Johns…Chubb Charitable Foun…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…
The William Penn FoundationPA19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Independence Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Td Charitable Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Snider Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Bettie F Podell Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bettie F Podell Charitable Trust. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report 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 44 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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