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Borowsky Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$191k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
9
Grants FY2024
51
Organizations funded FY2023
49%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$18,750
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 51
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$3.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 49% of the organizations Borowsky Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionReligionHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving7$151k57%
FY202351$291k49%
FY202235$322k31%
FY202133$230k24%
FY202039$272k31%
FY201936$246k33%
FY201835$260k97%
FY20173$207kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.3MPhilanthropy$342kInternational$123kEducation$118kReligion$68kEnvironment$47kFood & Nutrition$24kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
KY
NC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 56 grantees
All grantees of Borowsky Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of the Arts$480,54760%
National Liberty Museum$393,00073%
Kimmel Center Inc$216,00060%
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society$67,50061%
Foreign Policy Research Institute$60,00060%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$55,90050%
Friends of Arava the Institute Ltd$45,00011%
Drexel University$40,50040%
Museum of the American Revolution$27,50030%
Sharing Excess$20,25020%
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation$20,00011%
The Pennsylvania Ballet Association$17,50060%
Rabbinical Seminary of America$12,5002n/a
1807 & Friends Inc$9,7006n/a
Reading Allowed$9,00030%
American Interfaith Institute$7,000115%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$6,30060%
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey$3,50020%
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary$3,0562n/a
Settlement Music School of Philadelphia$2,80050%
Opera Philadelphia$2,50010%
Philabundance$2,50010%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$2,50010%
Friends of the Ethiopian National Project Inc$2,50018%
Beit T'Shuvah$2,00010%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation$1,95030%
The Miquon School$1,40030%
Curtis Institute of Music$1,25010%
Mighty Writers$1,20050%
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia$1,11560%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,10020%
The Sunday Love Project Inc$1,00010%
Pine Forge Academy$1,0001n/a
The Friends of the Wissahickon Inc$1,00010%
Astral Artists Inc$1,00040%
Network for New Music$85030%
Christ Church$7502n/a
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$55450%
Pig Iron Theatre Company Inc$55020%
Woodmere Art Museum$50010%
Earth Wind Fire and Water$5001n/a
African American Museum in Philadelphia$50010%
Germantown Jewish Centre$5001n/a
Association for Public Art$45030%
Jewish Learning Venture$36010%
Whyy Inc$30020%
Hopeworks 'N Camden Inc$25010%
Lyric Fest$20010%
Artist Bank LLC$2001n/a
Gratz College$18010%
Center City District Foundation$10010%
Fairmount Park Conservancy$10010%
Society Hill Civic Association$10010%
American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania Inc$7510%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$7510%
Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Inc$301n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($452k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Borowsky Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe University of the Arts: $480,547 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNational Liberty Museum: $393,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetKimmel Center Inc: $216,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPhiladelphia Chamber Music Society: $67,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetForeign Policy Research Institute: $60,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $55,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Arava the Institute Ltd: $45,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDrexel University: $40,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of the American Revolution: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSharing Excess: $20,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAuschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Pennsylvania Ballet Association: $17,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetReading Allowed: $9,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Interfaith Institute: $7,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $6,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSettlement Music School of Philadelphia: $2,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Philadelphia: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Orchestra Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Ethiopian National Project Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFree Library of Philadelphia Foundation: $1,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Miquon School: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCurtis Institute of Music: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMighty Writers: $1,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Athenaeum of Philadelphia: $1,115 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sunday Love Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Friends of the Wissahickon Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAstral Artists Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNetwork for New Music: $850 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Yiddish Book Center Inc: $554 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPig Iron Theatre Company Inc: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWoodmere Art Museum: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican American Museum in Philadelphia: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssociation for Public Art: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Learning Venture: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhyy Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHopeworks 'N Camden Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLyric Fest: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGratz College: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter City District Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairmount Park Conservancy: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSociety Hill Civic Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania Inc: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Museum of Art: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.

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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 FoundationPA36.5× affinity16 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 · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Connelly Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The University of the Arts · Future Standard Foundation · Independence Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · The Albert M Greenfield 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.

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How do I get to Borowsky Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Borowsky 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.

About Borowsky Family Foundation

How much does Borowsky Family Foundation give?
Borowsky Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $191,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Borowsky Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (61%), Philanthropy (16%), International (6%).
Who are Borowsky Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The University of the Arts ($481k), National Liberty Museum ($393k), Kimmel Center Inc ($216k).
Does Borowsky Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 49% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Borowsky Family Foundation 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 Borowsky Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc.
Where is Borowsky Family Foundation based?
Borowsky Family Foundation is based in PA.

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 111 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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