Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action
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.
- $44k
- Granted FY2021
- 10
- Grants FY2021
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Philadelphia Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $44k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 40% of the organizations Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 10 | $44k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $40k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $38k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $43k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova University | $90,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Trellis for Tomorrow | $30,050 | 6 | 1% |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Congreso de Latinos Unidos Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Philabundance | $11,800 | 5 | 0% |
| The Attic Youth Center | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Keystone | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cityteam Ministries | $4,175 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center in the Park | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova University | $90,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Trellis for Tomorrow | $30,050 | 6 | 1% |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Congreso de Latinos Unidos Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Philabundance | $11,800 | 5 | 0% |
| The Attic Youth Center | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Keystone | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cityteam Ministries | $4,175 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center in the Park | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Worthwhile Wear Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gates Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| March for Our Lives Action Fund | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission | $261 | 1 | 0% |
| Broward Education Foundation Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($111k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action 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.
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How this is measured
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About Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action
- How much does Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action give?
- Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action reported 10 grants totaling $43,929 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (62%), Education (13%), Food & Nutrition (6%).
- Who are Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Villanova University ($91k), Trellis for Tomorrow ($30k), Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc ($17k).
- Does Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action 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 Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, The William Penn Foundation.
- Where is Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action based?
- Carole Landis Foundation for Social Action is based in PA.
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