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Civic Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$82k
Granted FY2026still arriving
12
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2026.

Education$175kArts & Culture$118kPhilanthropy$40kHuman Services$23kReligion$13kCivil Rights$8kHealth$5kFood & Nutrition$1k
02FY2026 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k9 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $48k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Temple University$25,000
The Barnes Foundation$12,500
Thomas Jefferson University$10,000
Unity Council of Alameda County Inc$7,500
Social Good Fund$7,000
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia$5,000
Arden Theatre Company$5,000
Philadelphia Theatre Company$2,500
JCC of the East Bay$2,500
Berkeley Repertory Theater$2,000
Brandeis University$2,000
Philabundance$1,000
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 (FY21–25, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 36% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%American Friends of Eli: $2k → 7%American Friends of ELI: $1k → 7%Tides CenterShalom Bayit: $7k → 10%Tides CenterShalom Bayit: $7k → 10%Tides CenterShalom Bayit: $7k → 10%Tides CenterShalom Bayit: $6k → 10%Tides CenterShalom Bayit: $7k → 10%HIAS PA: $10k → 22%HIAS PA: $10k → 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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$257k · 11 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against -26% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2026, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
4

Total granted

$257k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
-26%

Still filing today

100%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    6× · 2021–2026 · $49k · revenue +17%
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2021–2026 · $43k · revenue +15%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $40k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • M
    Midrasha
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
  • NS
    Netivot Shalom
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
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
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
2
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
3
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

—
5
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
6
Philadelphia University

The organization is an affiliate within thomas jefferson university/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research…

Education
7
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
8
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
9
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
10
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
11
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
12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philadelphia Theatre Company; the most unlike its peers is Berkeley Repertory Theatre. 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

18 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. 18 of the 23 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $48,500 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System o…THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $42,500 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIASOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $7,000 · Education+1 more: $4,000 · EducationCONCERTO SOLOISTS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PHILADELPHIA: $34,000 · Arts & CultureCONCERTO SOLOISTS CHAMBER ORC…ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY: $30,000 · Arts & CultureARDEN THEATRE COMPANYTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES FOUNDATIONIntersection for the Arts: $9,000 · Arts & CultureIntersection for the ArtsBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $8,000 · Arts & CultureBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATREPHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY: $7,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANYUniversity of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts: $20,000 · OtherUniversity of Sou…Studio 70: $15,000 · OtherStudio 70Unity Council of Alameda County Inc: $7,500 · OtherUnity Council of …Midrasha: $6,800 · OtherMidrashaNetivot Shalom: $6,000 · OtherNetivot ShalomJCC of the East Bay: $2,500 · OtherTIDES CENTER: $33,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTERHIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesHIAS and Council…ELI-AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $3,000 · Human ServicesELI-AMERICAN FRI…R BABY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthPhilabundance: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$162,000Arts & Culture$100,500Other$57,800Human Services$56,000Health$5,000Food & Nutrition$1,000

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 budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $48,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $42,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONCERTO SOLOISTS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PHILADELPHIA: $34,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $33,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARDEN THEATRE COMPANY: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStudio 70: $15,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetIntersection for the Arts: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetELI-AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL ASSOCIATION FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The William Penn FoundationPA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Civic Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Civic Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Civic Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Civic Foundation Inc 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.

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 23 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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