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Connelly Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
305
Grants FY2024
301
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,634,408
Organizations funded a year
1 to 301
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$362M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Connelly Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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 arriving296$13M26%
FY2023301$14M44%
FY2022291$13M55%
FY2021266$12M100%
FY20201$15Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$34MHealth$7.8MReligion$5.2MArts & Culture$4.6MPhilanthropy$3.9MPublic Benefit$3.1MHuman Services$2.8MHousing & Shelter$2.6MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia$2,093,54946%
Independence Mission Schools$1,851,89944%
Thomas Jefferson University$1,510,00040%
Project Home$1,170,85041%
Office of Catholic Education$1,168,1434n/a
St Josephs Preparatory School$1,062,0003n/a
Gwynedd-Mercy Academy$1,002,1002n/a
Friends of Father Judge High School Inc$1,000,000129%
The Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation$1,000,00024%
Roman Catholic High School for Boys$706,0302n/a
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All grantees of Connelly Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia$2,093,54946%
Independence Mission Schools$1,851,89944%
Thomas Jefferson University$1,510,00040%
Project Home$1,170,85041%
Office of Catholic Education$1,168,1434n/a
St Josephs Preparatory School$1,062,0003n/a
Gwynedd-Mercy Academy$1,002,1002n/a
Friends of Father Judge High School Inc$1,000,000129%
The Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation$1,000,00024%
Roman Catholic High School for Boys$706,0302n/a
Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School$591,50042%
Woodmere Art Museum$540,00042%
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary$540,0003n/a
Holy Child School at Rosemont$515,0004n/a
Sharing Excess$482,50031%
National Constitution Center$476,10041%
Hopeworks 'N Camden Inc$472,50046%
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge$371,576216%
Lasalle College High School$350,0001n/a
Historical Society of Pennsylvania$305,53042%
Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders Inc$305,50037%
Faith in the Future Foundation$251,125111%
The Gesu School Inc$250,39341%
The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives$234,50031%
Museum of the American Revolution$234,12530%
Independence Historical Trust$230,00037%
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society$220,00021%
People Advancing Reintegration Inc$216,000220%
Variety the Children's Charity of the Delaware Valley$215,00033%
Philadelphia Police Foundation$214,47547%
Broad Street Ministry$201,00042%
Williamson College of the Trades$185,00040%
The Barnes Foundation$178,43640%
Drexel Neumann Academy Inc$177,21845%
Philadelphia Youth Basketball Inc$175,00031%
Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools$173,49530%
A Community Center Established by the Surgent Family for Society$169,050316%
Drexel University$162,14030%
Bethesda Project$155,50041%
Rebuilding Together Philadelphia$155,50033%
Jevs Human Services$152,00040%
La Salle University$150,50030%
Seachange Capital Partners Inc$150,00014%
Taller Puertorriqueno Inc$150,00036%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$149,50030%
St Francis Desales Church$145,0004n/a
Chestnut Hill College$140,22030%
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey$137,33230%
The Parkesburg Point$135,00045%
Holy Family University$132,50030%
United World Schools USA Inc$130,000217%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$130,00020%
City Parks Foundation Inc$125,00011%
Inn Dwelling Inc$125,000424%
Mercy Vocational High School Sisters of Mercy$124,9004n/a
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission$118,00022%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc$115,00021%
Resurrection Regional Catholic School$115,0003n/a
Georgetown University$114,65930%
Cora Services Inc$111,42030%
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts$103,69530%
Archdiocese of Philadelphia$102,6401n/a
Philadelphia Museum of Art$101,50020%
Philabundance$101,41330%
First Step Staffing Inc$100,00020%
Reading Allowed$100,00024%
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation$100,00021%
Providence Center$100,00028%
Chester County Food Bank$100,00021%
Baker Industries Inc$96,00042%
Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educacion$95,00047%
Drueding Center$95,00031%
Feast of Justice$95,00022%
Saint Joseph's University$92,00030%
Face to Face Inc$91,00031%
La Salle Academy$90,60541%
Lucy Outreach a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$90,00033%
Garces Family Foundation$90,000311%
Byerschool Foundation$90,00023%
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia$88,50044%
Heights Philadelphia$85,00031%
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians$85,00022%
Speakup$85,00024%
The Cathedral Soup Kitchen Inc$84,50031%
Acting Without Boundaries$81,000212%
Arts in Schools Collaborative$80,000312%
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance$80,00020%
Dawn's Place$80,000411%
Good Works Inc$80,00023%
Friends of Compass Inc$80,00022%
Boy Scouts of America Chester County Council$80,00021%
Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia$78,00033%
Patrician Society of Central Norristown$75,00023%
Philadelphia Youth Network Inc$75,00020%
Durham Academy Inc$75,00020%
Whyy Inc$75,00010%
World Affairs Council of Philadelphia$75,00021%
Beyond the Bars Inc$70,00034%
Silo Works$70,000414%
Archbishop Ryan High School$70,0001n/a
Phoenixville Area Community Services$70,00021%
Valley Youth House Committee Inc$70,00040%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$69,49040%
Andalusia Foundation$68,00044%
Country Day School of Sacred Heart$66,2002n/a
Peter's Place$66,00036%
Good Neighbors Inc$65,00023%
Bridge Academy and Community Center$65,00038%
Visitation Community Outreach Foundation$64,00027%
Center City District Foundation$63,25021%
Mann Center for the Performing Arts$60,00010%
Per Scholas Inc$60,00020%
Habitat For Humanity of Bucks County Inc$60,00021%
Mothers' Home$60,00029%
Family Promise of Southern Chester County$60,00025%
Family Promise of Philadelphia$60,00016%
Catholic Partnership Schools Camden$60,00011%
North Penn Valley Boys and Girls Club Inc$60,00011%
Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia$60,00022%
Partners for Sacred Places Inc$60,00021%
The People's Light & Theatre Company$60,00021%
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary$60,0002n/a
The Philanthropy Roundtable$60,00040%
Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc$58,50041%
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$57,37530%
Friends Association for the Care and Pro$57,00021%
Oak Rose Fund$56,78026%
Norris Square Neighborhood Project$55,00024%
Family Promise of the Main Line$55,00027%
Jewish Relief Agency$55,00022%
Depaul USA Inc$55,00021%
The Philadelphia Education Fund$52,00021%
Hopephl$52,00011%
Musicopia Inc$51,82622%
Mother Teresa Regional Catholic School$51,7002n/a
The Clay Studio$50,60021%
The Garage Community & Youth Center$50,00022%
African American Museum in Philadelphia$50,00012%
Mindfulness Through Movement Inc$50,000425%
Home Port Alliance for the Uss New Jersey Inc$50,00010%
Philadelphia Dance Company$50,00012%
Share Food Program$50,00010%
Manna on Main Street$50,0001n/a
Kimmel Center Inc$50,00020%
Armenian Sisters Academy$50,0001n/a
New Leash on Life USA$50,00043%
Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia Inc$50,00010%
Caring for Friends$50,00011%
The Career Wardrobe$50,00021%
Saint John Vianney Center$50,00010%
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia$50,00020%
Advocates for Homeless and Those in Need$50,00029%
American Bible Society$50,00010%
North10 Philadelphia$50,00012%
University City District$49,00040%
Play on Philly$48,40022%
Young Audiences of Eastern Pa Inc$47,780217%
Norristown Zoological Society$45,00020%
Main Line Art Center$45,00022%
Trustees of the Lawrenceville School$45,00040%
Augustinian Defenders of the Rights of the Poor$45,000126%
Mattie N Dixon Community Cupboard Inc$45,00022%
St James School$45,0003n/a
Esf Dream Camp Foundation$45,00015%
Chester Eastside Inc$45,00024%
Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc$45,00021%
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur$42,9004n/a
Merion Mercy Academy$42,9002n/a
The Calvary Center for Culture & Co$41,375214%
Artz Philadelphia$40,00027%
Lighthouse Youth Ministries Inc$40,00023%
North Light Boys' Club Inc$40,00022%
Why Not Prosper Inc$40,00023%
Family Promise Montco Pa$40,00021%
Philadelphia Youth Choral Ensembles$40,00023%
Cornerstone for Hope$40,000118%
Bucks County Children's Museum$40,00025%
Gemma Services$40,00040%
Philadelphia Sinfonia Association$40,00028%
Cradle of Liberty Council 525 Boy Scouts of America$40,00020%
Kennett Area Community Service$40,00021%
Swarthmore College$40,00020%
Mighty Writers$40,00011%
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Inc$40,00011%
St Pio Regional Catholic School$37,5003n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$36,37540%
Global Philadelphia Associaton Inc$36,22045%
Georgetown Preparatory School Inc$36,0004n/a
Carversville Farm Foundation$35,59712%
Mitzvah Circle Foundation$35,00011%
Please Touch Museum$35,00010%
Rock to the Future Inc$35,00031%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region$35,00010%
Cradle of Hope Inc$35,00025%
St Martin de Porres School (Ims)$35,0002n/a
Small Things Inc$34,50021%
Zoological Society of Philadelphia$34,16040%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$33,50010%
The Public School of Germantown$32,50040%
Media Arts Council$32,00026%
Holy Family School$31,0002n/a
The Magee Memorial Hospital for Convalescents$30,56030%
Perkins Center for the Arts$30,00011%
Villa Joseph Marie High School$30,0001n/a
Domestic Violence Center of Chester County$30,00011%
Samuel S Fleisher Art Memorial Inc$30,00011%
For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation$30,00011%
Historic Germantown Preserved$30,00016%
Saint Josephs Family Hope Center$30,000214%
The Lamb Foundation$30,00011%
LCH Health and Community Services$30,0001n/a
Opera Philadelphia$30,00010%
Artreach Inc$30,00013%
Upper Merion Area Community Cupboard$30,00022%
Rolling Harvest Food Rescue$30,00016%
Achieveability$30,0001n/a
West Chester Food Cupboard$30,00011%
Vetri Foundation for Children$30,00011%
SpArc Services$30,00010%
Guiding Star Ministries$30,000320%
St Bernard's School Inc$30,00030%
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Inc$30,000216%
St Francis Inn$30,0004n/a
Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21$30,00010%
Coatesville Youth Initiative$30,00013%
Welcoming the Stranger Inc$30,000110%
Association for Adults With Developmental Disabilities Inc$30,000111%
Berea College$30,00020%
Committee of Seventy$29,70021%
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology$28,50040%
Prospect Hill Baptist Church$25,8754n/a
Symphony in C$25,00013%
Theatre Horizon Inc$25,00012%
National Catholic Educational Association$25,0001n/a
Orion Communities Inc$25,00022%
The Timothy School Corporation$25,00010%
Volunteer English Program in Chester County Pennsylvania$25,000111%
Special Equestrians Inc$25,00023%
Act II Playhouse Ltd$25,00021%
Lodigiano Film Development Inc$25,00012%
Path (People Acting to Help) Inc$25,00010%
Laurel House$25,00011%
The Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation$25,00011%
Camp Dreamcatcher$25,00024%
Trellis for Tomorrow$25,00012%
Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania$25,00010%
Overbrook School for the Blind$25,00010%
Andrew L Hicks Jr Foundation$25,00014%
Youth Mentoring Partnership$24,50041%
USA East Province of the Society of Jesus Inc$24,4501n/a
Trustees of Boston College$24,15130%
Darlington Fine Arts Center Inc$24,00013%
Mater Dei School Inc$24,00040%
Meals on Wheels of Chester County$24,00014%
Wayne Art Center$24,00011%
Saint John's Hospice$22,60021%
Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia Regional Foundation$22,50013%
Support Center for Child Advocates$21,50020%
The University of the Arts$21,50020%
Washington Jesuit Academy$20,5004n/a
Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Centers Inc$20,00011%
Christ in the City$20,00011%
Curio Theatre Company$20,000311%
Connectedly$20,00012%
The Monkey and the Elephant$20,00013%
Mosaic - We Are Born to Learn$20,00013%
Quintessence Theatre Group Inc$20,00011%
Rosemont College of the Holy Child Jesus$20,00020%
Siloam$20,00016%
Regina Coeli Academy$20,00011%
Graduate Philadelphia$20,00012%
Allens Lane Art Center$20,00014%
Convent of the Sacred Heart$20,0002n/a
The Wilma Theater$20,00011%
Chester County Connect Care$20,00012%
The Bucks County Historical Society Inc$20,00011%
Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and D$20,00010%
Literacy Council of Norristown$20,00019%
Aclamo$20,00010%
Boys' & Girls' Club of Chester$20,00012%
Community Arts Center$20,00012%
Tilt Institute for the Contemporary Image$20,00022%
International Visitors Council of Philadelphia$20,00013%
Centro Nueva Creacion New Creation Community Center$20,00015%
Northeast Community Services$20,000114%
Rector Church Wardens & Vestrymen of Church of Epiphany of Cty of Ny$20,0001n/a
Tree House Books$20,00012%
Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation$20,00012%
Youngmoms$20,00014%
Lycee Francais de New York$20,00010%
Young Life$20,00010%
Bristol Riverside Theatre Co Inc$20,00011%
Center in the Park$20,00011%
Curtis Institute of Music$20,00040%
Family and Community Service of Delaware County Inc$20,00011%
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc$19,00020%
Fernbrook Environmental Education Center Inc$19,00041%
Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation$18,75030%
The Giving Tree$18,25017%
Arch Street Preschool$17,50031%
The Philadelphia Citizen$17,38041%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$17,1251n/a
Christian Brothers Conference - Washington DC$17,0001n/a
Therapeutic Horseback Riding Inc$17,00031%
Reading Terminal Market Corporation$16,09010%
Young Scholars Charter School$15,37510%
The Germantown Historical Society$15,0001n/a
Christ Church Preservation Trust$15,00011%
Joseph's House of Camden LLC$15,00020%
Main Line Deputy Dog$15,000112%
Georgia E Gregory Interdenominational School of Mu$15,000112%
Greener Partners$15,00012%
Nueva Esperanza Inc$15,00020%
The Baldwin School$15,00020%
Hope Springs Equestrian Therapy Inc$15,00017%
Phoenixville Womens Outreach$15,00015%
Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries$15,00014%
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse Inc$15,00011%
Stroud Water Research Center$15,00010%
Casa Youth Advocates Inc$15,00011%
Tech Impact$15,00010%
The Agnes Irwin School$15,00020%
Astral Artists Inc$15,00012%
Writers Matter$15,00015%
Christ Church-Ithan$15,0003n/a
Mom's House Inc of Greater Philadelphia$15,00014%
Need in Deed$15,00021%
West Park Cultural Center$15,00019%
Philadelphia Contemporary$15,00012%
Puentes de Salud$15,00011%
Shakespeare in Clark Park$15,000110%
Canine Partners for Life$15,00011%
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society$15,00011%
The Media Theatre for the Performing Arts$15,00011%
Elevate 215$14,85421%
American Catholic Historical Society$14,75043%
Little Sisters of the Poor$14,000346%
St Laurence School 31189$13,0002n/a
Cliveden of the National Trust Inc$12,45012%
The Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation$12,00030%
The Alliance for Health Equity$11,00030%
Saint George Independent Catholic School$11,0001n/a
The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation$11,00041%
Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County Inc$10,50030%
Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey$10,00010%
Eldernet of Lower Merion and Narberth$10,00011%
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art$10,00010%
The Rubicam Foundation$10,00023%
The Unscripted Project$10,00015%
Phila Society for the Preservation of Landmarks$10,00020%
Federation of Neighborhood Centers$10,00010%
Clery Center for Security on Campus$10,00011%
Vagabond Missions$10,00010%
The Institute For Cancer Research$10,00010%
Chester County Historical Society$10,00011%
The Central Association of the Miraculous Medal$10,0001n/a
Save Lucy Committee Inc$10,00012%
Jesuit Refugee Service USA$10,0001n/a
Uliftu Inc$10,00026%
Work to Ride Inc$10,00020%
Family Service Association of Bucks County$10,00010%
Studio Incamminati$10,00011%
French Institute - Alliance Francaise$10,00010%
Delaware County Youth Orchestra In$10,00016%
Philadelphia Film Society$10,00010%
Beacon Theatre Productions$10,0001n/a
University of Miami$10,00010%
Women Golfers Give Back$10,00032%
The Friends of Valley Forge Valley Forge Park Alliance$10,00012%
Cosacosa Art at Large Inc$10,00015%
Saint James School$10,00010%
Hortus Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Delaware County Historical Society$10,0001n/a
Pottstown Area Seniors' Center$10,00011%
USA 250 Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Bridges from School to Work Inc$10,00010%
Riverbend Environmental Education Center$10,00011%
St Katharine of Siena$10,0002n/a
Raymond and Miriam Klein Jcc (D/B/A Kleinlife)$10,00010%
The Joy of Sox$10,00017%
Walnut Street Theatre Corporation$10,00020%
The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles And$9,85010%
The Parent-Infant Center$9,50040%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$9,50030%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$9,25030%
Founding Forward (Formerly the Union League Legacy Foundation)$9,04010%
The College Preparatory School$9,00020%
Groove With Me Inc$9,00021%
Richard J Caron Foundation$8,64010%
Foundation of the Chester County Chamber$8,50026%
Villanova University$8,38210%
Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead$8,10012%
Rock Creek Conservancy Inc$8,00040%
Diocese of Harrisburg$8,0002n/a
Surrey Services for Seniors Inc$7,50030%
The Becket Fund$7,36010%
Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia$7,0002n/a
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$7,00010%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$7,00020%
Mount Aloysius College$7,00010%
Willow Charitable Fund$6,00017%
The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology$5,90010%
University City Arts League Inc$5,50031%
The Missionary Society of St Columban$5,0001n/a
Philadelphia Dance Projects$5,00013%
St Bridgets Church$5,0001n/a
Impact Services Corporation$5,00010%
Fiorenza's Food for Friends (F4)Inc$5,00013%
Beacon Presbyterian Church Inc$5,0001n/a
The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia Inc$5,0001n/a
Police Athletic League Of Philadelphia$5,00010%
Friends Rehabilitation Program Inc$5,00010%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$5,00010%
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service Inc$5,00010%
Murphys Giving Market Inc$5,0001n/a
Fostering Hope$5,00012%
Main Line School Night Association$5,00010%
Singing City Inc$5,00012%
Yale University$5,0001n/a
The Cranaleith Spiritual Center$5,00011%
Blessed Sarnelli Communityinc$5,00015%
Xaverian High School Inc$5,0001n/a
Foundation Financial Officers Group Inc$5,00010%
Liguori Inc$5,00010%
Pennsylvania Economy League Inc$5,00010%
St John the Baptist Catholic Church$5,0001n/a
Old St Joseph's Historic Preservation Corporation$5,00013%
Community Charity Society - a St Matthew Parish Ministry Inc$5,0001n/a
Presbyterian Historical Society The$5,0001n/a
Students Run Philly Style$5,00010%
Friends of the Japanese House and Garden$5,00010%
Ukranian Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Philadelphia$5,0001n/a
Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates$5,00014%
The Bee Foundation$5,00011%
Fitler Square Improvement$4,50035%
Syracuse University$4,09510%
Pope John Paul II Regional (W Brandy)$4,0001n/a
New York University$3,84510%
Northeast Catholic Alumni Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc$3,75031%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation$3,35020%
Clarke Pennsylvania Inc$3,00010%
Saint Francis University$2,50010%
Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia$2,50011%
Radnor Historical Society$2,5001n/a
Norristown Hospitality Center$2,50010%
The Open Link Inc$2,50010%
Uc Green Inc$2,50012%
Colonial Neighborhood Council$2,50011%
Arden Theatre Company$2,00020%
A Better Chance Strath Haven Inc$2,00021%
First Presbyterian Church of Ambler$2,0001n/a
Don Bosco Cristo Rey Highschool of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc$2,0002n/a
St Cecilia School$2,0002n/a
Delaware Valley Community Health Inc$2,00020%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Delaware County$2,00030%
University City Science Center$2,00010%
Vanderbilt University$1,97510%
St Philip Neri School$1,5002n/a
Colonial School District Education Foundation$1,50012%
Community Volunteers in Medicine$1,50010%
Church Farm School$1,50010%
Wagner Free Institute of Science$1,50010%
Our Lady of Perpetual Help$1,5001n/a
Johns Hopkins University$1,50010%
Bryn Mawr Theatre Film Institute$1,50010%
West Chester University Foundation$1,43010%
Pennsylvania State University$1,2002n/a
Cityteam Ministries$1,00010%
Eagles Autism Challenge Inc$1,00010%
TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc$1,00010%
American Philosophical Society$1,00010%
Covenant House Washington DC$1,00010%
New Jersey Audubon Society$1,00010%
Cabrini Legacy Corporation$1,00010%
Self Inc$1,00010%
Loyola University Maryland Inc$1,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia Delaware and Susquehanna Valley$1,00010%
Episcopal Academy$1,00010%
Anchor House Inc$1,00010%
Ringling College of Art and Design Inc$1,00010%
Better Community Housing of Trenton Inc$1,00011%
Bread for the City Inc$1,00010%
Greater Philadelphia Association of Recovery Education$88010%
The Catholic University of America$52510%
Holy Rosary Regional Catholic School$5001n/a
Tredyffrin & Easttown Care$50010%
Sisters of St Francis Foundation$4001n/a
Methodist University Inc$39910%
Witherspoon Institute Inc$30010%
Foundation for Free Enterprise Education$29510%
Pet Adoption and Lifecare Society$20010%
Headstrong Foundation$12510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 143 recipients with no EIN on record ($32M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Connelly Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia: $2,093,549 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetIndependence Mission Schools: $1,851,899 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetThomas Jefferson University: $1,510,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetProject Home: $1,170,850 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetFriends of Father Judge High School Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetThe Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation: $1,000,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetCristo Rey Philadelphia High School: $591,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetWoodmere Art Museum: $540,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSharing Excess: $482,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNational Constitution Center: $476,100 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHopeworks 'N Camden Inc: $472,500 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetFreedoms Foundation at Valley Forge: $371,576 over 2y, 16% of budgetHistorical Society of Pennsylvania: $305,530 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetPhiladelphia Academy of School Leaders Inc: $305,500 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetFaith in the Future Foundation: $251,125 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Gesu School Inc: $250,393 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThe Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $234,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMuseum of the American Revolution: $234,125 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetIndependence Historical Trust: $230,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetThe Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: $220,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPeople Advancing Reintegration Inc: $216,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetVariety the Children's Charity of the Delaware Valley: $215,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetPhiladelphia Police Foundation: $214,475 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetBroad Street Ministry: $201,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetWilliamson College of the Trades: $185,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $178,436 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDrexel Neumann Academy Inc: $177,218 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetPhiladelphia Youth Basketball Inc: $175,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetBusiness Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools: $173,495 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetA Community Center Established by the Surgent Family for Society: $169,050 over 3y, 16% of budgetDrexel University: $162,140 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda Project: $155,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetRebuilding Together Philadelphia: $155,500 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetJevs Human Services: $152,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLa Salle University: $150,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSeachange Capital Partners Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTaller Puertorriqueno Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $149,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChestnut Hill College: $140,220 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey: $137,332 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Parkesburg Point: $135,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetHoly Family University: $132,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited World Schools USA Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetCenter for Employment Opportunities Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCity Parks Foundation Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetInn Dwelling Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetSunday Breakfast Rescue Mission: $118,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc: $115,000 over 2y, 0.8% 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 200.

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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.

Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust UwPA181.9× affinity108 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Wsfs Cares Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Barra Foundation Inc · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Independence Foundation · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial 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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Find your warmest path to Connelly 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 Connelly Foundation

How much does Connelly Foundation give?
Connelly Foundation reported 305 grants totaling $15,400,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 301 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Connelly Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (48%), Health (11%), Religion (7%).
Who are Connelly Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia ($2.1M), Independence Mission Schools ($1.9M), Thomas Jefferson University ($1.5M).
Does Connelly Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Connelly Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Connelly Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw, The Philadelphia Foundation, The William Penn Foundation.
Where is Connelly Foundation based?
Connelly 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 648 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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