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Conston 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.

$95k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
53
Grants FY2024
49
Organizations funded FY2023
10%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
49 to 60
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$1.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Conston Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
InternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsAnimalsEducationFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving51$79k10%
FY202349$106k10%
FY202260$98k20%
FY202160$110k12%
FY202059$89k19%
FY201955$84kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$214kReligion$87kInternational$82kCivil Rights$63kEducation$52kHealth$37kFood & Nutrition$30kHuman Services$22kOther$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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tikkun Olam Chavurah$51,0005n/a
The Gladwyne Montessori School$31,00050%
Hias Inc$20,60060%
New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia$19,00061%
Philabundance$13,50060%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$13,00060%
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance$12,00060%
One Family Fund$11,00060%
Anti-Defamation League$11,00060%
Breakthrough T1d$10,25060%
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All grantees of Conston Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tikkun Olam Chavurah$51,0005n/a
The Gladwyne Montessori School$31,00050%
Hias Inc$20,60060%
New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia$19,00061%
Philabundance$13,50060%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$13,00060%
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance$12,00060%
One Family Fund$11,00060%
Anti-Defamation League$11,00060%
Breakthrough T1d$10,25060%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10,00060%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$10,00050%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$9,00060%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$8,00060%
South Philadelphia Shtiebel$8,0005n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$7,90050%
American Jewish Committee$7,00050%
Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans Inc$5,50030%
The Miquon School$5,50060%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$4,50060%
Friends Select School$4,5006n/a
The Foundation for AIDS Research$4,00060%
Fair Girls Inc$4,00030%
Birthright Israel Foundation$4,00040%
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College$3,5004n/a
Jack M Barrack Hebrew Academy$3,00030%
Rodeph Shalom Congregation$3,0003n/a
T'Ruah$3,00060%
Germantown Friends School$3,0006n/a
William Penn Charter School Inc$3,00030%
The Gems Incorporated$2,7503n/a
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Inc$2,65060%
Philadelphia Student Union$2,50050%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$2,50050%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$2,50010%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$2,50020%
Smile Train Inc$2,50050%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$2,50020%
The Attic Youth Center$2,25050%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$2,00030%
Pathways to Housing - Pa$2,00030%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Kimball Union Academy$2,00020%
National Trafficking Sheltered Alliance$2,00020%
Best Friends Animal Society$2,00040%
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$1,50060%
ALS Hope Foundation$1,50040%
Greater DC Diaper Bank$1,50020%
Feeding America$1,50010%
Girls on the Run - DC$1,50010%
Direct Relief$1,50010%
The Mary C Schanz Foundation$1,25040%
Family Promise of Philadelphia$1,25030%
Equal Justice Initiative$1,20020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$1,00010%
National Domestic Violence Hotline$1,00010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$1,00010%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$1,00020%
Heeding Gods Call$1,00040%
Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Northwestern University$1,00040%
Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa$75020%
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$60010%
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge$60010%
Trevor Project Inc$50010%
Pennenvironment Research & Policy Center Inc$50010%
Camfed USA Foundation$50010%
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$50010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$50010%
Tostan Inc$50010%
Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc$25010%
Books in Homes USA Inc$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($203k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Gladwyne Montessori School: $31,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHias Inc: $20,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia: $19,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPhilabundance: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOne Family Fund: $11,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $10,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $9,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $7,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Israel Disabled Veterans Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Miquon School: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for AIDS Research: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFair Girls Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJack M Barrack Hebrew Academy: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetT'Ruah: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Penn Charter School Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Coalition of Immokalee Workers Inc: $2,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Student Union: $2,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Agency for Israel - North American Council: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brigid Alliance Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Attic Youth Center: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPathways to Housing - Pa: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKimball Union Academy: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Trafficking Sheltered Alliance: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCanine Companions for Independence Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALS Hope Foundation: $1,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGreater DC Diaper Bank: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirls on the Run - DC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDirect Relief: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Mary C Schanz Foundation: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise of Philadelphia: $1,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,000 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 66.

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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 Philadelphia FoundationPA22.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools · Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund · Impactassetsinc · The Nararo Foundation · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pew Charitable Trusts · America's Charities

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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About Conston Foundation

How much does Conston Foundation give?
Conston Foundation reported 53 grants totaling $95,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 60 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Conston Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (31%), Religion (13%), International (12%).
Who are Conston Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Tikkun Olam Chavurah ($51k), The Gladwyne Montessori School ($31k), Hias Inc ($21k).
Does Conston Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Conston 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 Conston Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The Cigna Group Foundation, The William Penn Foundation.
Where is Conston Foundation based?
Conston 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 100 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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