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Corinne R & Henry Bower Memorial at a glance

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Corinne R & Henry Bower Memorial

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$12k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$160kArts & Culture$57kHealth$47kHuman Services$22kAnimals$18kCrime & Legal$16kRecreation & Sports$4kYouth Development$4k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$7,772
Median grant
2
States reached
$739k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION$12,000
CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF ALLEN COUNTY$7,772
NEW LEASH ON LIFE USA$7,772
PHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE$7,772
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 (FY17–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%NEW LEASH ON LIFE USA: $8k → 7%OPTIONS IN AGING: $7k → 7%SUPPORTIVE OLDER WOMEN'S NETWORK: $7k → 22%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $3k → 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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Corinne R & Henry Bower Memorial’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 92%.

Corinne R & Henry Bower Memoriallessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$95k · 6 repeat orgs$232k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
20

Total granted

$95k
$197k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+12%

Still filing today

33%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • SJ
    ST JAMES SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2022 · $25k
  • WC
    WISSAHICKON CHARTER SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2022 · $20k · revenue +68%
  • RS
    RETIRED SR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
    3× · 2017–2020 · $15k

Funded once

  • PC
    PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF
    one grant, 2021 · $36k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    one grant, 2019 · $19k · revenue +1%
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
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
2
Philadelphia Performing Arts a String Theory Charter School

Charter school providing students a content rich, adademically rigerous core knowledge education with a well-defined, sequential curriculum in a safe, orderly disiplined and caring environment.

Education
3
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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4
Public Trust

Public Trust is a non-profit organization on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania that fosters learning, creativity, and collaboration in support of justice and equality.

Arts & Culture
5
NORTH10 Philadelphia
Youth Development
6
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
7
The Pennsylvania Ballet Association

To cultivate an enduring appreciation for dance through world-class performances, to inspire the next generation with exceptional education and professional training, and to connect with the community through meaningful and inclusive…

Arts & Culture
8
Philadelphia Academy Charter School

PACS prepares students to achieve the highest level of their potential, whether academically, social or morally. Our aim is to create life-long learners who exercise self discipline and self motivation and attain a high level of human…

Education
9
Philadelphia Contemporary

We connect the people and places of philadelphia through art and partnership. the organization is a free-standing platform that endeavors to show forward-thinking, high-quality contemporary visual and performance art in the city. the…

Human Services
10
Association for Public Art

The association for public art (apa, formerly the fairmount park art association) commissions, preserves, interprets and promotes public art in philadelphia. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that informs, engages and inspires…

Arts & Culture
11
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
12
The Public School of Germantown

Germantown academy inspires students to be independent in thought; confident in expression; compassionate in spirit; collaborative in action; and honorable in deed. germantown academy is a private school educating students from pre-k…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philadelphia Children's Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Thomas Jefferson University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
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

PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF: $35,780 · OtherPHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OFST JAMES SCHOOL: $24,946 · OtherST JAMES SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $24,537 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRETIRED SR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: $15,000 · OtherRETIRED SR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMSR ADULT ACTIVITIES CTR: $13,500 · OtherSR ADULT ACTIVITIES CTRBUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION: $12,000 · OtherBUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTIONEASTERN PA CHAP NATL HEMOPHILIA FDN: $11,750 · OtherEASTERN PA CHAP NATL HEMOPHILIA FDNST CHRISTOPHER'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherST CHRISTOPHER'S FOUNDATIONCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF ALLEN COUNTY: $7,772 · Other+5 more: $21,000 · Other+5 moreWISSAHICKON CHARTER SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationWISSAHICKON CHARTER SCHOO…Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $19,013 · EducationTemple University - Of Th…THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $19,013 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSI…Episcopal Academy: $7,500 · EducationEpiscopal AcademyHunting Park Christian Academy: $7,480 · EducationHunting Park Christian Ac…ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY: $8,565 · Arts & CultureARDEN THEATR…Abington Art Center: $8,300 · Arts & CultureAbington Art…PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $8,300 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA…PHILADELPHIA SCENIC WORKS: $8,300 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA…1812 PRODUCTIONS INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture1812 PRODUCT…NEW LEASH ON LIFE USA: $7,772 · Human ServicesOPTIONS IN AGING: $7,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTEDLY: $6,938 · Human ServicesBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $3,000 · Human ServicesPHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $10,000 · AnimalsPHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $7,772 · Crime & Legal
Other$176,285Education$73,006Arts & Culture$35,465Human Services$24,710Animals$10,000Crime & Legal$7,772

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 budgetWISSAHICKON CHARTER SCHOOL: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $19,013 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $19,013 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARDEN THEATRE COMPANY: $8,565 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAbington Art Center: $8,300 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $8,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA SCENIC WORKS: $8,300 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $7,772 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEpiscopal Academy: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHunting Park Christian Academy: $7,480 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOPTIONS IN AGING: $7,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCONNECTEDLY: $6,938 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS BOARDING HOME OF WESTERN QUARTERLY MEETING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBROAD STREET MINISTRY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget1812 PRODUCTIONS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 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…C F Holdship Charitab…Independence Foundati…The Philadelphia Foun…J Leon LockardClarence a Rowell #2Skilling Joseph Kenna…Hamilton Family Chari…The Gordon Charter Fo…Hamilton Family Found…Henrietta Tower Wurts…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…
The William Penn FoundationPA19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · C F Holdship Charitable Trust · Independence Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · J Leon Lockard · Clarence a Rowell #2 · Skilling Joseph Kennard Td · Hamilton Family Charitable Trust · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main

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 Corinne R & Henry Bower Memorial funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Corinne R & Henry Bower Memorial. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Corinne R & Henry Bower Memorial 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 30 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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