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Crist Family Foundation

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.

$49k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$148kEducation$64kHuman Services$57kFood & Nutrition$49kHousing & Shelter$15kPhilanthropy$4kScience & Tech$4kYouth Development$3k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$960k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION$10,000
CROHNS AND COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$10,000
MANNA ON MAIN STREET$5,000
LAUREL HOUSE$5,000
CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC$5,000
MIGHTY WRITERS$5,000
PHILABUNDANCE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
METHACTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION$1,500
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 (FY19–25, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $5k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $3k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $5k → 8%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $3k → 8%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $3k → 8%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $3k → 8%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $3k → 8%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%LAUREL HOUSE: $5k → 7%LAUREL HOUSE: $1k → 7%LAUREL HOUSE: $1k → 7%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$326k · 16 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
7

Total granted

$326k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+140%

Still filing today

88%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $58k · revenue +15%
  • RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +181%
  • Philabundance
    5× · 2018–2025 · $29k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • TM
    Travis Manion Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +140%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • LL
    LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC - EASTERN
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
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
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
2
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
3
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
4
Montgomery County Community Foundation

The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

Philanthropy
5
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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6
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
7
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
8
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Foundation

Operating under the name mjhs foundation, the mission of this philanthropic organization is to raise the funds necessary to support the charitable health care efforts of the organizations within the mjhs health system family. with roots…

Health
9
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health
10
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
11
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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12
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marine Toys for Tots Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mosaic Norristown. 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

19 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. 19 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - PENN: $45,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVA…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION: $30,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE …MANNA ON MAIN STREET: $20,000 · OtherMANNA ON MAIN STREETIndividual grant recipient: $12,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+5 more: $13,250 · Other+5 moreCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $58,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUND…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL…+2 more: $2,150 · HealthMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $22,500 · Human ServicesMITZVAH CIRCLE FO…CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYON…LAUREL HOUSE: $7,000 · Human ServicesLAUREL HOUSEMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $27,500 · EducationMUHLENBERG COLLE…MIGHTY WRITERS: $17,000 · EducationMIGHTY WRITERSMETHACTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $4,500 · EducationMETHACTON EDUCAT…Philabundance: $29,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabund…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MONTGOMERY AND D: $12,500 · Housing & ShelterTravis Manion Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $3,902 · Philanthropy
Other$120,750Health$70,150Human Services$52,000Education$49,000Food & Nutrition$29,000Housing & Shelter$12,500Philanthropy$8,902

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 budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $58,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPhilabundance: $29,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMUHLENBERG COLLEGE: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $22,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA ON MAIN STREET: $20,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $17,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MONTGOMERY AND D: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETHACTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $3,902 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH WALES AREA LIBRARY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $900 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Vna Foundation of Gre…Eden Bridge FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vna Foundation of Greater North PennPA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vna Foundation of Greater North Penn · Eden Bridge Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Crist Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crist Family Foundation. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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