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Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia

Culturetrust's mission is to provide a charitable home and shared management resources for fiscally sponsored projects in the arts, culture, heritage and social impact sectors.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$444k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$7.9MEnvironment$97kCommunity Improvement$50kAnimals$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $1,170,527, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,344,971 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $174,444 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $176k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $211k
  • $250k+2 grants · $784k
$32,700
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HISTORY MAKING PRODUCTIONS$444,457
ARTPHILLY INC$339,686
PRESENTE MEDIA LLC$142,552
GET FRESH DAILY LLC$68,280
RED PEN ARTS LLC$44,729
GLEN FOERD ON THE DELAWARE$32,700
URBANPROMISE MINISTRIES INC$30,700
SOTOMAYOR PRODUCTIONS DEVELOPMENT LLC$23,819
INTI MEDIA$21,094
DISCOVERY PATHWAYS$12,510
DIASPORA PRODUCTIONS LLC$10,000
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 (FY22–24, $94k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CAMBODIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $15k → 22%CAMBODIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $11k → 22%FACE TO FACE: $10k → 22%COBBS CREEK COMMUNITY ENVIROMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER: $20k → 22%KITHS INTEGRATED AND TARGETED HUMAN SERVICES: $15k → 22%KITHS INTEGRATED AND TARGETED HUMAN SERVICES: $15k → 22%WILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER: $8k → 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 23 repeat orgs$993k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
38

Total granted

$7.1M
$643k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
0%

Still filing today

48%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $350k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • ML
    MONUMENT LAB INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $1.2M · revenue ×21
  • BL
    BEARDED LADIES CABARET
    4× · 2020–2024 · $772k · revenue +23% · 35% of their budget
  • GF
    GLEN FOERD CONSERVATION CORPORATION
    3× · 2020–2025 · $62k · revenue +156%

Funded once

  • PF
    PHILADELPHIA FUTURES FOR YOUTH
    one grant, 2023 · $90k
  • LH
    LAND HEALTH INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2024 · $53k · revenue 0%
  • CD
    COMMUNITY DESIGN COLLABORATIVE OF PHILADELPHIA
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -21%
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 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
2
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
3
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc

Mural arts - the city of philadelphia mural arts program unites artists and communities through a collaborative process rooted in the traditions of mural making, to create art that transforms public spaces and individual lives.

Arts & Culture
4
Journey Arts

Boldly leverage the power of the performing arts to catalyze social change, challenge bias, and create spaces for dialogue and understanding by presenting culturally diverse voices that celebrate and affirm our shared humanity.

Arts & Culture
5
Twelve Gates Arts

Twelve gates arts, established in 2011, is a non-profit organization based in philadelphia, pennsylvania. the "gates" refer to the fortified gates that walled many ancient cities- inside which lay the heart of each city's art and culture.…

Arts & Culture
6
One Philly

One Philly's mission is to promote policies and actions championed by City leaders and to show the impact those policies and actions have on people's lives and the future of the City.

—
7
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

We lead, strengthen, and amplify the voices of greater philadelphia's cultural community.

Arts & Culture
8
The Asia Society

The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.

International
9
Philadelphia Festival of the Arts Inc

To promote the cultural richness of philadelphia and to bring the most distinguished work in the arts to audiences in the philadelphia region

—
10
Shakespeare in Clark Park

Shakespeare in Clark Park produces cultural events which bridge the gap between audiences and artists by inviting community members to take part in making and shaping our productions. Our productions are rooted in the people of…

Arts & Culture
11
Association for Public Art

The association for public art (apa) collaborates with artists and communities to make public art accessible to all and create an enduring legacy for future generations. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that inspires diverse…

Arts & Culture
12
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Asian Arts Initiative; the most unlike its peers is K Cul Foundation. 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

33 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. 33 of the 63 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
16/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HISTORY MAKING PRODUCTIONS: $3,411,394 · OtherHISTORY MAKING PRODUCTIONSPRESENTE MEDIA LLC: $235,255 · OtherGET FRESH DAILY LLC: $210,980 · OtherGET FRESH DAILY: $177,736 · Other+35 more: $1,202,469 · Other+35 moreMONUMENT LAB INC: $1,215,193 · Arts & CultureMONUMENT LAB INCBEARDED LADIES CABARET: $772,327 · Arts & CultureBEARDED LADIES CABARETARTPHILLY: $339,686 · Arts & CultureARTPHILLY+8 more: $124,335 · Arts & CultureGLEN FOERD CONSERVATION CORPORATION: $61,766 · EnvironmentLAND HEALTH INSTITUTE: $52,700 · EnvironmentDISCOVERY PATHWAYS: $34,510 · EnvironmentRIVER NETWORK: $15,000 · EnvironmentTHE WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC: $10,046 · EnvironmentKITHS INTEGRATED AND TARGETED HUMAN SERVICES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesCAMBODIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC: $25,805 · Human ServicesCobbs Creek Community Environmental: $20,000 · Human ServicesFACE TO FACE INC: $10,492 · Human ServicesWILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER: $7,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY DESIGN COLLABORATIVE OF PHILADELPHIA: $50,000 · Community ImprovementASIAN AMERICANS UNITED INC: $42,100 · Youth DevelopmentCENTER FOR AQUATIC SCIENCES: $39,744 · Animals
Other$5,237,834Arts & Culture$2,451,541Environment$174,022Human Services$93,797Community Improvement$50,000Youth Development$42,100Animals$39,744

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMONUMENT LAB INC: $1,215,193 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetBEARDED LADIES CABARET: $772,327 over 4y, 35% of budgetARTPHILLY: $339,686 over 1y, 12% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $138,625 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGLEN FOERD CONSERVATION CORPORATION: $61,766 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetLAND HEALTH INSTITUTE: $52,700 over 1y, 25% of budgetURBANPROMISE MINISTRIES: $52,700 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY DESIGN COLLABORATIVE OF PHILADELPHIA: $50,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS UNITED INC: $42,100 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetCENTER FOR AQUATIC SCIENCES: $39,744 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $36,094 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDISCOVERY PATHWAYS: $34,510 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetMODER PATSHALA: $30,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetKITHS INTEGRATED AND TARGETED HUMAN SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetIndependence Seaport Museum: $29,982 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE JOHN BARTRAM ASSOCIATION: $27,629 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCAMBODIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC: $25,805 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCobbs Creek Community Environmental: $20,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $18,359 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL KOREAN AMERICAN SERVICE AND EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC: $17,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HACK FOUNDATION D/B/A HACK CLUB: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPENCOLLECTIVE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIVER NETWORK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFACE TO FACE INC: $10,492 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC: $10,046 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LION'S STORY VILLAGE: $9,912 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAsian Arts Initiative: $9,900 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S COALITION: $7,500 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetINTERACT INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetK CUL FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetWILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA FOLKLORE PROJECT: $7,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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…The Philadelphia Foun…Henrietta Tower Wurts…The Philadelphia Cult…The University of the…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…Bread and Roses Commu…W W Smith Charitable …The Barra Foundation …Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…National Audubon Soci…The Allen Hilles Fund
The William Penn FoundationPA42.6× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · The University of the Arts · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Bread and Roses Community Fund · W W Smith Charitable Trust · The Barra Foundation Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · National Audubon Society Inc · The Allen Hilles Fund

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 Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • The Watershed Institute Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
15report 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 63 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 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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