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Forney Family Foundation Inc

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.

$230k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2024
51
Organizations funded FY2023
22%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$131,275
Organizations funded a year
51 to 75
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$1.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Forney Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionCivil RightsScience & TechOther
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 arriving28$230k32%
FY202351$236k22%
FY202265$194k29%
FY202169$144k48%
FY202070$508k34%
FY201975$161kn/a
86% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$354kReligion$297kArts & Culture$206kHealth$158kHuman Services$118kPhilanthropy$35kScience & Tech$26kEnvironment$17kOther$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
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation$121,20562%
Avon Grove Charter School$45,00030%
Camp Dreamcatcher$40,00064%
St Michael Lutheran Church$28,7401n/a
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art$14,00060%
Kennett Library$11,50020%
Kennett Education Foundation Inc$11,00025%
Kennett Area Community Service$8,00030%
The Salvation Army$7,5004n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$7,0002n/a
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All grantees of Forney Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation$121,20562%
Avon Grove Charter School$45,00030%
Camp Dreamcatcher$40,00064%
St Michael Lutheran Church$28,7401n/a
Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art$14,00060%
Kennett Library$11,50020%
Kennett Education Foundation Inc$11,00025%
Kennett Area Community Service$8,00030%
The Salvation Army$7,5004n/a
Trustees of Purdue University$7,0002n/a
Student Organizing Inc$6,00041%
Alegria Montessori School Inc$5,00010%
Western Kentucky University$5,0001n/a
Chester County Food Bank$5,00010%
Bucknell University$4,50010%
Longwood Gardens Inc$4,05210%
Citizens Climate Education Corp$3,50050%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$3,50050%
The Paris Foundation$3,00030%
Wilmington Drama League$3,00040%
Natural Lands Trust Inc$2,50030%
The President and Trustees of Colby College$2,50050%
Utah State University$2,5001n/a
Delaware Theatre Company$2,50020%
Po-Mar-Lin Fire Company$2,25060%
LCH Health and Community Services$2,00030%
Greenmore Farm Animal Rescue Inc$2,00040%
Appalachian Trail Conservancy$2,00040%
Historicorps$2,00040%
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption$2,00020%
University of Delaware$1,99940%
Luther Foundation of Southern Chester County$1,05410%
Kennett Area Senior Center Inc$1,00020%
Brandywine Red Clay Alliance$1,00010%
350org$1,00020%
ACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc$1,00010%
MicrobeTV Inc$1,00010%
Friends Without a Border$1,00010%
Chester County Hospital Foundation$1,00010%
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia$1,00010%
Archaeological Institute of America$60020%
Delaware Futures Inc$50010%
Arden Club Inc$50010%
Brandywiners Ltd$50010%
Primitive Hall Foundation$40040%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$40040%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$32030%
Lutheran Community Services Inc$20010%
Starke County Historical Society$20010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$20020%
Sunday Breakfast Mission$20010%
National Park Foundation$10010%
Wilmington University Inc$10010%
National Audubon Society Inc$10010%
Delaware Swedish Colonial Society$1001n/a
National Parks Conservation Association$10010%
Sierra Club$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 114 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Forney Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKalmar Nyckel Foundation: $121,205 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetAvon Grove Charter School: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Dreamcatcher: $40,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKennett Library: $11,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKennett Education Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetKennett Area Community Service: $8,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetStudent Organizing Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetAlegria Montessori School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChester County Food Bank: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBucknell University: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLongwood Gardens Inc: $4,052 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens Climate Education Corp: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Paris Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWilmington Drama League: $3,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNatural Lands Trust Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDelaware Theatre Company: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPo-Mar-Lin Fire Company: $2,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLCH Health and Community Services: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreenmore Farm Animal Rescue Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAppalachian Trail Conservancy: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHistoricorps: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNew Vocations Racehorse Adoption: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Delaware: $1,999 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLuther Foundation of Southern Chester County: $1,054 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKennett Area Senior Center Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBrandywine Red Clay Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350org: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACLU Foundation of Colorado Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMicrobeTV Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends Without a Border: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChester County Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArchaeological Institute of America: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDelaware Futures Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArden Club Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBrandywiners Ltd: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPrimitive Hall Foundation: $400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $320 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLutheran Community Services Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStarke County Historical Society: $200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSunday Breakfast Mission: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilmington University Inc: $100 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 51.

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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.

Delaware Community Foundation IncDE26.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · The Dansko Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · United Way of Delaware · Chester County Community Foundation · Cabot-Kjellerup Foundation · Nor' Easter Foundation Inc · Sharp Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Longwood Foundation Inc

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 Forney Family Foundation Inc

How much does Forney Family Foundation Inc give?
Forney Family Foundation Inc reported 31 grants totaling $229,937 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 75 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Forney Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (25%), Religion (21%), Arts & Culture (15%).
Who are Forney Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Kalmar Nyckel Foundation ($121k), Avon Grove Charter School ($45k), Camp Dreamcatcher ($40k).
Does Forney Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Forney Family Foundation Inc 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 Forney Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delaware Community Foundation Inc, The Dansko Foundation Inc, Welfare Foundation Inc.
Where is Forney Family Foundation Inc based?
Forney Family Foundation Inc 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 174 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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