· Public charity
Foundation for Delaware County
The mission of the FOUNDATION FOR DELAWARE COUNTY is to ensure an equitable, vibrant future for delaware county by promoting generosity, inspiring participation and partnership across our communities, and improving the quality of life for all.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $39k
- $10k–50k51 grants · $1.0M
- $50k–250k9 grants · $487k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SHARE FOOD PROGRAM | $65,000 |
| CASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INC | $62,000 |
| CHESTER COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT | $60,000 |
| FIRST UP | $50,000 |
| PROVIDENCE ANIMAL CENTER | $50,000 |
| WAYNE SENIOR CENTER | $50,000 |
| SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES | $50,000 |
| SURREY SERVICES | $50,000 |
| ELWYN FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY | $45,000 |
| CHILDREN FIRST PA | $40,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CHESTER | $40,000 |
| FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OF DELAWARE COUNTY | $40,000 |
| FAMILY SUPPORT LINE OF DELAWARE COUNTY INC | $40,000 |
| CHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $3.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
95 repeat relationships: 48 still active in FY2025, 47 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BGBOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF CHESTER8× · 2018–2025 · $525k · revenue +71%
- CYCASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INC6× · 2019–2025 · $441k · revenue +166%
- SCSENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES INC8× · 2018–2025 · $386k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- PFPARTNERS FOR SACRED PLACES INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +87%
- RMRiddle Memorial Hospitalgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +37%
- PSPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $50k
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.
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.
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
To coordinate services among private and government agencies for specialized populations to ensure service continuity, reduce duplication, and assist individuals and families in accessing appropriate mental health, intellectual…
Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.
Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout 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,…
Commmunity action commission's mission is to build on the strengths and resources available, provide solutions, for complex issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities to move out of poverty.
Enforcing and protecting the rights of individuals and families by providing accessible, creative, and high quality legal assistance and working collaboratively for systemic change.
The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.
Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.
The provision of management services to the chester county hospital and its affiliates.
Elwyn makes life better for people with developmental and behavioral health challenges.
How this is measured
149 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. 149 of the 167 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF CHESTER ↗
- Who funds CASA YOUTH ADVOCATES INC ↗
- Who funds SHARE FOOD PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds CHESPENN HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR DELAWARE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds CHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS INC ↗
- Who funds CCSA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Children First PA ↗
- Who funds THE ELWYN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHESTER HOUSING INITIATIVES INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds FIRST UP ↗
- Who funds Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County Inc ↗
- Who funds CITYTEAM MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds CHESTER COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILD GUIDANCE RESOURCE CENTERS ↗
- Who funds HARCUM COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds MAIN LINE SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SUPPORT LINE OF DELAWARE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds LANSDOWNE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
- Who funds URBAN AFFAIRS COALITION ↗
- Who funds KIDS SMILES INC ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ↗
- Who funds CHESTER UPLAND YOUTH SOCCER ↗
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds The Community's Foundation ↗
- Who funds CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds SWARTHMORE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OF DELAWARE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds MAKING A CHANGE GROUP ↗
- Who funds J LEWIS CROZER LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds Natural Lands Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds BE PROUD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE AND HOMECARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Ethel S C Smith No 5 Charitable Tw · The Philadelphia Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Community's Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Independence Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Foundation for Delaware County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foundation for Delaware County. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
- Landmark College Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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