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Fulton Forward Foundation

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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
50
Grants FY2024
50
Organizations funded FY2023
90%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 50
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$7.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 90% of the organizations Fulton Forward Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
Housing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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 arriving50$1.9M86%
FY202350$2.2M90%
FY20227$281k57%
FY20215$245kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Community Improvement$2.0MHousing & Shelter$785kEducation$450kYouth Development$404kHuman Services$400kEmployment$305kPhilanthropy$75kCivil Rights$71kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
NJ
VA
MD
DE
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 81 grantees
All grantees of Fulton Forward Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lancaster City Alliance$466,00049%
The Enterprise Center$350,00024%
Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association$300,00010%
Baltimore Community Lending Inc$250,00014%
Pennsylvania Cdfi Network$150,00030%
Community Loan Fund of New Jersey Inc$150,00011%
Southside Community Development and Housing Corporation$100,00014%
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship$93,75030%
West End Neighborhood House Inc$75,00011%
African-American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey$60,00031%
National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc$51,00015%
Lancasterhistoryorg$50,00011%
Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia Inc$50,00011%
Innovation Works Inc$50,00014%
York Habitat for Humanity$50,00012%
New Hill Development Corporation$50,000110%
Tec Centro Ltd$50,0001n/a
Financial Wellness Institute Inc$50,000116%
The Be Org Inc$50,000110%
YWCA Lancaster$40,00020%
Saint Josephs Carpenter Society$40,00011%
The Cathedral Soup Kitchen Inc$30,00010%
The Metropolitan Business League$30,000111%
Fauquier Habitat for Humanity Inc$30,00011%
Newfound Riseup Fund$30,000121%
Hagerstown Community College Foundation Inc$30,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County$30,00010%
Graduate Philadelphia$30,00012%
The Maggie Walker Community Land Trust$30,00011%
Partnership for Economic Development of York County Inc$30,00014%
Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna Inc$30,00011%
Housing Development Corporation Midatlantic$25,00010%
Sustainable Business Education Initiative Inc$25,00013%
Junior Achievement of Central Maryland Inc$25,00011%
Delaware College Scholars Inc$25,00012%
Delaware Futures Inc$25,00013%
UNITED VIRGINIA ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION United Virginia Education Fund Inc$25,000199%
Coatesville Youth Initiative$25,00013%
Bucks County Opportunity Council Inc$25,00010%
Lucy Outreach a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$25,00012%
Housing Partnership of Chester County Inc$25,00013%
La Plaza Delaware Inc$25,00014%
Financial Scholars Inc$25,00012%
Maryland Business Roundtable for Education Inc$25,00012%
Community Wealth Builders Inc$25,0001n/a
Good Neighbors Inc$25,00011%
Philadelphia Vip Inc$25,00011%
Mercy Vocational High School Sisters of Mercy$25,0001n/a
Per Scholas Inc$25,00010%
Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware$25,00011%
Pidc Community Capital$25,00010%
Hopeworks 'N Camden Inc$25,00010%
Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity Inc$25,00011%
Philadelphia Academies Inc$25,00011%
Lancaster Redevelopment Fund$25,00012%
Good Works Inc$25,00011%
Community College of Philadelphia Foundation$20,00010%
The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc$20,00010%
Junior Achievement of Greater Hampton Roads Inc$20,00014%
Pennsylvania Economy League Inc$20,00010%
The Big Picture Alliance Inc$20,00012%
Lancaster Science Center$20,00011%
Shelter House Inc$20,00010%
Believe in Students Inc$20,00012%
Housing Virginia Campaign Inc$20,00012%
Spring Garden Community Development Corp$20,00011%
Junior Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania$20,00011%
The Morgan State University Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Compass Working Capital Inc$20,00010%
Homefree USA Inc$20,00010%
Habitat For Humanity of Bucks County Inc$20,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of Salem County Inc$20,00013%
Community Education Building Corp$20,00010%
Habitat for Humanity Northwest New Jersey Inc$20,00011%
Camden Shipyard Maritime Museum$20,000111%
Bestwork Industries for the Blind Inc$20,00010%
Federation of Neighborhood Centers$20,00010%
Volunteers of America Inc$20,0001n/a
Chester County Futures Inc$20,00013%
Retail Alliance Foundation$20,000115%
Yesusa Transformational Cities$20,000118%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($715k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Fulton Forward Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 77 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLancaster City Alliance: $466,000 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetThe Enterprise Center: $350,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $300,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBaltimore Community Lending Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetPennsylvania Cdfi Network: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Loan Fund of New Jersey Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSouthside Community Development and Housing Corporation: $100,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNetwork for Teaching Entrepreneurship: $93,750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWest End Neighborhood House Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAfrican-American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey: $60,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNational Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc: $51,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetLancasterhistoryorg: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Philadelphia Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetInnovation Works Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetYork Habitat for Humanity: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNew Hill Development Corporation: $50,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetFinancial Wellness Institute Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetThe Be Org Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetYWCA Lancaster: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSaint Josephs Carpenter Society: $40,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Cathedral Soup Kitchen Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Metropolitan Business League: $30,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetFauquier Habitat for Humanity Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNewfound Riseup Fund: $30,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetHagerstown Community College Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of New Castle County: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGraduate Philadelphia: $30,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Maggie Walker Community Land Trust: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPartnership for Economic Development of York County Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Susquehanna Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHousing Development Corporation Midatlantic: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSustainable Business Education Initiative Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Maryland Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDelaware College Scholars Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDelaware Futures Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetUNITED VIRGINIA ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION United Virginia Education Fund Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 99% of budgetCoatesville Youth Initiative: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBucks County Opportunity Council Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLucy Outreach a Nj Nonprofit Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHousing Partnership of Chester County Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetLa Plaza Delaware Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetFinancial Scholars Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMaryland Business Roundtable for Education Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGood Neighbors Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPhiladelphia Vip Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPer Scholas Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Community Housing of Delaware: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPidc Community Capital: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 77.

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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.

Td Charitable FoundationME49.8× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Td Charitable Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Connelly Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Columbia Bank 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.

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About Fulton Forward Foundation

How much does Fulton Forward Foundation give?
Fulton Forward Foundation reported 50 grants totaling $1,921,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 50 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Fulton Forward Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (43%), Housing & Shelter (17%), Education (10%).
Who are Fulton Forward Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Lancaster City Alliance ($466k), The Enterprise Center ($350k), Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association ($300k).
Does Fulton Forward Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 90% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fulton Forward Foundation 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 Fulton Forward Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Td Charitable Foundation, Wsfs Cares Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation.
Where is Fulton Forward Foundation based?
Fulton Forward Foundation 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 97 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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