Pennsylvania · Private foundation
G Fred & Sylvia Dibona 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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $752,328
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $1.7M | 31% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $245k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $296k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $211k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $118k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $185k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $252k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $221k | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| G Fred Dibona Jr Memorial Foundation | $120,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Vetri Foundation for Children | $115,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Cb Community Schools | $100,800 | 7 | 2% |
| The Baldwin School | $68,500 | 4 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $66,400 | 6 | 0% |
| The Franklin Institute | $44,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Waldron Mercy Academy | $39,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Academy in Manayunk | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Please Touch Museum | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Living Beyond Breast Cancer | $23,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Philadelphia Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools · The Cigna Group Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Maguire Foundation · The Saramar Charitable Fund · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main
How this is measured
Compare G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation with peer funders
About G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation
- How much does G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation give?
- G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $1,650,506 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (54%), Education (19%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: G Fred Dibona Jr Memorial Foundation ($120k), Vetri Foundation for Children ($115k), Cb Community Schools ($101k).
- Does G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family 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 G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, Connelly Foundation, Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools.
- Where is G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation based?
- G Fred & Sylvia Dibona Family Foundation is based in PA.
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