Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Hood Esther Gowen Uw
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.
- $160k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Hood Esther Gowen Uw funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 | 5 | $160k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $112k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $92k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $130k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $60k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeless Advocacy Project | $77,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Bethesda Project | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lutheran Social Mission Society | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Broad Street Ministry | $55,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Menzfit | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley Youth House Committee Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Depaul USA Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Achieveability | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Broad Street Ministry Center Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Chosen 300 Ministries Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeless Advocacy Project | $77,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Bethesda Project | $70,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lutheran Social Mission Society | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Broad Street Ministry | $55,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Menzfit | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley Youth House Committee Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Depaul USA Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Achieveability | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Broad Street Ministry Center Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Chosen 300 Ministries Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Nueva Esperanza Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| North Light Boys' Club Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hopephl | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pathways to Housing - Pa | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($130k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hood Esther Gowen Uw supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Beatty Helen D Groome Uw · The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Elmer R Deaver Foundation Idt · Van Ameringen Foundation Inc · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Independence Foundation
How this is measured
About Hood Esther Gowen Uw
- How much does Hood Esther Gowen Uw give?
- Hood Esther Gowen Uw reported 5 grants totaling $160,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Hood Esther Gowen Uw fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Housing & Shelter (24%), Religion (16%).
- Who are Hood Esther Gowen Uw's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Homeless Advocacy Project ($77k), Bethesda Project ($70k), Lutheran Social Mission Society ($65k).
- Does Hood Esther Gowen Uw fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hood Esther Gowen Uw 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 Hood Esther Gowen Uw?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, W W Smith Charitable Trust, Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw.
- Where is Hood Esther Gowen Uw based?
- Hood Esther Gowen Uw is based in PA.
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