Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Human Spirit Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $699k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,210
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $351,960
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Human Spirit Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $516k 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 | 9 | $699k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $561k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $183k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $324k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $207k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $485k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $101k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $101k | 88% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Random Good Foundation Inc | $812,904 | 2 | 76% |
| Cornell University | $547,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pine Manor College | $395,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Dovetail Learning Inc | $104,650 | 1 | 11% |
| Trees for Life Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 87% |
| Southwest Indian Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natural Lands Trust Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Technoserve Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Together We Rise | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Delaware State Troopers Association | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Random Good Foundation Inc | $812,904 | 2 | 76% |
| Cornell University | $547,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pine Manor College | $395,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Dovetail Learning Inc | $104,650 | 1 | 11% |
| Trees for Life Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 87% |
| Southwest Indian Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Natural Lands Trust Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Technoserve Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Together We Rise | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Delaware State Troopers Association | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Enfoque Ixcan | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Roger Truckers Pet Transport | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Ships International | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fruit Tree Planting Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Resqcats Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wells College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charlotte House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kennett Area Community Service | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tenacity Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($699k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Human Spirit Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Human Spirit Foundation
- How much does Human Spirit Foundation give?
- Human Spirit Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $699,070 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Human Spirit Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), International (31%), Arts & Culture (24%).
- Who are Human Spirit Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Random Good Foundation Inc ($813k), Cornell University ($547k), Pine Manor College ($395k).
- Does Human Spirit Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Human Spirit Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Human Spirit Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, American Endowment Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Human Spirit Foundation based?
- Human Spirit Foundation is based in PA.
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