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Independence Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
234
Grants FY2024
204
Organizations funded FY2023
8%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$117,001
Organizations funded a year
171 to 206
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$78M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Independence Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
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 arriving203$3.5M7%
FY2023204$3.7M8%
FY2022203$3.8M8%
FY2021206$4.6M27%
FY2020171$3.7M20%
FY2019178$3.5M17%
FY2018171$3.6M18%
FY2017183$3.5Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$7.4MCrime & Legal$6.4MHealth$3.9MHuman Services$3.6MHousing & Shelter$1.8MFood & Nutrition$1.6MEducation$1.4MCivil Rights$1.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 283 grantees
All grantees of Independence Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Legal Services Inc$1,513,44782%
Project Home$1,135,96581%
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc$873,50082%
Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa$693,50081%
Education Law Center - PA$672,46888%
Regional Housing Legal Services$544,83884%
Legal Clinic for the Disabled$525,994816%
Friends of Farmworkers Inc$476,92685%
American Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania Inc$474,39282%
Arden Theatre Company$466,50083%
Pennsylvania Health Access Network$460,00078%
HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc$439,74482%
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc$437,97681%
LCH Health and Community Services$437,00082%
Broad Street Ministry$434,15583%
Philabundance$434,00080%
Opera Philadelphia$424,00081%
Fringearts$408,00083%
Share Food Program$402,20480%
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc C/O the Organization$401,50481%
Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia$392,37881%
The Public Interest Law Center$390,23684%
Pennsylvania Health Law Project$381,08386%
Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly$325,00084%
Support Center for Child Advocates$320,61682%
Zoological Society of Philadelphia$317,00080%
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance$315,52081%
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project$311,10285%
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships Incorporated$305,50081%
The Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia$285,00060%
Women's Law Project$278,75083%
Community College of Philadelphia Foundation$274,12081%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation$264,00080%
The Wilma Theater$258,50082%
The Pennsylvania Ballet Association$254,50080%
Seniorlaw Center$244,07682%
Students Run Philly Style$235,00082%
Resources for Human Development Inc$233,50070%
Hopephl$227,45281%
Women's Center of Montgomery County$221,64586%
Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21$220,00072%
Children First PA$220,00053%
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts$215,00087%
Prevention Point Philadelphia Inc$210,00050%
Canine Partners for Life$201,00082%
Planned Parenthood Keystone$200,00080%
Pig Iron Theatre Company Inc$199,00085%
Philadelphia Young Playwrights$191,00086%
Congreso de Latinos Unidos Inc$190,00041%
The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia$189,75082%
The People's Light & Theatre Company$180,00081%
The Food Trust$170,00080%
Theatre Exile Company$170,000810%
Mann Center for the Performing Arts$165,00080%
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance$161,00081%
Juvenile Law Center$152,50081%
Interact Inc$152,50085%
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition Inc$145,00042%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$145,00080%
Theatre Horizon Inc$137,50085%
Vna - Community Services Inc$131,55051%
National League for Nursing Inc$125,0004n/a
Integrate for Good Inc$123,252522%
Swarthmore College$120,00080%
Esperanza Immigration Legal Services$115,000825%
Lantern Theater Company$110,00081%
The Clay Studio$108,50081%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$105,00070%
Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity$105,00083%
Women Against Abuse Inc$104,50080%
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania$101,00082%
Puentes de Salud$100,00033%
Public Health Management Corporation$97,58810%
Enchantment Theatre Company$93,50089%
Azuka Theatre Collective$90,00087%
Committee of Seventy$90,00081%
The Pennsylvania Innocence Project$90,00081%
Artreach Inc$88,50083%
LiveConnectionsorg$87,50081%
1812 Productions Inc$87,50082%
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society$87,00060%
Bristol Riverside Theatre Co Inc$81,00081%
Bethesda Project$81,00080%
Homeless Advocacy Project$81,00081%
Network for New Music$81,00086%
Philadelphia Vip Inc$80,00081%
Walnut Street Theatre Corporation$80,00080%
Disability Rights of Pennsylvania$80,00080%
11th Hour Theatre Company$80,000510%
Connectedly$80,00082%
Ego Po Inc$80,00087%
Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania$80,00081%
First Person Arts Inc$80,00083%
Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project$80,00087%
Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania$80,00080%
Domestic Violence Center of Chester County$80,00080%
Chester County Food Bank$75,00080%
Partners for Sacred Places Inc$75,00071%
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Inc$73,50080%
Montgomery Child Advocacy Project$70,00072%
Network of Victim Assistance$70,00070%
Penns Village$70,000711%
Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County Inc$70,00071%
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh$70,00040%
Taller Puertorriqueno Inc$68,50081%
Act II Playhouse Ltd$65,00081%
Balletx$64,50061%
Quest Therapeutic Services Inc$62,50081%
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia$60,00030%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$57,00050%
Philadelphia Theatre Company$55,00080%
Special Equestrians Inc$55,00082%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$50,50070%
Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia$50,00021%
Achieveability$50,00061%
Neighborhood Land Power Project$50,00082%
Kimmel Center Inc$50,00040%
Deaf Hearing Communication Centre$50,00060%
Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia Inc$50,00050%
New Leash on Life USA$49,50041%
Painted Bride Art Center Inc$47,00063%
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project Inc$46,00061%
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse Inc$45,00081%
New Paradise Laboratories Theatre Inc$45,000811%
Inis Nua Theatre Company$45,00085%
Hedgerow Theatre Inc$45,00084%
Theatre Philadelphia$45,00083%
Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts$45,00080%
Montgomery Theater Inc$45,00082%
Accessmatters$45,00020%
Playpenn Inc$42,50054%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$40,00040%
VisionLink$40,00050%
Norristown Zoological Society$40,00070%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$40,00070%
Women's Resource Center of the Delaware Valley$40,00042%
Hope Springs Equestrian Therapy Inc$40,00075%
The Howard University$40,00020%
Urban Affairs Coalition$39,50050%
Why Not Prosper Inc$39,00051%
Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia$38,00070%
Your Agency Incorporated$37,50015%
The Philadelphia Education Fund$37,00060%
Pennsylvania Prison Society$36,50051%
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists Ltd$35,75083%
Beyond the Bars Inc$35,00042%
Bernardine Sister of the Third$35,0006n/a
Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout$35,00041%
Mighty Writers$35,00060%
Scribe Video Center Inc$33,00052%
Movement Alliance Project$31,00040%
The Village of Arts and Humanities$30,00051%
People Advancing Reintegration Inc$30,00042%
Christ the King Deaf Church$30,0004n/a
Ardella's House Inc$30,00047%
Neighborhood Gardens Trust$30,00051%
Headlong Dance Theater Inc$30,00026%
Neighbors Helping Neighbors on the Main Line Inc$30,00049%
Spiral Q Puppet Theater Inc$29,00072%
Urban Creators$26,00042%
Chester Eastside Inc$25,50042%
Journey Arts$25,50045%
Friends Association for the Care and Pro$25,00040%
Handi-Crafters Inc$25,00040%
Community Youth & Women's Alliance$25,00040%
Multicultural Community Family Services Inc$25,00040%
Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa$25,00053%
SpArc Services$25,00040%
Cosacosa Art at Large Inc$25,00045%
Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture$25,00041%
The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia$25,00011%
Lyric Fest$25,00028%
The Ivins House Resource and Referral Center$25,00040%
Family Promise Montco Pa$25,00041%
Philadelphia Folklore Project$25,00045%
Philadelphia Dance Company$25,00014%
Center for Blind & Visually Impaired$25,00042%
Rolling Harvest Food Rescue$25,00042%
Manna on Main Street$25,00040%
Lutheran Social Mission Society$25,00040%
Sankofa Healing Studio$25,00041%
Team Sunshine Performance Corp$24,00065%
Generations on Line$24,00082%
Face to Face Inc$22,50021%
Foundation for Cognitive Therapy and Research$22,00040%
Montgomery County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$21,00060%
Books Through Bars$20,000315%
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences$19,00021%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$19,00020%
Judith Creed Horizons for Achieving Independence$18,50030%
American Law Institute$17,50020%
After School Activities Partnerships$16,50051%
Simpatico Theatre$16,0003n/a
Albert M Greenfield Home and School Association Inc$15,50082%
Citiznes for Fire Prevention Committee$15,00034%
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia$15,00060%
Family Service of Chester County$15,00030%
Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association$15,00030%
Episcopal Academy$15,00030%
Impact Services Corporation$15,00020%
The Academy of Vocal Arts$15,00050%
Villanova University$15,00030%
Community Action Agency of Delaware County Inc$15,00030%
Norris Square Neighborhood Project$15,00031%
It Takes Philly$15,00030%
Committee for Dignity and Fairness for the Homeless Housing Development$15,00021%
Bearded Ladies Cabaret$15,00031%
Sister S Returning Home Inc$15,0002n/a
Wagner Free Institute of Science$11,50080%
Bebashi-Transition to Hope$11,00020%
The Wooster Group Inc$11,00040%
Antioch Christian Fellowship$10,0002n/a
Cultural Data Project$10,00011%
West Philadelphia Alliance for Children$10,00061%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$10,00010%
Ann Silverman Community Health Clinic$10,00010%
Ready Willing & Able Philadelphia Inc$10,0001n/a
Team Up Philly$10,00022%
Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center of New York Inc$10,00014%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$10,00020%
Making a Change Group$10,00021%
Tricounty Community Network Inc$10,00012%
Do Moore Good$10,000111%
Dare 2 Hope Inc$9,0002n/a
Mazzoni Center$8,50020%
Phillykinder$8,00053%
Murphys Giving Market Inc$7,50011%
Spelman College$7,00030%
Relief Association of Youngstown-Whitney Vfd$6,2001n/a
Park Avenue Community Center Inc$6,00021%
Federation of Neighborhood Centers$6,00010%
Association for Public Art$5,00010%
Justice in Aging$5,00010%
Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Commu$5,0001n/a
Xiente$5,00010%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$5,00010%
Pennsylvania Home of the Sparrow$5,00011%
Camp Shohola Scholarship Fund$5,00015%
Reading Terminal Market Corporation$5,00010%
Neighborhood Bike Works$5,00040%
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts$5,00019%
Beloit College$4,00040%
African American Museum in Philadelphia$3,50020%
Philadelphia Police Foundation$3,25030%
Civic News Company$3,00030%
Opencollective Foundation$3,00010%
Philadelphia Bar Foundation$3,00010%
Philadelphia Contemporary$3,00020%
Ceasefire Pennsylvania Education Fund$3,0003n/a
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey$3,00010%
Nile Swim Club of Yeadon$2,50011%
Pennsylvania State University$2,5001n/a
Human Rights Watch Inc$2,50010%
Moore College of Art and Design$2,50010%
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians$2,50010%
Defender Association of Philadelphia$2,00020%
Abraham Lincoln Foundation of the Union League of Philadelphia$2,00020%
Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media$2,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc$2,00010%
The German Society of Pennsylvania$2,0001n/a
9th Street Youth & Community Center$2,00025%
Animal Care and Control Team$1,50020%
The Enterprise Center$1,0001n/a
City Year Inc$1,00010%
Maternity Care Coalition$1,00010%
Asian Americans United Inc$1,00010%
Play on Philly$1,00010%
Ceasefire Pennsylvania$1,0001n/a
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc$1,00010%
Veterans Multi-Service Center Inc$1,00010%
Eagles Autism Challenge Inc$1,00010%
Livewell Foundation$1,00011%
Philadelphia University$1,00010%
Asian American Women's Coalition$1,0001n/a
Delaware Canal 21$1,00010%
Old Pine Community Center$1,0001n/a
Luv-N-Bunns$1,00011%
Wonderspring$1,00010%
The Print Center$1,00010%
The Graduate Network Inc$1,00010%
Mentor for Philly Inc$1,00010%
The Center for Art in Wood Inc$50010%
Tiny Wpa$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 98 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Independence Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Legal Services Inc: $1,513,447 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetProject Home: $1,135,965 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetPhiladelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc: $873,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Southeastern Pa: $693,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetEducation Law Center - PA: $672,468 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetRegional Housing Legal Services: $544,838 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetLegal Clinic for the Disabled: $525,994 over 8y, 16% of budgetFriends of Farmworkers Inc: $476,926 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania Inc: $474,392 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetArden Theatre Company: $466,500 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetPennsylvania Health Access Network: $460,000 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetHIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc: $439,744 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetLegal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc: $437,976 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetLCH Health and Community Services: $437,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetBroad Street Ministry: $434,155 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetPhilabundance: $434,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOpera Philadelphia: $424,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetFringearts: $408,000 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetShare Food Program: $402,204 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPhiladelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc C/O the Organization: $401,504 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetNationalities Service Center of Philadelphia: $392,378 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetThe Public Interest Law Center: $390,236 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetPennsylvania Health Law Project: $381,083 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetCenter for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly: $325,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates: $320,616 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetZoological Society of Philadelphia: $317,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance: $315,520 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetPennsylvania Institutional Law Project: $311,102 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetEisenhower Exchange Fellowships Incorporated: $305,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetThe Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia: $285,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWomen's Law Project: $278,750 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetCommunity College of Philadelphia Foundation: $274,120 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetFree Library of Philadelphia Foundation: $264,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetThe Wilma Theater: $258,500 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetThe Pennsylvania Ballet Association: $254,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSeniorlaw Center: $244,076 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetStudents Run Philly Style: $235,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetResources for Human Development Inc: $233,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHopephl: $227,452 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetWomen's Center of Montgomery County: $221,645 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetCh Pennsylvania Under - 21: $220,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetChildren First PA: $220,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetPennsylvanians for Modern Courts: $215,000 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetPrevention Point Philadelphia Inc: $210,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCanine Partners for Life: $201,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Keystone: $200,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPig Iron Theatre Company Inc: $199,000 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetPhiladelphia Young Playwrights: $191,000 over 8y, 6.3% 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 200.

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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.

The Philadelphia FoundationPA188.4× affinity159 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Wyncote Foundation · The Pew Charitable Trusts

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.

Compare Independence Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Independence Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Independence Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Independence Foundation

How much does Independence Foundation give?
Independence Foundation reported 234 grants totaling $3,538,692 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 171 and 206 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Independence Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (25%), Crime & Legal (21%), Health (13%).
Who are Independence Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Community Legal Services Inc ($1.5M), Project Home ($1.1M), Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc ($874k).
Does Independence Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Independence Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Independence Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The William Penn Foundation, The Barra Foundation Inc.
Where is Independence Foundation based?
Independence 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 384 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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