Pennsylvania · Public charity
Independence Seaport Museum
To discover philadelphia's river of history and world of connections. Serving a wide and diverse audience and holding its collections in trust for the community, the museum tells the stories of the people, historical events and environmental changes of the delaware river and its tributaries. It looks to a broad regional definition of the…
- $43k
- Granted FY2022
- 3
- Grants FY2022
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $13,817
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $14,968
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Total assets, FY2022
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 67% of the organizations Independence Seaport Museum funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 3 | $43k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $52k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $127k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $286k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Aquatic Sciences | $213,302 | 2 | 7% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $51,749 | 1 | 0% |
| D&R Greenway Land Trust Inc | $51,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education | $31,543 | 3 | 0% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $24,990 | 2 | 0% |
| Heritage Conservancy Inc | $19,932 | 1 | 1% |
| New Jersey Conservation Foundation | $16,960 | 2 | 0% |
| Ports of Phila Maritime Society | $13,817 | 1 | 11% |
| Maritime Charter School | $13,817 | 1 | n/a |
| Pocono Environmental Education Center Inc | $13,729 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Aquatic Sciences | $213,302 | 2 | 7% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $51,749 | 1 | 0% |
| D&R Greenway Land Trust Inc | $51,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education | $31,543 | 3 | 0% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $24,990 | 2 | 0% |
| Heritage Conservancy Inc | $19,932 | 1 | 1% |
| New Jersey Conservation Foundation | $16,960 | 2 | 0% |
| Ports of Phila Maritime Society | $13,817 | 1 | 11% |
| Maritime Charter School | $13,817 | 1 | n/a |
| Pocono Environmental Education Center Inc | $13,729 | 1 | 1% |
| Berks Nature | $10,640 | 1 | 0% |
| County of Mercer | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Heinz Wildlife Refuge | $6,320 | 1 | 7% |
| Tookany Tacony Frankford Watershed Partn Ership | $6,320 | 1 | 1% |
| State of New Jersey Nj Natural Land | $6,320 | 1 | n/a |
| Camden City Garden Club Inc | $6,320 | 1 | n/a |
| Bayshore Center at Bivalve Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Delaware Nature Society Inc | $6,160 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Independence Seaport Museum 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: National Wildlife Federation · National Audubon Society Inc · The William Penn Foundation · Pseg Foundation Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Independence Seaport Museum
- How much does Independence Seaport Museum give?
- Independence Seaport Museum reported 3 grants totaling $42,602 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
- What does Independence Seaport Museum fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Environment (95%), Arts & Culture (3%), Education (3%).
- Who are Independence Seaport Museum's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: Center for Aquatic Sciences ($213k), National Wildlife Federation ($52k), D&R Greenway Land Trust Inc ($52k).
- Does Independence Seaport Museum fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Independence Seaport Museum?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society Inc, The William Penn Foundation.
- Where is Independence Seaport Museum based?
- Independence Seaport Museum is based in PA.
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