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Jeff and Jenifer Westphal Foundation at a glance

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Jeff and Jenifer Westphal Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$546k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$5.7MYouth Development$2.9MArts & Culture$1.8MHealth$1.4MInternational$773kFood & Nutrition$420kHuman Services$382kCivil Rights$367kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $180k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $611k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$7,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$27M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 99% of reported assets are held in Verx.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATURAL CREATIVITY$546,000
BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$500,000
DREXEL UNIVERSITY$333,334
CUPOLA ACADEMY$220,000
THE GLOBAL STEERING GROUP$150,000
Individual grant recipient$100,500
PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY$80,000
GIRL RISING$60,000
EXTRASPECIALTEAS INC$25,000
JDRF$25,000
GOOD WORK FOUNDATION$25,000
EAGLES AUTISM FOUNDATION$25,000
MCGREGOR HISTORICAL MUSEUM$24,616
RICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION$13,096
GRAMMY MUSEUM$12,300
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $127k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM VALLEY YMCA: $10k → 7%CHILD RESCUE COALITION: $15k → 11%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $1k → 17%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $100k → 17%PROJECT HOME: $1k → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
DE
AZ
NC
SC
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 50 repeat orgs$865k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
45

Total granted

$14M
$703k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+14%

Still filing today

74%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $162k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DU
    DREXEL UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $3.7M · revenue +10%
  • NC
    NATURAL CREATIVITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +18% · 71% of their budget
  • TB
    THE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $996k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • NV
    NEW VOICE STRATEGIES NFP
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -63% · 43% of their budget
  • KI
    KSCII INC
    one grant, 2023 · $81k
  • HO
    HEARTS OF GOLD INC
    one grant, 2017 · $74k · revenue -12%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
4
Philadelphia Contemporary

We connect the people and places of philadelphia through art and partnership. the organization is a free-standing platform that endeavors to show forward-thinking, high-quality contemporary visual and performance art in the city. the…

Human Services
5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

—
8
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
9
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
10
Whyy Inc

Whyy is the philadelphia region's leading public media provider, serving southeastern pennsylvania, southern new jersey, and all of delaware.

Arts & Culture
11
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
12
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Impact Guild Inc; the most unlike its peers is M Night Shyamalan Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

74 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 74 of the 111 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
73/74
Grantees still filing
46/74
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $3,732,619 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITYCUPOLA ACADEMY: $796,599 · EducationCUPOLA ACADEMYClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $607,140 · EducationClarke University of Dubuque Iowa+11 more: $302,227 · Education+11 moreNATURAL CREATIVITY CENTER: $698,116 · OtherNATURAL CREATIVITY CENTERCOUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS INC: $356,631 · OtherCOUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS I…Individual grant recipient: $350,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE OPTION INSTITUTE: $335,000 · OtherTHE OPTION INSTITUTEUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA - ADVANCEMENT OPERATIONS ACCOUNT: $225,444 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA - AD…THE PATHWAY SCHOOL: $126,000 · Other+53 more: $1,574,807 · Other+53 moreNATURAL CREATIVITY: $2,341,142 · Youth DevelopmentNATURAL CREATIVITYCONNECTING GENERATIONS: $245,000 · Youth DevelopmentCONNECTING GENERATIO…OPEN CONNECTIONS INC: $175,946 · Youth DevelopmentOPEN CONNECTIONS INCTHE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $996,110 · HealthTHE BRYN …BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $115,000 · HealthBREAKTHRO…EAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $75,000 · HealthEAGLES AU…+4 more: $59,096 · HealthGWF USA FOUNDATION: $622,583 · InternationalGirl Rising: $180,000 · InternationalGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $123,874 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalSundance Institute: $150,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY: $95,000 · Arts & CultureMACGUFFIN THEATRE AND FILM COMPANY: $80,273 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $75,000 · Arts & CultureFILM INDEPENDENT: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC WILL INC: $46,000 · Arts & CultureFRINGEARTS: $33,000 · Arts & CultureRockit Live Foundation Inc: $31,489 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $26,500 · Arts & CultureEAGLES MERE HISTORIC VILLAGE INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $58,250 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $415,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$5,438,585Other$3,665,998Youth Development$2,762,088Health$1,245,206International$927,457Arts & Culture$680,512Food & Nutrition$415,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $3,732,619 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL CREATIVITY: $2,341,142 over 4y, 71% of budgetTHE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $996,110 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetCUPOLA ACADEMY: $796,599 over 4y, 88% of budgetGWF USA FOUNDATION: $622,583 over 5y, 38% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $607,140 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $415,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS INC: $356,631 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetCONNECTING GENERATIONS: $245,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetGirl Rising: $180,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetOPEN CONNECTIONS INC: $175,946 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetSundance Institute: $150,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PATHWAY SCHOOL: $126,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $123,874 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $120,028 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $115,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $101,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EAGLES MERE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetNEW VOICE STRATEGIES NFP: $100,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetPHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY: $95,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMACGUFFIN THEATRE AND FILM COMPANY: $80,273 over 4y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEXTRASPECIALTEAS INC: $75,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetEAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHEARTS OF GOLD INC: $73,542 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetWillistown Conservation Trust Inc: $63,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFILM INDEPENDENT: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL MOONSHOTS IN EDUCATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetMUSIC WILL INC: $46,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL: $45,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFRINGEARTS: $33,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetRockit Live Foundation Inc: $31,489 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetCIVIC NEWS COMPANY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $26,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEAGLES MERE HISTORIC VILLAGE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetNEXT FOR AUTISM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetIOWA MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $24,727 over 3y, 14% of budgetMOMENTUM WHEELS FOR HUMANITY: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD RESCUE COALITION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $13,096 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOLCOTT SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENT LIVES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetROCK AND SOUL FOREVER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPLAYPENN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL CREATIVITY ↗
  • Who funds THE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CUPOLA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds GWF USA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTING GENERATIONS ↗
  • Who funds Girl Rising ↗
  • Who funds OPEN CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Sundance Institute ↗
  • Who funds THE PATHWAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds UTAH OPEN LANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EAGLES MERE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW VOICE STRATEGIES NFP ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MACGUFFIN THEATRE AND FILM COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EXTRASPECIALTEAS INC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTS OF GOLD INC ↗
  • Who funds Willistown Conservation Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds FILM INDEPENDENT ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL MOONSHOTS IN EDUCATION INC ↗

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 William Penn Foun…Wyncote FoundationHenry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The Snider FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…The Philadelphia Cult…The Albert M Greenfie…Salem D Shuchman & Ba…Daniel M Tabas Family…The Daniel B and Flor…The Saramar Charitabl…
The William Penn FoundationPA29.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · Wyncote Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Snider Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · The Albert M Greenfield Foundation · Salem D Shuchman & Barbara L Klock Foundation C/O Bessemer Trust Company Na · Daniel M Tabas Family Foundation · The Daniel B and Florence E Green Foundation · The Saramar Charitable Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jeff and Jenifer Westphal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jeff and Jenifer Westphal Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 83%
  • Connecting Generations: 89% of income from government
  • Extraspecialteas Inc: 83% of income from government
  • Child Rescue Coalition Inc: 20% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Jeff and Jenifer Westphal Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jeff and Jenifer Westphal 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.

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 111 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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home