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Joan & Bernard Spain 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.

$509k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2024
22
Organizations funded FY2023
45%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$246,948
Organizations funded a year
9 to 22
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$5.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $189k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthEducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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 arriving21$484k38%
FY202322$257k45%
FY202222$165k59%
FY202111$1.1M73%
FY20209$53k100%
FY201910$83kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Religion$1.0MEducation$383kHuman Services$273kHealth$191kArts & Culture$155kHousing & Shelter$47kPhilanthropy$22kYouth Development$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
PA
NJ
CA
TN
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Duffield Veterans Village Inc$250,9482n/a
Jefferson Health Corporation F/K/A Albert Einstein Healthcare Network$76,00040%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$72,50050%
Veteran's Village Inc$39,491111%
Transplant Foundation Inc$30,0003n/a
The Barnes Foundation$30,00020%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$26,08020%
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia$20,00010%
Independence Historical Trust$13,50040%
Delaware County Community College$12,1452n/a
Show all 34 grantees
All grantees of Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Duffield Veterans Village Inc$250,9482n/a
Jefferson Health Corporation F/K/A Albert Einstein Healthcare Network$76,00040%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$72,50050%
Veteran's Village Inc$39,491111%
Transplant Foundation Inc$30,0003n/a
The Barnes Foundation$30,00020%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$26,08020%
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia$20,00010%
Independence Historical Trust$13,50040%
Delaware County Community College$12,1452n/a
Mdrc$10,00010%
Congregation Brothers of Israel$10,0001n/a
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$10,00010%
Delaware County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10,00040%
Philadelphia Veterans Comfort House Corp$7,50013%
Founding Forward (Formerly the Union League Legacy Foundation)$7,50020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$5,00010%
Opencollective Foundation$5,00010%
Transplant House$5,00010%
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church$5,0001n/a
La Salle University$4,82830%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$3,60010%
Project Street Vet$2,50010%
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc$2,50010%
Society Hill Civic Association$2,50010%
Wounded Veterans Relief Fund Inc$2,50010%
Hero Thrill Show Inc$2,00011%
Child Guidance Resource Centers$2,00020%
Lucy Outreach a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$1,25020%
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation$1,00010%
The Education Institute for Early Intervention Inc$1,00010%
Philabundance$50010%
American Junior Golf Association Inc$50010%
Mackool Eye Institute Research Foundation Inc$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJefferson Health Corporation F/K/A Albert Einstein Healthcare Network: $76,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPhiladelphia Museum of Art: $72,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVeteran's Village Inc: $39,491 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $26,080 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndependence Historical Trust: $13,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMdrc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Orchestra Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDelaware County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Veterans Comfort House Corp: $7,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFounding Forward (Formerly the Union League Legacy Foundation): $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpencollective Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTransplant House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLa Salle University: $4,828 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Street Vet: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPhiladelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSociety Hill Civic Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWounded Veterans Relief Fund Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHero Thrill Show Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetChild Guidance Resource Centers: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLucy Outreach a Nj Nonprofit Corporation: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHarlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Education Institute for Early Intervention Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 28.

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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 FoundationPA18.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation

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.

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About Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation

How much does Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation give?
Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $508,976 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 22 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Education (18%), Human Services (13%).
Who are Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Duffield Veterans Village Inc ($251k), Jefferson Health Corporation F/K/A Albert Einstein Healthcare Network ($76k), Philadelphia Museum of Art ($73k).
Does Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation 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 Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, Chubb Charitable Foundation, Connelly Foundation.
Where is Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation based?
Joan & Bernard Spain 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 60 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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