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Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$247k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $364k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DUFFIELD VETERANS VILLAGE$246,948
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL$117,461
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA TRUSTEES$25,000
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART$25,000
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA$20,000
MAGEE REHAB HOSPITAL$15,000
CONGREGATION BROTHERS OF ISRAEL$10,000
TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION$10,000
SAINT PIO REGIONAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL$5,400
THE JOSEPH FUND OF CAMDEN$5,000
FOUNDING FORWARD$5,000
WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY$4,440
THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW ANTIQUES & DESIGN$3,500
PROJECT STREET VET$2,500
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $3k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $20k → 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

IL
NY
PA
NJ
CA
TN
GA
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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$916k · 21 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
29

Total granted

$916k
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+5%

Still filing today

48%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • PM
    PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
    5× · 2020–2024 · $73k · revenue +14%
  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    2× · 2019–2024 · $26k · revenue +1%
  • IH
    INDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUST
    4× · 2019–2024 · $14k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • VF
    VBC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M
  • VV
    VETERAN'S VILLAGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $39k · revenue +157%
  • MS
    MT SINAI HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
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
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
Philadelphia University

The organization is an affiliate within thomas jefferson university/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research…

Education
4
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau

The philadelphia convention & visitors bureau (phlcvb) is the official tourism promotion agency for the city of philadelphia globally, and the sales and marketing agency for the pennsylvania convention center (pcc). phlcvb markets…

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5
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
6
Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media

Philadelphia jewish film and medias mission is to educate and engage diverse philadelphia communities, jewish and non-jewish alike, by presenting world-class film premieres, repertory cinema, and associated programs that are inspired by…

Human Services
7
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
8
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
9
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
10
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
11
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
12
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is Project Street Vet. 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

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 60 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/32
Grantees still filing
17/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VBC FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · OtherVBC FOUNDATIONDUFFIELD VETERANS VILLAGE INC: $250,948 · OtherDUFFIELD VETERANS VILLAGE INCCENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: $243,124 · OtherCENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL+37 more: $320,361 · Other+37 morePHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $72,500 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $6,100 · Arts & CultureTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $26,080 · EducationLA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $4,828 · Education+2 more: $3,000 · EducationJEFFERSON HEALTH CORPORATION F/K/A ALBERT EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK: $76,000 · HealthTRANSPLANT HOUSE: $5,000 · Health+2 more: $2,500 · HealthVETERAN'S VILLAGE INC: $39,491 · Housing & ShelterJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $20,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesFOUNDING FORWARD (FORMERLY THE UNION LEAGUE LEGACY FOUNDATION): $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentLUCY OUTREACH A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $1,250 · Youth Development
Other$1,814,433Arts & Culture$118,600Education$83,908Health$83,500Housing & Shelter$39,491Human Services$22,500Youth Development$13,750

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

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 budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 over 2y, 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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $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
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.

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 Foun…Chubb Charitable Foun…Connelly FoundationThe William Penn Foun…Community Foundation …Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joan & Bernard Spain Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.

    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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