· Private foundation
Josephine Peiser Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k16 grants · $64k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Philabundance | $16,050 |
| TRENTON AREA SOUP KITCHEN | $15,500 |
| MERCER STREET FRIENDS | $8,500 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $8,000 |
| ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $8,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY | $7,000 |
| THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY | $5,000 |
| HUMANE FARM ANIMAL CARE | $4,300 |
| HOMEFRONT | $3,200 |
| PCRM FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | $2,700 |
| WORLD SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS | $2,250 |
| BORN FREE USA UNITED WITH ANIMAL PROTECTION | $2,200 |
| FARM SANCTUARY | $2,150 |
| Animal Welfare Institute | $2,150 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 43% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY6× · 2017–2022 · $127k · revenue +64%
TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $92k · revenue +140%
Philabundance3× · 2023–2025 · $49k · revenue +41%
Funded once
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $9k · revenue +125%
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +99%
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.
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.
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…
To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…
To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.
The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…
We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…
Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.
To end the #1 cause of suffering and death for dogs and cats globally, by developing food that will spay and neuter them, without surgery and end the overpopulation problem without killing.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 29 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Philabundance ↗
- Who funds HOMEFRONT INC ↗
- Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds The PCRM Foundation ↗
- Who funds Humane Farm Animal Care ↗
- Who funds FARM SANCTUARY INC ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL PRIMATE PROTECTION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds SAVE A FRIEND TO HOMELESS ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION ↗
- Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Josephine Peiser Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Josephine Peiser Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
- Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
- United Way of Greater Mercer County: 8% of income from government
How this is measured
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