· Private foundation
La Speranza 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 $10k7 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $53k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GERMANTOWN ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION | $17,500 |
| THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | $10,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA | $9,000 |
| THE JUSTINIAN FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE | $1,800 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| BRINGING HOPE HOME | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| PHILADELPHIA MONTESSORI SCHOOL | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TPTHE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF GERMANTOWN9× · 2017–2025 · $163k · revenue +60%
- NINATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATIONINC7× · 2019–2025 · $127k · revenue +65%
- BHBRINGING HOPE HOME9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +80%
Funded once
- NNNIAF - National Italian American Fndnone grant, 2018 · $19k
- CHChildren's Hospital Foundationone grant, 2017 · $16k
- NNIAFone grant, 2017 · $9k
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.
The foundation of the pennsylvania medical society charitable trust is dedicated to advancing the culture of philanthropy and supporting excellence across programs and services provided by the foundation of the pennsylvania medical society.
The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…
The mission of the philadelphia county medical society (pcms) is to aggressively advance and support the interests of physicians and their patients. pcms is pennsylvania's premier county medical organization.
To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.
As a leading charitable foundation and healthcare advocacy organization, the pan foundation is dedicated to accelerating access to treatment for those who need it most and empowering patients on their healthcare journeys. we provide…
Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.
The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…
The mission of the baptist home of philadelphia is dedicated to providing quality continuing care living facilities and support services in a christian environment respecting the dignity and sanctity of all individuals regardless of their…
The organization provides peer reviewed scientific research and education in the field of biological dentistry.
Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 49 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 THE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF GERMANTOWN ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ITALIAN AMERICAN FOUNDATIONINC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC ↗
- Who funds ITALIAN WELFARE LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds BRINGING HOPE HOME ↗
- Who funds MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY BACKSTOP INC ↗
- Who funds THE PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO FOUNDATION USA ↗
- Who funds ANGEL FLIGHT EAST ↗
- Who funds Otho Davis Scholarship Foundat ↗
- Who funds Il Circolo Inc ↗
- Who funds PLUMSTEAD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
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: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization La Speranza Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from La Speranza Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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