Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Lima Cares
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.
- $36k
- Granted FY2023
- 9
- Grants FY2023
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Lima Cares funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 9 | $36k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $23k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $32k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $85k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $44k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of the Arts | $115,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Philabundance | $43,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor of the City and County of Philadelphia | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Whyy Inc | $16,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Friends of the Abington Township Public Library | $1,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Cradle of Hope Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Vintage Racers for Rescues Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lima Cares supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Lima Cares
- How much does Lima Cares give?
- Lima Cares reported 9 grants totaling $36,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lima Cares fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (42%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Lima Cares's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The University of the Arts ($115k), Philabundance ($44k), Little Sisters of the Poor of the City and County of Philadelphia ($38k).
- Does Lima Cares fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lima Cares 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 Lima Cares?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Lima Cares based?
- Lima Cares is based in PA.
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