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Little Tower 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.

$202k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$33,500
Organizations funded a year
31 to 41
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$2.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Little Tower Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthReligionEducationEnvironmentRecreation & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving35$202k9%
FY202435$173k23%
FY202331$141k6%
FY202233$194k18%
FY202131$108k13%
FY202033$98k3%
FY201940$73k13%
FY201841$76k27%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$235kHuman Services$167kAnimals$143kReligion$127kFood & Nutrition$120kEducation$106kHousing & Shelter$86kArts & Culture$45kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Norristown Zoological Society$139,00090%
Marks Colorectal Surgical Foundation$86,000916%
Gateway Housing Group$45,00096%
Academy in Manayunk$45,00090%
Theatre Horizon Inc$37,00091%
Laurel House$34,00090%
Cecil and Grace Beans Soup Kitchen Inc$33,00093%
A Babys Breath$30,00092%
Montgomery Child Advocacy Project$27,00091%
Angel Flight East$27,00080%
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All grantees of Little Tower Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Norristown Zoological Society$139,00090%
Marks Colorectal Surgical Foundation$86,000916%
Gateway Housing Group$45,00096%
Academy in Manayunk$45,00090%
Theatre Horizon Inc$37,00091%
Laurel House$34,00090%
Cecil and Grace Beans Soup Kitchen Inc$33,00093%
A Babys Breath$30,00092%
Montgomery Child Advocacy Project$27,00091%
Angel Flight East$27,00080%
Gemma Services$21,80080%
The Center for Loss and Bereavement$21,00051%
Norristown Hospitality Center$15,00031%
Lankenau Medical Center Foundation$15,00030%
Pillars of Light and Love$15,00026%
Patrician Society of Central Norristown$14,50040%
Gwynedd Mercy University$13,00090%
The Public School of Germantown$13,00040%
St Brendan the Navigator Parish Avalon Nj$13,0009n/a
Superkids of Montgomery County Inc$10,50089%
Hedwig House$10,50090%
Catholic Charities Appeal of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia$10,3007n/a
Riverbend Environmental Education Center$10,00020%
Variety the Children's Charity of the Delaware Valley$10,00020%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region$7,25050%
The Lamb Foundation$6,50050%
Gwynedd-Mercy Academy$6,0002n/a
Mattie N Dixon Community Cupboard Inc$5,00010%
Meadowood Corporation$5,0001n/a
Little Sisters of the Poor of the City and County of Philadelphia$5,00010%
Kitty Cottage Adoption Center Inc$4,00041%
Lisas Army Inc$4,00031%
High Point University$3,00030%
Wissahickon Foundation$2,50011%
Mitzvah Circle Foundation$2,5001n/a
Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center$2,00020%
Aclamo$2,00020%
National Italian American Foundationinc$1,75070%
Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and D$1,0001n/a
Developmental Enterprises Corporation$1,00010%
The Kellan Ford Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Civic Green Special Athletes Inc$2501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($369k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Little Tower Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorristown Zoological Society: $139,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMarks Colorectal Surgical Foundation: $86,000 over 9y, 16% of budgetGateway Housing Group: $45,000 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetAcademy in Manayunk: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTheatre Horizon Inc: $37,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetLaurel House: $34,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCecil and Grace Beans Soup Kitchen Inc: $33,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetA Babys Breath: $30,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetMontgomery Child Advocacy Project: $27,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetAngel Flight East: $27,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGemma Services: $21,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Loss and Bereavement: $21,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNorristown Hospitality Center: $15,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLankenau Medical Center Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPillars of Light and Love: $15,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetPatrician Society of Central Norristown: $14,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGwynedd Mercy University: $13,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Public School of Germantown: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSuperkids of Montgomery County Inc: $10,500 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetHedwig House: $10,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRiverbend Environmental Education Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVariety the Children's Charity of the Delaware Valley: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region: $7,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Lamb Foundation: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMattie N Dixon Community Cupboard Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLittle Sisters of the Poor of the City and County of Philadelphia: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKitty Cottage Adoption Center Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLisas Army Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHigh Point University: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWissahickon Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMission Kids Child Advocacy Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAclamo: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Italian American Foundationinc: $1,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDevelopmental Enterprises Corporation: $1,000 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 34.

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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.

Genuardi Family Found…Jaymar FoundationConnelly FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…Montgomery County Fou…W W Smith Charitable …United Way of Greater…Vna Foundation of Gre…Quest for the BestThe Cedarcrest Charit…The Gordon Charter Fo…Phillies Charities Inc
Genuardi Family FoundationPA40.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Genuardi Family Foundation · Jaymar Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Montgomery County Foundation Inc · W W Smith Charitable Trust · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Vna Foundation of Greater North Penn · Quest for the Best · The Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation Aka Blbb Charitable · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Phillies Charities Inc

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 Little Tower Foundation

How much does Little Tower Foundation give?
Little Tower Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $201,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Little Tower Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (21%), Human Services (15%), Animals (13%).
Who are Little Tower Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Norristown Zoological Society ($139k), Marks Colorectal Surgical Foundation ($86k), Gateway Housing Group ($45k).
Does Little Tower Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Little Tower 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 Little Tower Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Genuardi Family Foundation, Jaymar Foundation, Connelly Foundation.
Where is Little Tower Foundation based?
Little Tower 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 73 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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