· Private foundation
Margaret Evans Tuten 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| WAYNE ART CENTER | $3,000 |
| RALEIGH TAVERN SOCIETY | $2,500 |
| WILLISTOWN CONSERVATION TRUST | $2,500 |
| WOODMERE ART MUSEUM | $2,500 |
| INLIQUID | $1,000 |
| SCHUYLKILL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION | $1,000 |
| PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| BRYN MAWR PRESTBYTERIAN CHURCH | $500 |
| BARNES FOUNDATION | $260 |
| BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE | $250 |
| BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST | $250 |
| GARDEN CONSERVANCY | $150 |
| NATURAL LANDS | $100 |
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 6 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, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WCWillistown Conservation Trust Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $32k · revenue +60%
- WAWayne Art Center6× · 2020–2025 · $21k · revenue +111%
- WAWOODMERE ART MUSEUM5× · 2020–2025 · $21k · revenue +180%
Funded once
- CHCHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $5k
- MPMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INCone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +19%
- WPWILLOWS PARK PRESERVEgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +60%
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.
Glen foerd stewards an eclectic riverfront estate for the enjoyment and educational benefit of the community. drawing from the estate's architecture, art, material culture, and history-as well as its gardens and waterways-glen foerd…
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.
Natural History Institute is organized to provide leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the…
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
To protect and restore the ecological health of forest park and marquam nature park, maintain and enhance their extensive trails networks, promote equitable access, and inspire diverse community appreciation and stewardship of these iconic…
Overview - founded in boston by pioneering landscape architect and open space visionary charles eliot in 1891, the trustees is the nation's first and the commonwealth's largest conservation and preservation nonprofit.
The mission of the jenkins arboretum & gardens is to preserve natural, tranquil woodlands for community enjoyment, to showcase native plants and a world class collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, and to promote environmental…
To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.
The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…
The Chestnut Hill Conservancy conserves, preserves, and celebrates history, architecture, and landscapes in Chestnut Hill and the lower Wissahickon watershed through inclusive and proactive community engagement, advocacy, and stewardship.
The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art preserves and presents elements of art and nature that highlight the extraordinary beauty of the Brandywine region in Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Brandywine Conservancy protects and conserves…
How this is measured
48 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. 48 of the 98 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 Willistown Conservation Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds Wayne Art Center ↗
- Who funds WOODMERE ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds WILLOWS PARK PRESERVE ↗
- Who funds WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc ↗
- Who funds Inliquidcom Inc ↗
- Who funds SPEAKUP ↗
- Who funds ORANGUTAN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds The Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education ↗
- Who funds BARNSTABLE LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds GREENWICH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE MARION INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds ARTZ PHILADELPHIA ↗
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: Hamilton Family Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Penn Fruit Foundation Co Val Rossman · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Margaret Evans Tuten Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margaret Evans Tuten Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
- Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
- Barnstable Land Trust Inc: 4% of income from government
- Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 2% of income from government
- Vermont Studio Center Inc: 2% of income from government
- The Marion Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
- Community Boating Center Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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