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Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2020
14
Grants FY2020
4
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2020 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$251
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLY INNOCENTS CHURCH$1,000
BUILDING A BRIDGE TO UGANDA$700
EBOD FOUNDATION$500
GIFT FOR LIFE DONOR PROGRAM$500
LITTLE FLOWER CATHOLIC HS$500
BETH CHAIM REFORM CONGREGATION$500
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION$251
PHILABUNDANCE$250
TONYS STEPS$250
BEYOND THE BARS$200
SAMS FOUNDATION$200
UPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN$150
COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS$150
TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION$122
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $150) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $150 → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

1
Beyond Celiac

Beyond celiac unites with patients and partners to drive diagnosis, advance research, and accelerate the discovery of new treatments and a cure.

Health
2
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
3
Calvary Hospital Inc

The mission of calvary hospital is to care for the medical, emotional and spiritual needs of our adult patients with advanced cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. it is the only fully accredited acute care hospital in the u.s. devoted…

Health
4
Shawn Thornton Foundation Inc

The shawn thornton foundation is dedicated to helping find cures for diseases close to shawn's heart, specifically, parkinson's and cancer. the foundation will work towards this mission by raising awareness, funding innovative research and…

Philanthropy
5
Fox Chase Cancer Center Foundation

To prevail over cancer, marshaling heart and mind in bold scientific discovery, pioneering prevention and compassionate care.

Health
6
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
7
Philadelphia Bail Fund Inc

The philadelphia bail fund provides bail assistance to philadelphians who are unable to pay for their freedom, offers post-release supports, and advocates to end wealth based detention in philadelphia.

Crime & Legal
8
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
9
Phillies Charities Inc

Established exclusively for charitable purposes particularly raising contributions and payment of contributions to organizations described as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

Philanthropy
10
Artphilly

The mission of artphilly is to amplify philadelphia's arts and culture by commissioning, presenting, producing, and promoting art of all kinds for local audiences and the world. its vision is to spotlight(continued on schedule o)the city…

Arts & Culture
11
Together for West Philadelphia

Together for West Philadelphia partners with healthcare systems community-based organizations, academic institutions, and public and private stakeholders to achieve equitable health outcomes for West Philadelphians.

Unclassified
12
Polybio Research Foundation Inc

We are a 501(c)3 transforming how complex chronic conditions like longcovid, me/cfs & post treatment lyme disease are studied, diagnosed, and treated. polybio was founded by three scientists with complementary expertise (neuroscience,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Compassionate Friends Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ebod Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

8 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. 8 of the 14 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
8/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOLY INNOCENTS CHURCH: $1,000 · OtherHOLY INNOCENTS CHURCHLITTLE FLOWER CATHOLIC HS: $500 · OtherLITTLE FLOWER CATHOLIC HSGIFT FOR LIFE DONOR PROGRAM: $500 · OtherGIFT FOR LIFE DONOR PROGRAMBETH CHAIM REFORM CONGREGATION: $500 · OtherBETH CHAIM REFORM CONGREGATIONMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION: $251 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATIONTONY S STEPS INC: $250 · OtherTONY S STEPS INCEBOD FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthEBOD FOUNDATION IN…SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $200 · HealthSYRIAN AMERICAN ME…The Compassionate Friends Inc: $150 · HealthThe Compassionate …BUILDING A BRIDGE TO UGANDA: $700 · InternationalBUILDING A BRID…Philabundance: $250 · Food & NutritionBEYOND THE BARS INC: $200 · Crime & LegalUPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $150 · Human ServicesTravis Manion Foundation: $122 · Philanthropy
Other$3,001Health$850International$700Food & Nutrition$250Crime & Legal$200Human Services$150Philanthropy$122

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBUILDING A BRIDGE TO UGANDA: $700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEBOD FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPhilabundance: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEYOND THE BARS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Compassionate Friends Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPLIFT CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $122 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Amazonsmile FoundationWA2.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Max Moments funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Max Moments. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 14 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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