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Methodist Hospital Foundation

The METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ("foundation") is a public charity which serves as the fund-raising arm of methodist hospital.

$135k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.2MHuman Services$290kEducation$225kEnvironment$89kYouth Development$30kArts & Culture$25k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC$40,000
CARING PEOPLE ALLIANCE$15,000
CHILDRENS SCHOLARSHIP FUND PHILADELPHIA$10,000
CAMBODIAN ASSOC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA$10,000
DISCOVERY PATHWAYS$10,000
AUGUSTINIAN DEF OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR$10,000
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE$10,000
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$10,000
KHMER PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURE$10,000
FRIENDS OF FDR PARK$10,000
02The need
03

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 (FY18–25, $185k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CAMBODIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILA: $15k → 22%AUGUSTINIAN DEF OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR: $25k → 22%AUGUSTINIAN DEF OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR: $15k → 22%AUGUSTINIAN DEF OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR: $15k → 22%AUGUSTINIAN DEF OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR: $10k → 22%CAMBODIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILA: $15k → 22%AUGUSTINIAN DEF OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR: $10k → 22%CAMBODIAN ASSOC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $10k → 22%CAMBODIAN ASSOC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $10k → 22%AUGUSTINIAN DEF OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR: $10k → 22%CAMBODIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILA: $10k → 22%CAMBODIAN ASSOC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $10k → 22%AUGUSTINIAN DEF OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR: $10k → 22%AUGUSTINIAN DEF OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR: $10k → 22%CAMBODIAN ASSOC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $10k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 12 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
0

Total granted

$1.9M
$0

Still filing today

83%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $780k · revenue +71%
  • KU
    KENNEDY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $442k · revenue +65%
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $175k · revenue +45%

Funded once

    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.

    04Its 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
    Philadelphia University

    The organization is an affiliate within thomas jefferson university/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research…

    Education
    2
    Jefferson Health - Northeast

    To provide exceptional patient care and customer service to members of the communities served by the hospitals, and to recognize a patient's right to considerate and respectful care, regardless of ability to pay. please refer to schedule o…

    Health
    3
    Philadelphia Health Partnership
    Health
    4
    Abington Memorial Hospital

    The organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life for all by fostering healing, easing suffering, and promoting wellness in a culture of safety, learning and respect. please refer to schedule o for the organization's community…

    Health
    5
    Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Group Letter Ruling

    Aehn group is licensed to operate 721 acute care beds. tertiary care is provided through three locations, its main campus in north philadelphia, its campus at montgomery county and at elkins park (until june 30, 2023). in addition, its…

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    6
    Lansdale Hospital

    The organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life for all by fostering healing, easing suffering, and promoting wellness in a culture of safety, learning and respect. please refer to schedule o for the organization's community…

    Health
    7
    The Magee Memorial Hospital for Convalescents

    The magee memorial hospital for convalescents' mission is to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities by providing high quality physical and cognitive rehabilitation services. please refer to schedule o for the…

    Health
    8
    Temple University Hospital Inc

    See Schedule OOur mission is to support Temple University and its Health Sciences Center academic programs by providing the clinical environment and service to support the highest quality teaching and training programs for health care…

    Health
    9
    Temple University Health System Inc

    Our mission is to provide access to high quality health care to the community and academic setting.

    Education
    10
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

    Health
    11
    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

    The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

    Education
    12
    Chh Community Health

    The mission of CHH Community Health is to improve community wellness, strengthen access to healthcare, and further clinical education by facilitating student and resident teaching and hands-on clinical experiences.

    Health
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Police Athletic League of Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is Augustinian Defenders of the Rights of the Poor. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
    04the grantee network

    11 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. 11 of the 12 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.

    1
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    3
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    10/11
    Grantees still filing
    8/11
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC: $780,424 · HealthTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INCKENNEDY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INC: $441,571 · HealthKENNEDY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INCTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $175,000 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFER…CHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND PHILADELPHIA: $50,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S SC…AUGUSTINIAN DEFENDERS OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR: $105,000 · Human ServicesAUGUSTINIAN…CAMBODIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesCAMBODIAN A…CARING PEOPLE ALLIANCE: $105,000 · Crime & LegalFRIENDS OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT PARK: $50,000 · OtherKHMER PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURE: $25,000 · OtherPHILADELPHIA PHYSICIANS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES INC: $20,000 · OtherDISCOVERY PATHWAYS: $39,450 · EnvironmentPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $30,000 · Youth Development
    Health$1,221,995Education$225,000Human Services$185,000Crime & Legal$105,000Other$95,000Environment$39,450Youth Development$30,000

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

    25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS INC: $780,424 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKENNEDY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INC: $441,571 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $175,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAUGUSTINIAN DEFENDERS OF THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR: $105,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetCARING PEOPLE ALLIANCE: $105,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCAMBODIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC: $80,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT PARK: $50,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND PHILADELPHIA: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDISCOVERY PATHWAYS: $39,450 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA PHYSICIANS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 100% 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

    The William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Foun…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
    The William Penn FoundationPA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

    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 Methodist Hospital Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Methodist Hospital Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
      6report 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.
      05Through Plinth

      Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

      How do I get to Methodist Hospital Foundation?

      Find your warmest path to Methodist Hospital Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

      Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

      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 12 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 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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