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Michael & Patricia Scully Family Foundation c/o Michael A Scully

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.

$15k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
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 2024.

Human Services$43kHealth$41kEducation$13kFood & Nutrition$8kEnvironment$6kHousing & Shelter$6kPublic Benefit$5kInternational$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
6
States reached
$199k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Educating Communities For Parenting$5,000
Individual grant recipient$1,200
Philabundance$1,000
Project Home$1,000
Doctors Without Borders$500
Alzheimers Association Fund$500
Alsac St Jude$500
Breathing Room Foundation$500
Whitemarsh Foundation$500
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association$500
Germantown Academy$500
LaSalle Academy$500
Rebuilding Together$400
Parkinson Research Foundation$300
Food for the Poor$300
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 (FY17–24, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Wounded Warrior Project: $300 → 11%Wounded Warrior Project: $300 → 11%Wounded Warrior Project: $300 → 11%Project Home: $1k → 22%Project Home: $500 → 22%Project Home: $500 → 22%Project Home: $500 → 22%Project Home: $500 → 22%PAWS AND AFFECTION INC: $300 → 7%Paws and Affection: $300 → 7%Paws and Affection: $300 → 7%Educating Communities For Parenting: $5k → 22%EDUCATING COMMUNITIES FOR PARENTING: $5k → 22%Educating Communities For Parenting: $5k → 22%Educating Communities For Parenting: $5k → 22%EDUCATING COMMUNITIES FOR PARENTING: $5k → 22%Educating Communities For Parenting: $5k → 22%Educating Communities For Parenting: $5k → 22%Educating Communities For Parenting: $3k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$127k · 31 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
4

Total granted

$127k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+43%

Still filing today

61%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • EC
    EDUCATING COMMUNITIES FOR PARENTING INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $38k · revenue +64%
  • Philabundance
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6k · revenue +101%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $4k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • SR
    St Raymond of Penafort Catholic School
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • KL
    KUN-YANG LINDANCERS
    one grant, 2017 · $500
  • YS
    YOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $200 · revenue +43%
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
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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2
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
3
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
4
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
5
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
6
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia

With over 20 years of experience and over 30,000 scholarships awarded, csfp provides philadelphia children with eight-year, needs-based scholarships to attend safe, quality, k-8th grade schools. continued on schedule o.supporting…

Education
7
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
8
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…

Environment
9
Philadelphia Performing Arts a String Theory Charter School

Charter school providing students a content rich, adademically rigerous core knowledge education with a well-defined, sequential curriculum in a safe, orderly disiplined and caring environment.

Education
10
The Philadelphia Education Fund

The mission of the philadelphia education fund (pef) is to create equitable access to opportunities for students by providing resources and expertise that build paths to college and career success. pef focuses on philadelphia public school…

Youth Development
11
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
12
Episcopal Academy

Challenging and nurturing mind, body, and spirit, we inspire boys and girls to lead lives of purpose, faith, and integrity.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Parkinson Research 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.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 35 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Abington Hospital: $25,000 · OtherAbington HospitalIndividual grant recipient: $6,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUnion League Legacy: $4,500 · OtherUnion League LegacyAlsac St Jude: $3,800 · OtherAlsac St JudeAlzheimers Association Fund: $3,300 · OtherAlzheimers Association FundAMERICAN RED CROSS: $2,400 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INC: $2,000 · Other+10 more: $9,100 · Other+10 moreEDUCATING COMMUNITIES FOR PARENTING INC: $37,500 · Human ServicesEDUCATING COMMUNITIES FOR PARENTING I…PROJECT HOME: $3,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOME+2 more: $1,800 · Human ServicesPhilabundance: $6,300 · Food & NutritionMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,800 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,800 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $600 · InternationalWissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc: $3,100 · EnvironmentThe Whitemarsh Foundation: $3,000 · EnvironmentTHE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF GERMANTOWN: $2,300 · EducationLA SALLE ACADEMY: $1,500 · EducationTHE GESU SCHOOL INC: $800 · EducationINDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS: $600 · EducationYOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL: $200 · EducationCOVENANT HOUSE INC: $2,500 · HealthParkinson Research Foundation Inc: $600 · HealthTHE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC: $2,900 · Philanthropy
Other$56,200Human Services$42,300Food & Nutrition$6,300International$6,200Environment$6,100Education$5,400Health$3,100Philanthropy$2,900

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 budgetEDUCATING COMMUNITIES FOR PARENTING INC: $37,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetPhilabundance: $6,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc: $3,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Whitemarsh Foundation: $3,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC: $2,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE INC: $2,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF GERMANTOWN: $2,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $2,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLA SALLE ACADEMY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER PHILADELPHIA: $1,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS AND AFFECTION INC: $900 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GESU SCHOOL INC: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson Research Foundation Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL: $200 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.

  • Who funds EDUCATING COMMUNITIES FOR PARENTING INC ↗
  • Who funds Philabundance ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
  • Who funds The Whitemarsh Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF GERMANTOWN ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds LA SALLE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds PAWS AND AFFECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GESU SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENCE MISSION SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds Parkinson Research Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG SCHOLARS CHARTER SCHOOL ↗

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.

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New JerseyPA21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation Aka Blbb Charitable · Connelly Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Phillies Charities Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Michael & Patricia Scully Family Foundation c/o Michael A Scully funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael & Patricia Scully Family Foundation c/o Michael A Scully. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 35 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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