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Montgomery County Foundation Inc

To develop, receive, administer and manage, under community control, funds received from public and private sources and distribute them for charitable purposes, primarily to meet local needs.

$357k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
12
Itemized grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$160k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$44,500
Organizations funded a year
11 to 67
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$8.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Montgomery County Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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 arriving12$160k17%
FY202411$137k0%
FY202313$163k46%
FY202228$494k25%
FY202130$591k10%
FY202067$726k67%
FY201928$341k21%
FY201821$217k71%
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What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$1.2MHousing & Shelter$379kHealth$357kEducation$316kFood & Nutrition$239kYouth Development$131kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kCrime & Legal$72kOther$0

Top grantees

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

Show all 104 grantees
All grantees of Montgomery County Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Access Services Inc$279,39890%
Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communiti$231,59963%
Carson Valley Children's Aid$202,68770%
Keystone Opportunity Center Inc$197,30165%
Valley Youth House Committee Inc$123,60060%
Aclamo$115,00051%
Catholic Social Services$75,00080%
Variety Club of Philadelphia$73,28861%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$72,64860%
The Salvation Army$70,7005n/a
Montgomery County Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc$70,00035%
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc$67,00050%
Montgomery County Community Action Development Commission$65,00021%
Manna on Main Street$62,62860%
The Pathway School$58,08850%
Daily Bread Community Food Pantry$56,33441%
Family Service of Montgomery County Pa$55,00040%
Jevs Human Services$38,93950%
Peter Becker Community$38,87250%
Hedwig House$35,22141%
County of Montgomery$35,0263n/a
Arcadia University$32,56210%
United States Catholic Conference$32,2363n/a
Tricounty Community Network Inc$31,00026%
Patrician Society of Central Norristown$30,95032%
Foundation for Pottstown Education$30,60544%
Gemma Services$30,00040%
Family Promise Montco Pa$30,00021%
Colonial Neighborhood Council$30,00043%
Natural Lands Trust Inc$30,00030%
Mattie N Dixon Community Cupboard Inc$30,00031%
Cecil and Grace Beans Soup Kitchen Inc$30,00046%
Laurel House$28,80021%
The Friends of Valley Forge Valley Forge Park Alliance$25,00026%
National Audubon Society Inc$25,00020%
Focus Strategies$21,8191n/a
Paws and Affection Inc$20,54824%
Eldernet of Lower Merion and Narberth$20,00022%
Mercy Vocational High School Sisters of Mercy$20,0002n/a
Drexel University$20,00020%
Phoenixville Area Community Services$20,00021%
Bucks-Mont Collaborative$20,00035%
The Open Link Inc$20,00011%
Phoenixville Public Library$19,30012%
Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association$16,33410%
Upper Merion Area Community Cupboard$15,00012%
Norristown Hospitality Center$15,0001n/a
Mitzvah Circle Foundation$15,00020%
Bucknell University$15,00020%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$15,00020%
Dwayne Wharton & Pennsylvaniartne$15,0001n/a
The Village of Arts and Humanities$12,50010%
Norristown Zoological Society$12,23610%
Pottstown Area Seniors' Center$10,00011%
Montgomery County Community College Foundation$10,00020%
Family Promise of the Main Line$10,00012%
Phoenixville Free Clinic$10,00011%
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc$10,00010%
Mom's House Inc of Greater Philadelphia$10,00014%
Brother House-Legion of Mary Association$10,0001n/a
YWCA Tri-County Area$10,00020%
Public Health Management Corporation$10,00010%
Philabundance$10,00010%
Vna - Community Services Inc$10,00010%
Good Samaritan Services$10,0001n/a
Senior Adult Activity Center of Indian Valley$10,00011%
Roxy Reading Inc$10,000116%
Presbyterian Church USA$8,5001n/a
Norristown Ministries$8,0501n/a
Police Athletic League of Norristow$7,80013%
Kencrest Centers$7,17510%
Hopeworx Inc$5,60010%
Clare of Assisi House Inc$5,5001n/a
Montgomery County - Norristown Public Library$5,50010%
Animal House Project$5,50013%
Spark Senior Centers of Montco$5,00011%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$5,00010%
Skippack Emergency Medical Services Inc$5,00010%
Cradle of Hope Inc$5,00012%
The Center at Hampton House$5,00015%
Resources for Human Development Inc$5,00010%
Community Options Inc$5,00010%
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network$5,0001n/a
Montgomery County Emergency Service Inc$5,00010%
Jewish Relief Agency$5,00010%
Volunteer Medical Service Corps of Lansdale$5,00010%
Gwynedd Mercy University$5,00010%
Community Ambulance Association of Ambler$5,00010%
The Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation$5,00010%
Penn Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Young Men's Christian Assoc North Penn$5,00010%
Pottstown Area Children's Foundation$5,00018%
Maternity Care Coalition$5,00010%
Willow Grove Community Development$5,00011%
Share Food Program$5,00010%
Chelten Baptist Church$5,0001n/a
Philadelphia Senatus of the Legion of Mary$5,000114%
Project Libertad$5,0001n/a
North Penn School District Educational Foundation$5,00012%
The Center for Loss and Bereavement$5,00011%
The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania Inc$5,00010%
Whitemarsh Community Ambulance Association$5,00010%
Peaceful Living$5,00010%
Healthlink Dental Clinic Inc$5,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Montgomery County Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAccess Services Inc: $279,398 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetPottstown Cluster of Religious Communiti: $231,599 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetCarson Valley Children's Aid: $202,687 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetKeystone Opportunity Center Inc: $197,301 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetValley Youth House Committee Inc: $123,600 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAclamo: $115,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCatholic Social Services: $75,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVariety Club of Philadelphia: $73,288 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation: $72,648 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery County Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetLegal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc: $67,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMontgomery County Community Action Development Commission: $65,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetManna on Main Street: $62,628 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Pathway School: $58,088 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDaily Bread Community Food Pantry: $56,334 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetFamily Service of Montgomery County Pa: $55,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJevs Human Services: $38,939 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPeter Becker Community: $38,872 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHedwig House: $35,221 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetArcadia University: $32,562 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTricounty Community Network Inc: $31,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetPatrician Society of Central Norristown: $30,950 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetFoundation for Pottstown Education: $30,605 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetGemma Services: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise Montco Pa: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetColonial Neighborhood Council: $30,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetNatural Lands Trust Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMattie N Dixon Community Cupboard Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCecil and Grace Beans Soup Kitchen Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetLaurel House: $28,800 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Friends of Valley Forge Valley Forge Park Alliance: $25,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPaws and Affection Inc: $20,548 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetEldernet of Lower Merion and Narberth: $20,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetDrexel University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenixville Area Community Services: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBucks-Mont Collaborative: $20,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetThe Open Link Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPhoenixville Public Library: $19,300 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $16,334 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUpper Merion Area Community Cupboard: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMitzvah Circle Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBucknell University: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresident-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Village of Arts and Humanities: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNorristown Zoological Society: $12,236 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPottstown Area Seniors' Center: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMontgomery County Community College Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% 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 89.

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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.

The Philadelphia FoundationPA87.3× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Healthspark Foundation · Genuardi Family Foundation · Vna Foundation of Greater North Penn · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Quest for the Best · Mitzvah Circle Foundation · The Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation Aka Blbb Charitable

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 Montgomery County Foundation Inc

How much does Montgomery County Foundation Inc give?
Montgomery County Foundation Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $159,500, out of $356,698 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 67 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Montgomery County Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (38%), Housing & Shelter (12%), Health (11%).
Who are Montgomery County Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Access Services Inc ($279k), Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communiti ($232k), Carson Valley Children's Aid ($203k).
Does Montgomery County Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Montgomery County Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, W W Smith Charitable Trust, Healthspark Foundation.
Where is Montgomery County Foundation Inc based?
Montgomery County Foundation Inc 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 105 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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