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Performing Arts Foundation

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.

$173k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
98
Grants FY2024
104
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$300
Largest grant, FY2024
$51,000
Organizations funded a year
84 to 106
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$4.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Performing Arts Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesReligionOther
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
FY2024still arriving94$168k20%
FY2023104$201k19%
FY202292$207k16%
FY2021106$237k31%
FY202096$233k55%
FY201986$188k27%
FY201884$180k57%
FY201787$194kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$954kInternational$291kReligion$187kEducation$63kHealth$29kCrime & Legal$13kPhilanthropy$11kHuman Services$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Broad Street Review$637,037892%
Macjannet Foundation Inc$187,747830%
International House$93,20080%
Jay County Historical Society Incorporated$67,600812%
Society Hill Synagogue$41,2518n/a
Arts Place Inc$40,00053%
Franklin Inn Club$17,10084%
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc$12,33060%
Litvaksig Inc$9,30082%
Gesher Galicia Inc$8,50062%
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All grantees of Performing Arts Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Broad Street Review$637,037892%
Macjannet Foundation Inc$187,747830%
International House$93,20080%
Jay County Historical Society Incorporated$67,600812%
Society Hill Synagogue$41,2518n/a
Arts Place Inc$40,00053%
Franklin Inn Club$17,10084%
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc$12,33060%
Litvaksig Inc$9,30082%
Gesher Galicia Inc$8,50062%
Ethical Culture Fieldston School$6,40070%
New York Public Radio$5,00060%
Center City District Foundation$4,50050%
Elevator Repair Service Theater Inc$4,25050%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$4,15220%
Centurion Ministries Inc$3,80080%
Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc$3,62540%
Pro Publica Inc$3,54040%
Theatre Exile Company$3,50080%
New York Shakespeare Festival$3,50040%
The Pennsylvania Ballet Association$2,88360%
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$2,85020%
The Philadelphia Citizen$2,75030%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$2,70060%
Human Rights Watch Inc$2,65080%
Prospect Schools Inc$2,50030%
Ldor Vdor Foundation Inc$2,500158%
The Wilma Theater$2,45080%
Curtis Institute of Music$2,25080%
Germantown Friends School$2,0007n/a
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences$2,00040%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$2,00020%
Center City Residents' Association of Philadelphia$2,00040%
The Barnes Foundation$1,99880%
Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa$1,95010%
Brooklyn Prospect Charter School$1,85020%
Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse Inc$1,75070%
Congregation Beth Elohim$1,6501n/a
Kimmel Center Inc$1,65080%
Cancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia$1,50010%
College Bound Opportunities$1,50010%
International Rescue Committee INC$1,50020%
Roundabout Theatre Company Inc$1,50020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,40070%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,35060%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$1,35060%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$1,30030%
Philadelphia Writers Conference$1,2504n/a
The Library Company of Philadelphia$1,25050%
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance$1,25030%
American Insight Inc$1,20060%
Philadelphia Dance Company$1,20060%
Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center$1,1005n/a
The Second Stage Theatre Inc$1,00010%
Equal Justice Initiative$1,00020%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$1,00010%
Lantern Theater Company$1,00050%
Lung Cancer Research Foundation$1,00020%
The V Foundation$95010%
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia$9473n/a
Museum of the American Revolution$90080%
Jewish Community Centers Association of North America$90010%
Atlantic Theater Company$85020%
Hidden City Philadelphia$8008n/a
Virginia Dale Community Club$7531n/a
Museum of Modern Art$74250%
Beyond Literacy$70070%
Please Touch Museum$70070%
The Fortune Society Inc$70070%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$65010%
Open Door Judaism$6001n/a
Film at Lincoln Center Inc$55030%
Center City Proprietors Association Dba Center City Business Association$50220%
The Bronx Defenders$50010%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$50010%
Prospect Park Alliance Inc$50010%
Brooklyn Public Library$50010%
Ackerman Institute for the Family$50010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$50010%
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services$50010%
The Doe Fund Inc$50050%
Island Housing Trust Corporation$50010%
Greater New York Councils Boy Scouts of America$50010%
Global Justice Center$50010%
Suzuki Association of the Americas$50010%
Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Inc$5001n/a
The Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music$50010%
Hancock-French Woods Arts Alliance Inc$5001n/a
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$50010%
Trevor Project Inc$50010%
The Daily Pennsylvanian Inc$50020%
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc$50010%
Temple Bethzion-Beth Israel$5001n/a
Eastern University$50010%
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc$50010%
David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace$50010%
Greater Philadelphia Suzuki Association$5001n/a
Pennsylvania Prison Society$50030%
New York Abortion Access Fund$50010%
The Zachary & Elizabeth M Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation$50010%
Sweet Readers Inc$5001n/a
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$50010%
Radio Diaries Inc$50010%
Trustees of Tufts College$50010%
The News Literacy Project Inc$37510%
The Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa Inc$35010%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation$30010%
Historic Rittenhousetown Inc$30030%
After School Activities Partnerships$30030%
Whitney Museum of American Art$28020%
Peaceplayers International$25010%
The New Group Inc$25010%
American Cancer Society Inc$25010%
Shelter Rock Jewish Center$2501n/a
Deborah Heart and Lung Center$25010%
The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater$25010%
The New Shul$2501n/a
The Children's Law Center$25010%
Joyj Initiative$25010%
J Street$25010%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$25010%
Wild West History Association Inc$25020%
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia$25010%
Breast Cancer Alliance Inc$25010%
Curesearch for Children's Cancer$25020%
Life of the Mind Pa$2501n/a
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts$20010%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$20020%
Top Honors Incorporated$20010%
American Museum of Natural History$17910%
The Franklin Institute$14910%
Oregon-California Trails Association$10010%
Replications Inc$10010%
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$10010%
Goddard Riverside Community Center$10010%
Pen American Center Inc$10010%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$10010%
Pink Concussions Inc$1001n/a
Cooper Stocks Way Inc$1001n/a
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 158 recipients with no EIN on record ($351k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Performing Arts Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 121 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBroad Street Review: $637,037 over 8y, 92% of budgetMacjannet Foundation Inc: $187,747 over 8y, 30% of budgetInternational House: $93,200 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJay County Historical Society Incorporated: $67,600 over 8y, 12% of budgetArts Place Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetFranklin Inn Club: $17,100 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetThe Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc: $12,330 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLitvaksig Inc: $9,300 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetGesher Galicia Inc: $8,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetEthical Culture Fieldston School: $6,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCenter City District Foundation: $4,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetElevator Repair Service Theater Inc: $4,250 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $4,152 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenturion Ministries Inc: $3,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJazz at Lincoln Center Inc: $3,625 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $3,540 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTheatre Exile Company: $3,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Shakespeare Festival: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pennsylvania Ballet Association: $2,883 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc: $2,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Philadelphia Citizen: $2,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPhiladelphia Orchestra Association: $2,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Watch Inc: $2,650 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetProspect Schools Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLdor Vdor Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 58% of budgetThe Wilma Theater: $2,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCurtis Institute of Music: $2,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter City Residents' Association of Philadelphia: $2,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $1,998 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Southeastern Pa: $1,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrooklyn Prospect Charter School: $1,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmith Memorial Playground & Playhouse Inc: $1,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKimmel Center Inc: $1,650 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Support Community Greater Philadelphia: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCollege Bound Opportunities: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRoundabout Theatre Company Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Museum of Art: $1,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Library Company of Philadelphia: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Insight Inc: $1,200 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPhiladelphia Dance Company: $1,200 over 6y, 0.0% 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 121.

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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 William Penn FoundationPA33.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Philadelphia Foundation · Independence Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Barra Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Wyncote Foundation · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Shubert 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.

Compare Performing Arts Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Performing Arts Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Performing Arts 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.

About Performing Arts Foundation

How much does Performing Arts Foundation give?
Performing Arts Foundation reported 98 grants totaling $173,067 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 84 and 106 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Performing Arts Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (58%), International (18%), Religion (11%).
Who are Performing Arts Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Broad Street Review ($637k), Macjannet Foundation Inc ($188k), International House ($93k).
Does Performing Arts Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Performing Arts Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Performing Arts Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc, Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw.
Where is Performing Arts Foundation based?
Performing Arts Foundation 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 304 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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