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Philabundance

PHILABUNDANCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY WHILE HEALTHY FOOD GOES TO WASTE.

$48M
Granted FY2022
13
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2022.

Food & Nutrition$493kHousing & Shelter$366kHuman Services$343kReligion$231kEmployment$96kEducation$77kHealth$46kYouth Development$4kOther$0
02FY2022 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $383,604, the rows itemized in this filing. The $47,512,458 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $47,128,854 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k5 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $74k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $286k
$14,497
Median grant
2
States reached
$42M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Family Promise Montco PA$100,000
Murphy's Giving Market$76,809
Lutheran Settlement House Senior Center$56,000
Haitian Evangelical Baptist Church$53,191
Victory Assembly of God$27,584
Mighty Writers - North$17,540
Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities$14,497
Small Things$13,883
Grace Tabernacle Christian Church$9,063
Catholic Social Services Montgomery County$7,200
Interfaith Food Cupboard$5,945
Church of Christian Compassion$1,392
Manna On Main Street$500
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 (FY21–22, $557k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CYWA: $4k → 6%Family Promise Montco PA: $154k → 7%Cathedral Kitchen: $35k → 12%Family Promise Montco PA: $100k → 7%Phoenixville Area Com Svc FC: $150k → 6%Greater Philadelphia Asian Social Service Center: $3k → 22%The Simple Way: $54k → 22%Methodist Services: $53k → 22%Keep It Real CDC: $4k → 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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 10 repeat orgs$747k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
27

Total granted

$1.2M
$729k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+32%

Still filing today

60%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22
Human ServicesFood & NutritionEmploymentEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $254k · revenue +141%
  • MG
    MURPHYS GIVING MARKET INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $154k · revenue +604%
  • LS
    LUTHERAN SOCIAL MISSION SOCIETY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $112k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • PA
    PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICESgraduated
    2× · 2021–2022 · $150k · revenue +275%
  • MS
    MID-ATLANTIC STATES CAREER & EDUCATION CENTER INCgraduated
    5× · 2021–2025 · $96k · revenue +210%
  • TG
    THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
    5× · 2021–2025 · $60k
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
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pgh

Catholic charities serves to not only meet the immediate needs of the vulnerable within our communities but to provide solutions that embrace a path to stability for those we are privileged to serve. catholic charities is the primary…

Human Services
2
Philabundance

PHILABUNDANCE WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 WITH THE SIMPLE BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD GO HUNGRY WHILE HEALTHY FOOD GOES TO WASTE. OUR MISSION IS TO DRIVE HUNGER FROM OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY AND TO END HUNGER FOR GOOD. We have a commitment to always…

Food & Nutrition
3
Maranatha Ministry Inc

To provide food and transitional housing to low income/homeless families and individuals in franklin and surrounding counties in pa

Human Services
4
The Food Trust

The food trust (tft), a nonprofit founded in philadelphia in 1992, strives to make healthy food available to all.continued on schedule otft is a regional and national leader in developing new strategies to prevent childhood obesity and…

Food & Nutrition
5
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
6
Northwest Mutual Aid Collective Inc

To combat food insecurity and food waste by providing home-delivered fresh produce and pantry essentials to seniors, disabled residents, and low-income families in northwest philadelphia while also supporting local pantries, shelters, and…

Food & Nutrition
7
Papermill Food Hub Inc

Providing food, diapers and household essentials to families in need in Philadelphia.

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8
People Help Exchange Inc

Food Pantry to combat hunger and prevent homelessness.

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Lancaster County Food Hub

Rooted in faith and compassion we provide services that honor the dignity of all by striving to meet basic human needs.

Religion
10
The Maryland Food Bank Inc

The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.

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11
The People Who Care Food Cupboard

The mission of the food cupboard is to nourish and feed those in our community who are unable to do so on their own primarily due to limited financial resources.

Food & Nutrition
12
Portland Upper Mt Bethel Food Pantr

Ngo food pantry

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise Montco Pa; the most unlike its peers is NORTH10 Philadelphia. 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

190 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
181/190
Grantees still filing
98/190
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF THE SYNOD OF THE REFOR PRESBYTERIAN CHRC OF NORTH AMER: $274,966 · OtherTRUSTEES OF THE SYNOD OF THE REFOR PRESBYTERIAN CHRC OF NORTH …MURPHYS GIVING MARKET INC: $154,213 · OtherMURPHYS GIVING MARKET INCVICTORY ASSEMBLY OF GOD: $113,227 · OtherVICTORY ASSEMBLY OF GODLUTHERAN SOCIAL MISSION SOCIETY: $112,000 · OtherLUTHERAN SOCIAL MISSION SOCIETYDIOCESE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $66,156 · OtherDIOCESE OF PENNSYLVANIATHE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: $60,075 · OtherTHE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GODEVANGELICAL HAITIAN CHURCH GERMANTOWN: $57,191 · OtherEVANGELICAL HAITIAN CHURCH GERMANTOWNUPPER ROOM BAPTIST CHURCH: $52,233 · OtherMANNA ON MAIN STREET: $50,603 · OtherMt Zion CME: $42,000 · Other+17 more: $82,379 · Other+17 moreFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $253,919 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PAPHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $150,000 · Human ServicesPHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERV…THE SIMPLE WAY: $53,690 · Human ServicesTHE SIMPLE WAYMETHODIST SERVICES: $53,421 · Human ServicesMETHODIST SERVICESTHE CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC: $34,532 · Human ServicesTHE CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC+3 more: $11,475 · Human ServicesMID-ATLANTIC STATES CAREER & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $95,872 · EmploymentCHERRY HILL FOOD AND OUTREACH COUNCIL: $50,075 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $28,682 · Food & NutritionMIGHTY WRITERS: $76,540 · EducationDEPAUL USA INC: $47,600 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,065,043Human Services$557,037Employment$95,872Food & Nutrition$78,757Education$76,540Housing & Shelter$47,600

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 budgetFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $253,919 over 5y, 10% of budgetPHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $150,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL MISSION SOCIETY: $112,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetMID-ATLANTIC STATES CAREER & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $95,872 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $76,540 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE SIMPLE WAY: $53,690 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetMETHODIST SERVICES: $53,421 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMANNA ON MAIN STREET: $50,603 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCHERRY HILL FOOD AND OUTREACH COUNCIL: $50,075 over 5y, 17% of budgetDEPAUL USA INC: $47,600 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC: $34,532 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $28,682 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPottstown Cluster of Religious Communiti: $15,497 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Social Services: $7,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH & WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $4,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCAST YOUR CARES INC: $4,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PHILADELPHIA ASIAN SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER: $3,475 over 5y, 0.4% 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 FAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA ↗
  • Who funds MURPHYS GIVING MARKET INC ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL MISSION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MID-ATLANTIC STATES CAREER & EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MIGHTY WRITERS ↗
  • Who funds THE SIMPLE WAY ↗
  • Who funds METHODIST SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds MANNA ON MAIN STREET ↗
  • Who funds CHERRY HILL FOOD AND OUTREACH COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL USA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CATHEDRAL SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communiti ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Social Services ↗
  • Who funds OPPORT-UNITY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY YOUTH & WOMEN'S ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CAST YOUR CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN AFFAIRS COALITION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PHILADELPHIA ASIAN SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER ↗

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.

W W Smith Charitable …The Leo and Peggy Pie…The Philadelphia Foun…United Way of Greater…Connelly FoundationThe William Penn Foun…The Cigna Group Found…Quest for the BestThe Gordon Charter Fo…Wsfs Cares FoundationThe Patricia Kind Fam…Genuardi Family Found…
W W Smith Charitable TrustMO92.5× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: W W Smith Charitable Trust · The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Connelly Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · Quest for the Best · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Genuardi Family 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 Philabundance funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Philabundance. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    11report 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 40 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $71M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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