Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Philachange
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.
- $205k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $130,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Philachange funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $205k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $111k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $125k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $90k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood Gardens Trust | $130,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Freedom House | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Public Interest Law Center | $65,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Philadelphia City Fund Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritas | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reading Allowed | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hope & Door | $10,505 | 1 | 2% |
| Inscite Illinois | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($205k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Philachange supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Philachange
- How much does Philachange give?
- Philachange reported 4 grants totaling $205,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Philachange fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Environment (23%), Philanthropy (16%).
- Who are Philachange's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Neighborhood Gardens Trust ($130k), Freedom House ($65k), The Public Interest Law Center ($65k).
- Does Philachange fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Philachange 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 Philachange?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Philachange based?
- Philachange is based in PA.
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