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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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Community Improvement$7.7MEnvironment$1.0MPublic Benefit$1.0MEmployment$165kSocial Science$74kArts & Culture$21kEducation$15kFood & Nutrition$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $2,243,147, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,302,551 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $59,404 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $527k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.6M
$46,017
Median grant
4
States reached
$65M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUBMITTABLE HOLDINGS INC$1,552,374
PHILADELPHIA AUTHORITY FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT$88,444
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMERCE DEPT$87,003
CHESTER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEV FOUNDATION$80,348
BUCKS COUNTY ECON DEV CORP$78,964
ALVIN PETTIT STUDIO LLC$75,000
DELAWARE COUNTY EDOB$67,330
ECOMAP TECHNOLOGIES INC$50,000
GREATER BERKS DEV FUND$46,017
LIVE GIRLS BAND LLC$20,000
GERMAN AMERICAN MARKETING INC$18,750
LANCASTER AVENUE 21ST CENTURY CDC$17,000
THE KNOWLEDGE FACTORY INC$13,000
YIKES INC$10,432
PARKWAY COUNCIL FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Oxford Circle Christian Development: $13k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
NY
PA
NJ
CA
MD
DE
TN
NC
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 19 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
65

Total granted

$7.1M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+53%

Still filing today

37%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $340k 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
Community ImprovementArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterSocial ScienceOther
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

  • CC
    CHESTER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
    4× · 2017–2023 · $268k · revenue +86%
  • DC
    DELAWARE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    4× · 2017–2024 · $229k · revenue +89%
  • GB
    GREATER BERKS DEVELOPMENT FUND
    5× · 2017–2024 · $212k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF PHILA (AVIATION)
    one grant, 2023 · $691k
  • TM
    The Merchants Fund of Philadelphiagraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $300k · revenue +54%
  • KU
    KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $200k
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
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
2
Pidc Local Development Corporation

See schedule o.pidc-ldc administers, as a subrecipient of the city of philadelphia, various federally funded grant programs, including community development block grants, housing and urban development loans, and economic development…

Community Improvement
3
Central Philadelphia Development Corporation C/O Center City District

To strengthen the competitiveness of center city philadelphia as an attractive place to work, to visit, and to live to enhance center city as the vibrant hub of the greater philadelphia region through research, planning, advocacy, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Germantown United Community Development Corporation

To promote and facilitate the sustainable and equitable development of philadelphias germantown neighborhood. gu works to improve the quality of life of germantown residents, support local businesses, and advance commercial corridor…

Community Improvement
5
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
6
Philadelphia Green Capital Corp

The philadelphia green capital corp. connects projects to capital (public, private and philanthropic) to drive a robust, equitable clean energy market in the greater philadelphia region, support the philadelphia energy authority, and…

Community Improvement
7
Franklin County Area Development Corporation

To formulate, implement, and promote economic development strategies for franklin county, pennsylvania and the enhancement of job opportunities therein.

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8
Philadelphia Hospitality Inc

Promote the greater philadelphia region as a premier destination for cultural & historical travel

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9
Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation

The mission of the philadelphia visitor center corporation (pvcc) is to enhance the experience of visitors to philadelphia by providing exceptional customer service and access to all that the city has to offer. pvcc will inspire visitors…

Community Improvement
10
Artphilly

The mission of artphilly is to amplify philadelphia's arts and culture by commissioning, presenting, producing, and promoting art of all kinds for local audiences and the world. its vision is to spotlight(continued on schedule o)the city…

Arts & Culture
11
Campus Philly

Campus philly is an organization that strives to fuel economic growth by encouraging college students to study, explore, live, and work in the greater philadelphia area as well as the entire tristate region.

Education
12
Philadelphia Association of CDCs

Vision: PACDC works to create an equitable city where every Philadelphian lives works and thrives in a neighborhood that offers an excellent quality of life. Mission: PACDC is a membership association, that fosters strong community…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Dvrpc Southeastern Pennsylvania Corporation. 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

34 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. 34 of the 92 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
26/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUBMITTABLE HOLDINGS INC: $4,162,454 · OtherSUBMITTABLE HOLDINGS INCCITY OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,035,000 · OtherCITY OF PHILADELPHIACITY OF PHILA (AVIATION): $691,485 · OtherCITY OF PHILA (AVIATION)PHILADELPHIA AUTHORITY FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTPHILADELPHIA NAVAL YARD: $388,915 · Other+65 more: $2,889,297 · Other+65 morePHILADELPHIA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $159,312 · Community ImprovementDVRPC SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION: $103,000 · Community ImprovementGREATER PHILADELPHIA TOURISM MARKETING CORPORATION: $75,000 · Community Improvement+5 more: $45,166 · Community ImprovementSAMUEL STATEN SR PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: $150,000 · EducationWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $96,284 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $74,082 · EducationTHE KNOWLEDGE FACTORY INCORPORATED: $40,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationCULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $30,235 · Arts & CultureAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN PHILADELPHIA: $10,452 · Arts & CultureGREATER PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL ALLIANCE: $9,500 · Arts & CultureWELCOME AMERICA INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureFIRST PERSON ARTS INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureFRANKFORD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $17,000 · Housing & ShelterNueva Esperanza Housing and Economic Development Corporation: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterAfricaReConnect Incorporated: $24,549 · Social ScienceOXFORD CIRCLE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesThe Womens Coalition for Empowerment Inc: $6,000 · Human Services
Other$9,167,151Community Improvement$382,478Education$370,366Arts & Culture$61,687Housing & Shelter$25,000Social Science$24,549Human Services$18,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Merchants Fund of Philadelphia: $300,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $296,870 over 4y, 17% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $268,099 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetDELAWARE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $228,571 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetGREATER BERKS DEVELOPMENT FUND: $212,134 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetPHILADELPHIA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $159,312 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $96,284 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PHILADELPHIA TOURISM MARKETING CORPORATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $74,082 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KNOWLEDGE FACTORY INCORPORATED: $40,000 over 2y, 47% of budgetCULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $30,235 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAfricaReConnect Incorporated: $24,549 over 2y, 52% of budgetLancaster Avenue 21st Century Business Association: $17,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPARKWAY COUNCIL FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetKOREAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE FOOD TRUST: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOXFORD CIRCLE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPIDC COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $12,056 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN PHILADELPHIA: $10,452 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL ALLIANCE: $9,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetESPERANZA HEALTH CENTER INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA CHINATOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $8,410 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNueva Esperanza Housing and Economic Development Corporation: $8,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION: $7,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPASSYUNK AVENUE REVITALIZATION CORPORATION: $7,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWELCOME AMERICA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Womens Coalition for Empowerment Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST PERSON ARTS INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.7% 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 The Merchants Fund of Philadelphia ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CHESTER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BERKS DEVELOPMENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMUEL STATEN SR PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds DVRPC SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WIDENER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PHILADELPHIA TOURISM MARKETING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE KNOWLEDGE FACTORY INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds AfricaReConnect Incorporated ↗

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 Foun…Pidc Local Developmen…Wsfs Cares FoundationThe William Penn Foun…Philadelphia City Fun…Philadelphia Activiti…John S and James L Kn…National Philanthropi…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Philadelphia FoundationPA17.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Pidc Local Development Corporation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Philadelphia City Fund Inc · Philadelphia Activities Fund Inc · John S and James L Knight Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Amazonsmile 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 Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    0get no government money at all
    17report 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 92 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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