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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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
58
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Arts & Culture$1.1MCommunity Improvement$145kPhilanthropy$110kPublic Benefit$110kInternational$30kEnvironment$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 58 grants below total $975,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,075,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $100,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k57 grants · $900k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Women's Opportunity Resource Center$75,000
Old Bedford Village$20,000
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia$20,000
Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding$20,000
Union County Veterans' 4th of July Committee Inc$20,000
IronPigs Charities$20,000
Friends of Washington CROSSING PARK$20,000
Wilma Theater$20,000
Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial$20,000
Williamsport-Lycoming Chamber of Commerce$20,000
Bradford Area Alliance$20,000
Railroaders Heritage Corporation$20,000
Lower Paxton Community Foundation$20,000
Art-Reach$20,000
County of Berks$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Visit Lebanon Valley: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 37% of Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another. Read by recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in PA; read by stated purpose it is 63% — less of the work is directed home than the recipients' locations suggest.

Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Washington County Cultural Trust

The organization shall be anon-profit entity comprised of interested citizens and business leaders throught the region that will actively engage in the preservation of historical buildings, properties and artifacts throughout washington…

Human Services
2
Preservation of Williamsport Foundation Inc

Discover and preserve the historic resources throughout the city of williamsport, pa.

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3
Pa Museum of Military Vehicles
Arts & Culture
4
Historical Society of Mount Lebanon

The historical society of mount lebanon serves and promotes the community by collecting, preserving, interpreting, and sharing its history in ways designed to inspire our present and guide our future.

Arts & Culture
5
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival Inc

To enlighten, entertain and enrich the community while preserving and demostrating Pennsylvanias rich historical and living cultural heritage.

Arts & Culture
6
Franklin Civic Operetta Association

The association is in operation to improve the cultural status of the franklin, pa area.

Arts & Culture
7
Lehigh County Historical Society

To collect, preserve & publish the history & historical data relative to lehigh county for the education of the general public

Arts & Culture
8
Johnstown Historical Society
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9
Preservation Pennsylvania

Preservation pennsylvania is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to protect historically and architecturally significant properties through grant, loan, education and advocacy programs.

Arts & Culture
10
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association Inc

To protect the quality & beauty of the wissahickon creek & to enhance life in the watershed.

Environment
11
Independence Hall Association
Arts & Culture
12
Pennsylvania Veterans Museum

To educate the public about the experiences and history of veterans.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia and the most unlike its peers is Nepal Youth Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%4%<5yr14%8%5–10yr19%23%10–20yr18%25%20–35yr14%19%35–55yr16%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%2%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%13%10–20yr18%19%20–35yr14%52%35–55yr16%11%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/60
the rest of the field
10%
5,247/51,320

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

51 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 59 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/51
Grantees still filing
16/51
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

INDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUST — $574,876 · OtherINDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUST+17 more — $280,000 · Other+17 moreENDLESS MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCARPENTERS' COMPANY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA — $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WILMA THEATER — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA — $20,000 · Arts & CultureARTPHILLY — $20,000 · Arts & CultureWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY — $20,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC TRAPPE — $20,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF WASHINGTON CROSSING PARK INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureRAILROADERS HERITAGE CORPORATION — $20,000 · Arts & CultureARTREACH INC — $20,000 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION ALLIANCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA — $20,000 · Arts & CultureBUCKS COUNTY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $20,000 · Arts & CultureMANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $20,000 · Arts & CultureFORT LIGONIER ASSOCIATION — $20,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF FLIGHT 93 NATIONAL MEMOR — $20,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more — $150,000 · Arts & Culture+15 moreWOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES RESOURCE CENTER — $75,000 · Community ImprovementWOMEN'S O…FRANKLIN COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU INC — $20,000 · Community ImprovementFRANKLIN …Oil Region Alliance of Business Industry & Tourism — $20,000 · Community ImprovementOil Regio…DOWNTOWN HAWLEY PARTNERSHIP — $10,000 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN …THE JACK MILLER CENTER FOR TEACHING AMERICA'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AND — $20,000 · PhilanthropyIRONPIGS CHARITIES — $20,000 · PhilanthropyNEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION — $20,000 · InternationalWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA — $10,000 · InternationalPENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS — $20,000 · EducationANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY — $10,000 · EducationUNION COUNTY VETERANS 4TH OF JULY COMMITTEE INC — $20,000 · Public Benefit
Other$854,876Arts & Culture$450,000Community Improvement$125,000Philanthropy$40,000International$30,000Education$30,000Public Benefit$20,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetINDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUST — $574,876 over 1y, 27% of budgetLOWER PAXTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE WILMA THEATER — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetARTPHILLY — $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF WASHINGTON CROSSING PARK INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetARTREACH INC — $20,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetUNION COUNTY VETERANS 4TH OF JULY COMMITTEE INC — $20,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetBRADFORD AREA ALLIANCE — $20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM — $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEPAL YOUTH FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFORT LIGONIER ASSOCIATION — $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLEBANON COUNTY TOURISM PROMOTION AGENCY VISIT LEBANON VALLEY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAMWELL TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY — $10,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetButler County Symphony Association Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE MILL AT ANSELMA PRESERVATION AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST — $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetHISTORICAL SOCIETY DAUPHIN COUNTY — $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJOHNSTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMain Line Art Center — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE DA VINCI DISCOVERY CENTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Friends of Valley Forge Valley Forge Park Alliance — $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRIVERSTAGE COMMUNITY THEATRE — $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetLUMBER HERITAGE REGION OF PA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Connelly FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…The William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Cult…Donors Trust IncHenry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Albert W Bader Founda…Rittenhouse FoundationThe Sylvia W and Rand…The Leslie Miller and…Pennsylvania Humaniti…Independence Foundati…
Connelly FoundationPA25.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Connelly Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Donors Trust Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Albert W Bader Foundation Inc · Rittenhouse Foundation · The Sylvia W and Randle M Kauders Foundation Inc · The Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Foundation · Pennsylvania Humanities Council · Independence Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%your 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
    19report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 59 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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