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Pollyanna Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$225k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$62k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$603kPhilanthropy$259kReligion$255kArts & Culture$94kHousing & Shelter$77kHealth$67kCrime & Legal$30kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $122k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES DELAWARE$62,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER - DELAWARE$60,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF LANE COUNTY$22,500
WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$20,000
HILLEL OF UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$15,000
THE LAWFARE PROJECT$5,000
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$5,000
SYNAGOGUE OF THE SUMMIT$5,000
READING ASSIST$5,000
CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM$5,000
DELAWARE BREAST CANCER COALITION$5,000
KUTZ HOME AUXILIARY$3,000
HILLEL OF UNIVERSITY OF OREGON$2,500
FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE$2,500
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 (FY18–25, $274k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES DELAWARE: $65k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE - SEATTLE: $3k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES DELAWARE: $62k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES DELAWARE: $45k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES DELAWARE: $36k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES DELAWARE: $26k → 10%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES DELAWARE: $21k → 10%YWCA OF DELAWARE: $7k → 10%KINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%KINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: $4k → 10%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

WA
NY
OR
PA
CO
DE
TN
NC
DC
LA
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 22 repeat orgs$384k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +100% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
37

Total granted

$1.0M
$372k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+100%
+47%

Still filing today

36%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionEducationArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $255k · revenue +71%
  • WE
    WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $65k · revenue +58%
  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION OF LANE COUNTY
    5× · 2018–2025 · $32k · revenue +276%

Funded once

  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $195k
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES DORY ZATUCHNI
    one grant, 2018 · $26k
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IVY HARLEY
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
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
Delaware Center for Justice

The delaware center for justice, inc. seeks to ensure an effective, efficient, and equitable system of justice in delaware through advocacy, direct services, research and public education.

Crime & Legal
2
The Arc of Delaware Inc

The arc of delaware promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and actively supports full inclusion and participation in the community through advocacy and services to individuals and…

Housing & Shelter
3
Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware

To reduce the devastating long-term effects that child abuse has on children, their families and society through immediate, coordinated, child focused services, education, and advocacy.

Human Services
4
Aids Delaware Inc

To eliminate the spread and stigma of hiv/aids, improve the lives of those living with hiv/aids, and promote community health through comprehensive and culturally-sensitive services, education programs and advocacy.

Health
5
Jewish Family Service of Greater New Hav

Jewish family service of greater new haven (jfsgnh) supports and strengthens individual, family, and community life by providing a wide range of social services. we welcome people of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations,…

Human Services
6
Delaware Advancement Corporation

To aggressively promote investment in muncie-delaware county which will result in the creation and retention of quality job opportunities and enhance the quality of life in our community.

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7
Nysarc Inc Delaware Country Chapter

The arc of delaware county exists so people with disabilities will live personally fulfilling lives. we have developed values and training in proactive positive behavioral management for out staff and others that serve people with…

Human Services
8
Delaware Humanities Council

Delaware humanities council strengthens our communities by connecting delawareans through the diversity of human experiences.

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9
Delaware Public Media Corporation

To make a substantial contribution to delaware's journalism community and to the citizens of delaware by delivering original, in-depth, delaware-specific news and commentary from all three counties.

Arts & Culture
10
Jewish Family Service

Jewish Family Service is a nonprofit social service organization that supports people of all faiths as they navigate through lifes's challenges - illness, aging , finanical uncertainty, mental health concerns, family problems, or personal…

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11
Leadership Delaware Inc

Leadership delaware, inc. (ldi) recruits outstanding delawareans and prepares them with the knowledge, vision, integrity and networks to significantly impact and transform their communities, and to excel at community, non-profit,…

Public Benefit
12
Jewish Family Service of Northeastern Pennsylvania

Jewish family service is a human service organization which reflects the jewish tradition of caring and compassion for all people in need. through professional counseling, advocacy and educational programming, our services seek to enhance…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca Delaware Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jewish Federation of Lane County. 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

19 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. 19 of the 63 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER - DELAWARE: $286,740 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER - DELAWAREJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND: $195,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUNDHILLEL OF UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $106,000 · OtherHILLEL OF UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARECONGREGATION BETH SHALOM INC: $79,000 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH SHALOM INCWEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $64,700 · OtherWEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC+44 more: $353,000 · Other+44 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC: $254,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE…+3 more: $19,000 · Human Services+3 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF LANE COUNTY: $31,500 · ReligionDELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthDELAWARE BREAST CANCER COALITION INC: $5,000 · HealthAUTISM DELAWARE INC: $3,000 · HealthFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $5,500 · Food & NutritionHEALTHY FOODS FOR HEALTHY KIDS INC: $4,500 · Food & NutritionREADING ASSIST INSTITUTE: $5,000 · EducationLITERACY DELAWARE: $2,000 · EducationANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $6,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,084,440Human Services$273,500Religion$31,500Arts & Culture$20,000Health$18,000Food & Nutrition$10,000Education$7,000Civil Rights$6,000

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 budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC: $254,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetWEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $64,700 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF LANE COUNTY: $31,500 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF DELAWARE INC: $27,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA DELAWARE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDELAWARE BREAST CANCER COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREADING ASSIST INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHY FOODS FOR HEALTHY KIDS INC: $4,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF DELAWARE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAUTISM DELAWARE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL RAMAH COMMISSION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY DELAWARE: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF LANE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE BREAST CANCER COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds READING ASSIST INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY FOODS FOR HEALTHY KIDS INC ↗

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.

Delaware Community Fo…Laffey-McHugh Foundat…Longwood Foundation I…Chichester Dupont Fou…United Way of DelawareIncyte Charitable Giv…Crestlea Foundation I…Welfare Foundation IncJpmorgan Chase Founda…Wsfs Cares FoundationTd Charitable Foundat…The Diane and Harry L…
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE31.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Longwood Foundation Inc · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · United Way of Delaware · Incyte Charitable Giving Foundation · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · The Diane and Harry Levin 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 Pollyanna Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pollyanna Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Reading Assist Institute: 99% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware Inc: 73% of income from government
  • Ywca Delaware Inc: 50% of income from government
  • West End Neighborhood House Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Literacy Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Autism Delaware Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Kingswood Community Center Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Delaware Art Museum Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Jewish Federation of Delaware Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 63 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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