Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Ralph E Cades Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $156k
- Granted FY2023
- 18
- Grants FY2023
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Ralph E Cades Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Ralph E Cades Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $156k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $4k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 63% of the organizations Ralph E Cades Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 16 | $155k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $56k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $33k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $46k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $18k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $27k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $62,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $11,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Womens Way | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid Atlantic Arts Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Fabric Workshop and Museum | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Whyy Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Print Center | $1,450 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $62,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $11,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Womens Way | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid Atlantic Arts Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Fabric Workshop and Museum | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Whyy Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Print Center | $1,450 | 2 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Louis I Kahn Park Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Moore College of Art and Design | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $285 | 3 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Lubavitch House at Penn Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($246k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ralph E Cades Family Foundation 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 Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · The William Penn Foundation · The University of the Arts · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Independence Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Ralph E Cades Family Foundation
- How much does Ralph E Cades Family Foundation give?
- Ralph E Cades Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $156,200 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ralph E Cades Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (29%), Health (26%), Environment (22%).
- Who are Ralph E Cades Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Philadelphia Museum of Art ($63k), Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts ($14k), The Barnes Foundation ($12k).
- Does Ralph E Cades Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ralph E Cades Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ralph E Cades Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc, The William Penn Foundation, The University of the Arts.
- Where is Ralph E Cades Family Foundation based?
- Ralph E Cades Family Foundation is based in PA.
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