· Private foundation
Ralph E Cades Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k14 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $120k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PENN MEDICINE | $70,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ARTS | $12,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| CONSERVATION CTR FOR ART & HISTORIC ARTIFACTS | $7,500 |
| BARNES FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| FRIENDS OF LOUIS I KAHN PARK | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $500 |
| PRINT CENTER | $350 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $300 |
| NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION | $300 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND | $300 |
| JEWISH NATIONAL FUND | $250 |
| CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $10k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
- PMPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART7× · 2017–2023 · $63k · revenue +14%
- TBTHE BARNES FOUNDATION5× · 2017–2023 · $12k · revenue +47%
- MAMID ATLANTIC ARTS INC4× · 2017–2020 · $7k · revenue +258%
Funded once
- WWWOMENS WAYgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +122%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $5k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF PENN LAW SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The baltimore museum of art connects art to baltimore and baltimore to the world, embodying a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity in every decision from art presentation, interpretation, and collecting, to the composition…
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…
The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.
To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
The mint museum welcomes all to be inspired and transformed through the power of art and creativity.
Pem offers thought-provoking experiences of the arts, humanities, and sciences to activate understanding of our shared humanity and to empower imagination and learning through experimentation. we steward, build, and make our collections…
The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 33 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION CENTER FOR ART & HISTORIC ARTIFACTS ↗
- Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WOMENS WAY ↗
- Who funds MID ATLANTIC ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds The Fabric Workshop and Museum ↗
- Who funds WHYY INC ↗
- Who funds THE PRINT CENTER ↗
- Who funds Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ↗
- Who funds THE ROSENBACH OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds LUBAVITCH HOUSE AT PENN 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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ralph E Cades Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ralph E Cades Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mid Atlantic Arts Inc: 66% of income from government
How this is measured
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