· Private foundation
Richard E Woosnam Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k24 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LYCOMING COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL | $6,000 |
| INDIANA UNIVERSITY | $6,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| PHILADELPHIA ZOO | $5,000 |
| NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER | $3,000 |
| PAFA | $3,000 |
| BARNES FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| 1812 THEATRE | $2,500 |
| ARDEN THEATRE | $2,000 |
| FRANKLIN INSTITUTE | $1,500 |
| ARTSPACE | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT | $600 |
| ENSEMBLE ARTS OF PHILADELPHIA | $500 |
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 (FY20–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 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.
36 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LCLYCOMING COLLEGE5× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +27%
- ZSZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA5× · 2020–2024 · $21k · revenue +7%
- TFTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE5× · 2020–2024 · $10k · revenue +104%
Funded once
- WWACone grant, 2020 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $1k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $800
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 philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.
Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.
Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.
Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
We connect the people and places of philadelphia through art and partnership. the organization is a free-standing platform that endeavors to show forward-thinking, high-quality contemporary visual and performance art in the city. the…
Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…
The rosenbach museum & library is a community that engages with and celebrates the art of the written word using our collection of rare books and manuscripts.
The association for public art (apa, formerly the fairmount park art association) commissions, preserves, interprets and promotes public art in philadelphia. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that informs, engages and inspires…
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…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
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 48 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 LYCOMING COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER ↗
- Who funds WALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF RITTENHOUSE SQUARE ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
- Who funds THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds THEATRE EXILE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds FRINGEARTS ↗
- Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
- Who funds KIMMEL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION ↗
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 William Penn Foundation · Independence Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Richard E Woosnam Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard E Woosnam Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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