Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Sickler 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.
- $71k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $702k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Sickler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $71k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $48k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $22k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $56k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $44k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Franklin Institute | $49,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wilkes University | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Diener School Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Constitution Center | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Monument Academy Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $5,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Make the World Better Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Vetri Foundation for Children | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Franklin Institute | $49,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wilkes University | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Diener School Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Constitution Center | $25,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Monument Academy Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $5,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Make the World Better Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Vetri Foundation for Children | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Monica Parish | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Sunday Love Project Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Phoenixville Womens Outreach | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Phoenixville Free Clinic | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Church Farm School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Elianas Light Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sickler 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 Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sickler Foundation
- How much does Sickler Foundation give?
- Sickler Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $70,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Sickler Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Science & Tech (18%), Health (13%).
- Who are Sickler Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Franklin Institute ($49k), Wilkes University ($36k), The Diener School Inc ($30k).
- Does Sickler Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sickler Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sickler Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Sickler Foundation based?
- Sickler Foundation is based in PA.
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