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Soc of Friendly Sons of St Patrick

To aid and assist needy persons emigrating from ireland to the united states, to improve the education and level of scholarship of those of irish birth and lineage in the united states and in ireland by scholarships and grants; to make contributions to other worthy charitable and religious organizations and causes; appropriately to…

$85k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$870kHuman Services$100kArts & Culture$7k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $15,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $84,758 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $69,758 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$161k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOSEPHS PREPARATORY SCHOOL$7,500
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$7,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY: $10k → 6%GWYNEDD MERCY UNIVERSITY: $11k → 7%NEUMANN UNIVERSITY: $35k → 10%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 22%SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE: $100k → 13%CABRINI UNIVERSITY: $10k → 6%MERION MERCY ACADEMY: $50k → 7%NEUMANN UNIVERSITY: $30k → 10%ST JOSEPHS PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $63k → 22%CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOL: $75k → 6%ARCADIA UNIVERSITY: $25k → 7%ROSEMONT COLLEGE: $27k → 10%ST JOSEPHS PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $21k → 22%CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOL: $55k → 6%ARCADIA UNIVERSITY: $5k → 7%ROSEMONT COLLEGE: $10k → 10%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $15k → 22%BEAVER RUN FOUNDATION: $6k → 6%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $132k → 10%ST JOSEPHS PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $8k → 22%CAMPHILL SPECIAL SCHOOLS: $5k → 6%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $60k → 10%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $5k → 22%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $15k → 10%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $100k → 22%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $14k → 10%ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $15k → 22%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $8k → 10%ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $5k → 22%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $7k → 10%IRISH DIASPORA CENTER: $7k → 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.
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$693k · 9 repeat orgs$284k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
7

Total granted

$693k
$284k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+41%

Still filing today

89%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $236k · revenue +50%
  • TC
    THE CAMPHILL SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $135k · revenue +74%
  • NU
    NEUMANN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2022 · $65k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Damegraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +41%
  • LS
    LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIAgraduated
    2× · 2020–2021 · $100k · revenue +47%
  • MM
    MERION MERCY ACADEMY
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
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
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
2
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
3
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
4
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
5
Saint John's University

To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.

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6
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

—
7
Misericordia University

Misericordia university, a catholic liberal arts institution established in the tradition of the sisters of mercy, fosters intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and respect for persons in an environment where all are welcome.values…

Education
8
University of Saint Joseph

The university provides a rigorous liberal arts and professional education for a diverse student population. (see schedule o for the organization's mission.)

Education
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Mount Saint Mary's University Inc

As a catholic university, mount st. mary's graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to god and others.

Education
11
Mercyhurst University

Rooted in our Mercy Catholic liberal arts identity, we educate and inspire diverse learners in an environment where faith and reason flourish together for meaningful lives, dignified work, and leadership in service toward a just and loving…

Education
12
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neumann University; the most unlike its peers is Iabcn Inc. 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

16 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.

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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $235,500 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITYTHE CAMPHILL SCHOOL INC: $135,000 · EducationTHE CAMPHILL SCHOOL INCThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame: $100,000 · EducationThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre DameNEUMANN UNIVERSITY: $65,000 · EducationNEUMANN UNIVERSITYTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $60,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher EducationROSEMONT COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS: $37,000 · EducationARCADIA UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · Education+4 more: $61,000 · Education+4 moreLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA: $100,000 · OtherLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR …ST JOSEPHS PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $90,500 · OtherST JOSEPHS PREPARATORY SCHO…MERION MERCY ACADEMY: $50,000 · OtherMERION MERCY ACADEMYIRISH DIASPORA CENTER: $7,000 · Arts & CultureBEAVER RUN FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Philanthropy
Education$723,500Other$240,500Arts & Culture$7,000Philanthropy$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 budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $235,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPHILL SCHOOL INC: $135,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA: $100,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNEUMANN UNIVERSITY: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROSEMONT COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS: $37,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetARCADIA UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGWYNEDD MERCY UNIVERSITY: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCABRINI LEGACY CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIRISH DIASPORA CENTER: $7,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBEAVER RUN FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 1.7% 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.

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.

The Maguire FoundationW W Smith Charitable …Connelly FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…Southeastern Pennsylv…Joseph P Heenan Famil…The Catholic Foundati…United Way of Greater…Verizon FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…Chubb Charitable Foun…The Nerney Family Fou…
The Maguire FoundationPA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Maguire Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Connelly Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education · Joseph P Heenan Family Foundation Inc · The Catholic Foundation of Greater Phila · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Nerney Family 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 Soc of Friendly Sons of St Patrick funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Soc of Friendly Sons of St Patrick. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 16 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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