· Private foundation
Straus-Harris Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
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 · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $540k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Mural Arts Program | $160,000 |
| Nationalities Service Center | $110,000 |
| InterAct Theatre Company | $70,000 |
| Theatre Exile | $50,000 |
| 1812 Theater Company | $50,000 |
| The Center - Philadephia | $50,000 |
| Lantern Theater Company | $50,000 |
| Settlement Music School | $30,000 |
| Samuel S Fleisher Art Memorial | $30,000 |
| Ballet X | $10,000 |
| Philadelphia Scenic Works | $10,000 |
| Inis Nua Theatre Company | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $428k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 20%. 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 19% of Straus-Harris Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 82%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 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; $28k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LTLANTERN THEATER COMPANY7× · 2018–2024 · $110k · revenue +12%
- SSSAMUEL S FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL INC7× · 2018–2024 · $91k · revenue +33%
- SMSETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA7× · 2018–2024 · $91k · revenue +70%
Funded once
- PTPHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANYone grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -7%
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.
To cultivate an enduring appreciation for dance through world-class performances, to inspire the next generation with exceptional education and professional training, and to connect with the community through meaningful and inclusive…
Shakespeare in Clark Park produces cultural events which bridge the gap between audiences and artists by inviting community members to take part in making and shaping our productions. Our productions are rooted in the people of…
The mission of pittsburgh public theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. pittsburgh public theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate, and (continued on schedule o)
To promote the cultural richness of philadelphia and to bring the most distinguished work in the arts to audiences in the philadelphia region
Allentown Public Theatre is dedicated to empowering our diverse communities through the performing arts. We expand opportunities for cultural participation and education in theatre, and create works that address contemporary issues.
See schedule o.inspired by our home city, baltimore center stage acts as a cultural catalyst for all communities to access theater in every form and engage in compelling conversations. programming: capture the collective imagination and…
It is the mission of the f. m. kirby center to foster the development of the arts by promoting, producing, and causing to be produced theatrical productions, exhibits and other entertainment as deemed to have a benefical impact. continued…
Theatre philadelphia is a leadership organization that celebrates and promotes professional theatre in the greater philadelphia region, primarily via the barrymore awards for excellence in theatre.
The organization presents the highest quality of professional dance performance and improves the skills of emerging and professional dances and choregraphers in a nurturing environment while increasing the appreciation of dance among it's…
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…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 17 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 NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds THEATRE EXILE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds LANTERN THEATER COMPANY ↗
- Who funds SAMUEL S FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL INC ↗
- Who funds SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA PARKS ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER-PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds BALLETX ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA SCENIC WORKS ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds INIS NUA THEATRE COMPANY ↗
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 Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · The William Penn Foundation · Wyncote Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Suzanne Roberts Cultural Development Fund Sheldon Bonovitz Trustee · The Sylvia W and Randle M Kauders Foundation Inc · Independence Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Victory Foundation · The Lida Foundation · Ludwick Fdn
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Straus-Harris Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Straus-Harris Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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