Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Sylk Charitable Trust
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $59k
- Granted FY2023
- 17
- Grants FY2023
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $239k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Sylk Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 16 | $59k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $62k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $59k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $42k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $124k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $109k | 41% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $113k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycoming College | $170,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Crisis Treatment Center | $30,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Har Zion Temple | $25,125 | 7 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Orchestra Association | $23,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Barnes Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| National Constitution Center | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Middle East Forum | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodmere Art Museum | $1,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Do Gooders | $1,700 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lycoming College | $170,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Crisis Treatment Center | $30,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Har Zion Temple | $25,125 | 7 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Orchestra Association | $23,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Barnes Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| National Constitution Center | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Middle East Forum | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodmere Art Museum | $1,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Do Gooders | $1,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Judith Creed Horizons for Achieving Independence | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends Central School Corporation | $750 | 3 | n/a |
| Victor D'Amico Institute of Art | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Merion Civic Association | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($297k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sylk Charitable Trust 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: Erlbaum Family Foundation · Daniel M Tabas Family Foundation · The Saramar Charitable Fund · The Snider Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Sylk Charitable Trust
- How much does Sylk Charitable Trust give?
- Sylk Charitable Trust reported 17 grants totaling $59,450 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sylk Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (61%), Health (11%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Sylk Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Lycoming College ($170k), Children's Crisis Treatment Center ($31k), Har Zion Temple ($25k).
- Does Sylk Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sylk Charitable Trust 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 Sylk Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Erlbaum Family Foundation, Daniel M Tabas Family Foundation, The Saramar Charitable Fund.
- Where is Sylk Charitable Trust based?
- Sylk Charitable Trust is based in PA.
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