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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing and building a movement of environmentally engaged communities for a healthy, sustainable and…

$544k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$128k
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 2025.

Science & Tech$2.9MEnvironment$2.6MEducation$1.9MYouth Development$331kFood & Nutrition$269kCommunity Improvement$120kHealth$86k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $113k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $427k
$58,320
Median grant
6
States reached
$110M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IUP RESEARCH INSTITUTE$127,723
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY$111,282
ENVIROSCIENCE INC$69,499
MANTUA CIVIC ASSOCIATION$60,000
GROWING GREAT$58,320
RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$39,815
MAYO CLINIC$23,728
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION$20,000
RESEARCH FOR ACTION$19,323
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$10,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 42% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%MAYO CLINIC: $24k → 9%STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER: $167k → 6%DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK: $159k → 6%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $422k → 8%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $380k → 10%LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY: $32k → 13%COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $28k → 14%IUP RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $128k → 14%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $317k → 22%GROWING GREAT: $93k → 14%CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC: $381k → 9%FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER: $28k → 15%THE COMMONS: $120k → 14%TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $129k → 19%NEW JERSEY PINELANDS COMMISSION: $450k → 7%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: $300k → 8%DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION: $884k → 11%MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY: $340k → 16%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $47k → 7%ENVIROSCIENCE INC: $69k → 9%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $39k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $554k → 10%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $63k → 8%LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY: $24k → 13%IUP RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $42k → 14%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $304k → 22%GROWING GREAT: $67k → 14%FRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER: $27k → 15%THE COMMONS: $90k → 14%TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $103k → 19%ENVIROSCIENCE INC: $46k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $103k → 10%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $111k → 22%GROWING GREAT: $58k → 14%THE COMMONS: $27k → 14%TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $85k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $23k → 10%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $84k → 22%GROWING GREAT: $51k → 14%TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $50k → 19%AZAVEA: $49k → 22%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $69k → 22%AZAVEA: $47k → 22%MANTUA CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $60k → 22%MANTUA CIVIC ASSOCIATION: $60k → 22%DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $55k → 22%PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION FUND: $22k → 22%PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION FUND: $21k → 22%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DE
DC
AL
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 19 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
17

Total granted

$4.8M
$3.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+39%

Still filing today

58%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentScience & TechHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    5× · 2021–2025 · $885k · revenue +17%
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
    4× · 2018–2022 · $691k · revenue +29%
  • G
    GROWINGGREAT
    4× · 2022–2025 · $269k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • US
    UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
    one grant, 2018 · $796k
  • NJ
    NEW JERSEY PINELANDS COMMISSION
    one grant, 2018 · $450k
  • CI
    CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $381k · revenue +134%
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
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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2
Point Park University

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…

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3
The Trustees of Princeton University

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…

Education
4
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
5
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
6
University of Pittsburgh

The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…

Education
7
Delaware State University

Delaware state university is a public, comprehensive, 1890 land-grant institution that offers access and opportunity to diverse populations from delaware, the nation, and the world. (continued on schedule o.)building on its heritage as a…

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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10
Widener University

Empowering our community of learners to discover and create better futures.

Education
11
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
12
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Delaware; the most unlike its peers is Growinggreat. 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

24 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. 24 of the 40 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION: $934,097 · OtherDELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSIONUNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: $795,873 · OtherUNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEYUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $690,948 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARESHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $485,925 · OtherSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITYNEW JERSEY PINELANDS COMMISSION: $450,000 · OtherNEW JERSEY PINELANDS COMMISSIONTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $367,784 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISMONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY: $340,000 · OtherMONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITYRUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY: $300,000 · OtherRUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITYTHE COMMONS INC: $236,838 · OtherUNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: $190,325 · Other+11 more: $756,666 · Other+11 moreTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $884,913 · EducationTemple University -…VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $379,645 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSIT…DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $55,159 · Education+5 more: $138,658 · Education+5 moreCARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC: $380,607 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC: $75,000 · Environment+3 more: $29,660 · EnvironmentIUP RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $169,254 · Science & TechSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER: $167,123 · Science & TechGROWINGGREAT: $268,920 · Food & NutritionTHE PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION FUND: $62,377 · Youth DevelopmentCONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS INC: $61,866 · HealthRESEARCH FOR ACTION INC: $60,847 · Social Science
Other$5,548,456Education$1,458,375Environment$485,267Science & Tech$336,377Food & Nutrition$268,920Youth Development$62,377Health$61,866Social Science$60,847

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 budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $884,913 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $690,948 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC: $380,607 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $379,645 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGROWINGGREAT: $268,920 over 4y, 23% of budgetTHE COMMONS INC: $236,838 over 3y, 13% of budgetIUP RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $169,254 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER: $167,123 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK: $159,441 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE RIVER INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION FUND: $62,377 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS INC: $61,866 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRESEARCH FOR ACTION INC: $60,847 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $55,159 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $46,977 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $39,815 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAspira Community Enterprises Inc: $39,666 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $39,343 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAspira Inc of Pennsylvania: $31,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCONETCONG WATERSHED ASSOCIATION: $13,501 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $9,834 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation Inc: $8,659 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR THE DELAWARE ESTUARY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

National Fish and Wil…The William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Foun…National Park Foundat…National Collegiate A…PatagoniaorgThe Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationDC23.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · National Park Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Patagoniaorg · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc: 69% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Musconetcong Watershed Association: 14% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 40 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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