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The Albert M Greenfield Foundation at a glance

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The Albert M Greenfield Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Arts & Culture$4.3MEducation$2.8MHealth$675kAnimals$525kHousing & Shelter$450kScience & Tech$400kFood & Nutrition$350kPhilanthropy$250kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $798k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$75,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY$250,000
CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE$150,000
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY$125,000
AIM PATHWAYS TEACHER TRAINING$122,500
THEATRE HORIZON$100,000
ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES$75,000
QUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP$75,000
PHILADELPHIA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY$50,000
CARPENTERS COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA$50,000
CENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION$50,000
CARON TREATMENT CENTER$25,000
MANNA$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%INGLIS FOUNDATION: $125k → 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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.0M · 26 repeat orgs$860k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
10

Total granted

$9.0M
$510k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+8%

Still filing today

85%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $350k 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
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentAnimalsFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA
    7× · 2018–2024 · $525k · revenue +12%
  • PF
    PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY
    4× · 2017–2021 · $518k · revenue +167%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
    3× · 2017–2019 · $500k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • IF
    INGLIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue +8%
  • PT
    PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue -7%
  • FP
    FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +500%
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
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
2
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau

The philadelphia convention & visitors bureau (phlcvb) is the official tourism promotion agency for the city of philadelphia globally, and the sales and marketing agency for the pennsylvania convention center (pcc). phlcvb markets…

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3
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
4
Philadelphia Contemporary

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…

Human Services
5
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
6
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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7
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia

The athenaeum of philadelphia nurtures curiosity in members and neighbors, strengthening community through learning, discourse and meaningful engagement. the athenaeum is a historic and vibrant philadelphia-centered and member-supported…

Education
8
Public Trust

Public Trust is a non-profit organization on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania that fosters learning, creativity, and collaboration in support of justice and equality.

Arts & Culture
9
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
10
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

—
11
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
12
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; the most unlike its peers is Inglis Foundation. 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

29 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. 29 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $1,250,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth Sys…PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $700,000 · EducationPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTSTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: $510,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTSCHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $450,000 · EducationCHESTNUT HILL COLLEGEACADEMY IN MANAYUNK: $297,000 · EducationACADEMY IN MANAYUNKWILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $250,000 · EducationWILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL INCTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $166,667 · Education+3 more: $185,000 · EducationPHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY: $517,500 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETYPlease Touch Museum: $400,000 · Arts & CulturePlease Touch MuseumAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN PHILADELPHIA: $300,300 · Arts & CultureAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN…MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $300,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REV…THEATRE HORIZON INC: $300,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE HORIZON INCPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $250,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS AD…Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $195,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreMANN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $600,000 · OtherMANN CENTER FOR PERFOR…AIM PATHWAYS TEACHER TRAINING: $260,000 · OtherAIM PATHWAYS TEACHER T…UNITED WAY: $250,000 · OtherUNITED WAYCONSORTIUM FOR HISTORY OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE: $150,000 · OtherCONSORTIUM FOR HISTORY…CARPENTERS COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA: $100,000 · OtherTHE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA: $250,000 · OtherTHE ACADEMY OF NATURAL…INGLIS FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherINGLIS FOUNDATION+8 more: $284,500 · Other+8 moreZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $525,000 · AnimalsTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $500,000 · HealthCENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $450,000 · Community ImprovementTHE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $300,000 · EnvironmentFAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY: $50,000 · Environment
Education$3,808,667Arts & Culture$2,362,800Other$2,019,500Animals$525,000Health$500,000Community Improvement$450,000Environment$350,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $1,250,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $700,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $525,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY: $517,500 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: $510,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetCHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $450,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPlease Touch Museum: $400,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN PHILADELPHIA: $300,300 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $300,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $300,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHEATRE HORIZON INC: $300,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetACADEMY IN MANAYUNK: $297,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $250,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA: $250,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWILLIAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $250,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $166,667 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINGLIS FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPhiladelphia Chamber Music Society: $100,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY: $75,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetQUINTESSENCE THEATRE GROUP INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetFAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNational Liberty Museum: $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Film Office: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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.

The William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Foun…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The Cigna Group Found…The University of the…The Daniel B and Flor…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…The Barra Foundation …The Philadelphia Cult…Connelly FoundationThe Snider FoundationUnited Way of Greater…
The William Penn FoundationPA35.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Cigna Group Foundation · The University of the Arts · The Daniel B and Florence E Green Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Barra Foundation Inc · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Connelly Foundation · The Snider Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

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 Albert M Greenfield Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Albert M Greenfield Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    5report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Albert M Greenfield Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Albert M Greenfield Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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-PF 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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