· Private foundation
The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS | $20,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES | $10,000 |
| MAIN LINE SCHOOL NIGHT ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| TEMPLE BETH EL | $5,000 |
| COUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS | $5,000 |
| MAIN LINE SCHOOL NIGHT ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| TEMPLE BETH EL | $3,000 |
| PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART | $3,000 |
| PENN MUSEUM | $2,500 |
| PHILABUNDANCE | $2,000 |
| GLIMMERGLASS OPERA | $2,000 |
| PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART | $1,500 |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $90k) 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.
How this is measured
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 +26% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCOUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $125k · revenue +8%
- JFJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +102%
- MLMAIN LINE SCHOOL NIGHT ASSOCIATION9× · 2017–2025 · $60k · revenue +77%
Funded once
- TITILT INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY IMAGEone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +10%
- PAPHILADELPHIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTone grant, 2017 · $2k
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +16%
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.
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
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…
The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.
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…
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,…
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
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…
Philadelphia theatre company is a vital civic institution dedicated to the creation of extraordinary theatrical experiences that reflect the essential issues and ideas of our time, and which foster connection, understanding, and…
As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
The organization is an affiliate within thomas jefferson university/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research…
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 21 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 COUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds MAIN LINE SCHOOL NIGHT ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds OPERA PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS ↗
- Who funds GLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds Philabundance ↗
- Who funds TILT INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY IMAGE ↗
- Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION ↗
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 William Penn Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Arlene R Olson Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
Play a game based on Arlene R Olson’s filings →