· Private foundation
The Ash Family Foundation
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JEVS HUMAN SERVICES | $40,000 |
| PENN STATE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| DREXEL UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| PBS | $500 |
| JARC | $400 |
| MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS RESEARCH (AKA MJFF) | $100 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA | $100 |
| ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL TEAM (AKA ACCT PHILLY) | $100 |
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, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 3 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, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JHJEVS HUMAN SERVICES9× · 2017–2025 · $303k · revenue +68%
- WSWALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION3× · 2017–2019 · $5k · revenue +3%
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES2× · 2017–2024 · $2k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- KJKATZ JCCone grant, 2022 · $3k
- JCJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE GREATER PALM BEACHES (AKA MANDEL JCC)one grant, 2023 · $1k
- HTHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE (AKA PENN STATE HILLEL)one grant, 2023 · $1k
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.
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…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…
Philadelphia jewish film and medias mission is to educate and engage diverse philadelphia communities, jewish and non-jewish alike, by presenting world-class film premieres, repertory cinema, and associated programs that are inspired by…
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…
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,…
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…
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…
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…
Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
How this is measured
35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 71 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 JEVS HUMAN SERVICES ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds THE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds WALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE PARKINSON COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds JUDITH CREED HORIZONS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES ↗
- Who funds JARC ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC ↗
- Who funds WHYY INC ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
- Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds MINDING YOUR MIND ↗
- Who funds MANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds GLADWYNE FIRE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ↗
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 Saramar Charitable Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The William Penn Foundation · The Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Foundation · Daniel M Tabas Family Foundation · The Snider Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Solomon & Sylvia Bronstein Fdn · Tzedakah Foundation · The Clayman Foundation · Erlbaum Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ash Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ash Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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