· Private foundation
The Christine & John Connolly 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 $10k10 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| ED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY FOUNDATION | $8,000 |
| ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $2,500 |
| MICHAEL'S WAY | $2,500 |
| COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE | $1,000 |
| PENN MEMORY CENTER | $1,000 |
| EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD CHURCH | $1,000 |
| CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES | $1,000 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION | $500 |
| ST CHARLES BORROMEO SEMINARY | $500 |
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 (FY17–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 7% of The Christine & John Connolly Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
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 +129% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 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, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CRCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL8× · 2017–2025 · $120k · revenue +31%
- ESED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY & EDUCATION7× · 2019–2025 · $65k · revenue +103%
- AHABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION4× · 2022–2025 · $12k · revenue +375%
Funded once
- HCHOBART COLLEGEone grant, 2023 · $4k
- EOEPIPHANY OF OUR LORDone grant, 2017 · $3k
- PUPHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITYone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +25%
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.
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…
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
Working as an integrated system within highmark health, employees at all of ahn's care sites, including hospitals, health + wellness pavilions, primary and specialty care offices and more, are committed to improving health and promoting…
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,…
To be the preeminent provider of specialized healthcare services for infants, children and young adults. the organization provides medically necessary pediatric healthcare services to all children in a non-discriminatory manner regardless…
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…
Thomas jefferson university hospitals, inc. ("tjuh") is dedicated to improving the health of the communities we serve. we are committed to: 1) setting the standard for excellence in the delivery of patient care, patient safety and the…
To provide exceptional patient care and customer service to members of the communities served by the hospitals, and to recognize a patient's right to considerate and respectful care, regardless of ability to pay. please refer to schedule o…
We are committed to providing exceptional quality care which sustains and improves both individual and community health, with a special concern for those who are poor, vulnerable and underserved.
The university provides a rigorous liberal arts and professional education for a diverse student population. (see schedule o for the organization's mission.)
Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 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 CRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY & EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds ABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA INC ↗
- Who funds MICHAEL'S WAY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE ↗
- Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY BACKSTOP INC ↗
- Who funds Catholic Social Services ↗
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 Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation Aka Blbb Charitable · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Philadelphia Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Christine & John Connolly Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Christine & John Connolly Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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