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The EMSS Foundation Inc at a glance

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The EMSS Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$208k
Granted FY2024still arriving
78
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$302kCivil Rights$137kEducation$101kArts & Culture$77kPhilanthropy$76kHuman Services$71kReligion$63kInternational$57kOther$0
02FY2024 · 78 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k76 grants · $188k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$2,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Cure Duchenne$10,000
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy$10,000
Everytown for Gun Safety$7,500
Combined Jewish Philanthropies$7,200
Old York Temple-Beth Am$6,100
HIAS Pennsylvania$5,360
Long Island University of Pharmacy$5,000
National Network of Abortion Funds$5,000
Children First$5,000
The Loveland Foundation$5,000
Anti-Defamation League$5,000
Jewish Federation of Northern NJ$5,000
Foundation to Combat Antisemitism$5,000
USC Shoa Foundation$5,000
RAICES$5,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Grands Stepping Up: $3k → 10%PCCY Public Citizens for Children & Youth: $5k → 22%Grands Stepping Up: $3k → 10%Children First: $5k → 22%Grands Stepping Up: $3k → 10%Children First: $5k → 22%Grands Stepping Up: $500 → 10%Children First: $5k → 22%PCCY Public Citizens for Children & Youth: $5k → 22%Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy: $10k → 14%IDSA Foundation: $1k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $5k → 7%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $5k → 7%It Takes Philly: $5k → 7%Mattie N Dixon Community Cupboard: $3k → 7%Mattie N Dixon Community Cupboard: $3k → 7%Matti N Dixon Community Cupboard: $3k → 7%Mattie N Dixon Community Cupboard: $1k → 7%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

ME
WI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$857k · 91 repeat orgs$182k to everyone else

91 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2024, 47 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

91
43

Total granted

$857k
$96k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+41%

Still filing today

64%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $87k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthCivil RightsArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesEducationOther
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

  • THE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue ×11
  • CF
    Children First PA
    5× · 2019–2023 · $25k · revenue +347%
  • RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $21k · revenue +228%

Funded once

  • BR
    BREASTFEEDING RESOURCE CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +2%
  • IT
    IT TAKES PHILLY
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -28%
  • RISE AGAINST HUNGER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +169%
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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
New York University

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.

Education
3
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
4
Us Middle East Project Inc

The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the…

International
5
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
6
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
7
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
8
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
9
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
10
American Medical Association Foundation

The ama foundation brings together physicians and communities to improve our nation's health.

—
11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
12
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc. 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

93 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. 93 of the 173 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
93/93
Grantees still filing
63/93
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH INC: $47,000 · OtherHACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH INCEverytown for Gun Safety: $27,500 · OtherHIAS Pennsylvania: $25,360 · OtherHIAS - Nonprofit Organization: $25,000 · OtherNew York University School of Medicine: $22,500 · Other+110 more: $496,051 · Other+110 moreDOYLESTOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $17,000 · HealthDOYLESTOWN…NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $12,000 · HealthNATIONAL P…PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,500 · HealthPARTNERS I…BREASTFEEDING RESOURCE CENTER: $10,000 · HealthBREASTFEED…CURE DUCHENNE: $10,000 · HealthCURE DUCHE…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,000 · HealthST JUDE CH…BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · HealthBRIGHTFOCU…VETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $4,500 · HealthTRI-BORO VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS INC: $3,500 · Health+8 more: $13,500 · Health+8 moreTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Civil RightsTHE LOVELA…REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $25,000 · Civil RightsREFUGEE & …ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $14,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAM…FOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION…GLSEN INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsGLSEN INCTREVOR PROJECT INC: $8,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PRO…AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $4,000 · Civil Rights+2 more: $4,000 · Civil RightsChildren First PA: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesLAUREL HOUSE: $10,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $10,000 · Human ServicesMATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC: $8,500 · Human ServicesGRANDS STEPPING UP: $8,000 · Human ServicesIT TAKES PHILLY: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $18,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $17,500 · PhilanthropyCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $10,800 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $8,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL BLACK TRANS ADVOCACY COALITION: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyEMPIRE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 · EducationNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $17,500 · EducationFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $8,787 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $7,500 · EducationHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA: $3,500 · EducationWilliams College: $3,000 · EducationWellesley College: $2,500 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $11,100 · Arts & CultureMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureThe Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $6,500 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Medicine & Biomedical Discovery: $3,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$643,411Health$101,000Civil Rights$100,000Human Services$77,500Philanthropy$71,300Education$62,287Arts & Culture$47,600

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren First PA: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEMPIRE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $18,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $17,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDOYLESTOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES: $13,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $11,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc: $10,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC: $10,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREASTFEEDING RESOURCE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCURE DUCHENNE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetICING SMILES Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetJEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGLSEN INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $8,787 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGRANDS STEPPING UP: $8,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $7,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $7,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $6,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPENNYPACK FARM & EDUCATION CENTER: $5,500 over 4y, 1.0% 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.

  • Who funds THE LOVELAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Children First PA ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION ↗
  • Who funds EMPIRE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds DOYLESTOWN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds TEAM RUBICON INC ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds GALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PARENT PROJECT FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BREASTFEEDING RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LAUREL HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC ↗
  • Who funds CURE DUCHENNE ↗
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗

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 Cedarcrest Charit…The Pfizer Foundation…The Philadelphia Foun…Healthspark FoundationThe Daniel B and Flor…Penn Community Bank F…The Leo and Peggy Pie…W W Smith Charitable …Phillies Charities IncThe Cigna Group Found…Td Charitable Foundat…
The William Penn FoundationPA16.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · The Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation Aka Blbb Charitable · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · Healthspark Foundation · The Daniel B and Florence E Green Foundation · Penn Community Bank Foundation · The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Phillies Charities Inc · The Cigna Group Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • New Jersey Audubon Society: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 173 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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