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The Fund for Women and Girls

The fund leads and unites the community through philanthropy and advocacy to ensure that women and girls have resources and opportunities to thrive.

$221k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Human Services$485kHealth$455kYouth Development$210kHousing & Shelter$196kCrime & Legal$135kEducation$108kEmployment$64kFood & Nutrition$29kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $209,850, the rows itemized in this filing. The $221,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $11,150 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $168k
$13,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOM'S HOUSE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA$17,925
BRIDGE OF HOPE CHESTER COUNTY$16,925
ALIANZAS DE PHOENIXVILLE$13,500
THE CLINIC$13,500
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF CHESTER$13,500
SAFE HARBOR OF CHESTER COUNTY$13,500
4TH TRIMESTER MAHMEE$13,500
LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES$13,500
CRIME VICTIMS' CENTER OF CHESTER CO$13,500
YOUNGMOMS$13,500
PROJECT LIBERTAD$13,500
THE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER$12,000
PREPARED TO THRIVE$8,500
PARKESBURG POINT$8,500
A CHILD'S LIGHT$8,500
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 (FY17–25, $494k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MOM'S HOUSE INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $15k → 6%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE: $8k → 11%MOM'S HOUSE INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $12k → 6%HIAS PENNSYLVANIA: $8k → 22%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF CHESTER CTY: $15k → 6%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF CHESTER CTY: $11k → 6%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE PROJECT: $10k → 6%FRIENDS ASSOC FOR CARE & PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: $6k → 6%BRIDGE ACADEMY AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $14k → 6%BRIDGE OF HOPE LANCASTER & CHESTER COUNTY: $5k → 6%BRIDGE OF HOPE CHESTER COUNTY: $17k → 6%PREPARED TO THRIVE: $9k → 6%PREPARED TO THRIVE: $9k → 6%BRIDGE OF HOPE CHESTER COUNTY: $6k → 6%YOUNGMOMS: $19k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $17k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA: $15k → 6%YOUNGMOMS: $14k → 6%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $14k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $14k → 6%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF CHESTER CTY: $14k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $12k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA: $11k → 6%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $10k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA: $10k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 6%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $9k → 6%YOUNGMOMS: $7k → 6%WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 6%YOUNGMOMS: $7k → 6%YOUNGMOMS: $7k → 6%YOUNGMOMS: $7k → 6%YOUNGMOMS: $7k → 6%KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6k → 6%KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6k → 6%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESCO: $5k → 6%YOUNGMOMS: $5k → 6%MOM'S HOUSE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $19k → 6%MOM'S HOUSE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $18k → 6%WINGS FOR SUCCESS: $13k → 6%MOM'S HOUSE OF GREATER PHILA: $10k → 6%MOM'S HOUSE OF GREATER PHILA: $9k → 6%WINGS FOR SUCCESS: $8k → 6%WINGS FOR SUCCESS: $8k → 6%PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $7k → 6%WINGS FOR SUCCESS: $5k → 6%PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $7k → 6%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 38 repeat orgs$138k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
17

Total granted

$1.6M
$138k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+32%

Still filing today

92%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • LH
    LCH Health and Community Services
    8× · 2017–2025 · $97k · revenue +98%
  • MH
    MOM'S HOUSE INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA
    6× · 2017–2025 · $82k · revenue +155%
  • DV
    Domestic Violence Center of Chester County
    6× · 2017–2025 · $81k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • CW
    COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE PROJECT
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • BA
    BRIDGE ACADEMY AND COMMUNITY CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $14k · revenue -5%
  • DV
    DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF CHESCO
    one grant, 2022 · $13k
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
Chartiers Center

Chartiers believes each individual, regardless of economic status, has a right to achieve his/her highest potential and become a self-sufficient and full participating member of the community.

Human Services
2
Young Women's Christian Association of Rochester and Monroe County

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

Human Services
3
Women Against Abuse Inc

The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…

Human Services
4
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
5
Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21

Our mission is to serve children and youth facing homelessness and human trafficking, and to protect and safeguard all children. we provide trauma-informed interventions for youth who are in need.covenant house pennsylvania (chpa) remains…

Housing & Shelter
6
Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery

See schedule o.power's mission is to help women reclaim their lives from addiction and related emotional health issues and improve the well-being of future generations. we provide a range of gender-responsive, trauma-informed drug and…

Health
7
Community Action Commission

Commmunity action commission's mission is to build on the strengths and resources available, provide solutions, for complex issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities to move out of poverty.

Human Services
8
Pennsylvania Women Work

The mission of pennsylvania women work is to empower women to advance in their careers and achieve self-sufficiency through life-changing career development programs and mentorship.

Human Services
9
Center for Victims

Center for victims offers a public service in allegheny county by helping individuals, families, and communities heal from the trauma of sexual assault/abuse, intimate partner violence, community violence, and all forms of violence and…

Human Services
10
Community Human Services Corporation

Chs empowers individuals and families to live in stable housing, connect to community resources, build relationships and access quality food.

Human Services
11
Berks Counseling Center Inc

Berks counseling center (bcc) is a recovery oriented certified community behavioral health center (ccbhc) with an integrated behavioral and physical health model of service delivery. the center provides a holistic approach to a culturally…

Health
12
Ywca of Central Virginia

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, dignity, and freedom for all.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Libertad. 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

48 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. 48 of the 56 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
38/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LCH Health and Community Services: $97,000 · Human ServicesLCH Health and Community ServicesMOM'S HOUSE INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $81,925 · Human ServicesMOM'S HOUSE INC OF GREATER PHILADE…Domestic Violence Center of Chester County: $81,000 · Human ServicesDomestic Violence Center of Cheste…YOUNGMOMS: $72,000 · Human ServicesYOUNGMOMSWings for Success Inc: $42,500 · Human ServicesWings for Success IncFAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $37,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER…BRIDGE OF HOPE INC: $27,925 · Human Services+9 more: $96,500 · Human Services+9 moreALIANZAS DE PHOENIXVILLE: $74,000 · OtherALIANZAS DE PHOENIXVILLECRIME VICTIMS' CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY: $67,500 · OtherCRIME VICTIMS' CENTER OF CHESTE…NORTH STAR OF CHESTER COUNTY: $57,000 · OtherNORTH STAR OF CHESTER COUNTYFRIENDS ASSOC FOR CARE & PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: $47,500 · OtherFRIENDS ASSOC FOR CARE & PROTEC…VOLUNTEER ENGLISH PROGRAM IN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA: $34,000 · OtherVOLUNTEER ENGLISH PROGRAM IN CH…THE 4TH TRIMESTER MOMMIE: $27,000 · OtherTHE 4TH TRIMESTER MOMMIEORION COMMUNITIES INC: $17,500 · OtherLEGAL AID OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $27,500 · OtherLEGAL AID OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNS…A CHILD'S LIGHT: $17,000 · Other+12 more: $109,050 · Other+12 morePHOENIXVILLE FREE CLINIC: $73,700 · HealthPHOENIXVILLE FREE CLI…MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CONSORTIUM OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $65,500 · HealthMATERNAL AND CHILD HE…COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $63,680 · HealthCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS …Unite for HER: $38,000 · HealthUnite for HERGATEWAY HORSEWORKS: $35,000 · HealthGATEWAY HORSEWORKSCHESPENN HEALTH SERVICES INC: $25,750 · HealthCHESPENN HEALTH SERVI…HEALTH CARE ACCESS: $21,000 · HealthHEALTH CARE ACCESS+1 more: $8,000 · HealthTHE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER: $57,500 · EducationTHE GARAGE …CHESTER COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTERS INC: $49,000 · EducationCHESTER COU…MIGHTY WRITERS: $33,285 · EducationMIGHTY WRIT…THE ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH EQUITY: $25,000 · EducationTHE ALLIANC…THE CHEYNEY FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationTHE PARKESBURG POINT: $69,500 · Youth DevelopmentCOATESVILLE YOUTH INITIATIVE: $49,500 · Youth DevelopmentPENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE SPARROW: $50,500 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $5,000 · Food & NutritionProject Libertad: $27,000 · Housing & ShelterSAFE HARBOR OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $27,000 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$536,350Other$478,050Health$330,630Education$172,285Youth Development$119,000Food & Nutrition$55,500Housing & Shelter$54,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLCH Health and Community Services: $97,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMOM'S HOUSE INC OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $81,925 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetDomestic Violence Center of Chester County: $81,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetALIANZAS DE PHOENIXVILLE: $74,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetPHOENIXVILLE FREE CLINIC: $73,700 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNGMOMS: $72,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetTHE PARKESBURG POINT: $69,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCRIME VICTIMS' CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY: $67,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CONSORTIUM OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $65,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $63,680 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER: $57,500 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetNORTH STAR OF CHESTER COUNTY: $57,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE SPARROW: $50,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetCOATESVILLE YOUTH INITIATIVE: $49,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTERS INC: $49,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetWings for Success Inc: $42,500 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetUnite for HER: $38,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $37,500 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetGATEWAY HORSEWORKS: $35,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetVOLUNTEER ENGLISH PROGRAM IN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA: $34,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $33,285 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBRIDGE OF HOPE INC: $27,925 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLEGAL AID OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $27,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetProject Libertad: $27,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSAFE HARBOR OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $27,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCHESPENN HEALTH SERVICES INC: $25,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH EQUITY: $25,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHEALTH CARE ACCESS: $21,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetORION COMMUNITIES INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetA CHILD'S LIGHT: $17,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetPREPARED TO THRIVE: $17,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetBRIDGE ACADEMY AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $13,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLINDA CREED EPSTEIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY WAREHOUSE PROJECT OF CHESTER COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER: $9,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEASTERN PA: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHEYNEY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE AND PRO: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOURNELYF SPECIAL CAMP: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% 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.

Chester County Commun…United Way of Chester…The Philadelphia Foun…The Gordon Charter Fo…W W Smith Charitable …Justamere FoundationConnelly FoundationThe Alliance for Heal…Genuardi Family Found…Quest for the BestClaneil Foundation IncThe Dansko Foundation…
Chester County Community FoundationPA66.6× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chester County Community Foundation · United Way of Chester County Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Justamere Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Alliance for Health Equity · Genuardi Family Foundation · Quest for the Best · Claneil Foundation Inc · The Dansko Foundation Inc

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 Fund for Women and Girls funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fund for Women and Girls. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 56 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 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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