· Private foundation
The George C and Esther Ann McFarland 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 $10k4 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $115k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMITTEE OF 1926 HISTORIC STRAWBERRY MANSION | $50,000 |
| PHILABUNDANCE | $50,000 |
| BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA INC | $25,000 |
| WISTAR INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
| THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | $25,000 |
| MATERNITY CARE COALITION | $7,500 |
| NATURAL LANDS TRUST | $7,500 |
| HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY | $1,500 |
| AMERICAN SWEDISH HISTORICAL MUSEUM | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of its 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 5% of The George C and Esther Ann McFarland Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 97% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 92%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TBTHE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $250k · revenue +101%
- MCMaternity Care Coalition4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +43%
- NLNatural Lands Trust Inc7× · 2019–2025 · $32k · revenue +42%
Funded once
- IHINDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUSTgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +96%
- HSHistorical Society of Pennsylvaniaone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +21%
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.
Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…
The Chestnut Hill Conservancy conserves, preserves, and celebrates history, architecture, and landscapes in Chestnut Hill and the lower Wissahickon watershed through inclusive and proactive community engagement, advocacy, and stewardship.
Promote the greater philadelphia region as a premier destination for cultural & historical travel
The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.
To discover philadelphia's river of history and world of connections. serving a wide and diverse audience and holding its collections in trust for the community, the museum tells the stories of the people, historical events and…
Promoting scholarly and public understanding of history of science, technology and medicine.
Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.
Our community-based and controlled health care system exists to improve regional access to a wide array of premier primary care and advanced health services while supporting a reverence for life and the worth and dignity of each individual.
The missouri historical society (mhs) is a missouri pro forma decree, not-for-profit corporation whose primary functions are educational and community programs; collections and conservation; library and research; and exhibitions.…
The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.
Public Trust is a non-profit organization on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania that fosters learning, creativity, and collaboration in support of justice and equality.
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 13 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 MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ↗
- Who funds THE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA INC ↗
- Who funds Philabundance ↗
- Who funds Chester County Historical Society ↗
- Who funds THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY ↗
- Who funds Maternity Care Coalition ↗
- Who funds Natural Lands Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds INDEPENDENCE HISTORICAL TRUST ↗
- Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Historical Society of Pennsylvania ↗
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: Connelly Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The George C and Esther Ann McFarland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The George C and Esther Ann McFarland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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