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The George W Rentschler Foundation at a glance

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The George W Rentschler Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
38
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$930k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$1.8MArts & Culture$546kReligion$491kPhilanthropy$248kHuman Services$240kHousing & Shelter$175kHealth$165kInternational$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $157k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.2M
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$35k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL$930,000
PIFARRO THE RENAISSANCE BAND$300,000
ORDER OF AHEPA FOUNDATION INC$200,000
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW FOUNDATION INC$200,000
ELDERNET OF LOWER MERION AND NARBERTH$200,000
GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF NEW JERSEY$200,000
ST THOMAS HELLENIC AFTERNOON SCHOOL$125,000
ORDER OF AHEPA OF CAMDEN COUNTY$100,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF THE MAIN LINE$50,000
FRIENDS OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA$50,000
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER BRYN MAWR$50,000
GORGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$50,000
LANDMARK SCHOOL$50,000
THE MCGILLIS SCHOOL$50,000
THE FEDERATION OF HELLENIC AMERICAN SOCIETIES OF PHILADELPHIA AND GREATER D$50,000
02The need
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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, $325k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CRADLE OF HOPE: $10k → 7%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $2k → 6%CRADLE OF HOPE INC: $5k → 7%CRADLE OF HOPE: $4k → 7%CRADLE OF HOPE: $3k → 7%ELDERNET OF LOWER MERION AND NARBERTH: $200k → 10%CRADLE OF HOPE: $2k → 7%CRADLE OF HOPE: $2k → 7%MOTHER'S HOME: $7k → 10%QUEST THERAPUTIC SERVICES INC: $1k → 6%CRADLE OF HOPE: $2k → 7%MOTHER'S HOME: $2k → 10%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $10k → 10%INTERFAITH HOUSING ALLIANCE: $3k → 7%INTERFAITH HOUSING ALLIANCE: $3k → 7%TO OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE WITH HEALTH INC: $4k → 22%TO OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE WITH HEALTH INC: $7k → 22%TO OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE WITH HEALTH INC: $7k → 22%TO OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE WITH HEALTH INC: $7k → 22%TO OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE WITH HEALTH INC: $7k → 22%DAWN'S PLACE: $10k → 22%TO OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE WITH HEALTH INC: $7k → 22%DAWN'S PLACE: $3k → 22%TO OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE WITH HEALTH INC: $7k → 22%CENTER IN THE PARK: $3k → 22%TO OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE WITH HEALTH INC: $5k → 22%DAWN'S PLACE: $2k → 22%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

VT
NH
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 45% of The George W Rentschler Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The George W Rentschler Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 41% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 28 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
20

Total granted

$2.5M
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+30%

Still filing today

79%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • NORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +69%
  • PT
    PIFFARO THE RENAISSANCE BAND
    9× · 2017–2025 · $410k · revenue +67% · 38% of their budget
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF THE MAIN LINE
    4× · 2017–2025 · $88k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • SG
    ST GEORGE CATHEDRAL
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • AS
    AHEPA SERVICE DOGES FOR WARRIORS
    one grant, 2019 · $13k
  • ST
    SAINT THOMAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $9k
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
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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2
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
3
Philips Academy Charter School Inc

Our mission is to inspire diverse learners in a rigorous and innovative environment that cultivates resilient leadership, intellectual curiosity, and thoughtful stewardship.

Education
4
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

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…

Environment
5
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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,…

Health
6
Delphi Schools Inc

Delphi school's mission is to draw out the best in every student through effective educational materials and empower young adults to bring positive change in the world through reason, creativity and integrity.

Education
7
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
8
The Parent-Infant Center

To support parenting by enabling young children to grow & learn in a safe, stimulating, loving environment. pic works to provide and increase access to high-quality early childhood education and school-age programs that give children…

Human Services
9
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
10
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

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.

Community Improvement
11
Philips Academy Charter School of Paterson

We will provide a moral and rigorous education, accomplished in a hands-on, technology infused educational environment that will allow our students to attend college, while developing a commitment to global citizenship, environmental…

Education
12
Horizons Greater Philadelphia Inc

Horizons Greater Philadelphia advances educational equity by building long-term partnerships with students, families, communities, and schools to create experiences outside of school that inspire the joy of learning.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Support Center for Child Advocates; the most unlike its peers is Order of Ahepa. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

46 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. 46 of the 70 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
25/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PIFFARO THE RENAISSANCE BAND: $410,000 · OtherPIFFARO THE RENAISSANCE BANDGREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF NEW JERSEY: $200,000 · OtherGREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS OF NEW JERSEYORDER OF AHEPA FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · OtherORDER OF AHEPA FOUNDATION INCST THOMAS HELLENIC AFTERNOON SCHOOL: $139,000 · OtherST THOMAS HELLENIC AFTERNOON SCHOOLORDER OF AHEPA OF CAMDEN COUNTY: $100,000 · OtherORDER OF AHEPA OF CAMDEN COUNTYORDER OF AHEPA: $93,000 · OtherORDER OF AHEPAFAMILY PROMISE OF THE MAIN LINE: $87,500 · Other+35 more: $433,000 · Other+35 moreNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL: $1,316,000 · EducationNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOLLANDMARK SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationTHE MCGILLIS SCHOOL: $50,000 · Education+4 more: $28,234 · EducationELDERNET OF LOWER MERION AND NARBERTH: $200,000 · Human ServicesELDERNET …To Our Children's Future with Health Inc: $51,000 · Human ServicesTo Our Ch…Cradle of Hope Inc: $28,267 · Human ServicesCradle of…DAWN'S PLACE: $15,200 · Human ServicesRYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $12,000 · Human Services+4 more: $18,550 · Human Services+4 moreEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Inc: $200,000 · ReligionLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH MINISTRIES INC: $17,099 · ReligionFederation of Hellenic American Societie of Phila and Greater Delaware Valley Inc: $55,000 · Arts & CultureFEDERATION OF HELLENIC AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS OF NEW JERSEY INC: $33,000 · Arts & CultureMain Line Art Center: $10,000 · Arts & CultureIndependence Seaport Museum: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePHILIPSTOWN DEPOT THEATRE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHIGHLANDS CURRENT INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSupport Center for Child Advocates: $37,000 · Crime & LegalLAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalPHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $3,150 · Crime & LegalGORGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,662,500Education$1,444,234Human Services$325,017Religion$217,099Arts & Culture$113,000Crime & Legal$50,150Philanthropy$50,000

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 budgetNORTHFIELD MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL: $1,316,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetPIFFARO THE RENAISSANCE BAND: $410,000 over 9y, 38% of budgetELDERNET OF LOWER MERION AND NARBERTH: $200,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF THE MAIN LINE: $87,500 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetFederation of Hellenic American Societie of Phila and Greater Delaware Valley Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetTo Our Children's Future with Health Inc: $51,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetGORGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetLANDMARK SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA: $50,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetTHE MCGILLIS SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates: $37,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFEDERATION OF HELLENIC AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS OF NEW JERSEY INC: $33,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetNATIONAL LYMPHEDEMA NETWORK INC: $30,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCradle of Hope Inc: $28,267 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH MINISTRIES INC: $17,099 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetDAWN'S PLACE: $15,200 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLIGUORI INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLAWYERS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDOWNTOWN EVENING SOUP KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLYMPHATIC EDUCATION & RESEARCH NETWORK INC (LE&RN): $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMOTHERS' HOME: $9,200 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIndependence Seaport Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHILIPSTOWN DEPOT THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetVETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJENKINS ARBORETUM & GARDENS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHIGHLANDS CURRENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND PHILADELPHIA: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION: $3,150 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRO NUEVA CREACION NEW CREATION COMMUNITY CENTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCENTER IN THE PARK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $1,234 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUEST THERAPEUTIC SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Philadelphia Foun…Connelly FoundationHenry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The William Penn Foun…Wsfs Cares FoundationGenuardi Family Found…W W Smith Charitable …The Gordon Charter Fo…Dl Saunders Lawrence …Beatty Helen D Groome…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…The Wawa Foundation I…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA35.8× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The William Penn Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Genuardi Family Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Dl Saunders Lawrence Saunders Foundation · Beatty Helen D Groome Uw · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Wawa 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 George W Rentschler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The George W Rentschler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Crossroads for Kids Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lawyers for Civil Rights Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
16report 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.
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How do I get to The George W Rentschler Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The George W Rentschler Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 70 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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