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The Harriette Steelman and Charles L Tabas Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Harriette Steelman and Charles L Tabas Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$203k
Granted FY2026still arriving
47
Grants FY2026still arriving
11
States reached
$40k
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, FY2019 to 2026.

Animals$229kEnvironment$208kHealth$206kFood & Nutrition$113kCivil Rights$94kHuman Services$89kInternational$88kArts & Culture$80kOther$0
02FY2026 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k42 grants · $116k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $88k
$2,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$40,000
VARIETY CHILDREN'S CHARITY$15,000
MITZVAH CIRCLE$12,581
DESSIN ANIMAL SHELTER$10,000
CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA FOUNDATION$10,000
NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME$7,500
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA$6,000
HISTORIC YELLOW SPRINGS INC$5,080
WOERTH IT HOLLOW INC$5,000
MANNA ON MAIN STREET$5,000
DAILY BREAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY$5,000
MISSION KIDS$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$5,000
ASHER HOUSE$5,000
MATTIE DIXXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–26, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: $6k → 10%ELDER NET OF LOWER MERION & NARBETH: $1k → 10%MITZVAH CIRCLE: $13k → 7%MITZVAH CIRCLE: $8k → 7%MITZVAH CIRCLE: $8k → 7%WOMEN'S CENTER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $1k → 7%WOMEN'S CENTER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $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

WA
IL
NY
OR
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
DC
MS
AL
TX
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 64 repeat orgs$135k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

64 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2026, 27 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

64
39

Total granted

$1.2M
$116k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+1%

Still filing today

66%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureInternationalAnimalsHealthFood & NutritionCrime & LegalOther
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

  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    7× · 2020–2026 · $145k · revenue +26%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    7× · 2020–2026 · $62k · revenue +48%
  • TC
    THE CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2023–2026 · $40k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • TF
    TAFTON FIRE COMPANY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +87%
  • TM
    THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COVID-19 FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • M
    MITZVAH
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
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
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
6
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
7
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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8
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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9
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium

The national nurse-led care consortium (nncc) strives to advance nurse-led healthcare through policy, consultation, and programs to reduce health disparities and meet people's primary care and wellness needs.

Health
10
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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11
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
12
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Playing for Change Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Woerth It Hollow. 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

70 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. 70 of the 113 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/70
Grantees still filing
42/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIETY CHILDREN'S CHARITY: $95,000 · OtherVARIETY CHILDREN'S CHARITYIndividual grant recipient: $54,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJEFFERSON HEALTH CENTER: $40,000 · OtherJEFFERSON HEALTH CENTERREIKICATSHAVEN: $35,947 · OtherDESSIN ANIMAL SHELTER: $35,251 · OtherPA ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $35,000 · OtherMAIN LINE REFORM TEMPLE: $25,000 · OtherTHE CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherTHE CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA FOUNDATIONMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $27,581 · OtherMISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $25,000 · OtherTAFTON FIRE COMPANY INC: $25,201 · Other+63 more: $278,114 · Other+63 moreNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $145,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESO…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $32,500 · AnimalsTHE AMERIC…ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $22,500 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL…THE ASHER HOUSE: $20,000 · AnimalsTHE ASHER …Woerth It Hollow: $20,000 · AnimalsWoerth It …LAMANCHA: $17,500 · AnimalsLAMANCHANORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $6,000 · Animals+2 more: $4,945 · AnimalsUKRAINE TRUSTCHAIN: $30,000 · InternationalUKRAINE TR…OPERATION SMILE INC: $20,000 · InternationalOPERATION …Mercy Ships International: $16,075 · InternationalMercy Ship…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $13,173 · InternationalWORLD CENT…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $13,000 · InternationalAMERICAN F…PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $7,000 · InternationalPLAYING FO…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $6,500 · InternationalUNITED STA…The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $5,054 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · International+2 more: $5,000 · InternationalANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $61,980 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC: $17,500 · Civil RightsAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $6,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $1,000 · Civil RightsPhilabundance: $39,500 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $20,000 · Food & NutritionDAILY BREAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $11,500 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $4,000 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC YELLOW SPRINGS INC: $12,080 · Arts & CultureNEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM INC: $8,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $4,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC: $2,500 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$716,594Environment$145,000Animals$123,445International$120,802Civil Rights$86,480Food & Nutrition$75,000Arts & Culture$72,080

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 budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $145,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $61,980 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPhilabundance: $39,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $37,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $32,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUKRAINE TRUSTCHAIN: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $27,581 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTAFTON FIRE COMPANY INC: $25,201 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetMISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASHER HOUSE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWoerth It Hollow: $20,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetDELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK: $19,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC: $17,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLAMANCHA: $17,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetMANNA ON MAIN STREET: $17,098 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Ships International: $16,075 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE: $15,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $13,173 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC YELLOW SPRINGS INC: $12,080 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDAILY BREAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $11,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM INC: $8,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION TINY HOME: $7,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAU BIDEN FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGAUDENZIA INC: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $5,054 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEducation Law Center - PA: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJUVENILE LAW CENTER: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $3,945 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHOSEN 300 MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTEER MEDICAL SERV CORPS OF LM & NAR: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds THE CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Philabundance ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds UKRAINE TRUSTCHAIN ↗
  • Who funds MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TAFTON FIRE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION KIDS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds THE ASHER HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds Woerth It Hollow ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
  • Who funds LAMANCHA ↗
  • Who funds MANNA ON MAIN STREET ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds LAUREL HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC YELLOW SPRINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds DAILY BREAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL MUSEUM 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 Philadelphia Foun…United Way of Greater…The William Penn Foun…The Cigna Group Found…Claneil Foundation IncIndependence Foundati…The Barra Foundation …The Pfizer Foundation…Healthspark FoundationThe Daniel B and Flor…PhilabundanceGenuardi Family Found…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA35.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The William Penn Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · Claneil Foundation Inc · Independence Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Healthspark Foundation · The Daniel B and Florence E Green Foundation · Philabundance · Genuardi Family 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 Harriette Steelman and Charles L Tabas Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Harriette Steelman and Charles L Tabas Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 113 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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