· Private foundation
The Horner 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 $10k8 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $207k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $73k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VICTORIA FOUNDATION | $72,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $33,729 |
| ACTA NON VERBA YOUTH URBAN FARM PROJECT | $30,000 |
| OAKLAND LACROSSE CLUB | $30,000 |
| HEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA | $30,000 |
| DAVENTRY VOLUNTEER CENTRE | $20,238 |
| PHILADELPHIA ROBOTICS COALITION INC | $20,000 |
| BLACK GIRLS LOVE MATH | $20,000 |
| AFRICAN YOUTH ARISE (AYA) | $12,860 |
| FOODCORPS | $10,000 |
| SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND | $8,100 |
| JEFF KORNBLAU PARTNERS FOR PATIENT ADVOCACY TA JKPPA | $5,000 |
| URBAN ADAMAH | $2,500 |
| THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH | $2,500 |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY | $625 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 55% of grant dollars ($2.1M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 45% that went abroad ($1.8M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $195k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 45% of all-years giving ($1.8M)
2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
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 9% of The Horner Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 29% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 27%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
72 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 59 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ANACTA NON VERBA YOUTH URBAN FARM PROJECT7× · 2019–2025 · $185k · revenue +257%
- OLOakland Lacrosse Club4× · 2022–2025 · $123k · revenue +14%
- UTUrban Tilth5× · 2017–2022 · $81k · revenue ×12
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $80k
- PBPHAT BEETS GROWING TOGETHER CO C-PREPone grant, 2017 · $50k
- CUCOMMUNITIES UNITED FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN OAKLANDone grant, 2018 · $50k
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.
The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.
We develop, engage, and retain principals and system leaders who transform schools, dramatically improve student outcomes, and drive systemic change to prepare all philadelphia students for college, career, and life.
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
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.
Germantown academy inspires students to be independent in thought; confident in expression; compassionate in spirit; collaborative in action; and honorable in deed. germantown academy is a private school educating students from pre-k…
Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.
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…
Philadelphia youth network (pyn) equips young people to build lifelong skills, pursue meaningful careers, and embrace change with confidence - so they can thrive in the workforce, experience economic mobility, and strengthen their…
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
The mission of philadelphia youth sports collaborative (pysc) is to dramatically enhance the capacity of youth-serving organizations in philadelphia to provide high quality, sports-based youth development programs to children in every…
Our mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart and bold through direct service and advocacy. in partnership with schools and at our girls inc. center, we focus on the development of the whole girl. she learns to value herself,…
How this is measured
66 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. 66 of the 132 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.
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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: The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Barra Foundation Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Lenfest Foundation Inc · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The Allen Hilles Fund · Independence Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Children Can Shape the Future Inc · The Cigna Group Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Horner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Horner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Foodcorps Inc: 21% of income from government
- Mcdaniel College Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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