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The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
143
Grants FY2024
126
Organizations funded FY2023
9%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
105 to 126
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$34M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $173k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving141$2.7M13%
FY2023126$2.2M9%
FY2022120$2.2M19%
FY2021122$2.4M13%
FY2020117$2.2M20%
FY2019105$2.0M23%
FY2018108$1.9Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$5.6MHuman Services$3.8MHealth$1.3MEducation$1.0MHousing & Shelter$939kInternational$880kCrime & Legal$520kYouth Development$360kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Against Poverty Inc$880,00073%
Share Food Program$743,11372%
Faith Friendship Ministries$415,00069%
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society$350,00070%
Face to Face Inc$305,00076%
Federation of Neighborhood Centers$290,00076%
The Hope for Families Center Inc$290,00074%
The Food Trust$265,00071%
Community Legal Services Inc$260,00070%
Greener Partners$260,00078%
Benefits Data Trust$260,00060%
Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice Foundation Inc$250,00012%
Senior Resource Association Inc$245,00070%
Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger$240,00066%
Chester County Food Bank$230,00070%
Vetri Foundation for Children$210,00074%
Broad Street Ministry$200,00071%
Philabundance$180,00050%
Common Market Philadelphia Inc$175,00052%
Legal Clinic for the Disabled$175,00074%
Cabrini Legacy Corporation$155,00060%
St Christopher's Hospital for Children Foundation$155,00054%
I Am Ministries Inc$150,0005n/a
Philadelphia Orchard Project Inc$150,000613%
Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania$150,00070%
Food Connect Co$145,00054%
Manna on Main Street$140,00061%
Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County Inc$130,00071%
Neighborhood Land Power Project$120,00066%
Chicago Horticultural Society$120,00070%
Trellis for Tomorrow$120,00075%
Neighborhood Gardens Trust$120,00074%
Weavers Way Community Programs$115,000612%
Philadelphia City Fund Inc$115,00060%
Jewish Relief Agency$110,00071%
Phoenixville Area Community Services$110,00052%
North Light Boys' Club Inc$109,00072%
Feast of Justice$108,00051%
Family Service of Montgomery County Pa$106,00070%
Project Home$105,00070%
Pennypack Farm & Education Center$105,000715%
Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc$100,00010%
Food Recovery Network Inc$100,00062%
The Open Link Inc$95,00071%
Penn Asian Senior Services Inc$95,00050%
Turning Points for Children$92,00060%
Community College of Philadelphia Foundation$90,00041%
Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communiti$90,00060%
Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund$90,0006n/a
Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia$85,00050%
Royersford Outreach Inc Open Door$85,00075%
Chester Eastside Inc$85,00053%
Drueding Center$82,00070%
The Public Interest Law Center$80,00061%
La Salle University$80,00060%
Rolling Harvest Food Rescue$80,00064%
Chester Housing Initiatives Incorporated$75,000513%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc$75,00030%
The Salvation Army$75,0004n/a
Senior Adult Activities Center of Montgo$75,00061%
Historic Fair Hill Inc$72,50074%
Church of the Sacred Heart$70,0007n/a
Tricounty Community Network Inc$70,00049%
Surrey Services for Seniors Inc$65,00070%
Patrician Society of Central Norristown$63,00042%
Center in the Park$62,00051%
Options in Aging$60,00065%
Ann's Heart Inc$60,00034%
St James School$60,0005n/a
Boys' & Girls' Club of Chester$60,00062%
Small Things Inc$60,00030%
Sunday Suppers$60,000217%
Meals on Wheels and More Inc$60,00030%
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia$60,00060%
Safe Harbor of Chester County Inc$60,00061%
West Chester Food Cupboard$60,00051%
West Chester Area Senior Center$58,00062%
Family Promise Montco Pa$58,00071%
Why Not Prosper Inc$58,00073%
Bucks County Opportunity Council Inc$57,50040%
Health Care Improvement Foundation$56,50031%
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation$55,00041%
Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels$54,00074%
Esperanza Health Center Inc$53,00030%
Depaul USA Inc$50,00060%
Narberth Community Food Bank$50,0005n/a
The Simple Way$50,00042%
Germantown Avenue Crisis Ministry$49,00063%
Senior Adult Activity Center of the Phoenixville Area$48,00061%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation$45,00010%
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition Inc$45,00031%
Catholic Social Services$45,00030%
Bebashi-Transition to Hope$45,00040%
Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21$45,00030%
Hays County Food Bank$45,00021%
Sustainable Food Center$45,00021%
Main Line Meals on Wheels Inc$44,00072%
Upper Merion Area Community Cupboard$40,00022%
Murphys Giving Market Inc$40,000219%
African Family Health Organization$40,00022%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$40,00020%
Kennett Area Community Service$40,00020%
Sharing Excess$40,00020%
Achieveability$40,00041%
North10 Philadelphia$40,00031%
The Sunday Love Project Inc$40,00027%
Brandywine Valley Active Aging$39,50051%
The John Bartram Association$37,50060%
Montgomery County Community College Foundation$37,00051%
Meals on Wheels of Chester County$36,00061%
Sams Hope$35,00074%
Neighbors Helping Neighbors on the Main Line Inc$35,00023%
Puentes de Salud$35,00022%
Mighty Writers$35,00030%
The Parkesburg Point$35,00071%
United Way of Bucks County$35,00030%
Senior Community Services Inc$33,00050%
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission$33,00040%
Spark Senior Centers of Montco$33,00041%
Drexel University$30,00030%
Caring for Friends$30,00020%
Northwest Mutual Aid Collective Inc$30,00036%
Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center Inc$30,00032%
Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc$30,00030%
Move for Hunger Inc$30,00030%
Kiths Integrated and Targeted Human Services Inc$30,000213%
Laurel House$28,00060%
Fair Amount Food Forest$27,500312%
Pottstown Area Seniors' Center$27,50031%
Education Culture Opportunities Foundation$27,50031%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$25,00010%
Garden of Health Inc$25,00021%
Bridge Academy and Community Center$25,00051%
The Garage Community & Youth Center$25,00050%
Feeding Dreams Inc$25,00061%
Norris Square Neighborhood Project$25,00042%
Care for Real$23,00030%
Family Service of Chester County$22,00040%
Pennsylvania Economy League Inc$20,00010%
Centro de Apoyo Comunitario$20,000116%
Good Samaritan Services$20,00021%
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children$20,00021%
Growing Home Inc$20,00030%
Big Picture Philadelphia$20,00010%
Friends Association for the Care and Pro$20,00041%
Hopephl$15,00030%
Food Forward Inc$15,00030%
People Advancing Reintegration Inc$15,00031%
Northern Children's Services$15,00010%
YWCA Tri-County Area$15,00020%
Movement Alliance Project$15,00010%
Oxford Senior Center Inc$15,00032%
Mattie N Dixon Community Cupboard Inc$15,00011%
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Foundation$15,00020%
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc$15,00010%
Sanctuary Farm Phila$15,00013%
Fairmount Park Conservancy$15,00030%
Keystone Opportunity Center Inc$15,00020%
Connectedly$12,00012%
Eldernet of Lower Merion and Narberth$10,00021%
Bucks County Housing Group Inc$10,00010%
Meals on Wheels of Delaware County Inc$10,0002n/a
Pathways to Housing - Pa$10,00010%
Thomas Jefferson University$10,00010%
Farmworker Association of Florida Inc$10,00011%
Senior Adult Activity Center of Indian Valley$10,00011%
Novick Urban Farm$10,00015%
Abington Health Foundation$10,00010%
Eastern University$10,00010%
U School$10,0001n/a
Keep Austin Fed$10,00011%
Main Line Senior Services Inc$10,00021%
Old Pine Community Center$10,00011%
Michaels Community Services Corporation$10,00010%
Youth Guidance of Indian River County Inc$10,00011%
Family Service Association of Bucks County$10,00010%
Vna - Community Services Inc$10,00011%
Rebel Ventures$10,00014%
Willow Grove Community Development$10,00021%
Mazzoni Center$10,0001n/a
The Friendship Center$6,00010%
Cloud 9 Community Farms Inc$5,0001n/a
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund$5,00010%
Xiente$5,00010%
Bethesda Project$5,00010%
The Pennsylvania Innocence Project$5,00010%
Coalition of African Communities - Philadelphia Africom$5,00011%
Greensgrow Inc$5,00011%
Fiorenza's Food for Friends (F4)Inc$5,00014%
Advocates for Homeless and Those in Need$5,00011%
Methacton Education Foundation$3,50011%
Als United Mid-Atlantic$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Against Poverty Inc: $880,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetShare Food Program: $743,113 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetFaith Friendship Ministries: $415,000 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetThe Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: $350,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFace to Face Inc: $305,000 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetFederation of Neighborhood Centers: $290,000 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetThe Hope for Families Center Inc: $290,000 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetThe Food Trust: $265,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCommunity Legal Services Inc: $260,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGreener Partners: $260,000 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetBenefits Data Trust: $260,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetVisiting Nurse Association and Hospice Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSenior Resource Association Inc: $245,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger: $240,000 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetChester County Food Bank: $230,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetVetri Foundation for Children: $210,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetBroad Street Ministry: $200,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetPhilabundance: $180,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCommon Market Philadelphia Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetLegal Clinic for the Disabled: $175,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetCabrini Legacy Corporation: $155,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSt Christopher's Hospital for Children Foundation: $155,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetPhiladelphia Orchard Project Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetEpiscopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania: $150,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFood Connect Co: $145,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetManna on Main Street: $140,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMaternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County Inc: $130,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetNeighborhood Land Power Project: $120,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $120,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTrellis for Tomorrow: $120,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetNeighborhood Gardens Trust: $120,000 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetWeavers Way Community Programs: $115,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetPhiladelphia City Fund Inc: $115,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Relief Agency: $110,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetPhoenixville Area Community Services: $110,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetNorth Light Boys' Club Inc: $109,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetFeast of Justice: $108,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFamily Service of Montgomery County Pa: $106,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetProject Home: $105,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPennypack Farm & Education Center: $105,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetTreasure Coast Food Bank Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFood Recovery Network Inc: $100,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetThe Open Link Inc: $95,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetPenn Asian Senior Services Inc: $95,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTurning Points for Children: $92,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity College of Philadelphia Foundation: $90,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetPottstown Cluster of Religious Communiti: $90,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNationalities Service Center of Philadelphia: $85,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 182.

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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.

W W Smith Charitable TrustMO186.1× affinity93 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: W W Smith Charitable Trust · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Philabundance · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Claneil Foundation Inc · The Barra Foundation Inc · Independence 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.

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About The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc

How much does The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc give?
The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc reported 143 grants totaling $2,720,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 105 and 126 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (35%), Human Services (24%), Health (8%).
Who are The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: United Against Poverty Inc ($880k), Share Food Program ($743k), Faith Friendship Ministries ($415k).
Does The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include W W Smith Charitable Trust, The Philadelphia Foundation, The Gordon Charter Foundation.
Where is The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc based?
The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc is based in PA.

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 227 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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