Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Lily Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $963k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The Lily Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 23 | $963k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $820k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $771k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $676k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $913k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Woodlynde School Corporation | $500,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Public School of Germantown | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Anthony Wayne Theater | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Philabundance | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Peter's Place | $200,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation | $200,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Helpusadoptorg Inc | $175,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Domestic Abuse Project Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Theatre Horizon Inc | $137,760 | 5 | 3% |
| Nurturing Minds Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($858k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lily Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Barra Foundation Inc · The William Penn Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Wyncote Foundation · Claneil Foundation Inc · Connelly Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Powell Family Foundation Richard S Powell Family Division · E Murdoch Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Lily Foundation
- How much does The Lily Foundation give?
- The Lily Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $962,760 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Lily Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Arts & Culture (17%), Health (14%).
- Who are The Lily Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Woodlynde School Corporation ($500k), The Public School of Germantown ($300k), Anthony Wayne Theater ($250k).
- Does The Lily Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lily Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Lily Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw, The Barra Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Lily Foundation based?
- The Lily Foundation is based in PA.
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