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The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$53k
Granted FY2021
40
Grants FY2021
39
Organizations funded FY2021
64%
First-time grantees FY2021
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Median grant, FY2021
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2021
$11,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 39
FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
10
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 64% of the organizations The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
HealthEnvironmentInternationalArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesOther
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
FY202139$42k64%
FY202012$41k25%
FY201939$103k54%
FY201823$39k43%
FY201731$27kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Religion$96kEducation$35kPhilanthropy$28kArts & Culture$25kHealth$21kHuman Services$15kCivil Rights$7kFood & Nutrition$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
MA
IA
PA
CA
MD
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$33,00010%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$10,50030%
Philabundance$6,86540%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$4,55030%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America$3,5002n/a
Philadelphia Museum of Art$3,25030%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$2,80020%
Fringearts$2,50020%
Birthright Israel Foundation$2,00020%
Sierra Club$2,00020%
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All grantees of The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$33,00010%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$10,50030%
Philabundance$6,86540%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$4,55030%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America$3,5002n/a
Philadelphia Museum of Art$3,25030%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$2,80020%
Fringearts$2,50020%
Birthright Israel Foundation$2,00020%
Sierra Club$2,00020%
The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation$1,80010%
The Barnes Foundation$1,79530%
Smithsonian Institution$1,75030%
Whyy Inc$1,70020%
The University of the Arts$1,70030%
Jewish Relief Agency$1,50020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,30020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,30020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$1,00010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$1,00010%
Progressive Turnout Project$1,0001n/a
Public Citizen Inc$50010%
Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel$5001n/a
Earthjustice$50010%
AARP$5001n/a
Living Beyond Breast Cancer$50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%
The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc$50010%
The Wilderness Society$50010%
The International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Inc$50010%
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra$50010%
Museum of the American Revolution$50010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$30010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$20010%
Ocean Conservancy$20010%
Bryn Mawr Fire Company$10010%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$10010%

Plus 52 recipients with no EIN on record ($160k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $33,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $6,865 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Orchestra Association: $4,550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Museum of Art: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWeitzman National Museum of American Jewish History: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFringearts: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation: $1,800 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $1,795 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWhyy Inc: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of the Arts: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Relief Agency: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Citizen Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Beyond Breast Cancer: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Youth Orchestra: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of the American Revolution: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBryn Mawr Fire Company: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 34.

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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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA7.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation

How much does The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation give?
The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $53,157 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Religion (34%), Education (13%), Philanthropy (10%).
Who are The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ($33k), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ($11k), Philabundance ($7k).
Does The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation based?
The Martin & Sylvia Kreithen Foundation 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 92 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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