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The Midday Foundation at a glance

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The Midday 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.

$2.9M
Granted FY2023
9
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$10MRecreation & Sports$1.6MArts & Culture$600kHousing & Shelter$390kHuman Services$310kPhilanthropy$165kEducation$155kYouth Development$120kOther$0
02FY2023 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $35k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $350k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.5M
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$411k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$2,000,000
TRUSTEES OF U PENN - KELLY FAMILY FUND FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCERS$500,000
EDDIES HOUSE$100,000
THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION$100,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES$50,000
BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION$50,000
COBBS CREEK RESTORATION & COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$50,000
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA$35,000
OMAHA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - MICHAEL KUTILEK FUND$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 (FY22–22, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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.

area typical 10%KINDER SMILE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%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

IL
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
MO
SC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 15 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
23

Total granted

$13M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+9%

Still filing today

53%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $605k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthReligionEducationHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
    5× · 2018–2023 · $8.5M · revenue +72%
  • TC
    THE COBBS CREEK RESTORATION AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2023 · $1.6M · revenue +428%
  • EH
    EDDIES HOUSE
    5× · 2018–2023 · $385k · revenue +539% · 29% of their budget

Funded once

  • LF
    LODIGIANO FILM DEVELOPMENT INC
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue -90%
  • ES
    EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $125k · revenue +48%
  • WA
    WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -17%
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
Caplin Family Charities Inc

Caplin family charities fosters opportunities for disadvantaged youth to pursue careers in oral healthcare. this is accomplished through local intiatives which further result in the provision of much needed oral heal care to under served…

Education
2
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with parkinson's today.

Health
3
Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute

To make all childhood cancers universally survivable by delivering new treatments to clinical trials through scientific discovery.

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4
The Children's Cancer Cause Inc

The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.

Health
5
Pancreatic Cancer Cure Foundation

Pancreatic cancer cure foundation's mission is to raise money and distribute funding primarily towards pancreatic cancer research and compassionate care initiatives, and, to a lesser extent, awareness and advocacy efforts.

Health
6
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
7
Coalition Against Childhood Cancer

Collaborative network to support & serve the childhood cancer community.

Health
8
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc

The mission of the breast cancer research foundation, inc. is to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world's most promising research.

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Cog Research Foundation Llc

Cog research foundation, llc is a california 501(c)(3) entity founded in 2024 and designed to become the federal grantee organization for the children's oncology group (cog). the cog, a member of the national cancer institute (nci)…

Health
10
World Child Cancer Usa

To improve cancer diagnosis, treatment and care for children across the developing world

Health
11
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation

To raise charitable contributions to support the tax-exempt activities of the children's hospital of philadelphia.

Health
12
Commonwealth Cancer Consortium Inc

Break through cancer is a foundation dedicated to supporting translational research in the most difficult to treat cancers. our partner organizations are among the top cancer research centers and together, represent some of the most…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Voice and Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is World Free of Als Inc. 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

23 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. 23 of the 41 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $8,500,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA+6 more: $545,000 · Health+6 moreTRUSTEES OF U PENN - KELLY FAMILY FUND FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCERS: $500,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF U PENN -…EAGLES FLY FOR LEUKEMIA: $267,500 · OtherEAGLES FLY FOR LEUKE…Individual grant recipient: $257,500 · OtherIndividual grant rec…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA - CANCER CENTER: $200,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL …Individual grant recipient: $190,000 · OtherIndividual grant rec…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARTIES OF NORTHEASTERN PENSYLVANIA INC: $160,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUS…LADIES OF CHARITY: $150,000 · OtherLADIES OF CHARITYCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA - ASTHMA PROGRAM: $100,000 · OtherPENN MED DEVEL- KELLY FAMILY FUND FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCERS: $100,000 · OtherLEHIGH VALLEY PUBLIC MEDIA: $100,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $100,000 · OtherPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $110,000 · OtherWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH: $100,000 · OtherTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Other+13 more: $151,100 · Other+13 moreTHE COBBS CREEK RESTORATION AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,550,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE COBBS CR…LODIGIANO FILM DEVELOPMENT INC: $500,000 · Religion+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionEDDIES HOUSE: $385,000 · Housing & ShelterSPEAKUP: $160,000 · PhilanthropyEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $125,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Education
Health$9,045,000Other$2,586,100Recreation & Sports$1,550,000Religion$501,000Housing & Shelter$385,000Philanthropy$160,000Education$155,000

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 budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $8,500,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COBBS CREEK RESTORATION AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,550,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetLODIGIANO FILM DEVELOPMENT INC: $500,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetEDDIES HOUSE: $385,000 over 5y, 29% of budgetTRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetEAGLES FLY FOR LEUKEMIA: $267,500 over 4y, 76% of budgetBE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION: $190,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetSPEAKUP: $160,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARTIES OF NORTHEASTERN PENSYLVANIA INC: $160,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia: $110,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH: $100,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $100,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetVOICE AND VISION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW LEAF CLUB: $27,500 over 1y, 23% of budgetBarrel Bag: $10,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHEATHER'S WAY: $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetMICHAEL'S WAY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD FREE OF ALS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 33% 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 THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds THE COBBS CREEK RESTORATION AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LODIGIANO FILM DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds EDDIES HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds TRAUMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLES FLY FOR LEUKEMIA ↗
  • Who funds BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION ↗
  • Who funds SPEAKUP ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARTIES OF NORTHEASTERN PENSYLVANIA INC ↗
  • Who funds EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Police Athletic League Of Philadelphia ↗
  • Who funds WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VOICE AND VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW LEAF CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Barrel Bag ↗
  • Who funds KINDERSMILE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HEATHER'S WAY ↗
  • Who funds MICHAEL'S WAY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD FREE OF ALS INC ↗
  • Who funds DISCIPLE CHRISTIAN MC ↗

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 Nerney Family Fou…The Maguire FoundationThe Snider FoundationConnelly FoundationThe Philadelphia Foun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Nerney Family FoundationPA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Nerney Family Foundation · The Maguire Foundation · The Snider Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Midday Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Midday Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Kindersmile Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 41 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home