· Private foundation
The Musser Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA | $4,750 |
| TEMPLE EMANU-EL OF PALM BEACH | $4,000 |
| DELAWARE VALLEY GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE INC | $3,000 |
| DREYFOOS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| SUSAN G KOMEN | $2,950 |
| PALM BEACH POLICE FOUNDATION | $775 |
| MARGATE COMMUNITY CHURCH | $500 |
| J WOOD PLAT TRUST | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 21% of The Musser Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 65% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 50%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (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 FY2018, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +53%
- SOSchool of the Arts Foundation Inc2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +118%
- DVDELAWARE VALLEY GOLDEN RETRIEVER2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +32%
Funded once
- COCRADLE OF LIBERTY COUNCIL 525 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAone grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue -14%
- BSBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CHESTER COUNTY COUNCILone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -16%
- LRLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +42%
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.
With over 20 years of experience and over 30,000 scholarships awarded, csfp provides philadelphia children with eight-year, needs-based scholarships to attend safe, quality, k-8th grade schools. continued on schedule o.supporting…
The corporation shall promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the boy scouts of…
The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…
The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…
To prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law.
United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…
Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…
To help conquer cancer and other diseases through the application of biostatistical principles and innovative data management methods.
It is the mission of the boy scouts of america (bsa) to serve others by helping to instill values in young people and in other ways prepare them to make ethical choices over their lifetime in achieving their full potential. the values bsa…
Provide youth services through the execution of the charter of the national council boy scouts of america.
Youth health and social, educational, and character development of youth.
The mission of the boys & girls club of palm beach county is to inspire and assist all young people, especially those who need them most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 17 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.
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PHILADELPHIA INC ↗
- Who funds CRADLE OF LIBERTY COUNCIL 525 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds School of the Arts Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CHESTER COUNTY COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association ↗
- Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE VALLEY GOLDEN RETRIEVER ↗
- Who funds MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CTC WELLNESS FOUNDATION ↗
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Musser Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Musser Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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