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The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$251k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
50
Grants FY2025
44
Organizations funded FY2024
2%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
44 to 59
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$13M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 2% of the organizations The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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
FY2025still arriving50$251k52%
FY202444$322k2%
FY202347$238k2%
FY202249$250k2%
FY202154$272k11%
FY202059$314k14%
FY201957$304k26%
FY201852$243kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$774kHealth$426kHuman Services$209kFood & Nutrition$135kYouth Development$89kReligion$65kAnimals$63kHousing & Shelter$61kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OH
PA
NJ
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 56 grantees
All grantees of The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Montgomery School$60,54270%
Thaddeus Stevens Foundation$57,61070%
Malvern Preparatory School$57,50080%
Widener University$56,00040%
Paoli Memorial Hospital Foundation$52,00080%
Serb National Federation$45,00030%
Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors Inc$40,00080%
Saint Joseph's University$40,00080%
The Arc of Chester County$39,50070%
Lord's Pantry of Downingtown$39,50080%
The Camphill School Inc$35,00070%
The Elwyn Foundation$35,00070%
Good Samaritan Services$32,00080%
Lulus Rescue$28,00076%
Paws and Affection Inc$21,00072%
Valley Forge Educational Services$21,00070%
Chester County Hospital$21,00070%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20,00040%
Chester County Food Bank$20,00070%
Kolbe Fund Inc$19,000447%
Dog Tags$17,000728%
Pennsylvania Home of the Sparrow$16,00080%
Walnut Street Theatre Corporation$15,00020%
A Haven$14,00071%
Diocese of New York and New Jersey$14,0002n/a
Hope Springs Equestrian Therapy Inc$13,00071%
Villa Maria Academy$12,0001n/a
Chester Springs Library$12,00081%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$10,00010%
Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc$10,00010%
Bridge of Hope Inc$8,00021%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$8,00010%
Kates Casa Inc$8,00025%
Wildlands Conservancy Inc$8,00020%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$8,00010%
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission$7,00070%
Youngmoms$6,00031%
Canine Partners for Life$6,0003n/a
Orthodox Christian Mission Center Inc$6,0001n/a
Peoples Pantry at Church Road$6,00031%
Salesian Missions Inc$6,0006n/a
Villanova University$6,00010%
Elwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware$5,00010%
American Association of Caregiving Youth Inc$5,00010%
Jenna's Blessing Bags Inc$3,00032%
A Path to Hope$3,00032%
Phoenixville Area Community Services$3,00010%
Samaritan's Purse$2,00020%
All 4 Paws Rescue$2,0001n/a
Boy Scouts of America Chester County Council$2,00020%
Folds of Honor Eastern-Pa-Nj-Chapter$2,0001n/a
Chester County Hospital Foundation$2,00010%
Millikin University$1,00010%
The Garage Community & Youth Center$1,0001n/a
Shenandoah University$1,00010%
Rescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMontgomery School: $60,542 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetThaddeus Stevens Foundation: $57,610 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMalvern Preparatory School: $57,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWidener University: $56,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPaoli Memorial Hospital Foundation: $52,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSerb National Federation: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPennsylvania Wounded Warriors Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSaint Joseph's University: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc of Chester County: $39,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLord's Pantry of Downingtown: $39,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Camphill School Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Elwyn Foundation: $35,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGood Samaritan Services: $32,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLulus Rescue: $28,000 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetPaws and Affection Inc: $21,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetValley Forge Educational Services: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChester County Hospital: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChester County Food Bank: $20,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKolbe Fund Inc: $19,000 over 4y, 47% of budgetDog Tags: $17,000 over 7y, 28% of budgetPennsylvania Home of the Sparrow: $16,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWalnut Street Theatre Corporation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA Haven: $14,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetHope Springs Equestrian Therapy Inc: $13,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetChester Springs Library: $12,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInt'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBridge of Hope Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKates Casa Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetWildlands Conservancy Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSunday Breakfast Rescue Mission: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYoungmoms: $6,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPeoples Pantry at Church Road: $6,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetVillanova University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Association of Caregiving Youth Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJenna's Blessing Bags Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetA Path to Hope: $3,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPhoenixville Area Community Services: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Chester County Council: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChester County Hospital Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMillikin University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShenandoah University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey: $500 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 48.

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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.

Chester County Community FoundationPA31.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chester County Community Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · United Way of Chester County Inc · Justamere Foundation · The Wawa Foundation Inc · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

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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Find your warmest path to The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc

How much does The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc give?
The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc reported 50 grants totaling $251,493 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 59 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Health (22%), Human Services (11%).
Who are The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Montgomery School ($61k), Thaddeus Stevens Foundation ($58k), Malvern Preparatory School ($58k).
Does The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 2% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc 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 Mutual Fire Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chester County Community Foundation, The Gordon Charter Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation.
Where is The Mutual Fire Foundation Inc based?
The Mutual Fire 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 110 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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