Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Nararo Foundation
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.
- $863k
- Granted FY2020
- 99
- Grants FY2020
- 96
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
96% of The Nararo Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Nararo Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 78 organizations, $863k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 77 to 99
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 14
- Total assets, FY2020
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 19% of the organizations The Nararo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 96 | $822k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 99 | $826k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 88 | $811k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 77 | $724k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weavers Way Community Programs | $253,000 | 5 | 28% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $150,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ccsa Foundation | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Swarthmore College | $115,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Project Home | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Philabundance | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mighty Writers | $95,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Children First PA | $85,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Abington Friends School | $82,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 98 grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($402k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Nararo Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 92 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · The William Penn Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Cigna Group Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Independence Foundation · Amj Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc
How this is measured
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About The Nararo Foundation
- How much does The Nararo Foundation give?
- The Nararo Foundation reported 99 grants totaling $862,500 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 77 and 99 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Nararo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (47%), International (9%), Education (8%).
- Who are The Nararo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Weavers Way Community Programs ($253k), Human Rights Watch Inc ($150k), Ccsa Foundation ($120k).
- Does The Nararo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Nararo 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 Nararo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The William Penn Foundation, Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw.
- Where is The Nararo Foundation based?
- The Nararo Foundation is based in PA.
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