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The November Fund at a glance

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The November Fund

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.

$140k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$131kCrime & Legal$50kCivil Rights$45kEmployment$40kHealth$35kHuman Services$30kPublic Benefit$20kYouth Development$10k
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$112k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTER PA$10,000
WOMEN'S COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROJECT$10,000
EASTERN PA TRANS EQUITY PROJECT$10,000
HAITIAN AMERICAN UNITED FOR CHANGE$10,000
FAMILY OF WOODSTOCK$10,000
TRANS CENTRAL PA$10,000
SUPPORT CENTER FOR CHILD ADVOCATES$10,000
COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES$10,000
NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE WORKS$10,000
MATERNITY CARE COALITION$10,000
JUNTOS$10,000
MILPA CO MOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT$10,000
DISABLED IN ACTION OF PA$10,000
PA STANDS UP INSTITUTE$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%EASTERN PA TRANS EQUITY PROJECT: $10k → 11%Cair Philadelphia: $10k → 22%JUNTOS: $10k → 22%Juntos: $10k → 22%Womens Medical Fund: $10k → 22%Womens Medical Fund: $10k → 22%Juntos: $10k → 22%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.
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$331k · 8 repeat orgs$170k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$331k
$90k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+96%

Still filing today

100%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthCrime & LegalEmploymentCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • FO
    FAMILY OF WOODSTOCK INC
    3× · 2018–2025 · $40k · revenue +54%
  • COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC
    2× · 2018–2025 · $30k · revenue +120%
  • JUNTOS
    3× · 2018–2025 · $30k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • PS
    PHILADELPHIA STUDENT UNION
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue -64%
  • NL
    NEIGHBORHOOD LAND POWER PROJECTgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +96%
  • CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +11%
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
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
2
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice

Building support for the rights of working people through coalitions of labor and community and through public education.

Employment
3
Philly Black Worker Project

) to lead and engage in campaigns that empower Black workers to advance our rights and improve job quality in key employment sectors

Civil Rights
4
Education Law Center - Pa

The education law center's (elc) mission is to ensure access to a quality public education for all children in pennsylvania. our principal strategies include direct representation, impact litigation, community engagement, policy advocacy…

Education
5
The Public Interest Law Center

The Public Interest Law Center uses high-impact legal strategies to advance the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region facing discrimination, inequality, and poverty. We use litigation, community…

Crime & Legal
6
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
7
Community Justice Project

To provide high quality civil legal assistance and other services to indigent individuals and families.

Crime & Legal
8
New Pennsylvania Project

The New Pennsylvania Project (NPP) is a voting rights organization with a

Civil Rights
9
Lead Pa

Cultivating the next generation of progressive leaders across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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10
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc C/O the Organization

Enforcing and protecting the rights of individuals and families by providing accessible, creative, and high quality legal assistance and working collaboratively for systemic change.

Crime & Legal
11
Philly Neighborhood Networks

We organize and educate our neighbors about local issues affecting our NW Philadelphia neighborhood to better our neighborhood eg, promoting toxic-free schools and affordable housing. Also, we've registered almost 250 voters by focusing on…

Civil Rights
12
Ballot Pa Action

Informed and educated the public and lawmakers about the benefits of including independent voters in Pennsylvania's primary elections.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Eastern Pa Trans Equity Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cair-Pennsylvania. 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

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GENERATIONS ON LINE: $131,000 · EducationGENERATIONS ON LINESupport Center for Child Advocates: $40,000 · Crime & LegalSupport Center …COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC: $30,000 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY LEGAL…JUNTOS: $30,000 · Human ServicesJUNTOSABORTION LIBERATION FUND OF PA: $20,000 · Human ServicesABORTION LIBERA…EASTERN PA TRANS EQUITY PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesEASTERN PA TRAN…CAIR-PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 · Human ServicesCAIR-PENNSYLVAN…MILPA CO MOVEMENT ALLIANCE PROJECT: $10,000 · OtherMILPA CO MOVEMENT ALLIAN…DISABLED IN ACTION OF PA: $10,000 · OtherDISABLED IN ACTION OF PADisability Rights Education & Defense: $10,000 · OtherDisability Rights Educat…PA STANDS UP INSTITUTE: $10,000 · OtherPA STANDS UP INSTITUTEHAITIAN-AMERICAN UNITED FOR CHANGE: $10,000 · OtherHAITIAN-AMERICAN UNITED …RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTER PA: $10,000 · OtherRESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES…Disabled in Action PA: $5,000 · OtherCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $20,000 · OtherCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOC…TransCentral PA: $10,000 · OtherTransCentral PADisability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc: $5,000 · OtherWOMEN'S COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROJECT: $10,000 · OtherWOMEN'S COMMUNITY REVITA…FAMILY OF WOODSTOCK INC: $40,000 · HealthFAMILY OF WOO…Maternity Care Coalition: $20,000 · HealthMaternity Car…PHILADELPHIA STUDENT UNION: $20,000 · EmploymentPHILADELP…NEIGHBORHOOD LAND POWER PROJECT: $20,000 · EmploymentNEIGHBORH…NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE WORKS: $20,000 · Youth Development
Education$131,000Crime & Legal$70,000Human Services$70,000Other$110,000Health$60,000Employment$40,000Youth Development$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGENERATIONS ON LINE: $131,000 over 4y, 50% of budgetFAMILY OF WOODSTOCK INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJUNTOS: $30,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetMaternity Care Coalition: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD BIKE WORKS: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD LAND POWER PROJECT: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetABORTION LIBERATION FUND OF PA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetEASTERN PA TRANS EQUITY PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWOMEN'S COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAIR-PENNSYLVANIA: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTransCentral PA: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetDisability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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 Philadelphia Foun…Bread and Roses Commu…Independence Public M…Independence Foundati…The William Penn Foun…Union Benevolent Asso…Henrietta Tower Wurts…The Barra Foundation …Vanguard Charitable E…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
The Philadelphia FoundationPA19.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Bread and Roses Community Fund · Independence Public Media of Philadelphia Inc · Independence Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Union Benevolent Association · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 November Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The November Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The November Fund?

    Find your warmest path to The November Fund 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.

    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 23 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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