Pennsylvania · Public charity
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Founded in 1827, THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy living environments, increasing access to fresh food, expanding economic opportunity and building…
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $848k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,373
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $714,650
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $74M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $848k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $949k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $1.0M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $941k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $813k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $848k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $838k | 91% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $733k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowbrook Farm | $6,634,309 | 9 | 100% |
| Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy | $146,680 | 7 | 11% |
| Fairmount Park Conservancy | $84,499 | 2 | 0% |
| Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust | $77,060 | 6 | 1% |
| French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Inc | $50,900 | 3 | 1% |
| Heritage Conservancy Inc | $50,201 | 4 | 0% |
| Riverbend Environmental Education Center | $48,609 | 6 | 1% |
| Upper Merion Township | $47,816 | 2 | n/a |
| Stroud Water Research Center | $43,299 | 3 | 0% |
| The Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education | $40,337 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 41 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowbrook Farm | $6,634,309 | 9 | 100% |
| Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy | $146,680 | 7 | 11% |
| Fairmount Park Conservancy | $84,499 | 2 | 0% |
| Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust | $77,060 | 6 | 1% |
| French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Inc | $50,900 | 3 | 1% |
| Heritage Conservancy Inc | $50,201 | 4 | 0% |
| Riverbend Environmental Education Center | $48,609 | 6 | 1% |
| Upper Merion Township | $47,816 | 2 | n/a |
| Stroud Water Research Center | $43,299 | 3 | 0% |
| The Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education | $40,337 | 3 | 1% |
| National Audubon Society Inc | $39,415 | 2 | 0% |
| Montgomery County Conservation District | $39,241 | 3 | n/a |
| Roxborough Development Corporation | $37,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Delaware River City Corporation | $36,433 | 3 | 2% |
| Haverford Township | $35,106 | 2 | n/a |
| Upper Darby Township | $30,694 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Philadelphia | $29,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Haverford Township | $25,897 | 3 | n/a |
| Natural Lands Trust Inc | $25,575 | 2 | 0% |
| Tookany Tacony Frankford Watershed Partn Ership | $25,055 | 3 | 1% |
| Upper Bucks Road Work | $23,201 | 2 | n/a |
| ChesterCounty Conservation | $18,578 | 1 | n/a |
| Brandywine Red Clay Alliance | $17,033 | 2 | 1% |
| East Pikeland Township | $12,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art | $12,521 | 2 | 0% |
| Excel Events | $12,461 | 2 | 84% |
| St Lukes Church | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Darby Creek Valley Association | $11,597 | 2 | 4% |
| Open Land Conservancy of Chester County | $11,323 | 1 | 8% |
| Philadelphia Cricket Club | $11,191 | 1 | 0% |
| Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association | $9,950 | 1 | 3% |
| Newtown Township | $9,716 | 1 | n/a |
| The Friends of the Wissahickon Inc | $9,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Bucks County Community College Foundation Inc | $9,288 | 1 | 1% |
| Delaware Riverkeeper Network | $7,905 | 1 | 0% |
| West Norriton Township | $7,826 | 1 | n/a |
| Neo Youth Soccer | $6,583 | 1 | n/a |
| The John Bartram Association | $6,315 | 1 | 0% |
| Upper Uwchian Township | $5,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Perkiomen School District | $5,760 | 1 | n/a |
| Meadowood Corporation | $5,472 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 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 William Penn Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · National Arbor Day Foundation · National Wildlife Federation · Chester County Community Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Quaker City Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · National Audubon Society Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society with peer funders
About The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
- How much does The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society give?
- The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society reported 10 itemized grants totaling $848,120, out of $1,008,325 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (85%), Environment (9%), Community Improvement (2%).
- Who are The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Meadowbrook Farm ($6.6M), Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy ($147k), Fairmount Park Conservancy ($84k).
- Does The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Cigna Group Foundation.
- Where is The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society based?
- The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is based in PA.
Play a game based on Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s filings →