Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Phamsquad 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.
- $454k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 16
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations The Phamsquad Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k 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 | 16 | $454k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $268k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $363k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $238k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $134k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founding Forward (Formerly the Union League Legacy Foundation) | $375,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Juniata College | $180,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Agnes Irwin School | $161,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Youth Work Foundation of the Union League of Philadelphia | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation | $108,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lafayette College | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia Inc | $53,000 | 2 | 0% |
| J Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Trust | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Esperanza Academy Charter School | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founding Forward (Formerly the Union League Legacy Foundation) | $375,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Juniata College | $180,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Agnes Irwin School | $161,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Youth Work Foundation of the Union League of Philadelphia | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation | $108,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lafayette College | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia Inc | $53,000 | 2 | 0% |
| J Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Trust | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Esperanza Academy Charter School | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Legacy Foundation | $20,700 | 4 | 3% |
| Pat Summitt Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The International Circle of Friends Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Breastcancerorg | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Savage Sisters Recovery Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Comcast Spectacor Charities Flyers Wives Fight For Lives | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Academy of Music of Philadelphia Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Peter's Place | $1,100 | 3 | 0% |
| First Book | $1,033 | 1 | 0% |
| Gary and Vivienne Player Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Melmark Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($134k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Phamsquad Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Nerney Family Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Daniels Family Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
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About The Phamsquad Foundation
- How much does The Phamsquad Foundation give?
- The Phamsquad Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $453,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 16 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Phamsquad Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (38%), Education (33%), Health (18%).
- Who are The Phamsquad Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Founding Forward (Formerly the Union League Legacy Foundation) ($375k), Juniata College ($180k), The Agnes Irwin School ($161k).
- Does The Phamsquad Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Phamsquad 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 Phamsquad Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, The Nerney Family Foundation, Connelly Foundation.
- Where is The Phamsquad Foundation based?
- The Phamsquad Foundation is based in PA.
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