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The Phi Foundation at a glance

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The Phi 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.

$48k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$151kHuman Services$90kArts & Culture$33kHousing & Shelter$20kReligion$10kHealth$5kFood & Nutrition$5kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$965k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH ACADEMY$30,000
LA SALLE ACADEMY$5,000
MCC THEATER$3,000
FOUNDING FORWARD$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
MCC THEATER$1,500
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$1,000
HOLY GHOST PREPATORY SCHOOL$1,000
BALLET X$518
MAZZONI CENTER$400
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LAUREL HOUSE: $25k → 7%MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $5k → 7%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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$123k · 4 repeat orgs$205k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +216% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
14

Total granted

$123k
$193k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+216%
0%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MS
    MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH ACADEMY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $90k
  • MS
    MT SAINT JOSEPH ACADEMY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k
  • MC
    MANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $8k · revenue -2%

Funded once

  • PS
    Philly Sound Exchange LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF VISITATION BVM
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • LH
    LAUREL HOUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +28%
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 Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
2
Whyy Inc

Whyy is the philadelphia region's leading public media provider, serving southeastern pennsylvania, southern new jersey, and all of delaware.

Arts & Culture
3
Philadelphia Theatre Company

Philadelphia theatre company is a vital civic institution dedicated to the creation of extraordinary theatrical experiences that reflect the essential issues and ideas of our time, and which foster connection, understanding, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc

Mural arts - the city of philadelphia mural arts program unites artists and communities through a collaborative process rooted in the traditions of mural making, to create art that transforms public spaces and individual lives.

Arts & Culture
5
Philadelphia Health Partnership
Health
6
Play On Philly

Play on philly provides underserved children in philadelphia, a transformative music education experience that develops and inspires the behaviors and personal skills needed for a successful life.

Arts & Culture
7
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
8
Lookingglass Theatre Company

Lookingglass theatre company is a national leader in the creation and presentation of innovative, cutting-edge theatrical work. lookingglass interweaves movement, circus arts and narrative in original and captivating ways. guided by an…

Arts & Culture
9
Women Against Abuse Inc

The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…

Human Services
10
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
11
Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Please see schedule o for the complete mission statement.berkeley repertory theatre creates ambitious theatre that entertains and challenges its audiences, provokes civic engagement, and inspires people to experience the world in new and…

Arts & Culture
12
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Online Giving Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Philly Sound Exchange Llc. 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

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 24 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
5/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH ACADEMY: $90,000 · OtherMOUNT SAINT JOSEPH ACADEMYFRIENDS OF VISITATION BVM: $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF VISITATION BVMTHE DU PAUL CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherTHE DU PAUL CATHOLIC SCHOOLMT SAINT JOSEPH ACADEMY: $20,000 · OtherMT SAINT JOSEPH ACADEMYNO MORE SECRETS MBS INC: $15,000 · OtherNO MORE SECRETS MBS INCST MARK'S CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherANCILLAE-ASSUMPTA ACADEMY: $10,000 · Other+8 more: $20,650 · Other+8 morePhilly Sound Exchange LLC: $25,000 · Arts & CulturePhilly Soun…MANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN C…+1 more: $518 · Arts & CultureLAUREL HOUSE: $25,000 · Human ServicesLAUREL HOU…MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $5,000 · Human ServicesMONTGOMERY…GOOD GRIEF INC: $25,000 · HealthHumble Design Inc: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterLA SALLE ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationDAILY BREAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$210,650Arts & Culture$33,018Human Services$30,000Health$25,000Housing & Shelter$20,000Education$5,000Food & Nutrition$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPhilly Sound Exchange LLC: $25,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetLAUREL HOUSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGOOD GRIEF INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHumble Design Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAZZONI CENTER: $5,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA SALLE ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDAILY BREAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetADAGP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $3,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDING FORWARD (FORMERLY THE UNION LEAGUE LEGACY FOUNDATION): $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALLETX: $518 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Philadelphia FoundationPA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 24 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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