· Public charity
The Philly Service Award
The organization engages and inspires philadelphia's youth by funding high schools with grants for student-led community service projects.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF CARVER HSES | $20,000 |
| NEW FOUNDATION CHARTER SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| MULTICULTERAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOO | $20,000 |
| PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY CHARTER | $20,000 |
| FIRST PHILADELPHIA PREP CHARTER SCH | $10,000 |
| ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| WEST CATHOLIC PREP HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| VOCATIO CAREER PREP HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| FRIENDS OF LANKENAU SCIENCE MAGNET | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 20%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
We will provide a moral and rigorous education, accomplished in a hands-on, technology infused educational environment that will allow our students to attend college, while developing a commitment to global citizenship, environmental…
Our mission is to inspire diverse learners in a rigorous and innovative environment that cultivates resilient leadership, intellectual curiosity, and thoughtful stewardship.
Charter school providing education to students from sixth through twelfth grade.
The mission of the philadelphia electrical and technology charter high school is to develop students who will be employable in the emeraging high-tech industries; while giving students a strong foundation in the core academic…
A charter school for k-5 whose mission is to help every child find a pathway to a successful adult life in the city and beyond.
We are committed to academic excellence by vigorously engaging students in a rigorous, student-centered learning environment that will foster the development of global citizens.
Basic high school education for high school students.
Cresthaven academy charter school exists to provide a comprehensive education to our scholars that develops the whole child through academic excellence, physical wellness, emotional health and character enrichment.
Bradford is a college preparatory school committed to academic excellence, nurturing personal relationships, and inspiring a growing passion for creativity and learning in all of our students.
The mission of independence charter school (iacs) is to educate students of diverse ages and backgrounds - helping them understand, thrive in, and enhance our community, our environment,and our world. iacs regards learning as a continuing…
To educate each child according to age and development so that learning and growth are united, integrate the developing mind and body of the child with academics and the performing arts to ensure each child's excellence in core and…
The christian academy provides christian education to 300 students from kindergarten to 12th grade. the christian academy is a college-preparatory school.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 13 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds IMHOTEP INSTITUTE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATED ALUMNI OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF GW CARVER HSES ↗
- Who funds SANKOFA FREEDOM ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MULTICULTURAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds NEW FOUNDATIONS CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Philadelphia Academy Charter School ↗
- Who funds First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF LANKENAU ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds VOCATIO CAREER PREP HIGH SCHOOL ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Philly Service Award funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Philly Service Award. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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