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The Presser Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
486
Grants FY2025
384
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$185,720
Organizations funded a year
287 to 384
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
46
Total assets, FY2025
$89M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Presser Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $341k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEmploymentCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving424$3.7M30%
FY2024384$3.4M17%
FY2023341$3.6M7%
FY2022339$3.9M7%
FY2021322$4.1M8%
FY2020309$3.3M9%
FY2019296$3.2M8%
FY2018287$3.0M5%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$20MEducation$10.0MYouth Development$333kHuman Services$313kHealth$221kRecreation & Sports$34kCommunity Improvement$29kPhilanthropy$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 397 grantees
All grantees of The Presser Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mann Center for the Performing Arts$1,211,25093%
Kimmel Center Inc$665,00060%
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society$652,50094%
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc$625,00034%
Settlement Music School of Philadelphia$540,50091%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$490,50060%
Curtis Institute of Music$469,00090%
Opera Philadelphia$450,25091%
The Academy of Vocal Arts$359,00091%
The Music School of Delaware Inc$345,00093%
The University of the Arts$331,00080%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$325,00090%
Operadelaware Inc$317,68596%
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra$315,50093%
Rider University$284,00090%
The Crossing Inc$279,50094%
Allentown Symphony Association Inc$277,50091%
Bach Choir of Bethlehem$267,50093%
Symphony in C$252,50097%
Astral Artists Inc$250,50079%
Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia$235,00096%
Swarthmore College$231,50090%
Prism Quartet Incorporated$230,250921%
The Choir School of Delaware Inc$226,00099%
Delaware Symphony Association Inc$217,50093%
Singing City Inc$217,000912%
Network for New Music$211,500918%
Historic Lansdowne Theater Corp$200,000437%
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia$200,00099%
Community Music School of Collegeville Ltd$199,50097%
Tempesta Di Mare Inc$198,250910%
Piffaro the Renaissance Band$194,25097%
The State Theatre Regional Arts Center at New Brunswick Inc$192,50090%
Musicopia Inc$185,75093%
Commonwealth Youthchoirs Inc$185,000921%
Reading Symphony Orchestra Association$175,50095%
Grand Opera House Inc$175,00041%
Kutztown University Foundation Inc$173,00061%
Capital Harmony Works Inc$170,00075%
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc$155,00091%
West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance$150,000274%
Lebanon Valley College$139,00090%
University of Delaware$134,00090%
Florida State University$124,0009n/a
New England Conservatory of Music$124,00090%
Juilliard School$124,00090%
Indiana University School of Medicine$124,0009n/a
University of Miami$121,00090%
University of Michigan$111,00087%
The Friends of the Wanamaker Organ$110,00075%
Philadelphia Youth Choral Ensembles$106,25081%
Orchestra 2001 Inc$105,500917%
Stetson University Inc$104,00090%
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra$103,50093%
Ars Nova Workshop Inc$103,12597%
Eastern University$100,00010%
Elizabethtown College$98,70090%
Beyond the Bars Inc$97,25047%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$97,00070%
Lyric Fest$92,750910%
William Marsh Rice University$91,80090%
Wilmington Children's Chorus$88,65057%
Project 440 Inc$76,50095%
Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia$76,250918%
Harrisburg Symphony Association Inc$76,25061%
Drexel University$75,00020%
Christina Cultural Arts Center Inc$75,00041%
Yale University$70,0007n/a
Encore Series Inc$70,00033%
Illinois Wesleyan University$69,00090%
Music for Everyone$65,30064%
Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra Inc$65,000326%
Dolce Suono Ensemble Inc$64,20098%
Bucks County Choral Society$60,70096%
Westrick Music Academy Inc$60,25041%
Ohio Wesleyan University$60,00020%
Ohio Northern University$59,00090%
LiveConnectionsorg$57,50042%
Bowerbird Inc$57,00096%
Journey Arts$55,50067%
Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project$54,000213%
The College of New Jersey Foundation Inc$54,00040%
Artsmart$52,75054%
Delaware County Youth Orchestra In$51,500912%
Rock to the Future Inc$50,25052%
Wcr Center for the Arts Inc$50,000130%
Lafayette College$50,00010%
Artphilly$50,00012%
Allentown Band Inc$47,50096%
Georgia E Gregory Interdenominational School of Mu$47,250713%
Moravian University$46,50090%
Immaculata University$44,00080%
Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus$43,00073%
Anna Crusis Feminist Choir$42,500810%
Philadelphia Sinfonia Association$41,75063%
Artistas y Musicos Latino Americanos$41,00096%
The Primavera Fund$39,50042%
Bay-Atlantic Symphony$38,75061%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$37,0009n/a
Berks Youth Chorus Inc$36,75069%
Riverside Symphonia Inc$35,25092%
Mamadele Foundation$34,25069%
Music at Gretna Inc$34,25083%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$34,00090%
The University of Puget Sound$34,00090%
Manhattan School of Music$34,00090%
New York University$34,00090%
Oklahoma Baptist University$34,00090%
Shenandoah University$34,00090%
University of Redlands$34,00090%
Whitworth University$34,00090%
Millikin University$34,00090%
Texas Christian University$34,00090%
University of Hartford$34,00090%
Fortissimo$34,00090%
Lee University$34,00090%
Ouachita Baptist University$34,00090%
Cleveland Institute of Music$34,00090%
Roberts Wesleyan University$34,00090%
University of Denver$34,00090%
Southern Methodist University$34,00090%
Northwestern University$34,00090%
Seton Hill University$34,00090%
Pennsylvania State University$34,0009n/a
University of Southern Mississippi$34,0009n/a
Ithaca College$34,00090%
Messiah University$34,00090%
Carnegie Mellon University$34,00090%
Sarah Lawrence College$34,00090%
Central Michigan University$34,0009n/a
Georgia State University Foundation Inc$34,00090%
University of Colorado Foundation$34,00090%
University of South Alabama$34,0009n/a
Vanderbilt University$34,00090%
Bradley University$34,00090%
Rollins College$34,00090%
Trustees of Boston University$34,00090%
Marywood University$34,00090%
Loyola University$34,00090%
Houghton University$34,00090%
Washington State University$34,0009n/a
Furman University$34,00090%
Susquehanna University$34,00090%
Oklahoma City University$34,00090%
Kansas State University$34,0009n/a
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$34,00090%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music$34,00090%
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale$34,0009n/a
Pacific Lutheran University$34,00090%
Otterbein University$34,00090%
University of Northern Colorado Foundation$34,00090%
Roosevelt University$34,00090%
Wichita State University Foundation$34,00090%
The Ohio University Foundation$34,00090%
Capital University$34,00090%
The Catholic University of America$34,00090%
West Chester University Foundation$34,00090%
Florida Southern College$34,00090%
Purchase College Foundation Inc$34,00090%
Samford University$34,00090%
Texas Womans University$34,0009n/a
University of the Pacific$34,00090%
The University of Tulsa$34,00090%
University of Evansville$34,00090%
Carson-Newman University$34,00090%
Luther College$34,00090%
Nazareth University$34,00090%
Gordon College$34,00090%
Weber State University$34,0009n/a
Wartburg College$34,00090%
Converse University$34,00090%
Michigan State University$34,0009n/a
Gettysburg College$34,00090%
Montclair State University Foundation Inc$34,00090%
Mississippi College$34,00090%
University of Florida$34,0009n/a
Drake University$34,00090%
Towson University Foundation Inc$34,00090%
Utah State University$34,0009n/a
University of Dayton$34,00090%
DePauw University$34,00090%
Winthrop University Foundation$31,00080%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$31,00080%
Rowan University Foundation Inc$31,00080%
Friends of Chamber Music of Reading$31,000912%
Brigham Young University$31,0008n/a
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville$31,0008n/a
Elon University$31,00080%
The Susquehanna Chorale Inc$30,90063%
Trenton Children's Chorus Inc$30,50052%
Belmont University$30,00080%
James Madison University Foundation Inc$30,00080%
Bard College$30,00080%
Biola University Inc$30,00080%
Baldwin Wallace University$30,00080%
Augustana College$30,00080%
Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc$30,00080%
North Park University$30,00080%
Anderson University Inc$30,00080%
Baylor University$30,00080%
Lyra Society$29,75075%
Nueva Esperanza Inc$29,25010%
Market Square Concerts$28,75062%
Community Youth Orchestra of Bucks Co$28,75063%
Art Sphere Inc$28,75056%
University of Utah$28,0007n/a
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor$28,00070%
Western Michigan University$28,0007n/a
University of New Mexico Foundation Inc$28,00070%
Crescendo Phoenixville$27,500220%
University of North Texas Foundation Inc$26,00020%
Chapman University$26,00070%
Play on Philly$25,50021%
Agnes Scott College$25,00010%
Hardin-Simmons University$24,00060%
Kennett Symphony of Chester County$23,00042%
Variant 6$22,50068%
Jazz Philadelphia$22,50035%
Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey$22,50054%
Reading Musical Foundation$22,50040%
Wilmington Concert Opera Inc$21,550622%
Chamber Music Lehigh Valley$21,25085%
Wildflower Composers$20,000413%
Liberty Bell Pops$20,00012%
Yale University$20,0002n/a
Bethany College$20,00010%
Delaware Academy of Vocal Arts Inc$20,00013%
Tri-County Concerts Association$16,2508n/a
Philadelphia Heritage Chorale Inc$15,0004n/a
Delaware County Symphony$14,000412%
Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra Society Inc$13,50034%
Cairn University$13,00010%
Regents of the University of Michigan$13,0001n/a
Johns Hopkins University$13,00010%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$13,0001n/a
Greater South Jersey Chorus$12,50045%
Montgomery County Chorale and Orchestra$12,500310%
Relache Inc$11,500243%
Music at Bunker Hill a Nj Non-Profit Corporation$11,50054%
American Choral Directors Assoc$10,00010%
The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy Inc$10,00010%
Lancaster International Piano Festival Inc$10,00032%
Ocean County College Foundation$10,00010%
Pennsylvania Philharmonic$10,00032%
Bucks County Symphony Society Inc$10,00022%
Marian Anderson Historical Society$10,00021%
Delaware Choral Arts Assoc$10,00045%
Berks Arts Council$10,00011%
Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra$10,00032%
Artistyear$8,50020%
Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz$8,25032%
Southwest Baptist University$8,00020%
Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds$8,0004n/a
Hastings College$8,00020%
Cantus Novus$7,500110%
Penn Square Opera$7,50022%
Young People's Philharmonic of the Lehigh Valley$7,50033%
The Jazz Sanctuary$7,50036%
Lehigh Valley Community Broadcasters Association Inc$7,50011%
Yun International Music Foundation$7,50024%
Columbus State University Foundation Inc$6,00020%
Central State University$6,0002n/a
California Baptist University$6,00020%
Southwestern Oklahoma State University Foundation Inc$6,00020%
University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated$6,00020%
The University of Montana Foundation$6,00020%
Texas Lutheran University$6,00020%
The University of Akron Foundation$6,00020%
Xavier University of Louisiana$6,00020%
Fisk University$6,00020%
University of North Carolina at Pembroke Foundation Inc$6,00020%
Brandywine Valley Chorale$5,5003n/a
Jazz Bridge Project Inc$5,50014%
Voices Chorale Nj$5,50034%
Market Street Music Corporation$5,00022%
Concordia Chamber Players$5,000223%
Polyphonia Society$5,00014%
Famfrequency Productions Inc$5,00011%
The State Opera of New Jersey$5,00014%
Berks Sinfonietta Inc$5,00024%
Chester County Pops Orchestra$5,00022%
Sounding Lab$5,0001n/a
Fire Museum Presents$4,50022%
The Mansfield Foundation$4,00010%
American Composers Forum Philadelphia Chapter$4,00017%
James Madison University$4,0001n/a
Delaware Valley Lyric Opera Guild$4,00023%
Augsburg University$4,00010%
Lotus Project of Trenton Inc$4,0002n/a
Southwestern Oklahoma State University$4,0001n/a
Rhythm Mission Inc$4,0002n/a
Berks Opera Workshop$3,120110%
Mansfield University Mountaineer Foundation$3,00010%
California State University Bakersfield Foundation$3,00010%
Boise State University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Long Beach State Foundation$3,00010%
Potsdam College Foundation Inc$3,00010%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc$3,00010%
The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University$3,00010%
Eastern New Mexico University Foundation$3,00010%
University of Maine System Inc$3,0001n/a
University of Maryland Foundation Inc$3,00010%
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc$3,00010%
University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc$3,00010%
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc$3,00010%
Eastern Illinois University Foundation$3,00010%
Spelman College$3,00010%
Grambling University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Wayland Baptist University$3,00010%
Florida International University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
University of Northern Iowa Foundation$3,00010%
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc$3,00010%
The Foundation for NC A&T State University$3,00010%
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Regents Univ of California$3,0001n/a
Ball State University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
The Howard University$3,00010%
The New School$3,00010%
Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette Foundation Inc$3,00010%
New Jersey City University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc$3,00010%
North Dakota State University Foundation$3,0001n/a
Lawrence University of Wisconsin$3,00010%
University of Hawaii Foundation$3,00010%
Texas A&M University - Kingsville Foundation Inc$3,00010%
New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc$3,00010%
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$3,00010%
East Carolina University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Norfolk State University Foundation Inc and Subsidiary$3,0001n/a
University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement$3,00010%
Middle Tennessee State University Foundation$3,00010%
California State University Fresno Foundation$3,00010%
Radford University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Jackson State University$3,0001n/a
Sonoma State University$3,0001n/a
William Paterson University of New Jersey Alumni Association$3,00013%
University of Idaho Foundation Inc$3,00010%
University of Montevallo Foundation$3,00010%
Georgia College & State University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Millersville University of Pennsylvania$3,0001n/a
Morehead State University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Winthrop University$3,0001n/a
Queens College Foundation Inc$3,00010%
University of North Florida Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Virginia State University Foundation$3,00010%
University System of New Hampshire$3,0001n/a
La Sierra University$3,00010%
Alcorn State University Foundation Inc$3,0001n/a
Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation$3,00010%
University of Houston Foundation$3,00010%
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation$3,00010%
Morehouse College$3,00010%
Appalachian State University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Fort Hays State University Foundation$3,00010%
University of Texas at El Paso$3,0001n/a
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Foundation$3,00010%
Concord Chamber Singers$3,00027%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc$3,0001n/a
Northern Arizona University Foundation$3,00010%
Ohio State University Foundation$3,00010%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$3,00010%
San Francisco State University Foundation$3,00010%
Colorado State University Foundation$3,00010%
University of Illinois Foundation$3,00010%
Vanguard University of So Cal$3,00010%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$3,0001n/a
Umkc Foundation$3,00010%
University of the Incarnate Word$3,00010%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker Md School of Medicine$3,00010%
Kentucky State University Foundation Inc$3,00010%
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation$3,00010%
The Foundation for City College$3,00010%
Tennessee State University Foundation$3,00010%
Lehigh Valley Chorale$2,50012%
Roadwork Center for Cultures in Disputed Territories$2,5001n/a
Kleine Kammermusik$2,5001n/a
Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble$2,50016%
West Jersey Music Academy$2,50013%
Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra Inc$2,50011%
Keep Music Alive$2,50013%
Mosaic Youth Chorus$2,50013%
Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Inc$2,50013%
Arcana New Music Ensemble$1,5001n/a
Orchestra Concordia Association$1,50013%
Philadelphia Music Teachers Association$1,5001n/a
Wheatland Chorale$1,50013%
Glassbrook Vocal Ensemble$1,5001n/a
Musica Tevere Corporation$1,500129%
Ambler Station Singers$1,5001n/a
The Lebanon County Choral Society$1,5001n/a
Rainbow Chorale of Delaware Inc$1,50012%
Montgomery County Concert Band Inc$1,5001n/a
The Camerata Singers$1,5001n/a
Concert Operetta Theater$1,0001n/a
Chestnut Street Singers$1,0001n/a
Generation Music$7501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 213 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Presser Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMann Center for the Performing Arts: $1,211,250 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetKimmel Center Inc: $665,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPhiladelphia Chamber Music Society: $652,500 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetThe Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc: $625,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetSettlement Music School of Philadelphia: $540,500 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetPhiladelphia Orchestra Association: $490,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCurtis Institute of Music: $469,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetOpera Philadelphia: $450,250 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetThe Academy of Vocal Arts: $359,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetThe Music School of Delaware Inc: $345,000 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetThe University of the Arts: $331,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $325,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOperadelaware Inc: $317,685 over 9y, 5.7% of budgetPhiladelphia Youth Orchestra: $315,500 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetRider University: $284,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Crossing Inc: $279,500 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetAllentown Symphony Association Inc: $277,500 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetBach Choir of Bethlehem: $267,500 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetSymphony in C: $252,500 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetAstral Artists Inc: $250,500 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetConcerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia: $235,000 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetSwarthmore College: $231,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPrism Quartet Incorporated: $230,250 over 9y, 21% of budgetThe Choir School of Delaware Inc: $226,000 over 9y, 8.8% of budgetDelaware Symphony Association Inc: $217,500 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetSinging City Inc: $217,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetNetwork for New Music: $211,500 over 9y, 18% of budgetHistoric Lansdowne Theater Corp: $200,000 over 4y, 37% of budgetMendelssohn Club of Philadelphia: $200,000 over 9y, 9.2% of budgetCommunity Music School of Collegeville Ltd: $199,500 over 9y, 7.2% of budgetTempesta Di Mare Inc: $198,250 over 9y, 10% of budgetPiffaro the Renaissance Band: $194,250 over 9y, 7.5% of budgetThe State Theatre Regional Arts Center at New Brunswick Inc: $192,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMusicopia Inc: $185,750 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetCommonwealth Youthchoirs Inc: $185,000 over 9y, 21% of budgetReading Symphony Orchestra Association: $175,500 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetGrand Opera House Inc: $175,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetKutztown University Foundation Inc: $173,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCapital Harmony Works Inc: $170,000 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetPrinceton Symphony Orchestra Inc: $155,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetWest Philadelphia Cultural Alliance: $150,000 over 2y, 74% of budgetLebanon Valley College: $139,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Delaware: $134,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNew England Conservatory of Music: $124,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJuilliard School: $124,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $121,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $111,000 over 8y, 6.7% of budgetThe Friends of the Wanamaker Organ: $110,000 over 7y, 4.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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 Cultural Fund IncPA99.5× affinity52 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · The William Penn Foundation · The University of the Arts · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia · The Philadelphia Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Arthur Judson Foundation Inc · The Barra Foundation Inc · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · D'Addario Foundation Inc · Connelly 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.

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About The Presser Foundation

How much does The Presser Foundation give?
The Presser Foundation reported 486 grants totaling $3,755,790 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 287 and 384 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Presser Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), Education (32%), Youth Development (1%).
Who are The Presser Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mann Center for the Performing Arts ($1.2M), Kimmel Center Inc ($665k), Philadelphia Chamber Music Society ($653k).
Does The Presser Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Presser Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Presser Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc, The William Penn Foundation, The University of the Arts.
Where is The Presser Foundation based?
The Presser Foundation is based in PA.

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 614 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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