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The Satell Institute

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.

$2k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Philanthropy$3.0MEducation$209kYouth Development$181kHuman Services$121kArts & Culture$119kFood & Nutrition$114kHealth$99kRecreation & Sports$82kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
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States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$1,000
ABA FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–20, $96k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 69% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DRUEDING CENTER: $10k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $10k → 22%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $30k → 7%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $26k → 22%PEOPLES EMERGENCY CENTER: $10k → 22%FEAST OF JUSTICE: $10k → 22%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
PA
NJ
MD
DE
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of The Satell Institute’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 95% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 0%.

The Satell Institutelessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

10%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$408k · 11 repeat orgs$3.8M to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
54

Total granted

$408k
$3.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-12%
+23%

Still filing today

73%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $82k · revenue +86%
  • TF
    THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
    2× · 2020–2021 · $32k · revenue +104%
  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • SF
    SATELL FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $3.0M · revenue -38% · 77% of their budget
  • Philabundance
    one grant, 2020 · $81k · revenue +0%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $39k · revenue +53%
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.

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Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
2
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
3
Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders Inc

We develop, engage, and retain principals and system leaders who transform schools, dramatically improve student outcomes, and drive systemic change to prepare all philadelphia students for college, career, and life.

Education
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Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
5
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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6
Heights Philadelphia

Heights is a new kind of organization, an economic mobility catalyst. we believe that creating pathways to educational and workforce success for low-income, black and brown, and first-generation-to-college students is the keystone of a…

Education
7
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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8
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
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Children First Pa

Summary

Human Services
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United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
11
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
12
The Philadelphia Education Fund

The mission of the philadelphia education fund (pef) is to create equitable access to opportunities for students by providing resources and expertise that build paths to college and career success. pef focuses on philadelphia public school…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban League of Greater Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is Satell Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

54 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. 54 of the 69 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
54/54
Grantees still filing
35/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SATELL FAMILY FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 · OtherSATELL FAMILY FOUNDATION+34 more: $593,150 · Other+34 morePENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $54,900 · EducationTHE MAIN LINE CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $21,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: $20,000 · EducationHOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC: $20,000 · EducationCB COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $20,000 · EducationHOMEFRONT INC: $10,000 · EducationPHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE: $10,000 · EducationTHE GESU SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationSHIPLEY SCHOOL: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationPhilabundance: $81,000 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $15,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $7,500 · Food & NutritionGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $30,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $26,000 · Human ServicesKEYSTONE KIDSPACE: $10,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOME: $10,000 · Human ServicesFEAST OF JUSTICE: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOPEPHL: $10,000 · Human ServicesDRUEDING CENTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH: $39,675 · InternationalFOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $24,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $10,000 · InternationalJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $30,250 · PhilanthropyTHE JOSEPH FUND INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican Heart Association Inc: $38,500 · HealthALS UNITED MID-ATLANTIC: $20,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 · Health
Other$3,593,150Education$200,900Food & Nutrition$113,500Human Services$106,000International$84,175Philanthropy$70,250Health$68,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSATELL FAMILY FOUNDATION: $3,000,000 over 1y, 77% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $81,900 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPhilabundance: $81,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $54,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PITTSBURGH: $39,675 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $38,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $31,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $30,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $26,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $24,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE MAIN LINE CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 1y, 57% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALS UNITED MID-ATLANTIC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOPEWORKS 'N CAMDEN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE JOSEPH FUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetACHIEVEABILITY: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCB COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $19,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO: $17,700 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH NETWORK INC: $16,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Liberty Museum: $15,400 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEVS HUMAN SERVICES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSupport Center for Child Advocates: $13,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEFRONT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEYSTONE KIDSPACE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEAST OF JUSTICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GESU SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEPHL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDRUEDING CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCRISTO REY PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH RIVERSIDE DEVELOPMENT CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHIPLEY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN AREA NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION ALLIANCE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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…United Way of Greater…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The William Penn Foun…Td Charitable Foundat…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…The Patricia Kind Fam…Connelly FoundationThe Gordon Charter Fo…Satell Family Foundat…Wsfs Cares FoundationW W Smith Charitable …
The Philadelphia FoundationPA45.1× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The William Penn Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Satell Family Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Reach Riverside Development Corp: 100% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 69 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home