Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Sprocket Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2023
- 25
- Grants FY2023
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $55,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $275,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 13
- Total assets, FY2023
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations The Sprocket Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 21 | $1.5M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $1.5M | 24% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $1.6M | 73% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $610k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $653k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 38 | $637k | 84% |
| FY2017 | 36 | $563k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borealis Philanthropy | $1,128,000 | 6 | 1% |
| NEO Philanthropy Inc | $525,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $390,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Families for Justice as Healing Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 14% |
| The Praxis Project Inc | $190,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Defending Rights and Dissent Inc | $160,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Movement Alliance Project | $155,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Amistad Law Project | $150,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Pillars of the Community | $150,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Faith for Justice | $135,000 | 3 | 15% |
Show all 66 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sprocket 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: Proteus Fund Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · Borealis Philanthropy · Rsf Social Finance Inc · The New World Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Surdna Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Sprocket Foundation
- How much does The Sprocket Foundation give?
- The Sprocket Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $2,020,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sprocket Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (38%), Civil Rights (27%), Crime & Legal (8%).
- Who are The Sprocket Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Borealis Philanthropy ($1.1M), NEO Philanthropy Inc ($525k), Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc ($390k).
- Does The Sprocket Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sprocket 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 Sprocket Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Proteus Fund Inc, NEO Philanthropy Inc, Tides Foundation.
- Where is The Sprocket Foundation based?
- The Sprocket Foundation is based in PA.
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