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The Sylvia W and Randle M Kauders Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$370k
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Arts & Culture$934kHealth$348kYouth Development$140kCommunity Improvement$138kHuman Services$115kEducation$110kEmployment$80kRecreation & Sports$70kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $360k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA$10,000
ACTING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES$10,000
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORGANIZATION$10,000
1812 PRODUCTIONS$10,000
CARON TREATMENT CENTERS$10,000
INIS NUA THEATRE COMPANY$10,000
ARDEN THEATRE CO$10,000
THE CARPENTERS' COMPANY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA$10,000
WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES RESOURCE CENTER$10,000
PHILADELPHIA250$10,000
THERAPEUTIC HORSEBACK RIDING INC DBA THORNCROFT EQUESTRIAN CENTER$10,000
OLD ACADEMY PLAYERS$10,000
PCMA GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER$10,000
FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION$10,000
PROJECT 440$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%IT TAKES PHILLY BLACK DOCTORS COVID-19 CONSORTIUM: $10k → 7%MITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $10k → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $10k → 22%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $10k → 22%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

04

Where the work is directed

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

About 5% of The Sylvia W and Randle M Kauders Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

The Sylvia W and Randle M Kauders Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

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 foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.5M · 45 repeat orgs$530k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +42% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

45 repeat relationships — 28 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
41

Total granted

$1.5M
$430k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+18%

Still filing today

80%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 & CultureHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BA
    BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $70k · revenue +69%
  • WO
    WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES RESOURCE CENTER
    6× · 2019–2024 · $58k · revenue +196%
  • AT
    ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY
    5× · 2019–2023 · $50k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • AC
    Adoption Center
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -35%
  • GS
    Golden Slipper Club & Charities Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -34%
  • PA
    PRESERVATION ALLIANCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIAgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +127%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Artphilly

The mission of artphilly is to amplify philadelphia's arts and culture by commissioning, presenting, producing, and promoting art of all kinds for local audiences and the world. its vision is to spotlight(continued on schedule o)the city…

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation

The mission of pittsburgh public theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. pittsburgh public theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate, and (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
4
Philadelphia Contemporary

We connect the people and places of philadelphia through art and partnership. the organization is a free-standing platform that endeavors to show forward-thinking, high-quality contemporary visual and performance art in the city. the…

Human Services
5
Philadelphia Festival of the Arts Inc

To promote the cultural richness of philadelphia and to bring the most distinguished work in the arts to audiences in the philadelphia region

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6
Whyy Inc

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

Arts & Culture
7
Playpenn Inc

An artistdriven organization dedicated to the development of new plays and playwrights. playpenn fully supports the needs of the writer and the demands of the play in an everevolving process within which playwrights can engage in…

Arts & Culture
8
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Inc

See schedule o for the description of pittsburgh ballet theatre inc.'s primary mission.the ballet is pittsburgh's source and ambassador for extraordinary ballet experiences that give life to the classical tradition, nurture new ideas and,…

Arts & Culture
9
Quantum Theatre Inc

Quantum theatre is a company of progressive, professional artists dedicated to producing intimate and sophisticated theatrical experiences in uncommon settings, exploring universal themes of truth, beauty, and human relationships in…

Arts & Culture
10
Apollo Theater Foundation Inc

The apollo theater is a commissioner and presenter; catalyst for new artists, audiences, and creative workforce; and partner in the projection of the african american narrative and its role in the development of american and global…

Arts & Culture
11
Philadelphia Dance Company

The organization presents the highest quality of professional dance performance and improves the skills of emerging and professional dances and choregraphers in a nurturing environment while increasing the appreciation of dance among it's…

Arts & Culture
12
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Walnut Street Theatre Corporation and the most unlike its peers is 30 Amp Circuit. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%1%<5yr14%4%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr20%23%20–35yr13%21%35–55yr13%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%1%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr20%24%20–35yr13%22%35–55yr13%30%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/79
the rest of the field
12%
4,260/34,986

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

77 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 77 of the 98 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/77
Grantees still filing
54/77
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY — $50,000 · Arts & CultureARDEN THEATRE COMPANY1812 PRODUCTIONS INC — $37,500 · Arts & Culture1812 PRODUCTIONS INCROCK AND SOUL FOREVER FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY — $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE PHILADELPHIA — $30,000 · Arts & CulturePROJECT 440 INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Arts & Culture+29 more — $377,500 · Arts & Culture+29 moreFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — $60,000 · OtherFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATIONPHILADELPHIA CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU — $40,000 · OtherCOLON CANCER COALITIONGET YOUR REAR IN GEAR PHILADELPHIA — $40,000 · OtherCARON TREATMENT CENTERS — $40,000 · OtherTHE DRAMA LEAGUE OF NEW YORK INC — $35,000 · OtherEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA (EFEPA) — $30,000 · OtherURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION — $30,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION — $30,000 · OtherBAKER INDUSTRIES INC — $30,000 · OtherINTERACT THEATRE COMPANY — $30,000 · OtherWorking Film Establishment — $50,000 · OtherWorking Film EstablishmentCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $30,000 · OtherTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA — $35,000 · Other+26 more — $275,500 · Other+26 moreBE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION — $70,000 · HealthBE A PART O…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $50,000 · HealthSHRINERS HO…TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION — $36,000 · HealthTRANSPLANT …VETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN — $10,000 · HealthAmerican Association for Cancer Research Inc — $10,000 · HealthHMS SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY — $10,000 · HealthLittle Smiles (PA) Inc — $10,000 · HealthNATIONAL TAY-SACHS & ALLIED DISEASES ASS — $10,000 · HealthPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS — $50,000 · EducationPENNSYLVAN…ACTING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES — $50,000 · EducationACTING WIT…THE LEGACY EXISTS INC — $30,000 · EducationTHE LEGACY…RESOLVE PHILADELPHIA INC — $20,000 · EducationRESOLVE PH…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $10,000 · EducationTRUSTEES O…BROADCAST PIONEERS OF PHILADELPHIA — $10,000 · EducationBROADCAST …MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN — $10,000 · EducationMOORE COLL…WOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES RESOURCE CENTER — $57,500 · Community ImprovementGolden Slipper Club & Charities Inc — $20,000 · Community ImprovementCHESTER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Community ImprovementPHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORGANIZATION — $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentMIRACLE LEAGUE OF NORTHAMPTON TWP PA — $50,000 · Recreation & SportsVARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY — $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$635,000Other$755,500Health$206,000Education$180,000Community Improvement$87,500Youth Development$80,000Recreation & Sports$60,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION — $70,000 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S OPPORTUNITIES RESOURCE CENTER — $57,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS — $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWorking Film Establishment — $50,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetARDEN THEATRE COMPANY — $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF NORTHAMPTON TWP PA — $50,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetACTING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES — $50,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORGANIZATION — $50,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU — $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budget1812 PRODUCTIONS INC — $37,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTRANSPLANT FOUNDATION — $36,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA — $35,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DRAMA LEAGUE OF NEW YORK INC — $35,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetPolice Athletic League Of Philadelphia — $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetROCK AND SOUL FOREVER FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY — $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHEATRE PHILADELPHIA — $30,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetTHE LEGACY EXISTS INC — $30,000 over 3y, 59% of budgetBAKER INDUSTRIES INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT 440 INC — $30,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBALLETX — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLANTERN THEATER COMPANY — $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRESOLVE PHILADELPHIA INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGolden Slipper Club & Charities Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTHE PEOPLE'S LIGHT & THEATRE COMPANY — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKIMMEL CENTER INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATRE EXILE COMPANY — $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE OLD ACADEMY PLAYERS INC — $20,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLAY ON PHILLY — $17,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPRESERVATION ALLIANCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS FOUND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETRI FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The William Penn Foun…The Philadelphia Foun…The Philadelphia Cult…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Independence Foundati…Wyncote FoundationLindback Cr & Mf Foun…Connelly FoundationHenrietta Tower Wurts…The Lida FoundationLudwick FdnWh & Althea F Remmel …
The William Penn FoundationPA50× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Independence Foundation · Wyncote Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Connelly Foundation · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The Lida Foundation · Ludwick Fdn · Wh & Althea F Remmel Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Sylvia W and Randle M Kauders Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos — 7% of income from government
  • Eagle Theatre Inc — 6% of income from government
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to The Sylvia W and Randle M Kauders Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Sylvia W and Randle M Kauders Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 98 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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