Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Tally Foundation
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.
- $412k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 25
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Tally Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $384k | 4% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $362k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $319k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $302k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $354k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $295k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $291k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episcopal Academy | $255,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Willistown Conservation Trust Inc | $190,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Benchmark School | $183,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Mark Day School | $180,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines | $180,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Grier Foundation | $160,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Orme School | $125,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Westtown School | $112,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Barn at Spring Brook Farm Inc | $99,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art | $83,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episcopal Academy | $255,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Willistown Conservation Trust Inc | $190,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Benchmark School | $183,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Mark Day School | $180,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines | $180,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Grier Foundation | $160,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Orme School | $125,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Westtown School | $112,000 | 7 | n/a |
| The Barn at Spring Brook Farm Inc | $99,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art | $83,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Historic Sugartown Incorporated | $60,000 | 7 | 4% |
| American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $56,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Philabundance | $38,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of Philadelphia | $38,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $27,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Chester Charter Scholars Academy | $26,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Kieve Wavus Education Inc | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tarleton Parent Association | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Coalition | $17,500 | 4 | 1% |
| New Jersey Audubon Society | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Chester County Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Mammal Stranding Center | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($349k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Tally 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: E Murdoch Family Foundation · Quaker City Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · Chester County Community Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Boudinot Foundation · First Cornerstone Foundation Inc-Ima · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Tally Foundation
- How much does The Tally Foundation give?
- The Tally Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $412,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Tally Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (53%), Animals (14%), Health (12%).
- Who are The Tally Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Episcopal Academy ($255k), Willistown Conservation Trust Inc ($190k), Benchmark School ($183k).
- Does The Tally Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Tally 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 Tally Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include E Murdoch Family Foundation, Quaker City Foundation, Hamilton Family Foundation.
- Where is The Tally Foundation based?
- The Tally Foundation is based in PA.
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