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The Thomas a Fillippo Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Thomas a Fillippo Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$41k
Granted FY2018
9
Grants FY2018
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Education$52kHealth$27kPhilanthropy$5kYouth Development$3kReligion$2kAnimals$1kArts & Culture$850Other$0
02FY2018 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k7 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
PAOLI HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
CHESTER COUNTY BOY SCOUTS$2,500
WAYNE CHURCH$2,000
HELP HOPE LIVE$500
ALS$500
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$300
CHARLESTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY$100
JUST FOR PA KIDS$75
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 10% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: $1k → 6%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $4k → 22%ALS: $500 → 14%ST JUDES HOSPITAL: $500 → 17%UPTOWN ENTERTAINMENT ALLIANCE: $750 → 6%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $300 → 22%ALS: $500 → 14%WAYNE CHURCH: $2k → 6%HELP HOPE LIVE: $1k → 6%HELP HOPE LIVE: $500 → 6%PAOLI HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $11k → 6%SPORTS LEGENDS: $250 → 6%PAOLI HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%BILL LATOFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%CHESTER COUNTY BOY SCOUTS: $3k → 6%CHESTER COUNTY BOY SCOUTS: $500 → 6%JUST 4 PA KIDS: $300 → 6%JUST FOR PA KIDS: $75 → 6%UPPER MAINLINE YMCA: $5k → 6%CHARLESTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100 → 6%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$81k · 6 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$81k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+142%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
HealthEducationAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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

  • WC
    WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $51k · revenue +6%
  • PM
    PAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $21k · revenue +59%
  • HI
    HELPHOPELIVE INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • BL
    BILL LATOFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • BV
    BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +142%
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.

1
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
2
Chester County Historical Society

The chester county historical society (the "society") is a nonprofit organization established to inspire, inform and build community identity by preserving and sharing the remarkable story of chester county and its people. the society…

Arts & Culture
3
Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region

Our mission is to relieve suffering and improve the quality and dignity of life through compassionate hospice care at the end of life, palliative care for those with advanced illness, and through community education.

Human Services
4
Main Line Hospitals Inc

The mission of main line hospitals, inc. is to provide a comprehensive range of safe, high quality health services, complemented by educational and research activities that meet healthcare needs and improve the quality of life in the…

Health
5
The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc

The organization's exempt purpose is to raise funds to support charitable,educational & scientific purposes of its tax-exempt affiliate the hospital for special surgery, and other health care related charitable organizations.

Health
6
Atlantic Health System Inc

Establish, maintain, sponsor, and promote activities relating to the improvement of human health and the provision of care to the sick and injured through its wholly owned subsidiary, AHS Hospital Corp. The system provides the Hospital…

Health
7
Somerset Community Hospital Foundation

Raises funds to meet the mission of upmc somerset.

Health
8
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
9
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
10
Johns Hopkins All Children's Foundation Inc

Johns hopkins all children's foundation, inc. supports the mission of johns hopkins all children's hospital, inc., all children's health system, inc., all children's research institute, inc. and other 501(c)(3) organizations through…

Health
11
Upmc Chautauqua At Wca

To improve the health and well-being of the people of chautauqua county and the surrounding area in a way that includes compassion, dedication, a commitment to quality and patient safety while maintaining economic viability and a vision…

Health
12
Chester County Hospital & Health System

The provision of management services to the chester county hospital and its affiliates.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Chester University Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Charlestown Historical Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 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. 9 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $51,175 · EducationWEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION+1 more: $1,000 · EducationPAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,500 · HealthPAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDA…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,800 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INCHELPHOPELIVE INC: $1,500 · HealthHELPHOPELIVE INC+1 more: $500 · HealthIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant re…BILL LATOFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherBILL LATOFF CHARITA…CHESTER COUNTY BOY SCOUTS: $3,000 · OtherCHESTER COUNTY BOY …WAYNE CHURCH: $2,000 · OtherWAYNE CHURCHALS: $1,000 · OtherALS+4 more: $725 · OtherBRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: $1,000 · AnimalsUPTOWN KNAUER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $750 · Arts & Culture
Education$52,175Health$26,300Other$16,725Animals$1,000Arts & Culture$750

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 budgetWEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $51,175 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPAOLI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIMBERTON WALDORF SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPTOWN KNAUER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLESTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA9.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Thomas a Fillippo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Thomas a Fillippo Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 17 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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