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The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family 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.

$170k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2025
22
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 57
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$4.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalEducationCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving27$170k19%
FY202422$159k32%
FY202331$95k23%
FY20226$30k33%
FY202157$190k23%
FY202048$167k23%
FY201940$44k23%
FY201832$22k19%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$209kFood & Nutrition$136kReligion$124kHuman Services$95kHousing & Shelter$66kEducation$60kCivil Rights$56kInternational$43kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Garden of Health Inc$67,50042%
ALS Hope Foundation$61,03053%
For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation$51,70080%
Manna on Main Street$40,00080%
Keystone Opportunity Center Inc$38,00070%
One Nation Walking Together$36,20081%
Saint John's Hospice$28,20080%
Philabundance$24,50060%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$15,50040%
Samaritan's Purse$15,00020%
Indian Creek Foundation$15,00030%
Drueding Center$14,60070%
Chosen 300 Ministries Inc$14,00051%
Mayas Hope Foundation Inc$13,00041%
Hedwig House$12,50040%
Humane World for Animals Inc$12,45060%
Penn Foundation Inc$11,15050%
Waterorg$11,00040%
Children's Defense Fund$10,50020%
Rock Minstries of Philadelphia Inc$10,00020%
Legacy of Life Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$10,00020%
Just Associates Inc$9,00040%
Special Olympics Pennsylvania Inc$8,20060%
Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund$8,00030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$7,70050%
Blood Cancer United Inc$6,70040%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$5,70060%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$5,45050%
Lycoming College$5,00010%
Community Partnership School$5,00060%
St Alphonsus$4,2001n/a
Center for Science in the Public Interest$4,00020%
National Park Foundation$3,95050%
Innercity Weightlifting Inc$3,50030%
Charity Navigator$3,50020%
Peaceful Living$3,50040%
National Audubon Society Inc$3,20050%
International Rescue Committee INC$3,00030%
Whyy Inc$2,20030%
Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center Inc$2,00010%
The Ark Foundation$2,00012%
Exchange Club of Ocean City$1,4004n/a
Humane Pennsylvania$1,00010%
Compassion International Incorporated$1,0001n/a
The Dear Santa Society$1,00012%
Salem Bible Church$2001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($269k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGarden of Health Inc: $67,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetALS Hope Foundation: $61,030 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetFor Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation: $51,700 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetManna on Main Street: $40,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetKeystone Opportunity Center Inc: $38,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetOne Nation Walking Together: $36,200 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSaint John's Hospice: $28,200 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPhilabundance: $24,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $15,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIndian Creek Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDrueding Center: $14,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetChosen 300 Ministries Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMayas Hope Foundation Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHedwig House: $12,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $12,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPenn Foundation Inc: $11,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWaterorg: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Defense Fund: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRock Minstries of Philadelphia Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLegacy of Life Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJust Associates Inc: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics Pennsylvania Inc: $8,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund: $8,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $7,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $6,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $5,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $5,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLycoming College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Partnership School: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Science in the Public Interest: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $3,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInnercity Weightlifting Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCharity Navigator: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPeaceful Living: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $3,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWhyy Inc: $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAark Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Ark Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHumane Pennsylvania: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dear Santa Society: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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 FoundationPA27.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation

How much does The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation give?
The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $169,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 57 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (23%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Religion (14%).
Who are The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Garden of Health Inc ($68k), ALS Hope Foundation ($61k), For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation ($52k).
Does The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family 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 Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, Eden Bridge Foundation, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.
Where is The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation based?
The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation is based in PA.

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 89 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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