· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k21 grants · $77k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $93k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ONE NATION WALKING TOGETHER | $25,000 |
| FOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| GARDEN OF HEALTH | $15,000 |
| ALS HOPE FOUNDATION | $12,500 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS | $10,000 |
| MATER DEI CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| LEGACY OF LIFE FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| KEYSTONE OPPORTUNITY CENTER | $5,000 |
| AALIVE | $5,000 |
| NEVER ALONE WIDOWS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| MANNA ON MAIN STREET | $5,000 |
| ROCK MINISTRIES OF PHILADELPHIA | $5,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $5,000 |
| ST STANISLAUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH | $5,000 |
| CHOSEN 300 MINISTIRIES | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $126k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.
66 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 44 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GOGarden of Health Inc4× · 2022–2025 · $68k · revenue +364%
- AHALS Hope Foundation5× · 2019–2025 · $61k · revenue +209%
- FPFOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2025 · $52k · revenue +413%
Funded once
- SSST STANISLAUS CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2021 · $6k
- LCLYCOMING COLLEGEone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -1%
- PRPREGNANCY RESOURCE CLINICone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
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.
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…
To conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world's greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they…
Our mission is to serve children and youth facing homelessness and human trafficking, and to protect and safeguard all children. we provide trauma-informed interventions for youth who are in need.covenant house pennsylvania (chpa) remains…
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
How this is measured
45 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. 45 of the 89 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Garden of Health Inc ↗
- Who funds ALS Hope Foundation ↗
- Who funds FOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MANNA ON MAIN STREET ↗
- Who funds KEYSTONE OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ONE NATION WALKING TOGETHER ↗
- Who funds Saint John's Hospice ↗
- Who funds Philabundance ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds INDIAN CREEK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DRUEDING CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHOSEN 300 MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds MAYAS HOPE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HEDWIG HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds PENN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WATERORG ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND ↗
- Who funds Rock Minstries of Philadelphia Inc ↗
- Who funds LEGACY OF LIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds JUST ASSOCIATES INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
- Who funds KELLY ANNE DOLAN MEMORIAL FUND ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
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: The Philadelphia Foundation · Eden Bridge Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vna Foundation of Greater North Penn · Genuardi Family Foundation · Phillies Charities Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Montgomery County Foundation Inc · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Aetna Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Vincent J and Diane R Pappas Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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