Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $333,333
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k 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 | 14 | $1.0M | 21% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $906k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $888k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $664k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $613k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $663k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $664k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $386k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drexel University | $1,833,333 | 7 | 0% |
| Fulton County Medical Center | $1,212,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $700,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Homer Hoyt Institue Inc | $190,000 | 8 | 16% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $178,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Women's Resource Center of the Delaware Valley | $87,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Delaware County Community College | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teachers' Teammates Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Veterans' National Education Program | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drexel University | $1,833,333 | 7 | 0% |
| Fulton County Medical Center | $1,212,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $700,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Homer Hoyt Institue Inc | $190,000 | 8 | 16% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $178,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Women's Resource Center of the Delaware Valley | $87,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Delaware County Community College | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teachers' Teammates Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Veterans' National Education Program | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Honor Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation
- How much does The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation give?
- The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $1,072,333 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Health (32%), Philanthropy (5%).
- Who are The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Drexel University ($1.8M), Fulton County Medical Center ($1.2M), Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc ($700k).
- Does The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson 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 Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ethel S C Smith No 5 Charitable Tw, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation based?
- The Wilbur C and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation is based in PA.
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