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The William M King Foundation at a glance

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The William M King Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$407k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$890kHuman Services$163kHousing & Shelter$105kYouth Development$95kEmployment$94kCrime & Legal$93kScience & Tech$90kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $343k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$8.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$25,000
James Madison University$20,000
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz$20,000
Education Law Center$15,000
Wagner Free Institute of Science$15,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra Ensemble$15,000
Philadelphia Outward Bound School$15,000
Face to Face$15,000
The Barnes Foundation$15,000
Drueding Center$15,000
Chester Childrens Chorus$15,000
Jubilee School$15,000
The Public Interest Law Center$15,000
Hope PHL$15,000
Quest for Excellence in Education$12,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $233k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Drueding Center: $15k → 7%DRUEDING CENTER: $15k → 7%DRUEDING CENTER: $10k → 7%PHILADELPHIA CONTEMPORARY: $20k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $20k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $20k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $20k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $20k → 22%Face to Face: $15k → 22%CENTER IN THE PARK: $10k → 22%FACE TO FACE: $10k → 22%FACE TO FACE: $10k → 22%Hope PHL: $15k → 22%PEOPLES EMERGENCY CENTER: $10k → 22%PEOPLES EMERGENCY CENTER: $8k → 22%PEOPLES EMERGENCY CENTER: $8k → 22%PEOPLES EMERGENCY CENTER: $8k → 22%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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 54 repeat orgs$699k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

54 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
48

Total granted

$2.3M
$614k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+20%

Still filing today

54%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentEmploymentOther
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

  • MIGHTY WRITERS
    6× · 2017–2023 · $120k · revenue +521%
  • TH
    TREE HOUSE BOOKS
    7× · 2017–2023 · $100k · revenue +199%
  • SCRIBE VIDEO CENTER INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PENN OFFICE OF TREASU
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • HU
    HAMPTON UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
  • SY
    SAVE YOUR SOLES ABINGTON HEALTH FOU
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
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
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

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2
Public Trust

Public Trust is a non-profit organization on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania that fosters learning, creativity, and collaboration in support of justice and equality.

Arts & Culture
3
Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders Inc

We develop, engage, and retain principals and system leaders who transform schools, dramatically improve student outcomes, and drive systemic change to prepare all philadelphia students for college, career, and life.

Education
4
Philadelphia Public Access Corporation

Phillycam provides transformative opportunities for people and communities to express themselves, to learn from each other, and to produce and share media reflective of the experiences of everyday people.

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5
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc

Mural arts - the city of philadelphia mural arts program unites artists and communities through a collaborative process rooted in the traditions of mural making, to create art that transforms public spaces and individual lives.

Arts & Culture
6
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
7
The Philadelphia Education Fund

The mission of the philadelphia education fund (pef) is to create equitable access to opportunities for students by providing resources and expertise that build paths to college and career success. pef focuses on philadelphia public school…

Youth Development
8
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
9
Philadelphia Performing Arts a String Theory Charter School

Charter school providing students a content rich, adademically rigerous core knowledge education with a well-defined, sequential curriculum in a safe, orderly disiplined and caring environment.

Education
10
Whyy Inc

Whyy is the philadelphia region's leading public media provider, serving southeastern pennsylvania, southern new jersey, and all of delaware.

Arts & Culture
11
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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12
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philadelphia Contemporary; the most unlike its peers is African American Childrens Book Pro. 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

51 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. 51 of the 112 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/51
Grantees still filing
37/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF PA MUSEUM: $150,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PA MUSEUMIndividual grant recipient: $125,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $101,000 · OtherJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITYSCRIBE VIDEO CENTER INC: $80,000 · OtherPhiladelphia Outward Bound School: $75,000 · OtherLIFELINE MUSIC COALITION INC: $60,000 · Other+68 more: $1,208,500 · Other+68 moreMIGHTY WRITERS: $120,000 · EducationMIGHTY WRITERSTREE HOUSE BOOKS: $100,000 · EducationTREE HOUSE BOOKSTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $70,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UN…Education Law Center - PA: $67,500 · EducationEducation Law Cent…JUBILEE SCHOOL: $60,000 · EducationJUBILEE SCHOOLTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $25,000 · Education+6 more: $63,000 · Education+6 moreTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES…WOODMERE ART MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureWOODMERE A…ROCK TO THE FUTURE INC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureROCK TO TH…THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FRANKL…KIMMEL CENTER INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureKIMMEL CEN…PLAY ON PHILLY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: $15,000 · Arts & CultureWALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION: $12,500 · Arts & CulturePROJECT 440 INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureARS NOVA WORKSHOP INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE UNSCRIPTED PROJECT: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePROJECT HOME: $80,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT H…HOPEPHL: $47,500 · Human ServicesHOPEPHLDRUEDING CENTER: $40,000 · Human ServicesDRUEDING …FACE TO FACE INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesFACE TO F…PHILADELPHIA CONTEMPORARY: $20,000 · Human ServicesPHILADELP…ACLAMO: $10,000 · Human ServicesCENTER IN THE PARK: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER: $45,000 · Crime & LegalPHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $38,000 · Crime & LegalPHILADELPHIA BAIL FUND INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalPEOPLE ADVANCING REINTEGRATION INC: $57,500 · EmploymentSUMMER SEARCH: $13,000 · EmploymentWEST PARK CULTURAL CENTER: $52,500 · Environment
Other$1,799,500Education$505,500Arts & Culture$290,000Human Services$242,500Crime & Legal$93,000Employment$70,500Environment$52,500

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 budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $120,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetTREE HOUSE BOOKS: $100,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIBE VIDEO CENTER INC: $80,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEducation Law Center - PA: $67,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetJUBILEE SCHOOL: $60,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetPEOPLE ADVANCING REINTEGRATION INC: $57,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetWAGNER FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: $55,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetWEST PARK CULTURAL CENTER: $52,500 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOODMERE ART MUSEUM: $50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHOPEPHL: $47,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER: $45,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetDRUEDING CENTER: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $38,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetROCK TO THE FUTURE INC: $37,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFACE TO FACE INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKIMMEL CENTER INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEED IN DEED: $28,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetINN DWELLING INC: $27,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRINT CENTER: $25,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER: $23,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPHILADELPHIA CONTEMPORARY: $20,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPLAY ON PHILLY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSWARTHMORE COLLEGE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH NETWORK INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDRENS BOOK PRO: $15,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetCORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $13,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWALNUT STREET THEATRE CORPORATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT 440 INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSELF INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetARS NOVA WORKSHOP INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE UNSCRIPTED PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetYOUTH SERVICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAchieve Now: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPHILADELPHIA BAIL FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetACLAMO: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCENTER IN THE PARK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSMITH MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND & PLAYHOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

  • Who funds MIGHTY WRITERS ↗
  • Who funds TREE HOUSE BOOKS ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
  • Who funds SCRIBE VIDEO CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds Education Law Center - PA ↗
  • Who funds JUBILEE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE ADVANCING REINTEGRATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WAGNER FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds WEST PARK CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOODMERE ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds HOPEPHL ↗
  • Who funds THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DRUEDING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds ROCK TO THE FUTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds FACE TO FACE INC ↗
  • Who funds KIMMEL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEED IN DEED ↗
  • Who funds INN DWELLING INC ↗
  • Who funds Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ↗

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 Foun…The William Penn Foun…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…Connelly FoundationHenrietta Tower Wurts…The Patricia Kind Fam…The Philadelphia Cult…United Way of Greater…Adam and Maria Sarah …Claneil Foundation IncLudwick Fdn
The Philadelphia FoundationPA59.2× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Connelly Foundation · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Adam and Maria Sarah Seybert Institution for Poor Boys and Girls · Claneil Foundation Inc · Ludwick Fdn

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 William M King Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The William M King Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
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    How do I get to The William M King Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The William M King Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 112 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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