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The William Penn Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$149M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,027
Grants FY2024still arriving
32
States reached
$7.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$123MEnvironment$121MPhilanthropy$102MEducation$56MCommunity Improvement$54MHuman Services$36MHealth$32MAnimals$28MOther$0
02FY2024 · 1027 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k354 grants · $705k
  • $10k–50k150 grants · $3.5M
  • $50k–250k399 grants · $51M
  • $250k+124 grants · $94M
$50,000
Median grant
32
States reached
$3.4B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$7,777,255
DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION$7,000,000
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC$5,000,000
FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY$3,455,084
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA$3,000,000
FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY$2,500,000
MANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$2,000,000
NATIONAL NURSE-LED CARE CONSORTIUM$2,000,000
CENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION$2,000,000
PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION$2,000,000
PHILADELPHIA CLEF CLUB OF THE PERFORMING ARTS INC$2,000,000
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$1,850,000
REINVESTMENT FUND INC$1,500,000
PHILADELPHIA SOCCER 2026$1,500,000
PHILADELPHIA CITY FUND$1,260,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $32.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $363k → 7%NATURES GARDEN FOR VICTORY AND PEACE INC: $270k → 32%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $350k → 7%NATURES GARDEN FOR VICTORY AND PEACE INC: $270k → 32%IT TAKES PHILLY INC: $245k → 7%CHILDREN FIRST PA: $435k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST PA: $434k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST PA: $372k → 22%PUBLIC CITIZENS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $325k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST PA: $254k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST PA: $250k → 22%PUBLIC CITIZENS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $249k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST PA: $248k → 22%CHILDREN FIRST PA: $245k → 22%TURNING POINTS FOR CHILDREN: $225k → 22%PROJECT HOME: $6.1M → 22%FIRSTUP: $946k → 22%FIRSTUP: $683k → 22%FIRSTUP: $654k → 22%FIRST UP: $385k → 22%FIRST UP: $365k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $356k → 22%FIRSTUP: $320k → 22%FIRSTUP: $320k → 22%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $272k → 22%FIRST UP: $234k → 22%FIRST UP: $231k → 22%FIRSTUP: $215k → 22%FIRSTUP: $206k → 22%FIRSTUP: $206k → 22%PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER: $476k → 22%PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER: $462k → 22%PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER: $267k → 22%HOPEPHL: $250k → 22%PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER: $222k → 22%THE LIGHTHOUSE: $566k → 22%VILLAGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $241k → 22%VILLAGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $207k → 22%OXFORD CIRCLE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $249k → 22%OXFORD CIRCLE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $245k → 22%OXFORD CIRCLE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $235k → 22%OXFORD CIRCLE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $235k → 22%OXFORD CIRCLE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $220k → 22%WILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER: $1.0M → 22%WILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER: $735k → 22%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $300k → 22%BROAD STREET MINISTRY: $250k → 22%WILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER: $210k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of The William Penn Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 79% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 77%.

The William Penn Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$584M · 922 repeat orgs$22M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

922 repeat relationships: 574 still active in FY2024, 348 since wound down; 135 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

922
372

Total granted

$584M
$13M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+20%

Still filing today

81%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • PC
    PHILADELPHIA CITY FUND INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $18M · revenue +29%
  • NW
    NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $13M · revenue +90%
  • OS
    OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE LAND TRUST INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $8.9M · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF CALDER GARDENSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue +362%
  • RS
    REDSTONE STRATEGY GROUP
    one grant, 2021 · $486k
  • TS
    The Schuylkill Center For Environmental Educationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $450k · revenue +54%
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
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
2
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
3
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
4
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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5
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
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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8
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Inc

To support education and research at college, university, and research libraries.

Education
9
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
10
Artphilly

The mission of artphilly is to amplify philadelphia's arts and culture by commissioning, presenting, producing, and promoting art of all kinds for local audiences and the world. its vision is to spotlight(continued on schedule o)the city…

Arts & Culture
11
Pidc Local Development Corporation

See schedule o.pidc-ldc administers, as a subrecipient of the city of philadelphia, various federally funded grant programs, including community development block grants, housing and urban development loans, and economic development…

Community Improvement
12
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cultureworks Greater Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is Kurt Cobain Music Education Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

1192 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. 1192 of the 1,463 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.

115
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
268
Early backer (in before they grew)
1165/1192
Grantees still filing
819/1192
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $59,697,255 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTH…THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $7,784,300 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILADELPHIA …THE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM SPECIAL ASSET FUND OF TPF: $3,457,300 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $3,145,775 · Philanthropy+6 more: $9,300,355 · Philanthropy+6 moreCULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $5,703,746 · Arts & CultureCULTURETRUST GRE…THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC: $5,560,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILADELPHIA…WHYY INC: $5,531,317 · Arts & CultureWHYY INCPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $3,561,361 · Arts & CultureMANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $3,386,200 · Arts & CultureOPERA PHILADELPHIA: $3,383,146 · Arts & CultureTHE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION: $3,257,100 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $3,134,075 · Arts & CultureTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $2,809,364 · Arts & Culture+35 more: $43,439,645 · Arts & Culture+35 moreFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $6,188,429 · OtherNational Nurse-Led Care Consortium: $7,418,213 · OtherPublic Health Management Corporation: $7,106,992 · Other+82 more: $159,493,976 · Other+82 moreOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE LAND TRUST INC: $8,896,175 · EnvironmentOPEN SPACE INSTI…FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY: $8,513,634 · EnvironmentFAIRMOUNT PARK C…PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $5,063,306 · EnvironmentPENNSYLVANIA ENV…Clean Air Council: $3,753,470 · EnvironmentNEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $3,683,655 · EnvironmentCITIZENS FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S FUTURE: $3,502,200 · EnvironmentTHE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $3,426,580 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND: $3,289,775 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,911,000 · EnvironmentLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND: $2,800,320 · Environment+21 more: $29,771,183 · Environment+21 morePHILADELPHIA CITY FUND INC: $17,826,532 · Community ImprovementPHILADELPHIA…THE REINVESTMENT FUND INC: $11,927,075 · Community ImprovementTHE REINVEST…DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION: $7,695,000 · Community ImprovementDELAWARE RIV…PIDC COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $3,019,806 · Community ImprovementSCHUYLKILL RIVER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $2,978,570 · Community ImprovementJASTECH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC: $2,566,000 · Community ImprovementDELAWARE RIVER CITY CORPORATION: $2,464,500 · Community ImprovementCENTER CITY DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $2,175,500 · Community Improvement+5 more: $7,753,787 · Community Improvement+5 morePROJECT HOME: $6,384,973 · Human ServicesFIRST UP: $6,059,056 · Human ServicesChildren First PA: $4,398,893 · Human ServicesHOPEPHL: $2,807,657 · Human ServicesWILLIAM WAY LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,979,170 · Human ServicesOXFORD CIRCLE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $1,934,208 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $1,417,479 · Human ServicesTHE VILLAGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $1,336,000 · Human ServicesNATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,197,000 · Human Services+4 more: $3,697,985 · Human ServicesNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $12,665,525 · AnimalsNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $7,778,200 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $4,465,000 · AnimalsTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $871,000 · Animals
Philanthropy$83,384,985Arts & Culture$79,765,954Other$180,207,610Environment$75,611,298Community Improvement$58,406,770Human Services$31,212,421Animals$25,779,725

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $59,697,255 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPHILADELPHIA CITY FUND INC: $17,826,532 over 5y, 24% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $12,665,525 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetTHE REINVESTMENT FUND INC: $11,927,075 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE LAND TRUST INC: $8,896,175 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetFAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY: $8,513,634 over 5y, 18% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $7,784,300 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $7,778,200 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetDELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION: $7,695,000 over 3y, 41% of budgetNational Nurse-Led Care Consortium: $7,418,213 over 3y, 16% of budgetPublic Health Management Corporation: $7,106,992 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $6,384,973 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetFREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $6,188,429 over 5y, 19% of budgetFIRST UP: $6,059,056 over 5y, 41% of budgetCULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $5,703,746 over 5y, 33% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC: $5,560,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $5,550,000 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetWHYY INC: $5,531,317 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER: $5,141,396 over 5y, 16% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $5,063,306 over 5y, 27% of budgetTHE JOHN BARTRAM ASSOCIATION: $4,752,500 over 5y, 72% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA: $4,465,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetChildren First PA: $4,398,893 over 5y, 31% of budgetThe Corps Network: $4,104,430 over 4y, 11% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $3,948,713 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRodale Institute: $3,822,511 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetClean Air Council: $3,753,470 over 5y, 34% of budgetNEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $3,683,655 over 5y, 26% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $3,561,361 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetCITIZENS FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S FUTURE: $3,502,200 over 5y, 34% of budgetTHE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM SPECIAL ASSET FUND OF TPF: $3,457,300 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $3,436,840 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $3,426,580 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetMANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $3,386,200 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetOPERA PHILADELPHIA: $3,383,146 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $3,289,775 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION: $3,257,100 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY PHILADELPHIA INC: $3,173,664 over 4y, 31% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $3,148,948 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $3,145,775 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $3,134,075 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetKABOOM INC: $3,030,558 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetPIDC COMMUNITY CAPITAL: $3,019,806 over 4y, 21% of budgetSCHUYLKILL RIVER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $2,978,570 over 5y, 33% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,911,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS INC: $2,845,750 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $2,809,364 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetHOPEPHL: $2,807,657 over 5y, 14% 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 NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA CITY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds THE REINVESTMENT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN SPACE INSTITUTE LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds FAIRMOUNT PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds National Nurse-Led Care Consortium ↗
  • Who funds Public Health Management Corporation ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
  • Who funds FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIRST UP ↗
  • Who funds CULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARE FOOD PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds WHYY INC ↗
  • Who funds STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHN BARTRAM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds Children First PA ↗
  • Who funds The Corps Network ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Rodale Institute ↗
  • Who funds Clean Air Council ↗
  • Who funds NEW JERSEY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CITIZENS FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S FUTURE ↗
  • Who funds THE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM SPECIAL ASSET FUND OF TPF ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MANN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds OPERA PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION ↗

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 Barra Foundation …Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…Independence Foundati…The Philadelphia Foun…Lindback Cr & Mf Foun…The Philadelphia Cult…Henrietta Tower Wurts…The Patricia Kind Fam…Connelly FoundationUnited Way of Greater…The University of the…Wyncote Foundation
The Barra Foundation IncPA200.1× affinity144 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Barra Foundation Inc · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Independence Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Connelly Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The University of the Arts · Wyncote 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 William Penn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The William Penn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Camden Community Partnership Inc: 94% of income from government
  • Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Pinelands Preservation Alliance: 35% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Musconetcong Watershed Association: 14% of income from government
  • Delaware Nature Society Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Center for Supportive Schools Inc: 9% of income from government
  • New Jersey Future Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Watershed Institute Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • New Jersey Audubon Society: 1% of income from government
  • American Littoral Society: 1% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
69report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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 1463 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home