· Private foundation
Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder 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, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS | $6,000 |
| KINNEY CENTER FOR AUTISM | $5,000 |
| MARPLE NEWTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT | $5,000 |
| RIDDLE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | $4,625 |
| NEUMANN UNIVERSITY | $4,625 |
| YOUTH MENTORING PARTNERSHIP | $4,250 |
| ST KATHERINE OF SIENNA SCHOOL | $3,125 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA | $3,000 |
| NOTRE DAME ACADEMY | $2,000 |
| EAGLES AUTISM FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD CHURCH | $2,000 |
| MALVERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION | $1,250 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ATHLETICS | $1,250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 9 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, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IGIndividual grant recipient6× · 2020–2025 · $46k
- KCKINNEY CENTER FOR AUTISM7× · 2019–2025 · $35k
- SKST KATHERINE OF SIENA3× · 2019–2021 · $28k
Funded once
- LCLASALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2019 · $3k
- SDST DENIS CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $3k
- GFGIRLS FIRSTone grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue -14%
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.
See schedule owe are an inclusive community on a mission to inspire unbounded curiosity and independent thought in every one of our students. in a unique educational environment that extends well beyond campus, we nurture students'…
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
Germantown academy inspires students to be independent in thought; confident in expression; compassionate in spirit; collaborative in action; and honorable in deed. germantown academy is a private school educating students from pre-k…
All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.
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…
An independent college preparatory school for girls from age three through twelfth grade.
The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
A preschool through 12th grade, private, college preparatory school. the school's mission statement is "together, cultivating the best in each for the benefit of all."
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The Montessori School educates children from 18 months-6th grade. Our program is rooted in the educational philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori faithful to her method. In our caring environment, sustained by freedom peace, the school…
As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 34 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 MALVERN PREPARATORY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE RIDDLE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEUMANN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds YOUTH MENTORING PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds GIRLS FIRST ↗
- Who funds Benchmark School ↗
- Who funds SPEAKUP ↗
- Who funds SAINT DAVID'S NURSERY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SQUASHSMARTS INC ↗
- Who funds EAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
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: Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools · The Maguire Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Fund · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Jeff and Kathy Siegfried Family Foundation · The Howley Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Equitable Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas a and Kathleen R Bruder Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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