Pennsylvania · Public charity
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
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 research that pushes the boundaries of current human knowledge; and to provide the most current and…
- $676M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 127
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $18M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,300
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,008,686
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 62
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $36.7B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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 | 123 | $18M | 65% |
| FY2024 | 56 | $11M | 63% |
| FY2023 | 62 | $9.1M | 69% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $11M | 64% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $96M | 83% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $4.5M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $4.8M | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $4.5M | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| School District of Philadelphia | $110,724,740 | 9 | n/a |
| University City District | $35,429,667 | 9 | 44% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $5,014,487 | 2 | 0% |
| Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadephia | $1,340,959 | 5 | 2% |
| Rebuilding Together Philadelphia | $1,166,170 | 3 | 14% |
| Schuylkill River Development Corporation | $975,450 | 7 | 6% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $695,614 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey | $547,725 | 2 | 2% |
| Project Home | $402,434 | 4 | 1% |
| Coalition to Strengthen America's Health Care | $281,250 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 208 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 170 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · America's Charities · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The William Penn Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · Connelly Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Independence Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw
How this is measured
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About Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- How much does Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania give?
- Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania reported 127 itemized grants totaling $18,114,947, out of $675,616,764 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 62 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (68%), Community Improvement (23%), Health (5%).
- Who are Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: School District of Philadelphia ($111M), University City District ($35M), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ($5.0M).
- Does Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, America's Charities, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey.
- Where is Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania based?
- Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania is based in PA.
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