Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Van Aken Family 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.
- $61k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $833k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Van Aken Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 13 | $61k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $58k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $59k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $57k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $52k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $49k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $49k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $44k | 21% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musicopia Inc | $42,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Philabundance | $41,000 | 8 | 0% |
| TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc | $38,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mighty Writers | $35,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Family Service Association of Bucks County | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Welcoming the Stranger Inc | $11,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Beyond the Bars Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Power Interfaith Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Musicopia Inc | $42,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Philabundance | $41,000 | 8 | 0% |
| TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc | $38,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Mighty Writers | $35,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region | $31,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Family Service Association of Bucks County | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Welcoming the Stranger Inc | $11,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Beyond the Bars Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Power Interfaith Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Travelers Aid Society of Philadelphia | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Solutions Project Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Trees for the Future Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bristol Riverside Theatre Co Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Coded By | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Achieveability | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Alliance for Climate Protection | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Playhouse Artists | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($200k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Van Aken Family 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.
Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Van Aken Family Foundation
- How much does Van Aken Family Foundation give?
- Van Aken Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $60,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Van Aken Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Food & Nutrition (21%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Van Aken Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Musicopia Inc ($42k), Philabundance ($41k), TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc ($38k).
- Does Van Aken Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Van Aken Family 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 Van Aken Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, Connelly Foundation, The William Penn Foundation.
- Where is Van Aken Family Foundation based?
- Van Aken Family Foundation is based in PA.
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