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Vesta Fund at a glance

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Vesta Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$364k
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$905kArts & Culture$866kHealth$694kHuman Services$235kAnimals$99kHousing & Shelter$56kScience & Tech$50kRecreation & Sports$43kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RENEW THEATERS DEEP FOCUS PROGRAM$75,000
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID$50,000
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE PHILADELPHIE UNDERWRITING SALARY OF THE DIRECTOR OF E$30,000
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE ENDOWMENT AT MAJESTIC THEATER$25,000
AMBLER THEATER INC FILM NOW AND 35MM FILM FESTIVAL$25,000
POWER FORWARD FOUNDATION POWER FORWARD STARTUP$15,500
FAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA UNRESTRICTED$14,000
POWER FORWARD FOUNDATION POWER FORWARD FOUNDATION$12,500
EUSEBEIA RELATIONSHIP RE DO$12,500
RENEW THEATERS GENERAL OPERATIONS 2500 FOR EACH OF FOUR RENEW-OPERATED TH$10,000
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC CAMP WAZIYATAH CAMPER SCHOLARSHIP$10,000
LENAPE VALLEY FOUNDATION SUICIDE PREVENTION CONFERENCE FOR COMMUNITY EDUCAT$10,000
319 MAIN LINE CENTER INC UNRESTRICTED GRANT$10,000
KINDLE HILL FOUNDATION CHARITY SALARY FOR PART-TIME GRANTWRITERADMINISTRA$10,000
PHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY SAVING LIVES AND KEEPING FAMILIES WHOLE$7,500
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 (FY20–24, $207k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PROJECT HOME: $15k → 22%FAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $14k → 7%FAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $14k → 7%INTER-FAITH HOUSING ALLIANCE: $14k → 7%THE MATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC: $10k → 7%THE MATTIE NDIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC: $5k → 7%MONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT UNRESTRICTED: $1k → 7%MATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC: $5k → 7%THE MATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC: $5k → 7%THE MATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC: $5k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $45k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $40k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $30k → 7%GREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA: $5k → 7%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

WA
MT
MN
WI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
NC
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 5% of Vesta Fund’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 95% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 90%.

Vesta Fundlessmore 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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 21 repeat orgs$857k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
36

Total granted

$2.2M
$503k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+4%

Still filing today

90%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $355k 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
AnimalsEducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • GC
    GETTYSBURG COLLEGE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $327k · revenue +18%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE PHILADELPHIE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $215k · revenue +53%
  • TP
    THE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF GERMANTOWN
    4× · 2020–2023 · $184k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TC
    TJU CORPORATE ACCOUNT
    one grant, 2023 · $80k
  • AE
    ALBERT EINTEIN MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • GF
    GWNEDD FRIENDS SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $45k
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
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
2
Humane Pennsylvania Foundation

To encourage and motivate the making of gifts and donations by deed, will, or otherwise, for the advancement, promotion, extension, and maintenance of the various causes and objectives fostered by the humane pennsylvania.

Animals
3
Adams County Pet Rescue

Rescue, care, and find homes for abandoned and/or abused animals.

Animals
4
Humane Animal Rescue

We strive to provide all aspects of care to abandoned, neglected, and injured animals; reunite lost pets with their caregivers or seek new families for them; educate the community on humane care and interactions with all animals with the…

Animals
5
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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6
Tenth Life Cat Rescue

Tenth life provides veterinary care, foster homes, and adoptive placement to stray cats and kittens, prioritizing those with special needs. the organization works to end unnecessary euthanasia and cat homelessness through educational…

Youth Development
7
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc C/O the Organization

Enforcing and protecting the rights of individuals and families by providing accessible, creative, and high quality legal assistance and working collaboratively for systemic change.

Crime & Legal
8
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
9
Wilson College

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

Education
10
The Maryland Spca Inc

To improve the lives of pets and people in the community; to provide and promote education concerning the proper care of animals; to provide medical services, socialization, and enrichment to animals; (see schedule o for continuation)to…

Animals
11
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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12
Danbury Animal Welfare Society

Danbury animal welfare society , inc.(daws) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals in our community and beyond. we promote responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals, and work toward…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Upper Moreland Youth and Drug Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is Belgian Sheepdog Rescue Trust. 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

47 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. 47 of the 86 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/47
Grantees still filing
30/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALBERT EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK: $100,000 · OtherALBERT EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWOR…TJU CORPORATE ACCOUNT: $80,000 · OtherTJU CORPORATE ACCOUNTRENEW THEATERS DEEP FOCUS PROGRAM: $75,000 · OtherRENEW THEATERS DEEP FOCUS PROGRAMGWYNEDD FRIENDS SCHOOL: $56,500 · OtherGWYNEDD FRIENDS SCHOOLALBERT EINTEIN MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 · OtherALBERT EINTEIN MEDICAL CENTERGETTYSBURG COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID: $50,000 · OtherGETTYSBURG COLLEGE FINANCIAL AIDGWNEDD FRIENDS SCHOOL: $45,000 · OtherGREATER PHILADELPHIA YMCA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: $33,334 · Other+44 more: $411,000 · Other+44 moreGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $326,500 · EducationGETTYSBURG COLLEGETHE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF GERMANTOWN: $184,000 · EducationTHE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF GERMA…THE MEADOWBROOK SCHOOL: $96,500 · EducationTHE MEADOWBROOK SCHOOLTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSIT…+3 more: $44,000 · Education+3 moreRENEW THEATERS INC: $306,000 · Arts & CultureRENEW THEATERS INCALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE PHILADELPHIE: $215,000 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE PHI…AMBLER THEATER INC: $145,000 · Arts & CultureAMBLER THEATER INC+2 more: $24,000 · Arts & CultureHEALTHLINK DENTAL CLINIC INC: $367,168 · HealthHEALTHLINK DENTAL…Maternity Care Coalition: $72,500 · HealthMaternity Care Co…COLON CANCER COALITION INC: $17,500 · Health+3 more: $24,000 · HealthGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $120,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $41,000 · Human ServicesMATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOME: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesAARK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION CENTER INC: $15,000 · AnimalsPHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $12,500 · AnimalsSTRAY CAT BLUES INC: $11,000 · AnimalsGREEN STREET RESCUE: $10,000 · AnimalsWOMEN'S HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $7,500 · AnimalsPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $7,500 · Animals+4 more: $4,000 · AnimalsTHE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$900,834Education$701,000Arts & Culture$690,000Health$481,168Human Services$207,000Animals$67,500Philanthropy$5,000

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 budgetHEALTHLINK DENTAL CLINIC INC: $367,168 over 4y, 46% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $326,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRENEW THEATERS INC: $306,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE PHILADELPHIE: $215,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetTHE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF GERMANTOWN: $184,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMBLER THEATER INC: $145,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association: $120,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MEADOWBROOK SCHOOL: $96,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMaternity Care Coalition: $72,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA: $41,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC: $30,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUPPER MORELAND YOUTH AND DRUG COUNCIL INC: $22,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIWAY THEATRE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCOLON CANCER COALITION INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $16,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MORRIS ANIMAL REFUGE: $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPegasus Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc: $11,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSTRAY CAT BLUES INC: $11,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetGREEN STREET RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY PA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEDWIG HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLIVENGRIN FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEpiscopal Academy: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF NORRISTOWN: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetPETER'S PLACE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHWESTERN STABLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPUS THEATRE LTD: $4,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKITTY COTTAGE ADOPTION CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOME AT LAST DOG RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFUREVER YOURS RESCUE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBELGIAN SHEEPDOG RESCUE TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetLEGAL AID OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY CHILD ADVOCACY PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHART 2 HEART ANIMAL RESCUE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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 HEALTHLINK DENTAL CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds GETTYSBURG COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds RENEW THEATERS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE PHILADELPHIE ↗
  • Who funds THE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF GERMANTOWN ↗
  • Who funds AMBLER THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds Greater Philadelphia Young Men's Christian Association ↗
  • Who funds THE MEADOWBROOK SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Maternity Care Coalition ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE MONTCO PA ↗
  • Who funds MATTIE N DIXON COMMUNITY CUPBOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR RELATIONSHIPS INC ↗
  • Who funds UPPER MORELAND YOUTH AND DRUG COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HIWAY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLON CANCER COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
  • Who funds AARK WILDLIFE REHABILITATION AND EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE MORRIS ANIMAL REFUGE ↗

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 Cedarcrest Charit…The William Penn Foun…The Pfizer Foundation…The Windmill Foundati…The Gordon Charter Fo…Henry Dolfinger 2 Tru…The Cigna Group Found…Montgomery County Fou…Genuardi Family Found…Penn Community Bank F…Phillies Charities Inc
The Philadelphia FoundationPA32.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation Aka Blbb Charitable · The William Penn Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Windmill Foundation Inc · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Cigna Group Foundation · Montgomery County Foundation Inc · Genuardi Family Foundation · Penn Community Bank Foundation · Phillies Charities Inc

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 Vesta Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vesta Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 86 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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