Pennsylvania · Private foundation
William B Dietrich Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $270,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $73M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations William B Dietrich Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 55% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $2.8M | 56% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $3.2M | 56% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $2.7M | 45% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $3.4M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $2.9M | 55% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $1.6M | 11% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $2.1M | 46% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $2.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | $1,600,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Athenaeum of Philadelphia | $1,312,500 | 1 | 49% |
| Drexel University | $1,300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Historical Society of Pennsylvania | $1,295,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries | $1,160,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation | $1,000,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $1,000,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Curtis Institute of Music | $745,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The University of the Arts | $625,428 | 1 | 1% |
| Williamson College of the Trades | $595,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
William B Dietrich Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 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 William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Howard J Sedran Family Foundation · The 1830 Family Foundation 2138-00-42 · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About William B Dietrich Foundation
- How much does William B Dietrich Foundation give?
- William B Dietrich Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $3,169,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does William B Dietrich Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (55%), Education (20%), Membership Benefit (5%).
- Who are William B Dietrich Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Philadelphia Museum of Art ($1.6M), The Athenaeum of Philadelphia ($1.3M), Drexel University ($1.3M).
- Does William B Dietrich Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William B Dietrich Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William B Dietrich Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, Hamilton Family Foundation.
- Where is William B Dietrich Foundation based?
- William B Dietrich Foundation is based in PA.
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