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Wsfs Community Foundation at a glance

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Wsfs Community Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$288k
Granted FY2021
37
Grants FY2021
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2021 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k29 grants · $103k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$3,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELAWARE COLLEGE SCHOLARS$50,000
DELAWARE PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP INC$50,000
LUCY OUTREACH$25,000
URBANPROMISE - CAMDEN NJ$15,000
WHYY$15,000
BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA$10,000
CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM$10,000
HOUSING PARTNERSHIP OF CHESTER COUNTY$10,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DELAWARE (WILMINGTON)$8,500
NEHEMIAH GATEWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$7,500
PACDC$6,500
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (NEW CASTLE COUNTY)$6,500
GOOD NEIGHBORS HOME REPAIR$6,000
INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL$5,000
FORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC (FAME)$5,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GOOD NEIGHBORS HOME REPAIR: $6k → 6%NEHEMIAH GATEWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $8k → 10%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.
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.
03Its 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.

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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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2
Early College School At Delaware State University

To provide highly motivated students with a curriculum that is integrated with the relevant curriculum at delaware state university such that all students graduate with one to two years of college credits, preparing them for completion of…

Education
3
Leadership Delaware Inc

Leadership delaware, inc. (ldi) recruits outstanding delawareans and prepares them with the knowledge, vision, integrity and networks to significantly impact and transform their communities, and to excel at community, non-profit,…

Public Benefit
4
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
5
Delaware Community Foundation Inc

Our mission is to strengthen delaware by maximizing community-based philanthropy.

Philanthropy
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Delaware Center for Health Innovation Inc

The organization develops, facilitates, and oversees the implementation of collaborative efforts aimed at transforming the delivery of health care services in delaware.

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University of Delaware

The university of delaware is a major research university dedicated to cultivating learning, advancing knowledge, and fostering the exchange of ideas through teaching, research and public service.

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8
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
9
Wilmington University Inc

Wilmington university is committed to excellence in teaching, relevancy of the curriculum, and individual attention to students. as an institution with admissions policies that provide access for all, it offers opportunity for higher…

Education
10
Delaware Center for Justice

The delaware center for justice, inc. seeks to ensure an effective, efficient, and equitable system of justice in delaware through advocacy, direct services, research and public education.

Crime & Legal
11
Delaware County Christian School Society

Our mission is to educate students who will serve god and impact the world through biblical thought and action.

Education
12
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Delaware Center for Horticulture Inc; the most unlike its peers is Whyy Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 37 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
12/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBANPROMISE - CAMDEN NJ: $15,000 · OtherURBANPROMISE - CAMDEN NJHousing Partnership of Chester County Inc: $10,000 · OtherHousing Partnership of Chester County IncCHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $10,000 · OtherCHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM INCJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DELAWARE (WILMINGTON): $8,500 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DELAWARE (WILMINGTO…PACDC: $6,500 · OtherPACDCAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (NEW CASTLE COUNTY): $6,500 · OtherAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (NEW CASTLE CO…THE INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · OtherFORUM TO ADVANCE MINORITIES IN ENGINEERING INC (FAME): $5,000 · OtherLA RED HEALTH CENTER INC: $5,000 · OtherDELAWARE CENTER FOR HORTICULTURE INC: $3,500 · OtherMeals on Wheels Delaware Inc: $5,000 · Other+12 more: $25,000 · Other+12 moreDELAWARE COLLEGE SCHOLARS INC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentDELAWARE COLLEGE SCHOLARS INCLUCY OUTREACH A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentLUCY OUTREACH A NJ NONPROFIT C…GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentDELAWARE PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementDELAWARE PROSPERITY…NEHEMIAH GATEWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,500 · Human ServicesGOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesBACK ON MY FEET: $2,500 · Human ServicesDomestic Violence Center of Chester County: $1,000 · Human ServicesWHYY INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $4,000 · EducationTHE MAIN LINE CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $3,500 · EducationDREXEL NEUMANN ACADEMY INC: $2,500 · EducationMASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationBRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: $10,000 · Animals
Other$105,000Youth Development$78,000Community Improvement$50,000Human Services$17,000Arts & Culture$15,000Education$12,500Animals$10,000

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 budgetDELAWARE PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDELAWARE COLLEGE SCHOLARS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetLUCY OUTREACH A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHousing Partnership of Chester County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEHEMIAH GATEWAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLA RED HEALTH CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels Delaware Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE CENTER FOR HORTICULTURE INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MAIN LINE CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDREXEL NEUMANN ACADEMY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBACK ON MY FEET: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMASTERY CHARTER SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERVIAM GIRLS ACADEMY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRANDYWINE RED CLAY ALLIANCE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLYING GOOD INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDomestic Violence Center of Chester County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Wsfs Cares FoundationDelaware Community Fo…Welfare Foundation IncLongwood Foundation I…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Chubb Charitable Foun…Chichester Dupont Fou…Crestlea Foundation I…Nor' Easter Foundatio…Incyte Charitable Giv…Laffey-McHugh Foundat…United Way of Greater…
Wsfs Cares FoundationDE44.7× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wsfs Cares Foundation · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Nor' Easter Foundation Inc · Incyte Charitable Giving Foundation · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • La Red Health Center Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Christiana Care Health System Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Nehemiah Gateway Community Development Corporation: 26% of income from government
  • Delaware College Scholars Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Delaware Center for Horticulture Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Serviam Girls Academy Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Delaware Prosperity Partnership Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Independence School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Wsfs Community Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Wsfs Community Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 37 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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