· Private foundation
Wyncote Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k45 grants · $922k
- $50k–250k70 grants · $7.3M
- $250k+22 grants · $18M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION | $6,322,500 |
| PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY | $1,145,000 |
| SANTA FE OPERA | $1,100,000 |
| EARTHJUSTICE | $1,000,000 |
| PEOPLE'S LIGHT & THEATRE COMPANY | $1,000,000 |
| BROWN UNIVERSITY | $800,000 |
| PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC | $800,000 |
| NATURAL LANDS TRUST INC | $620,000 |
| FRINGEARTS | $550,000 |
| FOOD LIFELINE | $500,000 |
| WASHINGTON FARMLAND TRUST | $400,000 |
| HISTORIC ORGAN RESTORATION COMMITTEE | $400,000 |
| WILMA THEATER INC | $390,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $375,000 |
| FRIENDS OF KEXP | $375,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $583k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
203 repeat relationships: 117 still active in FY2024, 86 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NLNatural Lands Trust Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $12M · revenue +65% · 30% of their budget
- LILOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE4× · 2020–2023 · $4.4M · revenue +241%
- TSTHE SANTA FE OPERA5× · 2020–2024 · $4.4M · revenue +72%
Funded once
- MCMETHOW CONSERVANCYone grant, 2023 · $600k · revenue -70%
- UWUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEYone grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue -45%
- OCOPEN CONNECTIONS INCone grant, 2020 · $315k · revenue -44%
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.
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.
We connect the people and places of philadelphia through art and partnership. the organization is a free-standing platform that endeavors to show forward-thinking, high-quality contemporary visual and performance art in the city. the…
To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse
The association for public art (apa, formerly the fairmount park art association) commissions, preserves, interprets and promotes public art in philadelphia. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that informs, engages and inspires…
The mission of pittsburgh public theater is to provide artistically diverse theatrical experiences of the highest quality. pittsburgh public theater also strives to serve, challenge, stimulate, and (continued on schedule o)
The mission of artphilly is to amplify philadelphia's arts and culture by commissioning, presenting, producing, and promoting art of all kinds for local audiences and the world. its vision is to spotlight(continued on schedule o)the city…
Profile theatres mission is to produce a season of first-class productions and community engagement activities centered around a season-long featured writer whose vision broadens our perspective on the world and deepens our collective…
Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.
Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.
Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
To promote the cultural richness of philadelphia and to bring the most distinguished work in the arts to audiences in the philadelphia region
The corporation advances excellence in the arts, including studio, media, and creative writing. to achieve its mission, the corporation provides equipment and facilities for individual artists, conducts educational programs, and stimulates…
How this is measured
274 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. 274 of the 315 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Natural Lands Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds THE PEOPLE'S LIGHT & THEATRE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds THE SANTA FE OPERA ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES ↗
- Who funds THE ROSENBACH OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds FRINGEARTS ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA FILM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC ORGAN RESTORATION COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds THE WILMA THEATER ↗
- Who funds FOOD LIFELINE ↗
- Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE WANAMAKER ORGAN ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST HARVEST EMM ↗
- Who funds Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ↗
- Who funds CLIMATE SOLUTIONS ↗
- Who funds PIKE PLACE MARKET FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE LENFEST INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM SPECIAL ASSET FUND OF TPF ↗
- Who funds EQUAL MEASURE ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Solid Ground Washington ↗
- Who funds THE PENNSYLVANIA BALLET ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds The Florida State University Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds PCC FARMLAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds BALLETX ↗
- Who funds Town Hall Association ↗
- Who funds THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ORGAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF KEXP ↗
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 Cultural Fund Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · Independence Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · The Lida Foundation · The University of the Arts · Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · The Pew Charitable Trusts · Charlotte Cushman Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wyncote Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wyncote Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Newark Public Radio Inc: 51% of income from government
- Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
- Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
- Delaware Public Media Corporation: 11% of income from government
- Delaware Theatre Company: 8% of income from government
- Berkshire Agricultural Ventures Inc: 1% of income from government
- Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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