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Who funds employment in Pennsylvania
Employment funding in Pennsylvania is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Philadelphia Youth Network Inc leads, and the money reaches 547 groups. It is overwhelmingly local money: 81% comes from funders based in Pennsylvania.
The short version
- 1,127 funders gave $720M to 547 employment organizations in Pennsylvania across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 81% of that came from funders also based in Pennsylvania; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of employment in Pennsylvania is Philadelphia Works Inc, at $285M.
- The employment organization drawing the most is Philadelphia Youth Network Inc, at $63M.
Largest funders of employment in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to employment organizations in Pennsylvania, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Employment organizations in Pennsylvania that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find employment funders in Pennsylvania
- 1Start with the funders already active in Pennsylvania
The funders giving the most to employment in Pennsylvania are Philadelphia Works Inc, Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce Investment Board, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
19% of employment money in Pennsylvania comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Pennsylvania.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Pennsylvania?
- Start with the funders already giving to employment in Pennsylvania, currently Philadelphia Works Inc, Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce Investment Board, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Pennsylvania from out of state.
- Who is the largest employment funder in Pennsylvania?
- Philadelphia Works Inc gives the most to employment organizations in Pennsylvania, $285M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to employment in Pennsylvania?
- $720M reached 547 employment organizations in Pennsylvania, from 1,127 funders. 81% came from funders also based in Pennsylvania.
- How recent is this data?
- It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.
More from the funding graph
Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.