Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
The Elevation Project
The Elevation Project (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,500 to it, the largest being BVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC ($16,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $561k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $47k
What The Elevation Project does
Mission
To meet the needs of formerly incarcerated individuals by providing holistic services in a safe and supportive environment to empower fresh starts and open new opportunities. Our work improves lives reduces recidivism and drives systemic change through our community outreach and transformative business center programming.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Transformative Business Ctr. helps justice-impacted individuals achieve economic independence through entrepreneurship services like training mentorship and workspace access. Funding supports case management licensing production costs for startups and program space.
$229,960 spent60% of program spendingWorkforce Development -Prepares justice system-impacted individuals for meaningful sustainable employment. Offers job-readiness training hands-on experience individualized support and job connections. Participants develop skills confidence and workplace experience for success. The program has employed 20 individuals 19 of whom were formerly incarcerated as adults.
$130,581 spent$299,916 earned by the program34% of program spendingThe Reentry Support Hub serves as a central resource center for Philadelphia residents impacted by the justice system providing essential services that support stability and professional growth. The Reentry Support Hub operates through the services of the organizations experienced Case Manager who maintains a network of community partnerships and resources to refer out to. Services include assistance in finding employment securing stable housing applying for social services coordinating transportation and obtaining personal legal documents and identifications.
$21,735 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $382,276.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
LaTrista Webb
Executive Director
Board chair
Thomas Devlin
Board President
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of The Elevation Project’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
The Elevation Project leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund The Elevation Project.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
The Elevation Project draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
The Elevation Project runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 71 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 71 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like The Elevation Project
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Elevation Project: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Elevation Project?
- The Elevation Project (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,500 to it, the largest being BVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC ($16,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Elevation Project have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $16,500 in grants to The Elevation Project.
- Who is the largest funder of The Elevation Project?
- BVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE INC is the largest funder on record, with $16,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Elevation Project find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2026–2026), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing