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LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC

LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $445,500 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.5M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$446k
Net assets
$752k
1/13 repeat funders
01What it does

What Lift Every Voice Philly Inc does

Mission

Lift every voice, inc. Is an organization building parent power to transform philadelphia's schools. By working together and lifting up parent leadership, we are reshaping our schools - and our city - to reflect the dignity and strength of our communities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Lift every voice philly, inc. Supported parents to work collaboratively with schools and community partners to strengthen student experiences and school climate. Efforts included promoting consistent recess time, improving access to basic student needs such as water and restrooms, and encouraging positive behavior support in place of punitive discipline.

    $255,000 spent
    56% of program spending
  2. The organization trained and supported parents and caregivers to participate in school improvement efforts, develop leadership skills, and build constructive relationships with educators and administrators. Activities included workshops, peer learning sessions, and school-based family meetings designed to increase parent engagement and shared responsibility for student success.

    $203,164 spent
    44% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $458,164.

02The organization over time

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

Shanee Garner

Executive director

Board chair

Jordan Konell

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC’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

LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

45%
largest funder
65%
top three
~4
effective funders

“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

98% of LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA
MO

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin51% · top quartile
Months of reserve5.6mo · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC

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In Pennsylvania

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

63% of spending goes to programs.

Program 63%Management 25%Fundraising 12%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC?
LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $445,500 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $445,500 in grants to LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC?
THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LIFT EVERY VOICE PHILLY INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 13 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing