Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD
PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,613 to it, the largest being THE BROOK J LENFEST FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $297k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild does
Mission
PSPG is dedicated to Preserving Historic Ships, Teaching: Seamanship, Restoration Skills, Maritime Sci & Culture, Environmental Stewardship. We preserve two historic vessels: Tall Ship Gazela & Tugboat Jupiter.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ship Preservation and Maint: PSPG is a volunteer centered organization which restores and maintains the Tall Ship Gazela (built 1901) and the Tug Jupiter (built 1902). We use the work on these vessels a way to introduce more people to maritime culture, to train people in: mech, elect, woodworking and eng skills. 2025 projects included: Replacing main hatch coaming; Replaced pilothouse room, Unstepped masts and bowsprit (first time in 10 yrs) to begin the process of replacing Main Lower Mast, Bowsprit, and Mizzen Boom (completed in spring 2026). Prepared Gazela for a month long sailing trip to the Chesapeake bay during summer 2026, to participate in public port visits held during America 250 year celebrations. Over 70 active volunteers in 2025.
$87,109 spentof which $4,780 as grants$39,269 earned by the program51% of program spendingEducation: The pre-apprentice program, funded by a grant received in late 2024, started in fall 2024 continued through spring 2025. Pre-apprentice was a program for paid intern/apprentices to learn about and gain hands on experience working in the marine trades industry. Several training sails occurred in 2025, including overnight sails. Education dept staff welcomed 70 fourth graders aboard for PSPGs first school field trip program.
$48,196 spentof which $19,835 as grants$10,580 earned by the program28% of program spendingEvents: Events hosted on the Tall Ship Gazela serve to both generate income for PSPG and to introduce people in the region to our presence and mission. Many of our volunteers first learn about PSPG during a public event. In 2025 PSPG continued the local concert series: Riverside Sessions, featuring several local musicians. Gazela hosted an up close viewing of the 4th of July fireworks show on the Delaware river.
$35,612 spent$10,018 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $170,917.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.5M to $1.8M (+18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 24% · 2020 16% · 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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
Gina Pickton
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $68.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD’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
PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
38%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD: 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 PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD?
- PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,613 to it, the largest being THE BROOK J LENFEST FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $60,613 in grants to PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD?
- THE BROOK J LENFEST FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PHILADELPHIA SHIP PRESERVATION GUILD 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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