Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA
PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,550,733 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($1,821,150). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $591k
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $4.6M
- Net assets
- $771k
What Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia does
Mission
To strengthen philanthropy in order to create a more vibrant, resilient, and equitable region.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational programs2024 programming continued to offer educational programs to strengthen philanthropy in order to create a more resilient, collaborative and equitable region, as the organization and surrounding community began to emerge from organizational transitions. While still relying mainly on virtual program delivery, the network engaged its membership through various channels, I.e. A weekly newsletter, blog posts, in person meetings and other member engagement efforts. Topics ranged from policy, the impact of the media, 2024 trends in philanthropy, nonprofit sector engagement and support, health policy and regional affinity group supports. Additional programmatic offerings and services included learning communities of practice and programs in the form of a series on key topics.
$10,870 spent$12,500 earned by the program2% of program spendingCommunications and member serviceswe continue to find new ways to stay engaged with our members and through various communications tools, sustained full membership outreach and opportunities for feedback, collaboration and support. Leveraging previous surveys regarding expectations and needs from our membership as a philanthropy serving organization. We were able to better understand our members' priorities and emerging trends in the funder community. We incorporated these learnings into our programing and overall engagement strategy.engagement with the united philanthropy forum in an effort to learn from national community of philanthropy serving organizations and leverage best practices in an effort to align with national practices and in support of philanthropy in our region.
$322,605 spent71% of program spendingPhilanthropy network staff and leadership worked to raise the organization's profile and enhance awareness about the philanthropic sector through speaking engagements and other outreach and interaction with regional nonprofit and community organizations and civic leaders and by representing philanthropy in the media. There were also opportunities for staff to share their knowledge and experience with partner groups, with staff members invited to speak at both the annual candid convene (that organization's yearly all-staff gathering) and the leading philanthropy conference.
$117,565 spent26% of program spendingMade to measure- after receiving a 2-year grant from the bill & melinda gates foundation, philanthropy network successfully developed a pilot platform designed to test and explore the question of whether and how digital tools might engage and influence high-capacity giving, including both the quantity and the quality of that giving. Staff worked with platform development partner capshift, and the online tool was launched in september 2022. By the end of year, it was being tested by a group of 10 pn member organizations. These early adopters supplied over 200 grantee opportunities for the platform, while also participating in guided user experience modules and providing feedback on both the functionality and underlying concept of the platform via surveys and one-on-one interviews. A full launch to the entire philanthropy network membership is planned for 2023.
$3,067 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $454,107.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $468k to $927k (+98%).
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: 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $3k → $415k.
3 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $377k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Philadelphia Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA raised.
From the IRS filings of PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA’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
PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 80% · 2019 34% · 2020 59% · 2021 42% · 2022 35% · 2023 40% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
26% of PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47k 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.
Against its field
PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA is better cushioned than half of the 7,127 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,127 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA
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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA?
- PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,550,733 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION ($1,821,150). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $4,550,733 in grants to PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA?
- THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,821,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA 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.
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 27 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