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Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia

Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,100 to it, the largest being FAITH FOUNDATION ($28,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$407k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$29k
Net assets
$2.6M
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia does

Mission

Education-Scottish heritage, promotion, education assistance - Scottish charities & pipers - Scottish funerals and cultural events

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland. His feast day is November 30 and his Saints Day is a celebration and education of Scottish culture and heritage with traditional food, music (especially bagpipes) and Scottish dancing. The cross on which St. Andrew was crucified has been adopted as the national flag of Scotland and incorporated into the Union flag. The Saints Day is celebrated in Philadelphia with an annual gala dinner. Several historical treasures and relics owned by the Society are carried in the annual St. Andrews Day procession that is part of the festivities. There were 261 in attendance at the 12/5/2024 annual St. Andrews Day event.

    $66,244 spent$62,760 earned by the program
    33% of program spending

  2. Supper meetings of the members, officers, and board are conducted to explore issues related to Scottish heritage and to conduct the business affairs of the Society. Guest speakers enhance the event by sharing their experiences.

    $28,553 spent$10,575 earned by the program
    14% of program spending

  3. Assistance Fund Donations to the following: The Carpenters Company of the City and County of Philadelphia = $2,500 HC Wood Inc = $324 Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution = $250 Juvenile Justice Center of Philadelphia = $5,000 Faith Assembly of God = $5,000 Ryans Case for Smiles = $1,000 United States Piping Foundation = $3,000 Miscellaneous = $325

    $17,399 spentof which $17,399 as grants
    9% of program spending

  4. The Robert Burns Night Supper is a tribute dinner saluting the Scottish Bard Robert Burns. Approximately 175 attendees were present at the event on 1/24/2025.

    $34,280 spent$29,029 earned by the program
    17% of program spending

  5. The Ceilidh Event is a family event promoting Scottish heritage and traditions in the U.S. The event features Scottish music, food, dancing, and storytelling attended by approximately 150 participants on 3/22/2025.

    $17,650 spent$12,497 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

  6. Golf outing to celebrate the links sport of Scottish origin was held on 5/8/2025.

    $14,208 spent$14,010 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

  7. Hunting, fishing, special events. Participants honor the gentlemanly outdoor sport of bird hunting & fishing, and march with Scottish Pipers in the annual Alexandria Scottish Christmas Walk Parade.

    $12,799 spent$4,336 earned by the program
    6% of program spending

  8. Scottish Monument expenses and maintenance. The Scottish Memorial of Philadelphia is displayed at Front & Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia.

    $1,538 spent
    1% of program spending

  9. Pipers playing traditional Scottish bagpipes at funerals & cultural events

    $5,571 spent
    3% of program spending

  10. Cleaning of one of the relics maintained at the Society

    $1,371 spent
    1% of program spending

The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $199,613.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($119k) Expenses 100 ($164k) Net assets 100 ($1.8M)2018 Revenue 196 ($234k) Expenses 119 ($195k) Net assets 105 ($1.9M)2019 Revenue 160 ($190k) Expenses 126 ($207k) Net assets 106 ($1.9M)2020 Revenue 75 ($89k) Expenses 113 ($185k) Net assets 99 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 132 ($158k) Expenses 88 ($145k) Net assets 130 ($2.3M)2022 Revenue 243 ($289k) Expenses 178 ($292k) Net assets 113 ($2.0M)2023 Revenue 373 ($445k) Expenses 313 ($513k) Net assets 119 ($2.1M)2024 Revenue 346 ($413k) Expenses 242 ($397k) Net assets 130 ($2.3M)2025 Revenue 341 ($407k) Expenses 156 ($257k) Net assets 143 ($2.6M)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Revenue (341)Expenses (156)Net assets (143)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.8M to $2.3M (+30%).

$1.8M
$1.9M
$1.9M
$1.8M
$2.3M
$2.0M
$2.2M
$2.3M
$2.6M
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$45k
’17
$39k
’18
−$16k
’19
−$96k
’20
$13k
’21
−$2k
’22
−$68k
’23
$16k
’24
$151k
’25
3.8
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed121111112024242120
Joined·+1+1+2+9+5+1+3+0
No longer listed·21201161
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $25k.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
2
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Saint Andrew's Society of 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

Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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

96%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 50% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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 Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Saint Andrew's Society of 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

The Foundation of the St Andrew's Society of Philadelphia78%Irish Society for Education & Charity Inc73%Philadelphia Police & Fire Pipes & Drums72%West Point Society of Philadelphia71%Philadelphia Ulster Scottish Pipe Band71%The 1492 Society Inc69%Celtic Fest Inc Dba Celtic Cultural Alliance69%The Pennsylvania Society69%

Nationally

St Andrews Society of Detroit Inc80%St Andrews Society of Central Illinois78%The Foundation of the St Andrew's Society of Philadelphia78%St Andrews Society of Baltimore Inc77%The Robert Burns Society of Charleston Inc77%Nevada Society of Scottish Clans77%St Andrew Society of Colorado Inc77%New York Caledonian Club Inc77%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 22%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

55%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • The Foundation of the St Andrew's Society of Philadelphia · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia?
Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,100 to it, the largest being FAITH FOUNDATION ($28,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $29,100 in grants to Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia?
FAITH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $28,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Saint Andrew's Society of 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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