Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
SANCTUARY FARM PHILA
SANCTUARY FARM PHILA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,518 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($83,479). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $554k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $321k
- Net assets
- $630k
What Sanctuary Farm Phila does
Mission
Sanctuary Farm seeks to address the health inequities resulting from systemic racial oppression and economic injustice by converting abandoned and neglected areas in our community into spaces that promote safety, hospitality, nutrition and growth. With the help of neighbors, volunteers, and other non-profit partnerships, Sanctuary Farm "broke ground" on an empty lot in North Philadelphia in May 2017. Since it opened in 2017, Sanctuary Farm has planted, grown, and harvested over 25,000 pounds of fresh produce. The produce has been distributed to over 1000 families in the community, free of charge.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Completed the house renovations for a house purchased in 2022 which is adjacent to the farm. The house allows Sanctuary Farm to conduct farms on site as well as to utilize office space for better delivery of our programs.
$247,984 spentof which $246,141 as grants56% of program spendingHarvested 9510 pounds of produce for distribution to the community.
$133,421 spent30% of program spendingSanctuary Farm hosted 6715 visits to the Farmstand which served 450 families and in addition hosted blood pressure screenings and cooking demonstrations
$27,044 spent6% of program spendingSanctuary Farm participated in a same day work and pay program through the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and employs under and unemployed Philadelphians to perform daily neighborhood improvement work assignments. Participants receive $100 per day and are paid on site where they can also connect with farm resources.
$37,183 spentof which $37,183 as grants8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $445,632.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $323k to $589k (+82%).
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: 2022 0% · 2023 44% · 2024 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SANCTUARY FARM PHILA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $10k → $70k.
5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 SANCTUARY FARM PHILA’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
SANCTUARY FARM PHILA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
45% 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 SANCTUARY FARM PHILA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 81% · 2022 48% · 2023 36% — 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
75% of SANCTUARY FARM PHILA's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 43% 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
52% of SANCTUARY FARM PHILA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $123k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SANCTUARY FARM PHILA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SANCTUARY FARM PHILA
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 SANCTUARY FARM PHILA: 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 SANCTUARY FARM PHILA?
- SANCTUARY FARM PHILA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $320,518 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($83,479). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANCTUARY FARM PHILA have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $320,518 in grants to SANCTUARY FARM PHILA, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANCTUARY FARM PHILA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $83,479 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANCTUARY FARM PHILA 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 14 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