Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC
THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($26). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $26
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc does
Mission
The philadelphia cultural fund was established by the city of philadelphia to conduct grant making activity and provide assistance to local arts organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The philadelphia cultural fund, inc. Requires that applications be submitted by potential grantee organizations. The application process includes submission of a valid tax exempt 501(c)(3) status along with copies of the organization's form 990 and its related financial statements. The applicant must demonstrate that it maintains an operating address within the city of philadelphia. Organizations that do not have 501(c)(3) status may apply through an approved fiscal sponsor. Grants were made to 339 philadelphia arts organizations & programs.
$8,131,369 spentof which $7,879,934 as grants$9,000,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $8,131,369.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.1M to $7.3M (+585%).
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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% · 2024 100% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $16.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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: $12k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC: 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 THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC?
- THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $26 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($26). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $26 in grants to THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $26 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND 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.
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 1 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