Michigan · Nonprofit
THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY
THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $975,150 to it, the largest being The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc ($290,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $586k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $975k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What The Philadelphia Society does
Mission
Educational programs that allow for the interchange of ideas in the interest of deepening the intellectual foundation of a free and ordered society and of broadening the understanding of its basic principles and traditions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Meetings - the society holds two conferences per year where members and their guests can congregate for the exchange of ideas. At these seminars, participants are invited to attend lectures given by distinguished speakers on topics including those that are economic, political, cultural, religious, and philosophic in nature. Attendees are also encouraged to meet their fellow members and participate in relevant discussions throughout the program.
$375,613 spent$238,775 earned by the program87% of program spendingFounders' fellows - the founders' fellows program brings together 12 rising leaders dedicated to advancing the intellectual foundations of a free and ordered society. Participants are selected from a pool of distinguished candidates who demonstrate academic excellence, exceptional leadership in their field, and a desire to study and debate the essential ideas of the american founding and the future of freedom. Fellows will participate in a day-long socratic discussion colloquium in advance of attending the society's spring meeting. Discussion sessions will be led by leading experts in the liberty movement.
$35,489 spentof which $29,276 as grants8% of program spendingFellowships - the society offers a limited number of competitive felloeships to allow exceptional young leaders to attend the semi-annual conferences. The purpose of this program is to foster intellectual vitality and growth for the society. As such, priority is given to those applicants who demonstrate interest in the intellectual renewal of a social order of free and responsible individuals, potentially through their professional activities, and those who are likely to join the society in the future.
$19,771 spentof which $16,994 as grants5% of program spendingFounders' fellows - the founders' fellows program brings together 12 rising leaders dedicated to advancing the intellectual foundations of a free and ordered society. Participants are selected from a pool of distinguished candidates who demonstrate academic excellence, exceptional leadership in their field, and a desire to study and debate the essential ideas of the american founding and the future of freedom. Fellows will participate in a day-long socratic discussion colloquium in advance of attending the society's spring meeting. Discussion sessions will be led by leading experts in the liberty movement.
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $430,873.
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 2022 to 2023, from $831k to $1.1M (+30%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $92k → $176k.
2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY’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
THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 39% · 2019 73% · 2020 39% · 2021 55% · 2022 40% · 2023 28% — 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
80% of THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k 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.
Organizations like THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY
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In Michigan
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
98%
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 SOCIETY: 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 SOCIETY?
- THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY (Michigan) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $975,150 to it, the largest being The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc ($290,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $975,150 in grants to THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY?
- The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $290,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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