Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
The Why Project
The Why Project (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25 to it, the largest being THE CIGNA GROUP FOUNDATION ($25). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $125k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25
- Net assets
- $37k
What The Why Project does
Mission
Providing educational support services under IRS code 501c3
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
0
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Justin Hill
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of The Why Project’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 Why Project's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
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.
Against its field
The Why Project runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like The Why Project
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.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Why Project: 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 Why Project?
- The Why Project (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25 to it, the largest being THE CIGNA GROUP FOUNDATION ($25). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Why Project have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25 in grants to The Why Project.
- Who is the largest funder of The Why Project?
- THE CIGNA GROUP FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Why Project 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 2025–2025), 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