Foundations that fund nonprofits in Philadelphia, PA

5,128 private foundations reported 21,575 grants to organizations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $922.3M in all. 300 of them are based in Philadelphia.

Foundations5,128

Based in Philadelphia300

Grants on record21,575

Their typical grant$5,000

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Foundations based in Philadelphia

10 of the 300 local foundations that reported grants to Philadelphia organizations: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of such grants on their latest return.

• The Cigna Group Foundation

  Philadelphia, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $14.1M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 4,075 Total there $14.1M Typical grant $250 Describes how to apply
  • Scholarship America - General operating purpose$540,000
  • YMCA - General operating purpose$333,333
  • American Red Cross - General operating purpose$312,151

• The William Penn Foundation

  Philadelphia, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $148.8M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 535 Total there $104.2M Typical grant $50,000 Describes how to apply
  • Delaware River Waterfront Corporation - Construction of penn's landing park$7,000,000
  • Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc - Capital campaign 2024$5,000,000
  • Fairmount Park Conservancy - Capital improvements and planning for fdr park$3,455,084

• Chubb Charitable Foundation

  Philadelphia, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $5.8M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 108 Total there $233K Typical grant $200 Describes how to apply
  • Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships Inc - Grants$100,000
  • St Joseph's Preparatory School - Matching Gifts$40,000
  • Saint Josephs University - Grants$25,000

• The Presser Foundation

  Philadelphia, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $3.8M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 101 Total there $1.8M Typical grant $3,000 Describes how to apply
  • The Mann Center for the Performing Arts - Capital support$150,000
  • Temple University - Capital support$100,000
  • The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc (Ensemble Arts) - Capital support$100,000

• The Neubauer Family Foundation

  Philadelphia, PA · latest return: tax year 2023

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  Grants in Philadelphia 77 Total there $6M Typical grant $5,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Philadelphia Academy of School Leaders - Program support$2,262,625
  • Whyy - Program support$510,820
  • Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout - Program support$427,500

• Wyncote Foundation

  Philadelphia, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Philadelphia 55 Total there $13.5M Typical grant $73,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Philadelphia Foundation - Support for community foundation donor advised funds$6,322,500
  • Philadelphia Film Society - Support for capital improvements and ongoing programs$1,145,000
  • Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc - Support for historic pipe organ programming and ongoing programs$800,000

• Independence Blue Cross Foundation

  Philadelphia, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $8.7M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 37 Total there $5.6M Typical grant $70,000 Describes how to apply
  • Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - Community Health; Healthcare Access; Health Workfo$952,316
  • The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Foundation - Healthcare Access$530,000
  • HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Community Health$500,000

• Lasko Family Foundation

  Philadelphia, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $9.7M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 16 Total there $3.2M Typical grant $50,000 Describes how to apply
  • Jevs Human Services - To assist goals of organization$2,600,000
  • Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia - To assist goals of organization$100,000
  • Makom Community - To assist goals of organization$87,500

• Hfo Foundation

  Philadelphia, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Philadelphia 5 Total there $325K Typical grant $100,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Chop - Children Hospital of Philadelphia - General$100,000
  • Settlement Music School - General$75,000
  • Independence Fund - General$50,000

• Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw

  Philadelphia, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $713K in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 168 Total there $548K Typical grant $2,000 Describes how to apply
  • Barnes Foundation - General$25,000
  • Zoological Society of Philadelphia - General$25,000
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art - General$15,000

Other foundations giving most in Philadelphia

Based elsewhere, by the number of grants to Philadelphia organizations on their latest return; profiles in our foundation directory first. Each shows its largest grants there.

• Amazonsmile Foundation

  Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023

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  Grants in Philadelphia 1,557 Total there $267K Typical grant $57 Preselected recipients only
  • Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - General support$14,707
  • Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia - General support$11,226
  • Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society - General support$7,675

• Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc

  Radnor, PA · latest return: tax year 2025

  Gave $8.8M in 2025
  Grants in Philadelphia 176 Total there $1.7M Typical grant $100 Describes how to apply
  • Boys Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc - Education Grants$100,000
  • Temple University - Special Initiatives Grants$100,000
  • Heights Philadelphia - Education Grants$90,000

• Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025

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  Grants in Philadelphia 153 Total there $1.6M Typical grant $600 Preselected recipients only
  • National Reentry Workforce Collaborative - In support of creating economic mobility and career pathways$250,000
  • The Enterprise Center - In support of underserved small business expansion$250,000
  • Pennsylvania Economy League Inc - In support of underserved small business expansion$200,000

• Connelly Foundation

  West Conshohocken, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $15.4M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 140 Total there $8.5M Typical grant $15,000 Describes how to apply
  • Archdiocese of Philadelphia - Visioning committee on catholic education, development symposium, JCC achievement awards, neumann scholarships$2,634,408
  • Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia - Breaking barriers campaign, ambassadors and camp connections programs$450,000
  • Sharing Excess Inc - Food rescue capacity building$400,000

• The Pfizer Foundation Inc

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Philadelphia 110 Total there $91K Typical grant $200 Preselected recipients only
  • Philabundance - Matching gifts$6,730
  • Project Home - Matching gifts$5,000
  • Albert M Greenfield Home and School Association Inc - Matching gifts$5,000

• The W W Smith Charitable Trust

  St. Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $12.1M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 108 Total there $5.7M Typical grant $35,000 Describes how to apply
  • Temple University-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Educ - Scholarships$223,000
  • Drexel University - Scholarships$200,000
  • Saint Joseph's University - Scholarships$141,000

• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $622.6M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 88 Total there $10M Typical grant $46,950 Describes how to apply
  • Drexel University - Illuminating and addressing structural racism in the healthcare industry: building the field from the ground…$1,966,667
  • Health Federation of Philadelphia - Supporting home grown in advancing policy goals and in garnering public and private investment for home-based…$1,500,000
  • Health Federation of Philadelphia - Building the evidence and strengthening practices and policies affecting providers of home-based child care…$900,000

• Td Charitable Foundation

  Portland, ME · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $24.9M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 73 Total there $2M Typical grant $10,000 Describes how to apply
  • Affordable Housing Centers of Pennsylvania - Homeownership success$200,000
  • Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Inc - Preserving low-income homeownership through legal assistance in philadelphia$200,000
  • Seniorlaw Center - Preserving homeownership for older, low-income philadelphians$200,000

• Hess Foundation Inc

  Parsippany, NJ · latest return: tax year 2023

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  Grants in Philadelphia 53 Total there $15.5M Typical grant $50,000 Preselected recipients only
  • College of Physicians of Philadelphia - An unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.$5,000,000
  • Philadelphia Orchestra - An unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.$4,000,000
  • Franklin Institute - Earth systems exhibit and unrestricted purposes$1,600,000

• Van Ameringen Foundation Inc

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $9.8M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 41 Total there $2.5M Typical grant $75,000 Describes how to apply
  • Attic Youth Center - Renewed support to double the capacity of a culturally-competent counseling team serving philadelphias lgbtq…$100,000
  • Education Law Center - Pa - Renewed support for pennsylvania's education law center to advocate at the state and local level for public…$100,000
  • Juvenile Law Center - Continuing advocacy support for philadelphia-based public interest law firm fighting for the rights of…$100,000

• The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Philadelphia 40 Total there $5.2M Typical grant $70,000 Preselected recipients only
  • National Constitution Center - General operations$850,000
  • Juvenile Law Center - General operations$250,000
  • Kimmel Center Inc (Formerly Rpac) - General operations$250,000

• The Maguire Foundation

  West Conshohocken, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Philadelphia 26 Total there $2.9M Typical grant $50,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Woodmere Art Museum - For general needs of organization$2,000,000
  • Independence Mission Schools - For general needs of organization$150,000
  • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Ar Ts - For general needs of organization$150,000

• The Simons Foundation Inc

  New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Philadelphia 25 Total there $3.6M Typical grant $72,000 Preselected recipients only
  • University of Pennsylvania - Collaborative research: transferable, hierarchical, expressive, optimal, robust, interpretable networks…$825,000
  • University of Pennsylvania - Simons chair in probability and evolutionary theory$728,748
  • Society for Ind and Applied Maths - The siam-simons undergraduate summer research program$293,974

• Gates Foundation

  Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $6.3B in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 24 Total there $14M Typical grant $500,000 Describes how to apply
  • Committee on Sustainability Assessment - Agricultural development$2,196,724
  • Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - HIV$1,953,602
  • General Medicines LLC - Create novel technology platform capabilities$1,454,000

• Laura and John Arnold Foundation

  Houston, TX · latest return: tax year 2024

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Philadelphia 21 Total there $6.6M Typical grant $122,776 Preselected recipients only
  • Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - To expand pwbm's ability to provide accurate, accessible, and transparent budget and economic analysis of…$1,862,391
  • City of Philadelphia - To assess recent reforms and new initiatives in prosecutorial decision making in philadelphia communities.$715,979
  • Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - To conduct a mega study - a large-scale randomized controlled trial that aims to simultaneously evaluate ten…$610,483

• Wells Fargo Foundation

  Minneapolis, MN · latest return: tax year 2025

  Invitation Only
  Grants in Philadelphia 21 Total there $2.2M Typical grant $35,000 Preselected recipients only
  • Urban League of Philadelphia - Philadelphia WORTH$937,500
  • Consumer Credit Counseling Serivce of Delaware Valley - Philadelphia Homeowner Sustainability Program$250,000
  • Urban League of Philadelphia - Home for Good Pilot$185,000

• Fidelity Foundation

  Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $156.2M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 21 Total there $33K Typical grant $400 Describes how to apply
  • Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - Fidelity matching gifts to education$7,000
  • Clarke Pennsylvania Inc - Fidelity matching gifts to education$5,600
  • Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania - Fidelity matching gifts to education$4,000

• The Heinz Endowments

  Pittsburgh, PA · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $85.4M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 18 Total there $2.1M Typical grant $70,000 Describes how to apply
  • Research for Action Inc - To support research for action inc's work to highlight and address existing disparities within pennsylvania's…$450,000
  • Pa Alliance Foundation - To implement strategic interventions to enhance the strength and effectiveness of pennsylvania's civic…$300,000
  • Clean Air Council - To improve air quality in the region$240,000

• Edward Jones Foundation

  St. Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024

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  Grants in Philadelphia 18 Total there $2,766 Typical grant $300 Preselected recipients only
  • Junior Achievement - International, foreign affairs and national security$500
  • Alzheimer's Association Delaware Valley Chapter - Diseases, disorders, medical disciplines$450
  • Philabundance - Food, agriculture and nutrition$263

• John S and James L Knight Foundation Inc

  Miami, FL · latest return: tax year 2024

  Gave $147.7M in 2024
  Grants in Philadelphia 17 Total there $9.7M Typical grant $85,300 Describes how to apply
  • The Pew Charitable Trusts - To support a five-year, co-branded partnership between knight and grantees subsidiary, the pew research…$2,500,000
  • The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Assets Fund of Tpf - Create an accelerator supporting technology solutions essential for publishers and journalists to achieve…$2,249,500
  • The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center - To increase access to and engagement with artistic programming both on-site and online for the philadelphia…$1,000,000

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