Who funds Whyy Inc?

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · EIN 23-1438083 · NTEE A300 · 501(c)(3)

179 private foundations paid Whyy Inc 402 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $8.8M in all. Its IRS activity code (NTEE A300) places it in arts & culture.

All years on file, including returns before 2022.

Foundations that funded it

Largest total first.

Largest grants since 2022

Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.

• The William Penn Foundation · 2022 - Create literacy focused children's television programming$1,356,885
• The Chatham Foundation · 2023 - Charitable$1,000,000
• The Neubauer Family Foundation · 2023 - Program support$510,820
• The William Penn Foundation · 2024 - Create educational enrichment television series for children.$475,000
• The William Penn Foundation · 2023 - Create educational enrichment television series for children$475,000
• The William Penn Foundation · 2024 - Flash media labs$200,000
• The William Penn Foundation · 2024 - Increase engagement in issues facing public schools in pennsylvania through education-focused reporting$200,000
• The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation · 2024 - General operations$200,000
• The William Penn Foundation · 2023 - Education reporting$200,000
• The William Penn Foundation · 2023 - Flash media labs$200,000
• The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation · 2023 - Special purpose$200,000
• The William Penn Foundation · 2022 - Education reporting$200,000
• The William Penn Foundation · 2023 - Watershed news stories$193,418
• The William Penn Foundation · 2022 - Media labs$192,500
• The William Penn Foundation · 2024 - Environmental reporting through whyy and billy penn$190,000
• The William Penn Foundation · 2022 - 2022 - watershed news stories$188,952
• Wyncote Foundation · 2024 - Support for ongoing programs$125,000
• The Commonwealth Fund · 2023 - The Pulse: Stories Exploring Race, Racism, and Health Disparities, 2023-2024$110,000
• Wyncote Foundation · 2023 - Support for ongoing programs$105,000
• The Barrack Foundation · 2022 - Unrestricted$100,000
• The William Penn Foundation · 2022 - 2021 watershed news stories$79,000
• Htc Cottee Josephine & Evelyn Smith Foundatio · 2025 - Public broadcasting$75,000
• Independence Public Media of Philadelphia Inc · 2023 - Community building$75,000
• Htc Cottee Josephine & Evelyn Smith Foundatio · 2024 - Pc$74,240
• The Commonwealth Fund · 2024 - The Pulse Collaboration with Spanish-language media on health and health equity reporting$64,000

Organizations the same foundations fund

Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.

• PhilabundancePhiladelphia, PA · 62 shared funders
• Project HomePhiladelphia, PA · 47 shared funders
• Barnes FoundationPhiladelphia, PA · 37 shared funders
• Philadelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphia, PA · 40 shared funders
• Jewish Federation of Greater PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA · 25 shared funders
• Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · 36 shared funders
• National Kidney Foundation IncNew York, NY · 18 shared funders
• Movember FoundationSanta Monica, CA · 17 shared funders

By tax year of the funder's return

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• Arts & Culture grants in Pennsylvania
• All foundation grants in Pennsylvania

How this page is made

Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.

• IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 23-1438083
• IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)

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