Dl Saunders Lawrence Saunders
Radnor, PA · EIN 23-6488524. Reported 105 grants totalling $395,275 to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Dl Saunders Lawrence Saunders did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $5,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greener Partners | Fairview Village, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Inn Dwelling | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens | Devon, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pennsylvania Horticultural Society | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| West Philadelphia Alliance for Children | Philadelphia, PA | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Episcopal Legal Aid | Haverford, PA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Historic Fair Hill | Philadelphia, PA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pennypack Farm Center for Sustainable Food | Horsham, PA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Artz Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Need in Deed | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St James School | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Garage Community & Youth Center | Kennett Square, PA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Petey Greene Program | Princeton, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tree House Books | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Endangered Species Coalition | Washington, DC | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Norris Square Neighborhood Project | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northwest Mutual Aid Collective | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Peter's Place | Radnor, PA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Philadelphia Young Playwrights | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Par-Recycle Works | Philadelphia, PA | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Delaware River City Corporation | Philadelphia, PA | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Garces Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Expressive Path | Norristown, PA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cradle of Hope | Jenkintown, PA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Service of Chester County | West Chester, PA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Volunteer English Program in Chester County | West Chester, PA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Achieve Now | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Awbury Arboretum | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Rainbow Inc | Skippack, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Caring for Friends | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Collective Success Network | Flourtown, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College Possible Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fnc Philly - Double Trellis Food Initiative | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ordinarie Heroes | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pals for Life Association | Devon, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Saint James School | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Abington Art Center | Jenkintown, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kelly Ann Dolan Memorial Fund | Fort Washington, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia Youth Orchestra | Philadelphia, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upper Darby Arts & Education Foundation | Drexel Hill, PA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wagner Free Institute of Science | Philadelphia, PA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Giving Alliance | Warminister, PA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tia's Place | Yeadon, PA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association for Adults With Developmental Disabilities | Jenkintown, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Architecture & Design | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Promise of Southern Chester County | Kennett Square, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Briar Bush | Abington, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Germantown Avenue Crisis Ministry | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Germantown Avenue Crisis Minstry | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls Rock Philly | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Literacy Council of Norristown | Norristown, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nicholas Newlin Foundation | Glen Mills, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phoenixville Women's Outreach Center | Phoenixville, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Riverfront North Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Team First Book Philadelphia | Gladwyne, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thresholds in Delaware County Inc | Thornton, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Baby Bureau | Warminister, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youngmoms | Kennett Square, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Step Up Academy | Jenkintown, PA | $2,275 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aadd | Jenkintown, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
29 of 61 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 48%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- College Possible Philadelphia
FOR SUPPORT OF COLLEGE POSSIBLE - Need in Deed
FOR INTEGRATING SERVICE-LEARNING IN PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Par-Recycle Works
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - Artz Philadelphia
FOR FUNDING TO CONTINUE PROGRAMS IN UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES - Literacy Council of Norristown
FOR GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS FOR ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS - Upper Darby Arts & Education Foundation
TO THE BRAD SCHOENER MEMORIAL FUND
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 67 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $106,275 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 27 | $95,000 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 25 | $99,000 | $4,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $95,000 | $4,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Dl Saunders Lawrence Saunders's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Ftci of Pa 5 Radnor Ctr 450, Radnor, PA, 19087. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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