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George M and Pamela S Humphrey Fund

Philadelphia, PA · EIN 34-6513798. Reported 118 grants totalling $7,534,732 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$7,534,732granted, 2021-2024
58organizations funded
48%of grantees funded again the next year
$14.0Massets, latest filing

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. George M and Pamela S Humphrey Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $4,271,341. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
18 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
21 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
54 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
8 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
7 grants
$100,000 and Up
8 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
American Endowment FoundationHudson, OH$4,271,341112023
University Hospitals Health System IncCleveland, OH$800,000322024
Uh-Rainbow Babies & Children's HospitalCleveland, OH$666,666222022
Hathaway Brown SchoolShaker Heights, OH$350,000332024
Life ActChagrin Falls, OH$100,000222022
Hospice of the Western ReserveCleveland, OH$90,000442024
New Canaan LibraryNew Canaan, CT$80,750322022
Miss Hall's SchoolPittsfield, MA$80,000322022
New DirectionsCleveland, OH$80,000222022
Saint Martin De Porres High SchoolCleveland, OH$80,000332024
Partnership SchoolsCleveland, OH$70,000442024
Westminister SchoolSimsbury, CT$60,500422022
LifeactChagrin Falls, OH$60,000222024
New Canaan Country SchoolNew Canaan, CT$59,000422022
Uh Seidman Cancer CenterCleveland, OH$50,000112022
Cleveland Institute of MusicCleveland, OH$43,000332023
Denver Rescue MissionDenver, CO$40,000442024
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding CenterChagrin Falls, OH$40,000222024
HopewellChagrin Falls, OH$40,000442024
Fieldstone FarmChagrin Falls, OH$35,000222022
Reeves-Reed ArboretumSummit, NJ$35,000332024
The Maritime Aquarium at NorwalkNorwalk, CT$32,500322022
Greater Cleveland Food BankCleveland, OH$30,000332023
Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland, OH$25,000332024
Crossroads HealthMentor, OH$25,000112023
Horizons at New Canaan Country SchoolNew Canaan, CT$21,100322022
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Northeast OhioIndependence, OH$20,000222022
Playhouse Square FoundationCleveland, OH$20,000222024
The Cleveland OrchestraCleveland, OH$20,000222022
The LanternCleveland, OH$20,000332023
The River FundRichmond Hill, NY$20,000112021
Junior Achievement Rocky MountainGreenwood Village, CO$14,000442024
Waveny Park ConservancyNew Canaan, CT$13,000222022
Effective Leadership AcademyWarrensville Hts, OH$12,000112021
Every Child PediatricsThornton, CO$10,500442024
Holden ArboretumKirtland, OH$10,000112022
Hotchkiss School Capital FundLakeville, CT$10,000112022
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ohio Kentucky and Indiana IncIndependence, OH$10,000112023
The Hotchkiss SchoolLakeville, CT$10,000112021
BgoldnGolden, CO$7,000222022
Golden Backpack Program IncGolden, CO$7,000222024
A Better Chance of New CanaanNew Canaan, CT$5,000112021
Cleveland Botanical GardenCleveland, OH$5,000112023
Keys FoundationNew Canaan, CT$5,000112021
Magnolia Clubhouse IncCleveland, OH$5,000112023
Musical Arts AssociationCleveland, OH$5,000112023
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts a New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationSummit, NJ$5,000112023
Seaver Autism CenterNew York, NY$5,000112021
Summit Volunteer First Aid SquadSummit, NJ$5,000112022
The ConnectionSummit, NJ$5,000112022
The Connection for Women and FamiliesSummit, NJ$5,000112023
The Summit Area YMCASummit, NJ$5,000112023
Person to PersonDarien, CT$3,875112021
Open Door ShelterNorwalk, CT$3,000112022
Villanova UniversityVilanova, PA$2,000112022
Colorado Wellness Center for GirlsWheat Ridge, CO$1,500112021
Lakeview Cemetery FoundationCleveland, OH$500112021
Lake View Cemetery FoundationCleveland, OH$500112023

32 of 58 (55%) 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 89 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
24 grants
Health Care
12 grants
Arts & Culture
12 grants
Mental Health
8 grants
Environment
7 grants
Human Services
7 grants
Food & Nutrition
7 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
6 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202142$974,833$10,000
202235$923,058$10,000
202326$4,936,841$10,000
202415$700,000$10,000

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. 93% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Ohio
$7.0M
Connecticut
$304K
Colorado
$80K
Massachusetts
$80K
New Jersey
$60K
New York
$25K
Pennsylvania
$2K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund34 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc32 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program27 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc25 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust24 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation23 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 George M and Pamela S Humphrey Fund'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: 1650 Market Street Suite 4000, Philadelphia, PA, 19103. 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.

EIN 34-6513798 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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