The George W Rentschler Foundation
Philadelphia, PA · EIN 23-6627872. Reported 80 grants totalling $3,230,000 to 49 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. The George W Rentschler Foundation 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $930,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield Mount Hermon School | Mount Hermon, MA | $1,066,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pifarro the Renaissance Band | Philadelphia, PA | $345,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eldernet of Lower Merion and Narberth | Bryn Mawr, PA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey | Westfield, NJ | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Order of Ahepa Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Thomas Hellenic Afternoon School | Cherry Hill, NJ | $134,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Order of Ahepa of Camden County | Pennsauken, NJ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of the Main Line | Norristown, PA | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Order of Ahepa | Pennsauken, NJ | $56,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Federation of Hellenic American Societies of Philadelphia and Greater D | Philadelphia, PA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Church of the Redeemer Bryn Mawr | Bryn Mawr, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Children in Africa | Gladwyne, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gorge Community Foundation | Hood River, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Landmark School | Prides Crossing, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Mcgillis School | Salt Lake City, UT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hellenic Federation of New Jersey Inc | Somerset, NJ | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| To Our Children's Future With Health Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cradle of Hope | Jenkintown, PA | $18,267 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dawn's Place | Philadelphia, PA | $15,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Hospitality Network | Norristown, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Lymphedema Network | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St George Cathedral | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keystone Human Services | Harrisburg, PA | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ryan's Case for Smiles | Wayne, PA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Support Center for Child Advocates | Philadelphia, PA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Sunshine & Camp Snowflake Inc | Ridgewood, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christa Mcauliffe School Parent Teacher Organization | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crossroads for Kids Inc | Duxbury, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust Inc | Woodbury, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Junior Service League of Concord Nh | Concord, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kelly Brush Foundation | Burlington, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lawyers for Civil Rights | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Support Center for Child Adovacates | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mother's Home | Darby, PA | $9,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sacred and Patriarchal Stayropegial Monastery of Saint Irene Chrysovalantou | Astoria, NY | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Barn at Spring Brook Farm Inc | West Chester, PA | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Called to Serve Community Development Corporation | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Child Advocates | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Highlands Current Inc | Cold Spring, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Youth Center | Oxford, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Lymphedema Network | Point Pleasant, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philipstown Depot Theatre Inc | Garrision, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vetri Community Partnership | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Light House Youth Center | Oxford, PA | $2,099 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Verti Community Partnership | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mighty Writers | Philadelphia, PA | $1,234 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
16 of 49 (33%) 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 71%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Northfield Mount Hermon School
TO FURTHER ENDOW THE GEORGE RENTSCHLER HUGH SUTHERLAND ENDOSED SCHOLARSHIP FUND. - Pifarro the Renaissance Band
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT OF THE HYBRID SEASON OF IN-PERSON AND ONLINE CONCERTS FOR THE CURRENT SEASON. - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Inc
TO SUPPORT THE GREEK ORTHODOX SACRED SEE OF ST. ANDREW IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY. - Eldernet of Lower Merion and Narberth
TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY IN THE LOWER MERION, PENNSYLVANIA AREA. - Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey
TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE IN NEW JERSEY - Order of Ahepa Foundation Inc
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT IN PROVIDING FUNDS TO SUPPORT HELLENIC CULTURAL PROGRAMS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN HELLENIC STUDIES.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 39 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $120,000 | $7,000 |
| 2022 | 17 | $150,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 14 | $145,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 38 | $2,815,000 | $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. 35% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. 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 $10,000. 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 Massachusetts.
- 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 The George W Rentschler Foundation'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: Centre Sq West 1500 Market St 3400, Philadelphia, PA, 19102. 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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