William B Dietrich Foundation
Philadelphia, PA · EIN 90-0628306. Reported 40 grants totalling $12.5M to 29 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. William B Dietrich 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 $245,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $431,000; the smallest was $3,600 and the largest $1,312,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athenaeum of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $1,312,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | Philadelphia, PA | $1,300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $1,295,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries | Philadelphia, PA | $1,160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint Mark's Church | Philadelphia, PA | $820,181 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Curtis Institute of Music | Philadelphia, PA | $745,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Vincent Township | Chester Springs, PA | $685,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Academy of Music | Philadelphia, PA | $612,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Franklin Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Germantown Friends School | Philadelphia, PA | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Williamson College of the Trades | Media, PA | $430,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Barnes Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Woodmere Art Museum | Philadelphia, PA | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $340,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks | Philadelphia, PA | $330,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girard College Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Township of Lower Merion | Ardmore, PA | $255,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Springside Chestnut Hill Academy | Philadelphia, PA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| US Squash Racquets Association Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $240,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation Rodeph Shalom | Philadelphia, PA | $155,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Threefold Education Association | Mechanicsburg, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Horizons Senior Center | Narberth, PA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Surrey Services for Seniors | Berwyn, PA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Called to Serve Community Development Corp | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| County Theater Inc | Doylestown, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Warwick, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jeanne Ruddy and Dancers Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
7 of 29 (24%) 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 33%, 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.
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
CONSTRUCTION & ESTABLISMENT OF THE EGYPT & NUBIA RESEARHC CENTER AT THE MUSEUM - Historical Society of Pennsylvania
EXTERIOR RESTORATION & LIGHTING (1ST & 2ND OF 3 INSTALLMENTS) - Saint Mark's Church
MASONRY WORK & LIGHTING OF THE LADY CHAPEL - Curtis Institute of Music
WINDOW REPLACEMENT & EXTERIOR RESTORATION OF 1726 LOCUST STREET - West Vincent Township
CONSERVATION CONTRIBUTION OF EXTINGUISHMENT OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND PERPETUAL RESTRICTIONS FOR OPEN SPACE, WOODLAND, AND PASSIVE RECREATIONAL USE - The Franklin Institute
HAMILTON COLLECTIONS GALLERY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 21 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | $3,373,100 | $295,000 |
| 2022 | 12 | $2,714,600 | $107,500 |
| 2023 | 9 | $3,196,481 | $155,000 |
| 2024 | 10 | $3,169,700 | $262,500 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. William B Dietrich Foundation has 5 of them, worth $3,076,400. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Glen Foerd Conservation Corporation | Philadelphia, PA | $1,700,000 |
| Historical Society of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $431,000 |
| Your Agency Incorporated | Philadelphia, PA | $365,400 |
| Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $340,000 |
| US Squash Racquets Association Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $240,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 100% 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 $245,000. 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 William B Dietrich 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: Co Frank G Cooper 30 S 17TH Str, 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.
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