Pa Alliance Foundation
Philadelphia, PA · EIN 82-3717563. Reported 124 grants totalling $9,395,666 to 66 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Pa Alliance Foundation, the IRS classifies it under civil rights rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE R40) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 66 distinct organizations, with 22% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 40% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,175. Half of what it reported fell between $17,241 and $75,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $1,843,300. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Voter Project | Philadelphia, PA | $2,103,300 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Voter Project Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $1,116,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Project 26 Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $990,000 | 5 | 1 | 2024 |
| Commonwealth Communications | Wilkesbarre, PA | $686,765 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lead Pa Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $497,802 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Working Families Organization Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $415,000 | 5 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania Voice | Philadelphia, PA | $382,779 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pennsylvania United | Pittsburgh, PA | $366,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Organize Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Keystone | Philadelphia, PA | $200,200 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fair Elections Center | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Make the Road States Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $181,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Pennsylvania Project | Harrisburg, PA | $177,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| In This Together Nepa Inc | Mountain Top, PA | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Onepa Activist United | Philadelphia, PA | $116,000 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pittsburgh United | Pittsburgh, PA | $111,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Asian Americans United | Philadelphia, PA | $79,183 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Urban Affairs Coalition | Philadelphia, PA | $78,925 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fairness Wv Institute Inc | Charleston, WV | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cair-Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $62,812 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| CASA San Jose | Pittsburgh, PA | $62,241 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $61,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| CASA Inc | Hyattsville, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make the Road States Inc | Allentown, PA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Police Accountability | Pittsburgh, PA | $58,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nextgen Education Fund | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| For Our@future Education Fund | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Voters Org | Paoli, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bhutanese Community Association of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $37,513 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Voices Pittsburgh Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $36,017 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Pa Project Education Fund | West Chester, PA | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fiscal Sponsorship Allies Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Power Interfaith | Harrisburg, PA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Public Accountability Initiative Inc | Buffalo, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 1 Vote Counts | Harrisburg, PA | $29,530 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Public Democracy America | Great Falls, VA | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 412 Justice - Formerly Onepa Education Fund | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Abolitionist Law Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian Pacific Islander Political Al Liance | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Girls Vote 4 H E R Inc | Towson, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Men Vote | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rise Education Fund | Sherman Oaks, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Woori Center | Lansdale, PA | $21,159 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Promote the Vote | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 1HOOD Media Academy | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA Inc | Westbrook, ME | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pennfranchise Project | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voter Empowerment Education & Enrichment Movement | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth United for Change | Philadelphia, PA | $19,238 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Goodpower Education Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Movement Alliance Project | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mothers of Incarcerated Sons | Pittsburgh, PA | $13,485 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bethel AME Church | Pittsburgh, PA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Wall Street USA | Woodland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emgage Foundation Inc | Lakeland, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kwj Community Outreach | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pirg New Voters Project Inc | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture | Philadelphia, PA | $9,717 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philly Neighborhood Networks Justice Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Omicron Delta Lambda Foundation | Kennett Sq, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saints Memorial Community Church Inc | Willingboro, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
19 of 66 (29%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Commonwealth Communications
Democracy Defense Communications & Digital - Pennsylvania United
GOTV (Erie VBM & Allegheny Rides to the Polls) - Project 26 Pennsylvania
Rural Campus Voter Mobilization - The Voter Project
VOTER ENGAGEMENT IN ERIE AND OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE OF PITTSBURGH AND PHILADELPHIA - Asian Americans United
POWER CAUCUS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN - Fairness Wv Institute Inc
Non Partisan Voter Contact in LGBTQ+ Communities
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 54 of 66 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | $673,369 | $93,750 |
| 2022 | 26 | $3,079,265 | $20,579 |
| 2023 | 20 | $946,315 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 72 | $4,696,717 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
85% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,175 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Pa Alliance Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 36 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 8 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 121 S Broad Street Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA, 19107.
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