The Fund for Women and Girls
West Chester, PA · EIN 76-0724241. Reported 110 grants totalling $1,095,815 to 66 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, 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 The Fund for Women and Girls, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 66 distinct organizations, with 5% 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. 17% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 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 $9,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $13,200; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $18,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moms House of Phoenixville | Phoenixville, PA | $55,425 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Phoenixville Free Clinic | Phoenixville, PA | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lch Health and Community Services | Kennett Sq, PA | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youngmoms | Kennett Sq, PA | $46,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Domestic Violence Center of Chester County | West Chester, PA | $42,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alianzas De Phoenixville | Phoenixville, PA | $40,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County | West Chester, PA | $39,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crime Victims Center of Chester County Inc | West Chester, PA | $38,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Parkesburg Point | Parkesburg, PA | $34,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Garage Community and Youth Center | Kennett Sq, PA | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Star of Chester County | West Chester, PA | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Project Libertad | Phoenixville, PA | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Safe Harbor of Chester County Inc | West Chester, PA | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The 4TH Trimester Mommie | Reading, PA | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Alliance for Health Equity | Coatesville, PA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bridge of Hope Inc | Malvern, PA | $22,925 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mighty Writers | Philadelphia, PA | $20,785 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Volunteers in Medicine Inc | West Chester, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends Assoc for Care & Protection of Children | West Chester, PA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Orion Communities Inc | Phoenixville, PA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| A Childs Light | Malvern, PA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Prepared to Thrive | Exton, PA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Unite for Her | Malvern, PA | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Warehouse Project | West Chester, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alianzas De Phoenixville | Phoenixville, PA | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridge Academy and Community Center Inc | Coatesville, PA | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Clinic | Phoenixville, PA | $13,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Care Access | Phoenixville, PA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Domestic Violence Center of Chesco | West Chester, PA | $12,550 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wings for Success | Philadelphia, PA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Volunteer English Program | West Chester, PA | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center | Coatesville, PA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Volunteers in Medicine | West Chester, PA | $10,180 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chespenn Health Services | Eddystone, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Warehouse Project of Chester County | West Chester, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Home of the Sparrow | Exton, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lch Health and Community Services | Kennett Square, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mom's House of Greater Phila | Phoenixville, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pennsylvania Home of the Sparrow | Exton, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Chester Area Senior Center | West Chester, PA | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chespenn Health Services | Eddystone, PA | $8,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maternal and Child Health Consortium | West Chester, PA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unite for Her | West Chester, PA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Care Access | Phoenixville, PA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chester County Economic Development Foundation | Exton, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cheyney Foundation | Cheyney, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coatesville Youth Initiative | Coatesville, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coatesville Youth Initiative | Coatesville, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gateway Horseworks | Malvern, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gateway Horseworks | Malvern, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legal Aid Southeastern Pennsylvania Inc | Norristown, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Parkesburg Point | Parkesburg, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Valley Youth House Committee | Bethlehem, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Volunteer English Program in Chester County | West Chester, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wings for Success | Frazer, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youngmoms | Kennett Square, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Phoenixville Area Community Services | Phoenixville, PA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Phoenixville Area Community Services Inc | Phoenixville, PA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stroud Water Research Center | Avondale, PA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stroud Water Research Center Inc | Avondale, PA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Garage Community & Youth Center | Kennett Square, PA | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridge of Hope Chester County | Exton, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends Assoc for Care & Protection of Children | West Chester, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kennett Area Community Service | Kennett Sq, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kennett Area Community Services | Kennett Square, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Promise of Southern Chester County | Kennett Square, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
25 of 66 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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.
- The Clinic
PROGRAM - SUPPORT ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION FOR MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED WOMEN CHESTER COUNTY WOMEN'S LAB TESTING PROGRAM - Community Warehouse Project
PROGRAM - COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE PROJECT - Domestic Violence Center of Chesco
GENERAL OPERATIONS; PROGRAM - UNDERSTANDING RACIAL EQUITY TRAINING PROGRAM - Alianzas De Phoenixville
GENERAL OPERATIONS; PROGRAM - CLINICAL TRAUMA COUNSELING PROGRAM - Maternal and Child Health Consortium
GENERAL OPERATIONS; PROGRAM - HEALTHY START - Mighty Writers
GENERAL OPERATIONS; PROGRAM - KENNETT SQUARE WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR GIRLS
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 25 | $220,685 | $9,000 |
| 2021 | 24 | $215,180 | $8,250 |
| 2022 | 26 | $220,100 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 18 | $230,000 | $13,500 |
| 2024 | 17 | $209,850 | $13,500 |
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
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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 $9,000 -- 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 The Fund for Women and Girls's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 22 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: 113 E Evans Street Suite a, West Chester, PA, 19380.
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