Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · EIN 23-1352685. Reported 179 grants totalling $127.3M to 127 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, 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 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B430) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 127 distinct organizations, with 81% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is extreme concentration. A grantmaker sending three quarters of its money to one organization is in practice a support fund for that organization, whatever its classification says, and an unsolicited request is very unlikely to go anywhere.
- How much its list changes. 46% 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 $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,265 and the largest $91.3M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
1 of those grants was non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $12,000 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School District of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $102.9M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University City District | Philadelphia, PA | $17.5M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $989,959 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rebuilding Together Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $613,575 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey | Philadelphia, PA | $530,851 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Schuylkill River Development Corporation | Philadelphia, PA | $500,049 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sixers Youth Foundation | Camden, NJ | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Philadelphia Education Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $204,536 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| U C Green Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $187,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $181,156 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Transplant House | Philadelphia, PA | $150,553 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Travis Manion Foundation | Doylestown, PA | $125,436 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coalition to Strengthen Americas Healthcare | Washington, DC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Penn Hillel | Philadelphia, PA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| March of Dimes Inc | Arlington, VA | $120,926 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Carol Emmott Foundation | Portland, OR | $114,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maternity Care Coalition | Philadelphia, PA | $111,812 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey | Cherry Hill, NJ | $99,997 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Team Thompson Family Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Unite for Her | Malvern, PA | $74,350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies | Philadelphia, PA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pennsylvania Economy League Inc | Camp Hill, PA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shore Memorial Hospital | Somers Point, NJ | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | Rye Brook, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Community Volunteers in Medicine Inc | West Chester, PA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ryans Case for Smiles | Wayne, PA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $56,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Masjid Aljamia of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $56,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Margaret Parish Narberth Pa | Narbeth, PA | $50,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The West Philadelphia Corridor Collaborative | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| USA250 Inc Dba PHILADELPHIA250 | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Clear Fund | Oakland, CA | $41,580 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $39,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $35,943 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Philadelphia Tribune | Philadelphia, PA | $31,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Home | Philadelphia, PA | $27,501 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chosen 300 Ministries Inc | Ardmore, PA | $25,447 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Al Dia Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Association for Cancer Research | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester | West Chester, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lititz Community Center | Lititz, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia Citizen | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shapiro-Davis Inauguration | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| USA 250 | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridge to Turkiye | Chapel Hill, NC | $22,065 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Embrace Relief Foundation Inc | Fairfield, NJ | $22,065 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Helping Hand for Relief & Development Inc | Southfield, MI | $22,065 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sams Foundation | Washington, DC | $22,065 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Fund for Unicef | New York, NY | $22,065 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philabundance | Philadelphia, PA | $21,027 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Living Beyond Breast Cancer | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $20,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Furrever Friends Rescue & Volunteers | Woodbury, NJ | $20,011 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Acs Development Company I Inc | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Men Heal | Ardmore, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester Inc | West Chester, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lancaster County Community Foundation | Lancaster, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lancaster County Youth Amateur Hockey League | Lancaster, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Main Line School Night Association | Radnor, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pride Center of New Jersey Inc | Highland Park, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Princeton Healthcare System Foundation Inc | Plainsboro, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rock Ministries of Philadelphia Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Committee of Seventy | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Philadelphia School | Philadelphia, PA | $17,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Givedirectly Inc | New York, NY | $16,875 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $16,201 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Virtua Foundation | Salt Lake Cty, UT | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mann Center for the Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pennsylvania Conference for Women | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community College of Philadelphia Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $12,530 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Corporation of Gonzaga University | Spokane, WA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundatio of the Chester County Chamber | Malvern, PA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Lung Association | Chicago, IL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| City Year Inc | Boston, MA | $10,317 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Achieveability | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Chemical Society | Fort Collins, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association of American Universities | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Broad Street Ministry | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chester County Food Bank | Exton, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Choices Healthcare | Lancaster, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community of Compassion Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Smfm | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Elizabethtown Area Recreation and Community Services | Elizabethtown, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family & Childrens Service of Greater Mercer Co | Princeton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| John Bartram Association | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| King of Prussia Business Improvement District Inc | Kng of Prussa, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mushroom Festival Inc | Kennett Sq, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Ovarian Cancer Coalition Inc | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northern Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce | Ephrata, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southwest Community Development Corp | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Starting Point of Nj Inc | Haddon Twp, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tara Miller Melanoma Foundation | Longport, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wyck Association | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hempfield Area Recreation Commission | Landisville, PA | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Philadelphia Development Corporation | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | New York, NY | $8,684 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harcum College | Bryn Mawr, PA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uplift Center for Grieving Children | Philadelphia, PA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $7,914 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa | Philadelphia, PA | $7,637 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society | Philadelphia, PA | $7,611 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buildabridge International | Philadelphia, PA | $7,536 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Exton, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cy Fritz Foundation | Millersville, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hamilton Young Mens Christian Association | Hamilton, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Valley Youth House Committee | Bethlehem, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rhino Conservation Partners | Media, PA | $7,314 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $7,183 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manheim Township Soccer Club | Lancaster, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Puentes De Salud | Philadelphia, PA | $6,439 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Lebanese Syrian Assoc Char Inc | Memphis, TN | $6,146 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Free Library of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $6,098 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| People's Emergency Center | Philadelphia, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $5,801 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Princeton Senior Resource Center | Princeton, NJ | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adults With Autism Living With Independence Value and Esteem | Springfield, PA | $5,339 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coded By | Philadelphia, PA | $5,275 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Chances Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $5,265 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
30 of 127 (24%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 105 of 127 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 | 23 | $95.7M | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 35 | $11.5M | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 63 | $9,065,097 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 58 | $11.0M | $14,365 |
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
99% 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 $15,000 -- 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 Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 55 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 3 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: 3451 Walnut Street Room 310, Philadelphia, PA, 19104.
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