Funding search · EIN 231352110 · Philadelphia, PA

Independence Foundation

Name: Independence Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,134
grants reported: $14.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Community Legal Services21 grants · $776,801
Project Home17 grants · $534,500
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates17 grants · $493,500
Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa10 grants · $347,500
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center12 grants · $341,109
Share Food Program14 grants · $337,204
Philabundance10 grants · $327,500
Pennsylvania Health Access Network5 grants · $325,000
Hias and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia16 grants · $305,554
Legal Aid Southeastern Pennsylvania10 grants · $240,599

Giving over time

$4.2M

2021

$3.5M

2022

$3.7M

2023

$3.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,134 grants.

$166,496
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Public interest law fellowship program
$117,001
Fellowship Payments · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Fellowship payments
$91,343
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellowship - livia luan
$89,500
Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$89,000
Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$88,144
American Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Public interest law fellowship program
$84,344
Hias and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellowship - emily miles
$83,022
The Public Interest Law Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Public interest law fellowship program
$80,275
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Public interest law fellowship program
$76,155
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellowship - nicole scott
$76,000
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$76,000
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Pennsylvania Health Access Network · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$75,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Healthcare services at project home's stephen klein wellness center and hub of hope
$75,000
Pennsylvania Health Access Network · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Healthcare services at project home's stephen klein wellness center and hub of hope
$75,000
Pennsylvania Health Access Network · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$75,000
Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$75,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Health services at the hub of hope
$75,000
Pennsylvania Health Access Network · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancing equity and affordability in healthcare during covid
$75,000
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Mural arts' restorative justice project
$75,000
Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General support
$75,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Supportive healthcare at hub of hope, prevention point and stephen klein wellness center
$75,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
To provide healthcare services
$75,000
Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
The delaware county food bank
$74,506
Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Public interest law fellowship program
$73,424
Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Health & human services fellowship program
$70,000
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$70,000
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General support
$67,000
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$65,000
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$63,000
Zoological Society of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$53,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$53,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$51,000
Lch Health and Community Services · Kennett Sq, PA · 2024
General support
$51,000
Lch Health and Community Services · Kennett Sq, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Center for the Advocacy for the Rights & Interests of the Elderly · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Prevention Point Philadelphia Incorporated · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Puentes De Salud · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Puentes de salud health program
$50,000
Arden Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2:1 challenge for the seat naming campaign
$50,000
Center for the Advocacy for the Rights & Interests of the Elderly · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Center for the Advocacy for the Rights & Interests of the Elderly · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Lch Health and Community Services · Kennett Sq, PA · 2022
Infrastructure improvements
$50,000
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Prevention Point Philadelphia Incorporated · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Ending the hiv/hcv epidemic (ehe) clinic
$50,000
Southeast Asian Maa Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Center for the Advocacy for the Rights & Interests of the Elderly · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Pennsylvania long term services and supports covid-19 advocacy
$50,000
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General support
$50,000
Lch Health and Community Services · Kennett Sq, PA · 2021
Care management initiative
$50,000
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General support
$50,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Philabundance community kitchen (pck) operations
$50,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Philabundance community kitchen (pck) - emergency meals
$50,000
Prevention Point Philadelphia Incorporated · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Ending the hiv epidemic (ehe) clinic
$50,000
Public Citizens for Children and Youth · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
New pathways to behavioral health services will boost the wellness of children in philadelphia
$50,000
Public Citizens for Children and Youth · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Improve access to behavioral health services in philadelphias public schools
$50,000
Southeast Asian Maa Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Hansjorg wyss wellness center
$50,000
The Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Vaccinating the vulnerable
$46,048
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellowship - juan p. Madrigal
$43,822
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellowship - lisa fanning
$42,813
Friends of Farmworkers · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellowship - solveig olson-strom
$42,336
The Public Interest Law Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellowship - madison gray
$42,298
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Public interest law fellowship program
$41,888
Support Center for Child Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Public interest law fellowship program
$40,376
Hias and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Public interest law fellowship program
$40,000
Pig Iron Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$39,490
Pennsylvania Health Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellowship - meggie mccarthy
$39,142
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellwoship - tue ho
$38,454
Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellowship - margaret kopel
$38,120
Community College of Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Teaching nursing home project
$36,843
Pennsylvania Health Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellowship - hilary pearsall
$36,842
Pennsylvania Health Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Public interest law fellowship program
$36,713
Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Health & human services fellwoship - serana thompson
$35,000
Legal Aid Southeastern Pennsylvania · Norristown, PA · 2024
General support
$35,000
Legal Aid Southeastern Pennsylvania · Norristown, PA · 2023
General support
$35,000
Legal Aid Southeastern Pennsylvania · Norristown, PA · 2022
General support
$35,000
Legal Aid Southeastern Pennsylvania · Norristown, PA · 2021
General support
$34,862
Womens Center of Montgomery County · Colmar, PA · 2023
Health & human services fellowship program
$33,000
Students Run Philly Style · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$33,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$32,500
Liveconnections Org · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$32,000
Regional Housing Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$32,000
Regional Housing Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Philadelphia fellows
$30,000
Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Philadelphia fellows
$30,000
Zoological Society of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Regional Housing Legal Services · Glenside, PA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Womens Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$30,000
Zoological Society of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Community nights
$30,000
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General support
$30,000
Regional Housing Legal Services · Glenside, PA · 2021
General support
$29,068
American Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Public interest law fellowshi - viktoria zerda
$29,000
Fringearts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$27,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support

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