Funding search · EIN 231503488 · Philadelphia, PA

The William Penn Foundation

Name: The William Penn Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

4,421
grants reported: $589.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $40,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

phase drwi philadelphia community arts literacy matching culture

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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.

Where the money goes

Delaware River Watershed protection, restoration, and stormwater advocacy
Philadelphia parks, trails, and public space capital construction
Early childhood education quality, curriculum, and state advocacy
K-3 literacy and out-of-school learning in Philadelphia
Arts and culture capital campaigns for Philadelphia institutions
Climate justice, green jobs, and federal climate funding coordination

Typical grant

Median grant is $40,000 and half of all grants fall between $2,500 and $140,625, so most of the volume is small and mid-size project support. The seven- and eight-figure checks go almost entirely to capital construction (Penn's Landing Park, FDR Park, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia Zoo) and to pooled funds run through intermediaries like National Philanthropic Trust and Philadelphia City Fund. Multi-year and repeat giving is common, with organizations like Fairmount Park Conservancy, Philadelphia City Fund, Open Space Institute, and Public Health Management Corporation appearing more than once.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“DRWI”
“CIRCUIT TRAILS LEADERSHIP”
“CAPITAL CAMPAIGN 2024”
“EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN”
“CLIMATE JUSTICE”
“GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie watershed or stormwater work explicitly to DRWI framing and to existing coalition partners like Stroud, OSI, or NWF.
Ask in the $300,000 to $500,000 range for a multi-year project; that is their comfortable band below capital.
Pair technical analysis with community organizing and advocacy; they fund both together, rarely research alone.
For education-adjacent work, connect to K-3 literacy or early childhood teacher professional development, not general school reform.

Worth knowing: This is a Philadelphia funder first and a Delaware River basin funder second: 3,108 of 4,421 grants went to Pennsylvania recipients, and out-of-state grants almost always serve the watershed or Philadelphia. A meaningful share of the largest dollars flows through intermediaries and pooled funds (National Philanthropic Trust, Philadelphia City Fund, Culture Trust, Reinvestment Fund), which means getting into an existing collaborative can matter more than a direct request.

5 grants matching “steppingstone” · $1.5M

$120,000
Heights Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Merge of philadelphia futures and steppingstone scholars
$508,100
Philadelphia Futures for Youth · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Merge of philadelphia futures and steppingstone scholars
$508,100
Philadelphia Futures for Youth · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Merge of philadelphia futures and steppingstone scholars
$165,000
Steppingstone Scholars · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Extended summer support: math/stem enrichment and bridge programming
$165,000
Steppingstone Scholars · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Extended summer support: math/stem enrichment and bridge programming

Top recipients

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

National Philanthropic Trust12 grants · $61.0M
National Wildlife Federation12 grants · $10.0M
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium4 grants · $9.7M
Philadelphia City Fund24 grants · $9.0M
Fairmount Park Conservancy9 grants · $8.7M
Reinvestment Fund9 grants · $8.2M
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation5 grants · $8.0M
Open Space Institute Land Trust8 grants · $7.6M
Fund for Philadelphia18 grants · $7.0M
Project Home15 grants · $6.4M

Giving over time

$287.0M

2022

$153.2M

2023

$148.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 4,421 grants.

$14.4M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
Implement the rebuild initiative
$14.4M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
Implement the rebuild initiative
$11.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
Implement the rebuild initiative
$7.8M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
Implement the rebuild initiative
$7.0M
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Construction of penn's landing park
$6.1M
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Transitional housing support
$5.0M
Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital campaign 2024
$5.0M
Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Share capital campaign
$4.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
2026 collaborative fund
$4.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
2026 collaborative fund
$3.5M
Fairmount Park Conservancy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital improvements and planning for fdr park
$3.1M
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Basic needs fund for home visited families
$3.0M
Zoological Society of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital campaign 2024
$2.7M
Open Space Institute Land Trust · New York, NY · 2022
Phase 2 drwi land protection capital re-grant fund
$2.7M
Open Space Institute Land Trust · New York, NY · 2022
Phase 2 drwi land protection capital re-grant fund
$2.6M
Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Home repair program
$2.5M
Fairmount Park Conservancy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Centennial gateway at the welsh fountain
$2.3M
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Basic needs fund for home visited families
$2.3M
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Basic needs fund for home visited families
$2.1M
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
Alliance for watershed education
$2.1M
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
Alliance for watershed education
$2.0M
John Bartram Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Build a new 12,000 square foot ecosystems education center
$2.0M
John Bartram Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Build a new 12,000 square foot ecosystems education center
$2.0M
Center City District Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Reading viaduct acquisition & design
$2.0M
Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital campaign 2024
$2.0M
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Basic needs fund for home visited families.
$2.0M
Pennsylvania Ballet Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital campaign 2024
$2.0M
Philadelphia Clef Club of the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital campaign 2024
$2.0M
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating funds to support the philadelphia horticultural society?s community programs
$2.0M
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating funds to support the philadelphia horticultural society?s community programs
$1.9M
Reinvestment Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Phase 3: planning and capital to support high quality early learning facility expansion
$1.9M
Reinvestment Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Phase 3: planning and capital to support high quality early learning facility expansion
$1.9M
Reinvestment Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Phase 3: planning and capital to support high quality early learning facility expansion
$1.9M
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Regional trails program
$1.9M
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024
Alliance for watershed education (for 23 centers)
$1.8M
Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Every voice, every vote implementation
$1.8M
Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Every voice, every vote implementation
$1.6M
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Phase 2+ drwi - capital re-grant fund
$1.6M
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Phase 2+ drwi - capital re-grant fund
$1.6M
Fund for Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Spring garden street greenway design/engineering
$1.6M
Fund for Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Spring garden street greenway design/engineering
$1.6M
Philadelphia Energy Authority · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyzing federal climate investment through coordination and home repair
$1.5M
Kaboom · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Play everywhere challenge round 2
$1.5M
Philadelphia Soccer 2026 · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Lemon hill world cup capital project
$1.5M
Reinvestment Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Fund for quality to increase supply of quality early childhood education seats.
$1.5M
First Step Staffing · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Expansion of second step program and pilot resource navigation
$1.5M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
America's cultural treasures initiative
$1.5M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
America's cultural treasures initiative
$1.5M
Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic coalition to reduce gun deaths
$1.5M
Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Civic coalition to reduce gun deaths
$1.4M
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Create literacy focused children's television programming
$1.4M
Whyy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Create literacy focused children's television programming
$1.4M
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2023
Alliance for watershed education
$1.4M
Sand County Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
2022 epic funding navigator
$1.4M
Sand County Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
2022 epic funding navigator
$1.3M
Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Phl rentassist-direct
$1.3M
Philadelphia City Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
The chinatown stitch: reconnecting philadelphia's chinatown
$1.3M
Philadelphia Energy Authority · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyzing federal climate investment through coordination and home repair
$1.2M
The Corps Network · Washington, DC · 2023
Tcn 2023 drcc transition
$1.2M
Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation · West Conshohocken, PA · 2022
Cobbs creek golf course and education center
$1.2M
Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation · West Conshohocken, PA · 2022
Cobbs creek golf course and education center
$1.2M
Philadelphia Works · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Coordinated family support to access full snap benefits
$1.1M
Philadelphia Works · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Coordinated family support to access full snap benefits
$1.1M
New Jersey Conservation Foundation · Far Hills, NJ · 2023
Solar vessel
$1.1M
Bread and Roses Community Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Climate justice fund
$1.1M
Bread and Roses Community Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Climate justice fund
$1.1M
Fairmount Park Conservancy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Capital improvements and planning for fdr park
$1.1M
Hace - Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Complete construction of rail yard park
$1.1M
Hace - Hispanic Association of Contractors and Enterprises · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Complete construction of rail yard park
$1.1M
Rodale Institute · Kutztown, PA · 2023
Rodale stroud soil health
$1.0M
Lenfest Institute for Journalism · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Post-election accountability
$1.0M
Jastech Development Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Greater philadelphia tctac
$1.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
2026 collaborative fund
$1.0M
Philadelphia City Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Urban agriculture plan implementation
$1.0M
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Phase 2+ drwi - science support
$1.0M
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Regional climate funding planning and coordination
$1.0M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
America's cultural treasures initiative
$1.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Culture and community well-being
$1.0M
Philadelphia Soccer 2026 · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
World cup 2026
$1.0M
Welcome America · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Coordination for 2026
$1.0M
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Phase 2+ drwi - science support
$1.0M
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Phase 2+ drwi - science support
$1.0M
Cp2023 · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Calder philadelphia
$1.0M
Cp2023 · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Calder philadelphia
$1.0M
Delaware Riverkeeper Network · Bristol, PA · 2022
2022 drn - stream designations/ research based advocacy
$1.0M
Delaware Riverkeeper Network · Bristol, PA · 2022
2022 drn - stream designations/ research based advocacy
$1.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Culture and community well-being
$1.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Culture and community well-being
$1.0M
The Corps Network · Washington, DC · 2022
2021 tcn - del riv climate corps implementation
$1.0M
The Corps Network · Washington, DC · 2022
2021 tcn - del riv climate corps implementation
$1.0M
William Way Lgbt Community Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Renovate and rebuild community center
$1.0M
William Way Lgbt Community Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Renovate and rebuild community center
$984,500
Called To Serve Cdc · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Construct the reverend leon h. Sullivan community impact center
$984,500
Called To Serve Cdc · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Construct the reverend leon h. Sullivan community impact center
$971,000
Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Philadelphia community gift fund
$971,000
Sand County Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
2022 epic funding navigator
$954,100
Philadelphia City Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Philly joy bank
$933,530
Rodale Institute · Kutztown, PA · 2022
Rodale stroud soil health
$933,530
Rodale Institute · Kutztown, PA · 2022
Rodale stroud soil health
$932,000
Congreso De Latinos Unidos · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Exito k-3 literacy strategy

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