Funding search · EIN 232164013 · Philadelphia, PA

The Presser Foundation

$18.7M
in grants paid: 2,139
grants: 596
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$185,720
Various · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Assistance to music teachers
$150,000
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$125,000
Wrti901fm · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$100,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc (Ensemble Arts) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$100,000
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$75,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc (Ensemble Arts) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$75,000
West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$50,000
Artphilly · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$50,000
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Music Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$50,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$40,000
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$40,000
Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$40,000
Academy of Vocal Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$40,000
The College of New Jersey Foundation · Ewing, NJ · 2024
Capital support
$40,000
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$35,000
Allentown Symphony Association · Allentown, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$30,000
Operadelaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Advancement of music
$30,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$25,000
Play On Philly (Pop) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$25,000
Princeton Symphony Orchestra · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Advancement of music
$25,000
Prism Quartet · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$25,000
Wrti901fm · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$25,000
Operadelaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Special projects
$25,000
Temple University Music Preparatory Division · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$25,000
The Crossing · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$25,000
Penn Live Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$25,000
Liveconnections Dba World Cafe Live · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$25,000
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Music Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$25,000
Allentown Symphony Association · Allentown, PA · 2024
Capital support
$25,000
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$25,000
Symphony in C · Collingswood, NJ · 2024
Advancement of music
$20,000
Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$20,000
Rutgers University · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024
Capital support
$20,000
Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$20,000
The Music School of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Advancement of music
$20,000
Harrisburg Symphony Association · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$20,000
State Theatre New Jersey · New Brunswick, NJ · 2024
Advancement of music
$20,000
Zoellner Arts Center · Bethlehem, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$20,000
Wxpn Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$20,000
Singing City · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$20,000
Delaware Academy of Vocal Arts · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Special projects
$20,000
Delaware Symphony Orchestra · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Advancement of music
$20,000
Crescendo Phoenixville · Phoenixville, PA · 2024
Special projects
$20,000
Liberty Bell Pops · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$20,000
Chester Children'S Chorus · Swarthmore, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$20,000
Commonwealth Youthchoirs · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$17,500
Darlington Arts Center · Garnet Valley, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$17,500
Community Music School Lehigh Valley · Allentown, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$17,500
Community Music School of Collegeville · Trappe, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$17,500
Philadelphia Boys and Girls Choirs · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$17,500
Musicopia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$17,500
Capital Harmony Works · Trenton, NJ · 2024
Advancement of music
$15,000
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra · Lancaster, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$15,000
Wxpn Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$15,000
Christina Cultural Arts Center · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Advancement of music
$15,000
Rock To the Future · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$15,000
Reading Symphony Orchestra · Reading, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$15,000
Nueva Esperanza · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$15,000
Community Music School of Collegeville · Trappe, PA · 2024
Capital support
$13,000
Piffaro the Renaissance Band · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$12,500
Ars Nova Workshop · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$12,500
Piffaro the Renaissance Band · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$12,500
Singing City · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$12,500
Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$12,500
Tempesta Di Mare · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$11,500
Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project · Harleysville, PA · 2024
Capital support
$10,000
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
Artcinia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$10,000
Westrick Music Academy · Princeton Junction, NJ · 2024
Advancement of music
$10,000
University of Rochester (Eastman School of Music) · Rochester, NY · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
Academy of Vocal Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$10,000
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
Wilmington Children'S Chorus · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Special projects
$10,000
The Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy · Kingston, NJ · 2024
Advancement of music
$10,000
University of Cincinnati Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
University of North Texas Foundation · Denton, TX · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$10,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
Tempesta Di Mare · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$10,000
Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
The Primavera Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$10,000
Network for New Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$10,000
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$10,000
New England Conservatory of Music · Boston, MA · 2024
Graduate music awards
$10,000
Beyond the Bars · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$10,000
Prism Quartet · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$10,000
Project 440 · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$10,000
The Juilliard School · New York, NY · 2024
Graduate music awards
$9,000
The Georgia E Gregory Interdenominational School of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$7,500
Wilmington Children'S Chorus · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Advancement of music
$7,500
Kennett Symphony of Chester County · Kennett Square, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$7,500
Intercultural Journeys · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$7,500
Lyric Fest · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.