Funding search · EIN 232164013 · Philadelphia, PA

The Presser Foundation

Name: The Presser 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.

2,139
grants reported: $18.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $4,000
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

awards scholar undergraduate music advancement special capital graduate

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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.

12 grants matching “singing” · $127,500

$20,000
Singing City · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$12,500
Singing City · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$1,500
Singing Hearts Choir · Mount Laurel, NJ · 2024
Advancement of music
$20,000
Singing City · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Advancement of music
$1,500
Singing Hearts Choir · Mount Laurel, NJ · 2023
Advancement of music
$20,000
Singing City · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Advancement of music
$7,500
Singing City · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Special projects
$1,500
Singing Hearts Choir · Mount Laurel, NJ · 2022
Advancement of music
$20,000
Singing City · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$20,000
Singing City · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$1,500
Singing Hearts Choir · Mt Laurel, NJ · 2021
Advancement of music
$1,500
Singing Hearts Choir · Mt Laurel, NJ · 2021
Advancement of music

Top recipients

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

Various5 grants · $798,138
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center4 grants · $450,000
Liveconnections Dba World Cafe Live11 grants · $436,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society11 grants · $380,000
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts8 grants · $378,750
University of the Arts7 grants · $315,000
Kimmel Center4 grants · $280,000
Zoellner Arts Center9 grants · $270,000
Curtis Institute of Music9 grants · $268,000
Kutztown University Foundation7 grants · $265,000

Giving over time

$7.9M

2021

$3.6M

2022

$3.4M

2023

$3.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,139 grants.

$200,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Capital support
$185,720
Various · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Assistance to music teachers
$161,509
Various · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Assistance to music teachers
$155,787
Various · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Assistance to music teachers
$150,000
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$147,561
Various · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Assistance to music teachers
$147,561
Various · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Assistance to music teachers
$125,000
Wrti901fm · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$100,000
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$100,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center Inc (Ensemble Arts) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$100,000
Eastern University · St Davids, PA · 2023
Capital support
$100,000
Liveconnections Dba World Cafe Live · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Capital support
$100,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Capital support
$100,000
Kutztown University · Kutztown, PA · 2022
Capital support
$100,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Capital support
$100,000
University of the Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Capital support
$100,000
Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$100,000
Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$100,000
Kutztown University Foundation · Kutztown, PA · 2021
Capital support
$100,000
Kutztown University Foundation · Kutztown, PA · 2021
Capital support
$100,000
Liveconnections Dba World Cafe Live · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$100,000
Liveconnections Dba World Cafe Live · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$100,000
University of the Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$100,000
University of the Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$95,000
Rider University - Westminster Choir College · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2023
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
$75,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Advancement of music
$75,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Advancement of music
$75,000
Reading Symphony Orchestra · Reading, PA · 2021
Capital support
$75,000
Reading Symphony Orchestra · Reading, PA · 2021
Capital support
$75,000
West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$75,000
West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$75,000
Zoellner Arts Center · Bethlehem, PA · 2021
Capital support
$75,000
Zoellner Arts Center · Bethlehem, PA · 2021
Capital support
$70,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Capital support
$60,000
The Grand Opera House · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Capital support
$60,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$60,000
The Philadelphia Orchestra · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$50,000
Artphilly · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Special projects
$50,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$50,000
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Music Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capital support
$50,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Capital support
$50,000
Kutztown University Foundation · Kutztown, PA · 2023
Capital support
$50,000
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Capital support
$50,000
World Cafe Live · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Capital support
$50,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$50,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$50,000
Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation · Lansdowne, PA · 2021
Capital support
$50,000
Historic Lansdowne Theater Corporation · Lansdowne, PA · 2021
Capital support
$50,000
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$50,000
Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$50,000
Wcr Center for the Arts · Wyomissing, PA · 2021
Capital support
$50,000
Wcr Center for the Arts · Wyomissing, PA · 2021
Capital support
$45,000
Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$45,000
Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$45,000
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$45,000
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$40,000
Academy of Vocal Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$40,000
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$40,000
Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$40,000
The College of New Jersey Foundation · Ewing, NJ · 2024
Capital support
$40,000
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$40,000
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Advancement of music
$40,000
Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Advancement of music
$40,000
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Advancement of music
$40,000
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Advancement of music
$40,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Capital support
$40,000
Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Advancement of music
$40,000
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Advancement of music
$40,000
Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$40,000
Kimmel Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$40,000
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$40,000
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$40,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$40,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Capital support
$40,000
The Grand Opera House · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Capital support
$40,000
The Grand Opera House · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Capital support
$35,000
Allentown Symphony Association · Allentown, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$35,000
Academy of Vocal Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Advancement of music
$35,000
Academy of Vocal Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Advancement of music
$35,000
Academy of Vocal Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$35,000
Academy of Vocal Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$35,000
Lebanon Valley College · Annville, PA · 2021
Capital support
$35,000
Lebanon Valley College · Annville, PA · 2021
Capital support
$35,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$35,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Advancement of music
$32,400
Elizabethtown College · Elizabethtown, PA · 2021
Capital support
$32,400
Elizabethtown College · Elizabethtown, PA · 2021
Capital support
$32,300
Elizabethtown College · Elizabethtown, PA · 2022
Capital support
$30,000
Operadelaware · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Advancement of music
$30,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Advancement of music
$30,000
Allentown Symphony Association · Allentown, PA · 2023
Advancement of music
$30,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Advancement of music
$30,000
The Music School of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Capital support
$30,000
Allentown Symphony Association · Allentown, PA · 2022
Advancement of music
$30,000
Capital Harmony Works · Trenton, NJ · 2022
Capital support
$30,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Advancement of music
$30,000
State Theatre Regional Arts Center at New Brunswick · New Brunswick, NJ · 2022
Capital support
$30,000
The Music School of Delaware · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Capital support

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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.