Widener Memorial Foundation in Aid

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.

5 grants matching “muscular” · $85,000

• $25,000

  Muscular Dystrophy Association · Broomall, PA · 2024

  Funding to provide food, lodging and campsite activities for children to attend the variety club in worcester, pa.

• $15,000

  Special Equestrians · Warrington, PA · 2024

  Funding for additional staff to reduce wait list of children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities to access therapy for development of flexibility, balance and muscular strength.

• $25,000

  Muscular Dystrophy Association · Broomall, PA · 2023

  Funding to provide food, lodging and campsite activities for children to attend the variety camp in worcester, pa.

• $15,000

  Special Equestrians · Warrington, PA · 2023

  Funding for additional staff to reduce wait list of children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities to access therapy for development of flexibility, balance and muscular strength.

• $5,000

  Laughing at My Nightmare · Bethlehem, PA · 2023

  Funding for scholarships to in-state public college or university to students who have confirmed disability of muscular dystrophy taking prededence over other disabilities.

Top recipients

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

• School District of Philadelphia6 grants · $860,000
• Variety - the Children'S Charity3 grants · $285,720
• Lasalle University3 grants · $195,000
• Settlement Music School3 grants · $150,000
• Acting Without Boundaries3 grants · $130,000
• Pegasus Riding Academy3 grants · $124,520
• Roxborough Ymca3 grants · $115,000
• Musicopia3 grants · $85,000
• Angel Flight East3 grants · $75,000
• Quest Therapeutic Services2 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

• $220,000

  School District of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Support for supplemental activities, volunteer and discrtionary programs as well as the summer program for students.

• $190,000

  School District of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Funding for widener memorial school's summer program

• $150,000

  School District of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  Support for virtual learning platform for 2022 summer program for students with academics and expressive arts; professional development courses for staff.

• $100,000

  School District of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Funding for widener memorial school's summer program

• $100,000

  School District of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  General support of the widener memorial school

• $100,000

  School District of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  General support of the widener memorial school

• $95,240

  Variety - the Children'S Charity · Worcester, PA · 2024

  Funding to provide recreational, educational and vocational training to youth and young adults with orthopedic and other diabilities

• $95,240

  Variety - the Children'S Charity · Worcester, PA · 2023

  Funding to provide recreational, educational and vocational training to youth and young adults with orthopedic and other diabilities

• $95,240

  Variety - the Children'S Charity · Worcester, PA · 2022

  Fund after-school program for widener memorial school children emphasizing cooking, nutritional activities and steam activities which encourage critical thinking

• $65,000

  Lasalle University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Ladder family center provides a variety of direct, virtual services and enrichment programs for children and families of the widener memorial school.

• $65,000

  Lasalle University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Ladder family center provides a variety of direct, virtual services and enrichment programs for children and families of the widener memorial school.

• $65,000

  Lasalle University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  Ladder family center provides a variety of direct, virtual services and enrichment programs for children and families of the widener memorial school.

• $54,840

  Pegasus Riding Academy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Provide therapeutic riding lessons for 6 students from widener memorial school. Also funding to upgrade footing in indoor riding arena, repair and paint walls and purchase watering system.

• $50,000

  Acting Without Boundaries · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2024

  Production costs for performance featuring disabled children/young adults

• $50,000

  Easter Seals of Southeastern Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Partial funding of purchase of 24-passenger school bus for physically handicapped children.

• $50,000

  Nemours Fund for Children'S Health · Wilmington, DE · 2024

  Funding for prosthetics, mobility enhancements and other related services not covered by insurance for children whose families are unable to afford them

• $50,000

  Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Creative arts and music therapy services for the children of the widener memorial school.

• $50,000

  Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Creative arts therapy services for the children of the widener memorial school.

• $50,000

  Settlement Music School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  Creative arts therapy services for the children of the widener memorial school.

• $44,840

  Pegasus Riding Academy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Provide therapeutic riding lessons for 6 students from widener memorial school. Also funding for equine expenses for therapy horses.

• $40,000

  Quest Therapeutic Services · West Chester, PA · 2024

  Scholarship program for students who are unable to afford the therapy for children with various handicaps through hippotherapy.

• $40,000

  Roxborough Ymca · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Provide financial assistance for children with physical disabilities to attend dragonfly day camp.

• $40,000

  Acting Without Boundaries · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023

  Production costs for performance featuring disabled children/young adults

• $40,000

  Roxborough Ymca · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Provide financial assistance for children with physical disabilities to attend dragonfly day camp.

• $40,000

  Acting Without Boundaries · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022

  Production costs for performance featuring disabled children/young adults

• $35,000

  Roxborough Ymca · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  Provide financial assistance for children with physical disabilities to attend dragonfly day camp.

• $30,000

  Musicopia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Music & dance programs at the widener memorial school, crothers memorial school and davidson school.

• $30,000

  Musicopia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Music & dance programs at the widener memorial school, crothers memorial school and davidson school.

• $25,300

  Ymca of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties · Doylestown, PA · 2022

  Purchase additional wheelchairs for we all wheel youth basketball league matches.

• $25,000

  Angel Flight East · Blue Bell, PA · 2024

  Funding to fly children with complex medical issues to doctors that can treat them for their specific needs at no cost to the families

• $25,000

  Muscular Dystrophy Association · Broomall, PA · 2024

  Funding to provide food, lodging and campsite activities for children to attend the variety club in worcester, pa.

• $25,000

  Angel Flight East · Blue Bell, PA · 2023

  Funding to fly children with complex medical issues to doctors that can treat them for their specific needs at no cost to the families

• $25,000

  Legal Clinic for the Disabled · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Provide legal services to low income families with children with disabilities and help them achieve health, independence and quality of life.

• $25,000

  Muscular Dystrophy Association · Broomall, PA · 2023

  Funding to provide food, lodging and campsite activities for children to attend the variety camp in worcester, pa.

• $25,000

  Angel Flight East · Blue Bell, PA · 2022

  Funding to fly children with complex medical issues to doctors that can treat them for their specific needs at no cost to the families

• $25,000

  Musicopia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  Music & dance programs at the widener memorial school, crothers memorial school and davidson school.

• $24,840

  Pegasus Riding Academy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  Provide therapeutic riding lessons for 6 students from widener memorial school.

• $23,700

  St Christopher'S Hospital for Children · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Funding for large-size changing tables for children with physical mobility and orthopedic challenges.

• $20,400

  Musicworks · Havertown, PA · 2024

  Funds needed to repair and refurbish treatment center and the equipment needed to benefit clients with physical disabilities.

• $20,000

  Bucks and Hunterdon Counties Ymca · Doylestown, PA · 2024

  Funding to expand the "we all wheelchair" program for children age 9-12.

• $20,000

  Make-a-Wish Foundation · Blue Bell, PA · 2024

  Provide a powerful experience for children with critical illnesses to build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight their illness.

• $20,000

  Make-a-Wish Foundation · Blue Bell, PA · 2023

  Provide a powerful experience for children with critical illnesses to build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight their illness.

• $20,000

  Quest Therapeutic Services · West Chester, PA · 2022

  Scholarship for special needs children equine-assisted therapy

• $16,142

  Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Redesign, develop and adjust program for classes for physically challenged children conducted for widener memorial school and hms

• $15,000

  Special Equestrians · Warrington, PA · 2024

  Funding for additional staff to reduce wait list of children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities to access therapy for development of flexibility, balance and muscular strength.

• $15,000

  Special Equestrians · Warrington, PA · 2023

  Funding for additional staff to reduce wait list of children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities to access therapy for development of flexibility, balance and muscular strength.

• $15,000

  Hammerhead Sled Hockey Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  Costs of ice time and equipment to provide physically disabled youth to the competitive sport of sled hockey

• $15,000

  Special Equestrians · Warrington, PA · 2022

  Expand hippotherapy program to additional orthopedically challenged riders to improve flexibility, posture, balance. Core strength and mobility.

• $14,200

  Hammerhead Sled Hockey Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Costs of ice time and equipment to provide physically disabled youth to the competitive sport of sled hockey

• $12,616

  Music Works · Havertown, PA · 2023

  Purchase musical equipment and additional laptops for staff to provide portability for music therapists serving children with orthopedic challenges.

• $12,600

  St Edmond'S Home for Children · Rosemont, PA · 2024

  Purchase of a bladder scanner.

• $10,000

  Pickleberry Pie Concerts for Kids · Cheltenham, PA · 2024

  General support for providing concerts to orthopedically challenged children.

• $10,000

  Spring Brook Farm · West Chester, PA · 2024

  Increase funding for teen individual program (tip) to connect children with disabilities with nature and animals.

• $10,000

  North Penn Ymca · Colmar, PA · 2023

  Funding for sports wheelchairs and an elevator to mezzanine. Also to expand programs for children with disabilities and special olympic athletes.

• $10,000

  Spring Brook Farm · West Chester, PA · 2023

  Increase program placements to enrich developmental skills of disabled children through animal assisted activities.

• $10,000

  Integrate for Good · Creamery, PA · 2022

  General support to help children with disabilities to encourage volunteerism, community leadership and meaningful employment.

• $8,900

  St Edmond'S Home for Children · Rosemont, PA · 2023

  Purchase of flexible mesh slings to safely transport resident who are non-ambulatory or orthopedically handicapped

• $8,310

  Frankie'S World Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  New furniture and supplies for class rooms

• $8,000

  Music Works · Havertown, PA · 2022

  Purchase musical equipment and additional laptops for staff for providing programs that benefit children with orthopedic challenges.

• $7,500

  Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  For spinal cord injury patients to engage in social support and recreational events.

• $7,500

  Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  For spinal cord injury patients to engage in social support and recreational events.

• $7,500

  Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  For spinal cord injury patients to engage in social support and recreational events at longwood gardens, the zoo and phillies game.

• $7,000

  Pickleberry Pie Concerts for Kids · Cheltenham, PA · 2022

  General support for providing concerts to orthopedically challenged children.

• $6,000

  Pa Center for Adaptive Sports · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  Purchase racing wheelchairs and support for transportation costs to attend competitions.

• $5,000

  Laughing at My Nightmare · Bethlehem, PA · 2024

  Provide adaptive equipment and assitive technology to those in need as well as financial support for higher education for people with disabilities

• $5,000

  Laughing at My Nightmare · Bethlehem, PA · 2023

  Funding for scholarships to in-state public college or university to students who have confirmed disability of muscular dystrophy taking prededence over other disabilities.

• $5,000

  Laughing at My Nightmare · Bethlehem, PA · 2022

  General support to provide adaptive equipment and assistive technology to elementary school children and educate children to be inclusive of children that are disabled

• $4,000

  1812 Productions · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  Actor/educator salaries for outreach program at widener memorial school

• $3,000

  1812 Productions · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

  Actor/educator salaries for outreach program at widener memorial school

• $3,000

  1812 Productions · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

  Actor/educator salaries for outreach program at widener memorial school

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