Funding search · EIN 236277885 · Philadelphia, PA

The Barra Foundation

Name: The Barra 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.

253
grants reported: $9.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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

entity director staff knowledge networks catalyst special intervention

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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.

44 grants matching “catalyst” · $4.9M

$305,000
Tcg Groceries · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant - $300,000, knowledge and networks grant - $5,000
$300,000
Philadelphia City Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$182,500
Sustainable Business Networktriple Bottom Brewing · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$150,000
Famfrequency Productions · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$150,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$118,000
Research for Action · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$105,000
We Love Philly · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant - $100,000, knowledge and networks grant - $5,000
$100,000
Bolt · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Democracy at Work Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$75,000
Pathways To Housing Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$70,950
Deep Space Mindfederation of Neighborhood Centers · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$68,668
Xiente · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant - $66,668, entity support - staff grant - $2,000
$50,000
P Michael Boone Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$50,000
Jubilee School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$50,000
The Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund · Ft Washington, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$50,000
Ccate · Blue Bell, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$25,000
College Unbound · Providence, RI · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$25,000
Dayonenotdaytwo · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$250,000
Vestedin · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$225,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$200,000
College Unbound · Providence, RI · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$200,000
Food Connect Co · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$170,000
Research for Action · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant - $135,000, recovery and response grant - $35,000
$125,000
Philadelphia City Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Democracy at Work Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Art-Reach · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Promedica Foundation · Toledo, OH · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$80,000
Pathways To Housing Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant - $75,000, knowledge and networks grant - $5,000
$50,000
Philadelphia Learning Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$15,000
Philadelphia Contemporary · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$175,000
College Unbound · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$105,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant - $100,000, knowledge and networks grant - $5,000
$100,000
Workshop Learning · Narberth, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Food Connect Co · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Philadelphia Learning Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Promedica Foundation · Toledo, OH · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Vestedin · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Philadelphia Contemporary · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$75,000
Children'S Crisis Treatment Center (Cctc) · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$50,000
Impact Services Corporation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$25,000
Wilma Theater · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant

Top recipients

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

Drexel University3 grants · $480,000
Research for Action3 grants · $443,000
Philadelphia City Fund2 grants · $425,000
College Unbound3 grants · $400,000
Workshop Learning3 grants · $368,280
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania3 grants · $356,000
Philadelphia Foundation1 grant · $350,000
Vestedin2 grants · $350,000
National Philanthropic Trust3 grants · $325,000
Food Connect Co3 grants · $305,000

Giving over time

$2.9M

2022

$2.8M

2023

$4.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 253 grants.

$350,000
Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Recovery and response grant - $100,000, special grant - $250,000
$305,000
Tcg Groceries · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant - $300,000, knowledge and networks grant - $5,000
$300,000
Philadelphia City Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$263,280
Workshop Learning · Narberth, PA · 2024
Entity support - special grant
$250,000
Vestedin · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$225,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$205,000
Art-Reach · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Knowledge and networks grant
$200,000
Philadelphia Accelerator Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Mission aligned investment grant
$200,000
College Unbound · Providence, RI · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$200,000
Food Connect Co · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$182,500
Sustainable Business Networktriple Bottom Brewing · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$180,000
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Knowledge and networks grant
$175,000
College Unbound · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$170,000
Research for Action · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant - $135,000, recovery and response grant - $35,000
$155,000
Research for Action · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Knowledge and networks grant - $55,000, recovery and response grant - $100,000
$150,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$150,000
Famfrequency Productions · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$150,000
Greenline Access Capital · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Mission aligned investment grant
$125,000
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
Entity support - special grant
$125,000
Philadelphia City Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$118,000
Research for Action · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$115,000
Children'S Literacy Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Recovery and response grant
$110,000
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Knowledge and networks grant
$105,000
Greenline Access Capital · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Knowledge and networks grant
$105,000
We Love Philly · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant - $100,000, knowledge and networks grant - $5,000
$105,000
Seachange Capital Partners · New York, NY · 2023
Entity support - special grant - $100,000, knowledge and networks grant - $5,000
$105,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant - $100,000, knowledge and networks grant - $5,000
$105,000
Seachange Capital Partners · New York, NY · 2022
Knowledge and networks grant - $5,000, special grant - $100,000
$102,500
The Fountain Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Entity support - staff grant - $2,500, mission aligned investment grant - $100,000
$100,000
Bolt · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Democracy at Work Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Art-Reach · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Democracy at Work Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
Recovery and response grant
$100,000
Promedica Foundation · Toledo, OH · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
The Fountain Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Mission aligned investment grant
$100,000
Food Connect Co · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
Recovery and response grant
$100,000
Philadelphia Contemporary · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Philadelphia Learning Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Promedica Foundation · Toledo, OH · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Vestedin · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$100,000
Workshop Learning · Narberth, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$96,000
United Way · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Entity support - special grant - $95,000, entity support - staff grant - $1,000
$90,000
Cultural Equity Realty Trust Cert · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Mission aligned investment grant
$85,000
Children'S Literacy Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Recovery and response grant
$80,000
Pathways To Housing Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant - $75,000, knowledge and networks grant - $5,000
$75,000
Pathways To Housing Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$75,000
Pig Iron Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Entity support - special grant
$75,000
Children'S Crisis Treatment Center (Cctc) · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$70,950
Deep Space Mindfederation of Neighborhood Centers · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$68,668
Xiente · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant - $66,668, entity support - staff grant - $2,000
$66,000
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadephia, PA · 2022
Knowledge and networks grant
$56,500
The Fountain Fund · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Knowledge and networks grant - $55,000, entity support - staff grant - $1,500
$55,000
Nowak Metro Finance Lab · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Knowledge and networks grant
$50,600
Museum of the American Revolution · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Entity support - special grant
$50,000
Ccate · Blue Bell, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$50,000
Jubilee School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$50,000
P Michael Boone Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$50,000
The Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund · Ft Washington, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$50,000
The Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Entity support - special grant
$50,000
Center for Black Educator Development · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Recovery and response grant
$50,000
Philadelphia Learning Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Catalyst fund grant
$50,000
Center for Black Educator Development · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Recovery and response grant
$50,000
Economy League of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Recovery and response grant
$50,000
Impact Services Corporation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$40,000
Children'S Literacy Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Knowledge and networks grant - $5,000, recovery and response grant - $35,000
$40,000
The Hand2paw Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Entity support - director's grant
$30,000
Impactphl · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Knowledge and networks grant
$27,500
Culturetrust Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Entity support - director's grant - $2,500, violence intervention grant - $25,000
$25,500
Fortress Arts Academy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Entity support - director's grant - $25,000, entity support - staff grant - $500
$25,300
Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Knowledge and networks grant - $15,000, entity support - special grant - $9,300, entity support - staff grant - $1,000
$25,000
College Unbound · Providence, RI · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$25,000
Dayonenotdaytwo · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Catalyst fund grant
$25,000
Impactphl · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Knowledge and networks grant
$25,000
Seachange Capital Partners · New York, NY · 2024
Entity support - special grant
$25,000
Artistas Y Musicos Latino Americanos · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Violence intervention grant
$25,000
Beyond the Bars · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Violence intervention grant
$25,000
Ceiba · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Violence intervention grant
$25,000
Fabyouthphiladelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Violence intervention grant
$25,000
Federation of Neighborhood Centers · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Violence intervention grant
$25,000
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Recovery and response grant
$25,000
Lil Filmmakers Inc Fiscally Sponsored By Federation of Neighborhood Centers · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Violence intervention grant
$25,000
Photography Without Borders · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Violence intervention grant
$25,000
Scattergood Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Special grant - phl policy paper series
$25,000
Sunrise of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Violence intervention grant
$25,000
The Eco Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Violence intervention grant
$25,000
The Lighthouse · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Violence intervention grant
$25,000
Turning Points for Children · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Violence intervention grant
$25,000
Wilma Theater · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Catalyst fund grant
$21,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Entity support - director's grant - $20,000, entity support - staff grant - $1,000
$20,000
Anthony Wayne Theater · Wayne, PA · 2024
Entity support - director's grant
$20,000
Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation · Conshohocken, PA · 2024
Entity support - director's grant
$20,000
Heights Philadelphia (Formerly Phila Futures) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Entity support - director's grant
$20,000
Zoological Society of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Entity support - director's grant
$20,000
Heights Philadelphia (Formerly Phila Futures) · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Entity support - director's grant
$20,000
Zoological Society of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Entity support - director's grant

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