Funding search · EIN 387076393 · Gladwyne, PA

The Specter Foundation

Name: The Specter 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.

237
grants reported: $15.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,500
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

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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.

Top recipients

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

Sharefood2 grants · $3.5M
Share Food Program2 grants · $3.4M
The Share Food Program1 grant · $3.3M
Uc Law San Francisco4 grants · $1.0M
Penn Charter School1 grant · $1.0M
US Squash Racquets Association4 grants · $475,000
US Squash2 grants · $425,000
Our Generation Speaks2 grants · $226,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania4 grants · $221,000
University of Pennsylvania2 grants · $210,000

Giving over time

$5.7M

2022

$4.6M

2023

$5.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 237 grants.

$3.5M
Sharefood · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$3.3M
The Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Second installment of $10mm commitment
$3.3M
Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$1.0M
Uc Law San Francisco · La Jolla, CA · 2024
2024 donation
$1.0M
Penn Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$400,000
US Squash Racquets Association · New York, NY · 2023
Year 2 gift
$400,000
US Squash · New York, NY · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$201,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Moishe house philadelphia
$200,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Penn squash gift
$200,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$144,000
Brandeis University (Our Generation Speaks) · Waltham, MA · 2023
Gift to our generation speaks
$144,000
Our Generation Speaks · Waltham, MA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$126,850
Cambridge in America · New York, NY · 2024
2024 donation
$100,000
Drexel University Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Drexel squash john d white
$100,000
National Council of Young Israel · Paramus, NJ · 2023
Sending supplies to israeli solders (silvi and oran)
$100,000
Steel City Squash · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$83,333
Delaware Valley Friends School · Paoli, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$82,000
Our Generation Speaks · Waltham, MA · 2024
2024 donation
$53,500
Tribe 12 · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$50,000
Federation of Jewish Agencies- General Campaign Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$36,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2023 event honoring margie honickman
$35,000
The Drueding Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Stairway to our future fundraiser sponsor
$27,500
Har Zion Temple · Penn Valley, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$25,000
Holy Redeemer Health Systems Dev Dept · Huntingdon Valley, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$25,000
Squash and Education Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
2024 gift
$25,000
US Squash Racquets Association · New York, NY · 2024
Year 2 gift
$25,000
US Squash Racquets Association · New York, NY · 2024
Us squash board contribution
$25,000
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$25,000
Anti-Defamation League Operating Account · New York, NY · 2023
Adl philly 2023 the good fighting honoring david field and audacy
$25,000
Sharefood · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2023 party in the warehouse event donation
$25,000
US Squash Racquets Association · New York, NY · 2023
Us squash board contribution
$25,000
Drueding Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$25,000
Federation of Jewish Agencies- Scan · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$25,000
Federation of Jewish Agencies- Scn · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$25,000
Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$25,000
US Squash · New York, NY · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$20,325
Rcop Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$20,000
America Gives · New York, NY · 2023
Squashbond donation
$20,000
Har Zion Temple · Penn Valley, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$20,000
Squashbond · Washington, DC · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$20,000
William Penn Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$18,000
Perelman Jewish Day School · Wynnewood, PA · 2024
2024 tribute event
$15,000
William Penn Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 annual fund
$15,000
America-Israel Democracy Coalition · Bryn Mawr, NY · 2023
Unit 107, silvi specter
$15,000
Jewish Federation Embark Philly · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Embark philly - tribe 12
$15,000
Racquet Club of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2023 cigar bar pledge
$10,000
Haverford College · Haverford, PA · 2024
Haverford college annual squash gift
$10,000
Jewish National Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$10,000
Project Home · Keene, NH · 2024
2024 donation
$10,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Women's squash annual contribution
$10,000
College Squash Association · Boston, MA · 2023
100 years of squash anniversary dinner
$10,000
Har Zion · Penn Valley, PA · 2023
2023 donation
$10,000
Har Zion Temple · Penn Valley, PA · 2023
2023 donation
$10,000
Haverford College · Haverford, PA · 2023
Haverford college annual squash gift
$10,000
Jewish National Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2023 donation
$10,000
Maccabi USA · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2023 donation
$10,000
Perelman Jewish Day School · Wynnewood, PA · 2023
In honor of rick and ruth horowitz
$10,000
Squashdrive · Emeryville, CA · 2023
Olympic club team
$10,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Women's squash annual contribution
$10,000
Uc Law San Francisco · La Jolla, CA · 2023
2023 donation
$10,000
William Penn Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2023 annual fund
$10,000
Drexel Squash · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$10,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$10,000
Drueding Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$10,000
Federation of Jewish Agencies- Birthright · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$10,000
Har Zion Temple · Penn Valley, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$10,000
Haverford College · Haverford, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$10,000
Uc Hastings Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$10,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$7,500
Children First · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$7,500
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$6,000
Maccabi USA · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget
$5,400
Philadelphia Friendship Circle · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
4/7/2024 event
$5,000
American Friends of Libi · Brighton, MA · 2024
William field iafa gymnasium project
$5,000
Chabad Haverford · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Emily'S Entrourage · Ardmore, PA · 2024
October 5th event
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Heights Philadelphia · New Rochelle, NY · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Jewish Family & Children'S Service of Greater Philadelphia · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024
2024 jfcs honors event
$5,000
Kleinlife · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Lbi Jewish Community Center · Spray Beach, NJ · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Leket Israel · Teaneck, NJ · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Maccabi USA · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center · East Norriton, PA · 2024
2024 mission possible event
$5,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Associates Membership) · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 associates membership
$5,000
Release Recovery Foundation · New York City, NY · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Sharing Excess · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Squash Dreamers · San Diego, CA · 2024
2024 gift
$5,000
Terrell L Bruce Memorial Fund · San Diego, CA · 2024
2024 toast for terrell event
$5,000
Children First · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2023 donation
$5,000
Coalition Against Hunger · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
In support of 2023 race against hunger
$5,000
Federation of Jewish Agencies - Jfcs · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Jfcs center stage event
$5,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Moishe house philadelphia
$5,000
Jewish Relief Agency · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2023 annual event
$5,000
Orot · Melrose Park, PA · 2023
May 31st event
$5,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Associates membership
$5,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Associates Membership) · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
2023 associates membership
$5,000
Squash and Education Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
2023 gift
$5,000
The Madhvani Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Wheelchairs
$5,000
Chatham University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To fund the recipient's operating budget

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