Funding search · EIN 453795823 · Philadelphia, PA

Abele Family Foundation

Name: Abele Family 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.

67
grants reported: $7.6M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $7,500
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

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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.

4 grants matching “footsteps” · $40,000

$10,000
Freds Footsteps · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2024
Operating funds/scholarship
$10,000
Freds Footsteps · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023
Operating funds/scholarship
$10,000
Freds Footsteps · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022
Operating funds/scholarship
$10,000
Freds Footsteps · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2021
Operating funds/scholarship

Top recipients

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

Ursinus College9 grants · $4.0M
American Endowment Foundation2 grants · $2.0M
Union League Legacy Foundation6 grants · $548,500
Founding Forward3 grants · $427,500
Chewonki Foundation4 grants · $410,000
Freds Footsteps4 grants · $40,000
Penn State3 grants · $27,197
Williamson College of the Trades3 grants · $22,000
Haddonfield Friends2 grants · $20,000
Union League Scholarship2 grants · $17,500

Giving over time

$2.1M

2021

$1.9M

2022

$1.7M

2023

$2.0M

2024

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$1.6M
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2024
Grants
$1.4M
Ursinus College · Collegeville, PA · 2021
Scholar expenses
$988,689
Ursinus College · Collegeville, PA · 2022
Operating funds
$910,380
Ursinus College · Collegeville, PA · 2023
Operating funds
$510,623
Ursinus College · Collegeville, PA · 2022
Scholar expenses
$400,000
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2023
Grants
$300,000
Founding Forward · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Operating
$271,000
Union League Legacy Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$265,000
Union League Legacy Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Scholarship
$195,000
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2021
Operating funds/scholarship
$150,500
Ursinus College · Collegeville, PA · 2021
Operating funds
$135,000
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2024
Operating funds/scholarship
$124,000
Founding Forward · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Operating
$60,000
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2023
Operating funds/scholarship
$26,250
Ursinus College · Collegeville, PA · 2021
Bear to bear program
$20,000
Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2022
Operating funds/scholarship
$19,812
Ursinus College · Collegeville, PA · 2024
Operating funds
$15,000
Philadelphia Renaissance Wind Band · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating
$15,000
Union League Scholarship · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Girard college scholarship
$14,010
Penn State · University Park, PA · 2023
Scholarships
$12,500
Haddonfield Friends · Haddonfield, NJ · 2022
Operating
$12,500
Ursinus College · Collegeville, PA · 2022
Bear to bear program
$12,000
Williamson College of the Trades · Media, PA · 2024
Operating
$12,000
Union League Legacy Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Hegley foundation citizens circle
$11,428
Villanova · Villanova, PA · 2021
Operating funds
$10,000
Freds Footsteps · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2024
Operating funds/scholarship
$10,000
Union League Legacy Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$10,000
Freds Footsteps · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2023
Operating funds/scholarship
$10,000
Freds Footsteps · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022
Operating funds/scholarship
$10,000
Freds Footsteps · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2021
Operating funds/scholarship
$8,231
Penn State · University Park, PA · 2024
Scholarships
$7,500
Haddonfield Friends · Haddonfield, NJ · 2024
Operating
$7,500
Encore Series Inc Aka Philly Pops · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating
$7,500
Lucy Outreach · Camden, NJ · 2022
Operating funds
$5,000
Pyc Music Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Operating funds/scholarship
$5,000
Williamson College of the Trades · Media, PA · 2023
Operating
$5,000
National Liberty Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating
$5,000
Williamson College of the Trades · Media, PA · 2022
Operating
$5,000
Lucy Outreach · Camden, NJ · 2021
Operating funds
$5,000
Mororestown Friends · Moorestown, NJ · 2021
Operating funds
$5,000
Pyc Music Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Operating funds/scholarship
$5,000
Revolution School · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Operating funds
$4,956
Penn State · University Park, PA · 2024
Mahlet abera simu taye
$3,500
Founding Forward · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Rival golf classic sponsorship
$3,500
Girard College Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Operating
$3,000
Christ Church Preservation Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Operating
$2,500
Mauna Kea Foundation · Kohala Coast, HI · 2024
Foundation
$2,500
Independence Historicaltrust · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Operating
$2,500
Mauna Kea Foundation · Kohala Coast, HI · 2023
Foundation
$2,500
Pyc Music Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Operating funds/scholarship
$2,500
Wills Eye Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Operating
$2,500
Pyc Music Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating funds/scholarship
$2,500
Union League Scholarship · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Girard college scholarship
$2,000
Norristown Page Turner · Norristown, PA · 2024
Operating
$1,738
Villanova · Villanova, PA · 2022
Operating funds
$1,500
Experanze Health Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Operating
$1,000
Girard College Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Operating
$1,000
Wissahickon Charter School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Operating
$1,000
Ursinus College · Collegeville, PA · 2023
Bear athletic club
$1,000
Free & Accepted Masons of Nj · Audubon, NJ · 2022
Operating
$1,000
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge · Valley Forge, PA · 2022
Operating funds
$1,000
Independence Historicaltrust · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating
$500
Lucy Outreach · Camden, NJ · 2024
Operating
$500
Girard College Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Operating
$500
Union League Legacy Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Isasc museum
$500
Freedom Foundation · Valley Forge, PA · 2021
Operating funds
$-10,000
Union League Legacy Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Scholarship

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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.