Funding search · EIN 881593190 · Wilmington, DE

The Penny Project Foundation

Name: The Penny Project 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.

215
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,785
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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The Education Partnership1 grant · $173,759
Book Fairies4 grants · $130,799
Governors Early Literacy Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Special Olympics North Carolina2 grants · $50,000
Little Free Library Ltd4 grants · $46,949
Shadow Project3 grants · $42,365
Reading Is Fundamental Pittsburg2 grants · $37,099
Kidsmart2 grants · $36,973
Treehouse1 grant · $35,000
Community Partners3 grants · $32,328

Giving over time

$36,644

2022

$775,480

2023

$945,904

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 215 grants.

$173,759
The Education Partnership · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$77,185
Book Fairies · Freeport, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$55,000
Governors Early Literacy Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$45,000
Governors Early Literacy Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$40,000
Book Fairies · Freeport, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$36,953
Little Free Library Ltd · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$35,000
Reading Is Fundamental Pittsburg · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$35,000
Treehouse · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
Make Way for Books · Tucson, AZ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$29,612
Lambert House · Seattle, WA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$26,700
Assistance League of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,411
Every Child a Reader in Escambia · Pensacola, FL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Band Together · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Everyones Dream Come True · Austin, TX · 2024
Dream Achiever Wrap-Around Program
$25,000
North Carolina Business Leaders for Education · Cary, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Promising Pages · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Reading Quest · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Shadow Project · Portland, OR · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Special Olympics North Carolina · Morrisville, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Jersey City Connections · Jersey City, NJ · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Kidsmart · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Special Olympics North Carolina · Morrisville, NC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$22,558
The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Peak Education · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Where Love Grows · Lithia, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$19,760
First Gen Success · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$17,503
Ready Kids for School · Jefferson, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$16,896
I Have a Dream Foundation-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$16,500
Live Again Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$15,270
Read and Feed · Cary, NC · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$15,000
Pencil Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$14,729
Read To Succeed Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$14,500
Ideas for US · Orlando, FL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$13,791
Young Black & Lit · Evanston, IL · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$13,400
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$12,674
Elliots Library · Stevens Point, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$12,559
Childrens Book Project · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$12,241
Stair of Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$12,000
Deep Center Incorporated · Savannah, GA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$12,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$12,000
Reading Is Fundamental of Southern California Inco · Commerce, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$11,975
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$11,973
Kidsmart · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$10,000
A Gift for Teaching · Orlando, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Childrens Literacy Center · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Foster the Love Louisiana · Broussard, LA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Shadow Project · Portland, OR · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Book Fairies · Freeport, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Casa Brumar Foundation · Gainesville, VA · 2022
Charitable Event
$9,980
Childrens Reading Alliance · Las Cruces, NM · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$9,509
Turning the Page · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$9,385
Kid Smart · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$8,734
Bankon Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$8,700
Born To Read · Beaufort, SC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$8,500
First Gen Success · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$8,360
Deep Center Incorporated · Savannah, GA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$8,202
Little Read Wagon · Norman, OK · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$8,175
Childrens Literacy Center · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$8,000
Ready Readers · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$8,000
Page Ahead Childrens Literacy Prgm · Seattle, WA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$7,970
Where Love Grows · Lithia, FL · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$7,664
Born To Read · Beaufort, SC · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$7,365
Shadow Project · Portland, OR · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$7,294
Literacy Council of Buncombe County · Asheville, NC · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$7,284
Bonnies Book Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$7,000
Book Em · Nashville, TN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$6,636
Books Save Lives · Tucson, AZ · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$6,556
Start the Adventure in Reading · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$6,211
Foster the Love Louisiana · Broussard, LA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$6,178
National Black Child Development Institute · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$6,085
Childrens Cabinet Inc a Child and Family Resource · Reno, NV · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$6,016
Beyond Our Walls · N Charleston, SC · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$6,000
Read To Succeed Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
Reading Ready Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$6,000
Teller Park Early Childhood Council · Woodland Park, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,659
Foster Love · San Diego, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$5,518
Little Free Library Ltd · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$5,285
Saddle Up and Read · Wendell, NC · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$5,258
Time Out Youth · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$5,242
Tree House Books · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$5,205
Nevada Kids Foundation · Sparks, NV · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$5,166
Watson Childrens Shelter · Missoula, MT · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$5,131
Cleveland Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$5,000
An Open Book Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Hope at Hand · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
National Black Child Development Institute · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Read and Feed · Cary, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
STEM Library Lab · Metairie, LA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Time Out Youth · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Youthlinc · Murray, UT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Charleston Hope · Charleston, SC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Childrens Advocacy Center for the Pikes Peak Regio · Colo Springs, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Reading Quest · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$4,944
Lead To Read · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$4,830
Time Out Youth · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$4,800
Brookline Teen Outreach · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$4,366
Hope Center · Denver, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)
$4,343
Delaware Foster Parent Association · Wilmington, DE · 2023
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANTS - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION)

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