Funding search · EIN 510426160 · Swarthmore, PA

Elder Family Foundation

Name: Elder Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

44
grants reported: $300,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

clinic edward endowed excellence fellowship frank free haven

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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.

Yale School of Medicine3 grants · $30,000
The Fund for Penn Medicine3 grants · $30,000
Communities in Schools of Chicago3 grants · $30,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation2 grants · $20,000
The Agnes Irwin School4 grants · $20,000
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival3 grants · $20,000
Abc Strath Haven3 grants · $15,000
Lantern Theater Company3 grants · $15,000
Old South Church in Boston2 grants · $15,000
Westtown School1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$75,000

2022

$70,000

2023

$85,000

2024

$70,000

2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Communities in Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Operations
$10,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Operations
$10,000
The Fund for Penn Medicine · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General Operations
$10,000
Communities in Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operations
$10,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Operations
$10,000
The Fund for Penn Medicine · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Operations
$10,000
Westtown School · West Chester, PA · 2024
General Operations
$10,000
Yale School of Medicine · New Haven, CT · 2024
General Operations
$10,000
Communities in Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General Operations
$10,000
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival · Center Valley, PA · 2023
General Operations
$10,000
The Fund for Penn Medicine · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General Operations
$10,000
Yale School of Medicine · New Haven, CT · 2023
Haven Free Clinic
$10,000
Chicago Communities in Schools · Chicago, IL · 2022
General Operations
$10,000
Old South Church in Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
General Operations
$10,000
Penn Medicine Development · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Operations
$10,000
Yale School of Medicine · New Haven, CT · 2022
General Operations
$5,000
Bedlam Theater · New York, NY · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
Chester Childrens Chorus · Swarthmore, PA · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
First Presby Church of Lake Forest · Lake Forest, IL · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
Lantern Theater Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
Park Avenue Community Center · Swarthmore, PA · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
The Agnes Irwin School · Rosemont, PA · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
The School in Rose Valley · Rose Valley, PA · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
Abc Strath Haven · Swarthmore, PA · 2024
General Operations
$5,000
Chester Childrens Chorus · Swarthmore, PA · 2024
General Operations
$5,000
Lantern Theater Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Operations
$5,000
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival · Center Valley, PA · 2024
General Operations
$5,000
Quintessence Theater Group · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Operations
$5,000
So Others May Learn · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General Operations
$5,000
The Agnes Irwin School · Rosemont, PA · 2024
General Operations
$5,000
Abc Strath Haven · Swarthmore, PA · 2023
General Operations
$5,000
Chester Children'S Chorus · Swarthmore, PA · 2023
General Operations
$5,000
Old South Church in Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Taylor Leadership Fellowship
$5,000
Quintessence Theater Group · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General Operations
$5,000
So Others May Learn · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General Operations
$5,000
The Agnes Irwin School · Rosemont, PA · 2023
Edward "Wigs" Frank II Endowed Fund for Teaching Excellence
$5,000
Abc Strath Haven · Swarthmore, PA · 2022
General Operations
$5,000
Chester Children'S Chorus · Swarthmore, PA · 2022
General Operations
$5,000
Lantern Theater Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Operations
$5,000
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival · Center Valley, PA · 2022
General Operations
$5,000
Swarthmore Centennial Foundation · Swarthmore, PA · 2022
General operations
$5,000
The Agnes Irwin School · Rosemont, PA · 2022
General Operations
$5,000
Wayfaring Band · Denver, CO · 2022
General Operations

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Similar purposes

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Similar grant size

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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.