Funding search · EIN 823708081 · Merion Station, PA

The Marta and Robert Adelson Family

Name: The Marta and Robert Adelson Family grants, 2022–2025
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.

111
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Thomas Jefferson University4 grants · $832,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art4 grants · $119,800
Alliance for Decision Education2 grants · $100,000
Yale University4 grants · $93,000
Moore College of Art4 grants · $61,000
Emily'S Entourage4 grants · $55,000
Birthright Israel Foundation4 grants · $47,700
Share Food Program4 grants · $36,900
Overbrook School for the Blind2 grants · $35,000
Adl Philadelphia2 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$469,850

2022

$502,600

2023

$483,930

2024

$200,250

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 111 grants.

$283,500
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$273,500
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$260,000
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Alliance for Decision Education · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Alliance for Decision Education · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2022
General support
$34,500
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$29,400
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$28,400
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$27,500
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$27,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2025
General support
$25,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Perelman Jewish Day School · Wynnewood, PA · 2023
General support
$24,000
Adl Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$22,500
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$22,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
General support
$22,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$22,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
General support
$20,000
Moore College of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$17,700
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$17,500
Overbrook School for the Blind · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$17,500
Overbrook School for the Blind · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$16,000
Moore College of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$15,300
Jefferson Office of Institutional Advancement · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Philadelphia Mural Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$15,000
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$15,000
Emily'S Entourage · Fort Washington, PA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Emily'S Entourage · Merion Station, PA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Moore College of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$15,000
Emily'S Entourage · Merion Station, PA · 2022
General support
$14,900
Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$11,250
The Philadelphia School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$11,000
Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$10,500
The Philadelphia School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Emily'S Entourage · Fort Washington, PA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Hospital for Special Surgery Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Moore College of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$7,800
Print Center New York · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$7,500
The Wistar Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$5,400
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,400
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Education Law Center · Newark, NJ · 2025
General support
$5,000
The Fund for the School District of Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
The Wistar Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Women'S Way · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$5,000
The Wistar Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$5,000
The Wistar Institute · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$2,500
Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$2,500
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$2,500
Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$2,500
Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$2,500
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$2,350
Jewish Family and Children'S Services · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2023
General support
$1,800
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$1,500
Pennsylvania Resources Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General support
$1,500
Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$1,500
Pennsylvania Resources Council · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$1,500
Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$1,500
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Craftnow · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Culture-Trust Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Fels Early Learning Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Reading Allowed · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Adl Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Fels Early Learning Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Friends of Compass · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$1,000
Fels Early Learning Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Please Touch Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Tectonic Theatre Production · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$1,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Klehr Center for Jewish Life · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$1,000
Please Touch Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Project Home · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Share Food Program · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$1,000
The Rock School for Dance Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$500
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support
$500
Southern Poverty Law School · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General support
$500
Education Law Center · Newark, NJ · 2024
General support
$500
Klehr Center for Jewish Life · Lancaster, PA · 2024
General support
$500
Philadelphia Mural Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$500
The Rock School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$500
Vetri Community Partnership · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$500
Education Law Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$500
Interfaith Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$500
Philadelphia Mural Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$500
Childrens Crisis Treatment Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$500
Craftnow Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$500
Education Law Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$500
Philadelphia Mural Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$250
Interfaith Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
General support

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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.