Funding search · EIN 872442054 · Philadelphia, PA

The Philadelphia Poverty Action Fund

Name: The Philadelphia Poverty Action Fund grants, 2020–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

72
grants reported: $22.5M
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $60,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. 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

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.

Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance2 grants · $3.0M
African Cultural Alliance of North America2 grants · $2.0M
Diversified Community Services1 grant · $1.9M
Campaign for Working Families2 grants · $1.6M
African Cultural Alliance of North America1 grant · $1.4M
Campaign for Working Families1 grant · $1.4M
Local Initiatives Support Corportation1 grant · $1.0M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation1 grant · $1.0M
Local Initiatives Support Corp1 grant · $1.0M
Greater Phila Community Alliance1 grant · $664,574

Giving over time

$5.0M

2020

$3.1M

2021

$6.6M

2022

$6.0M

2023

$1.8M

2024

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

$1.9M
Diversified Community Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
General support
$1.5M
Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$1.5M
Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$1.4M
African Cultural Alliance of North America · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
General support
$1.4M
Campaign for Working Families · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
General support
$1.2M
Campaign for Working Families · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$1.0M
African Cultural Alliance of North America · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$1.0M
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Local Initiatives Support Corportation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$1.0M
Local Initiatives Support Corp · New York, NY · 2021
General Support
$1.0M
African Cultural Alliance of North America · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$664,574
Greater Phila Community Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Support
$529,938
African Cultural Alliance of N America · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Support
$500,000
Local Initiatives Support Corp Phila · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Support
$500,000
Community Legal Services (Cls) · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$500,000
Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$400,000
Campaign for Working Families · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$400,000
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$400,000
Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity (Plse) · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$399,166
Philadelphia Lawyers of Social Equity · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$370,000
Defender Association of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$300,000
Beech Community Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Beech Community Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$300,000
Community Legal Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$300,000
Beech Companies · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
General support
$177,751
Defender Association of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$150,000
Beech Community Srvcs · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General Support
$140,421
Defender Association of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$80,000
Uplift Solutions · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$70,000
Father'S Day Rally Comm · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$60,000
Community College of Phila Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General Support
$60,000
Eastern North Phila Workforce Develop Cor · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$60,000
Father'S Day Rally Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$60,000
Nomo Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$60,000
The Elevation Project- Fed of Neighborhood · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$60,000
Community College of Phila Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$60,000
Federation of Neighborhood Centers - the Elevation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$60,000
Nomo Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$60,000
Uplift Solutions · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$60,000
Urban League of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$55,000
Acana · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Beyond Literacy · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Ceiba · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Community College of Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Community of Compassion Inc (Compassion Cdc) · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Eastern North Philadelphia Workforce Development C · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Every Murder Is Real · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Federation of Neighborhood Centers - the Elevation · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Jevs Human Services · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
New Kensington Cdc · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Nomo Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Philadelphia Bail Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Philadelphia Fight · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Revolutionary Vision · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Southwest Cdc · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
The Reawakening Agency · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Uplift Solutions · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$55,000
Urban Leage of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General Support
$30,000
Acana · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General Support
$30,000
First Step Staffing · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Make It Happen Philly · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Restaurant Opportunities Center · New York, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Soul Food Cdc · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
The Reawakening Agency · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
The Urban League of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Ceiba · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$30,000
Eastern North Phila Workforce Develop Corp · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$30,000
Make It Happen Philly · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$30,000
New Kensington Cdc · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$30,000
Norris Square Comm Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$30,000
Philadelphia Fight · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support
$30,000
The Reawakening Agency · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General Support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.