Funding search · EIN 231365325 · Philadelphia, PA

Samuel S Fels Fund

Name: Samuel S Fels Fund 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.

280
grants reported: $5.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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.

What they fund

development leadership wellness recognition building capacity fiscally immigrant

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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.

Movement Alliance Project14 grants · $358,000
Rockwood Leadership Institute1 grant · $300,000
Map6 grants · $193,000
Windcall Institute1 grant · $135,000
Nationalities Service Center2 grants · $125,000
Gender Justice Fund3 grants · $120,000
Pennsylvania Voice3 grants · $110,000
National Domestic Workers Alliance5 grants · $108,000
Juntos5 grants · $108,000
Philadelphia Housing Development1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$2.3M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$1.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 280 grants.

$300,000
Rockwood Leadership Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Capacity building grants
$135,000
Windcall Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
Capacity building grant
$100,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Capacity building
$100,000
Philadelphia Housing Development · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Phlhousing+
$75,000
Map · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Capacity building
$75,000
Hias and Council Migration · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$75,000
Nationalities Service Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$75,000
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$50,000
Gender Justice Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Trans resilience fund
$50,000
Hias and Council Migration Service · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Nationalities Service Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Pa Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Gender Justice Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Trans resilence fund
$40,000
African Family Health Organization · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$40,000
Pa Immigration and Citizenship Coal · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$40,000
African Family Health Organization · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$40,000
Pennsylvania Immigration and · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$35,000
Africom · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$35,000
Coalition of African Communities · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Amistad Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Asian Americans United · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Beyond the Bars · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Coalition of Africian Communities - · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Juntos · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Lift Every Voice Philly · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support for fiscally sponsor
$30,000
National Domestic Workers Alliance · Mew York, NY · 2024
General support
$30,000
Neighborhood Land Power Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelp · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Philadelphia Assembly · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Philly Black Worker Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Spiral Q Puppet Theater · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Amistad Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Black Men Heal · Ardmore, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Ceiba · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Children First Formerly Pccy · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support for lift every voice
$30,000
Juntos · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Justice at Work · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Map · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support for the organizing c
$30,000
Map · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General support for pa domestic work
$30,000
New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelp · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Power · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Seamaac · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Urban Affairs Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support for vietlead
$30,000
Urban Tree Connection · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Welcoming Center for New Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Youth Empowerment for Advancement H · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Amistad Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Black Men Heal · Ardmore, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Ceiba · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Children First (Formerly Pccy) · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Lift every voice & sing
$30,000
First Step Staffing · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Fss philly
$30,000
Juntos · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Justice at Work · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
The organizing center
$30,000
National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
Pdwa
$30,000
New Sanctuary Movement of Phila · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Philadelphians Organized To Witness · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Urban Affairs Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Vietlead
$30,000
Urban Tree Connection · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Welcoming Center for New · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Youth Empowerment for Advancement · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$30,000
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Abolitionist Law Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Capacity building grant for fiscally
$25,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support for fiscally sponsor
$25,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Pennsylvania Voice · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Philly Thrive · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Puentes De Salud · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Youth Sentencing Reentry Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Aai · Rockville, MD · 2023
General support
$25,000
Aamp · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Asian Americans United · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Education Law Center - Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
La Puerta Albierta · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Map · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support for yasp
$25,000
Map · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support for milpa
$25,000
Open Collective Foundation · Covina, CA · 2023
General support for the womanist wor
$25,000
Phila Area Cooperative Alliance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Phillips Black · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Public Interest Law Center of Phila · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Taller Pr · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Women'S Medical Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
African American Museum in · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Asian Americans United · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Asian Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Education Law Center - Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
La Puerta Abierta · Narberth, PA · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Yasp
$25,000
Movement Alliance Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Movement of immigrant leaders
$25,000
Open Collective Foundation · Covina, CA · 2022
The womanist working collective
$25,000
Philadelphia Area Cooperative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Phillips Black Project · Oakland, CA · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Public Interest Law Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support

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