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Funding search · EIN 137210757 · Langhorne, PA

Van Aken Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

65
grants reported: $234,500
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

gala shelter sponsorship unresticted memory

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Family Svc Assoc of Bucks County9 grants · $50,000
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen4 grants · $22,500
Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House4 grants · $21,000
Mighty Writers4 grants · $20,500
National Immigration Project4 grants · $20,000
Mercer Street Friends4 grants · $20,000
Musicopia4 grants · $20,000
Philabundance3 grants · $15,000
Natl Girls Collaborative Project4 grants · $8,000
Asap4 grants · $6,500

Giving over time

$57,000

2022

$59,000

2023

$58,000

2024

$60,500

2025

Grant history

All 65 reported grants, largest first.

$12,500
Family Svc Assoc of Bucks County · Langhorne, PA · 2025
Unrestricted
$7,500
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen · Trenton, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted
$6,000
Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Shelter
$6,000
Family Svc Assoc of Bucks County · Langhorne, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,500
Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,500
Family Svc Assoc of Bucks County · Langhorne, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Family Svc Assoc of Bucks County · Langhorne, PA · 2025
Gala sponsorship
$5,000
Mercer Street Friends · Trenton, NJ · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Musicopia · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
National Immigration Project · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Family Svc Assoc of Bucks County · Langhorne, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Family Svc Assoc of Bucks County · Langhorne, PA · 2024
Gala sponsorship
$5,000
Mercer Street Friends · Trenton, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Musicopia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
National Immigration Project · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Shelter
$5,000
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen · Trenton, NJ · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Family Svc Assoc of Bucks County · Langhorne, PA · 2023
In memory of
$5,000
Mercer Street Friends · Trenton, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Musicopia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
National Immigration Project · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Shelter
$5,000
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen · Trenton, NJ · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Mercer Street Friends · Trenton, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Mighty Writers · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Musicopia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
National Immigration Project · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Shelter
$5,000
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen · Trenton, NJ · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Family Svc Assoc of Bucks County · Langhorne, PA · 2023
Gala sponsorship
$3,000
Doctor'S Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Family Svc Assoc of Bucks County · Langhorne, PA · 2022
Gala sponsorship
$3,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Asap · Yardley, PA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Beyond the Bars · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Natl Girls Collaborative Project · Seattle, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,000
Asap · Yardley, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Beyond the Bars · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Bristol Riverside Theater · Bristol, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Natl Girls Collaborative Project · Seattle, WA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Solutions Project · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Natl Girls Collaborative Project · Seattle, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Natl Girls Collaborative Project · Seattle, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,500
Welcoming the Stranger · Langhorne, PA · 2025
Unresticted
$1,500
Welcoming the Stranger · Langhorne, PA · 2024
Unresticted
$1,500
Asap · Yardley, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,500
Beyond the Bars · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,500
Solutions Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Coded By Kids · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Wildflower Preserve · New Hope, PA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Coded By Kids · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Bristol Riverside Theater · Bristol, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Coded By Kids · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Trees for the Future · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Unrestricted
$1,000
Welcoming the Stranger · Langhorne, PA · 2023
Unresticted
$1,000
Asap · Yardley, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Beyond the Bars · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Power Interfaith · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Trees for the Future · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
Welcoming the Stranger · Langhorne, PA · 2022
Unresticted

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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.