The Horner Foundation
The Horner Foundation is a family-based private foundation based in Radnor, Pennsylvania. It partners with community-based organizations that provide young people ages 10–19 with hands-on, out-of-school-time learning opportunities to foster positive youth development.
The Horner Foundation at a glance
In short: The Horner Foundation gave $300K across 18 grants in 2025 (avg $17K), top state Pennsylvania. 22% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $299,927
- -7.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 18
- +12.5% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $16,663
- -18.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $11,430
- Total assets
- $4,479,731
- -0.5% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 22% first-time grantees (4 of 18, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Pennsylvania (25% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to The Horner Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- Invitation Only
-
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests. Its trustees consider funding on an invitation-only basis. The foundation’s website describes a two-year grant lifecycle, with award notifications and first-year funds scheduled for August 2026, a year-one report due in July 2027, second-year funds scheduled for August 2027, and a final report due in June 2028.
- Contact
Mailing address: 150 N Radnor Chester Road A110, Radnor, PA 19087
Phone: (610) 896-3868
Website: https://thehornerfoundation.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who The Horner Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Victoria Foundation ($73K). Together the top 10 received $279K.
Grant Size Distribution
107 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 102 grants of 107 (95%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation identifies four funding regions: Alameda and Contra Costa Counties in the Bay Area, California; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Greater Victoria, British Columbia; and the towns of Corby and Kettering in Northamptonshire, England. It says the regions reflect where family members live and interests and needs identified by communities.
Greater Victoria has a different grantmaking process, and the foundation says it will no longer make direct grants to nonprofit organizations there. The website lists regional priorities for the Bay Area, Philadelphia, and Northamptonshire; it does not provide a current funding-criteria document for Greater Victoria.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 18 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is The Horner Foundation open to new grantees?
22%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 4 of 18 grantees (22%) were first-time recipients. With only 18 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 6 points. First grants averaged $5K; repeat grants $20K. How we count
Medians: $4K first-time, $20K repeat.
- 67% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving fell 24% from 2022 to 2025. Method
- In 2025 it paid out 119% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $300K (2025) to $562K (2020). In 2025 it made 18 grants totaling $300K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria Foundation | Entity Support | $72,500 |
| Baby Basics Northampton | Dream Safe Baby | $33,729 |
| Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project Oakland, CA | No Limit Leadership Program (NLLP) | $30,000 |
| Heights Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | Heights Computer Science and Technology Pathway | $30,000 |
| Oakland Lacrosse Club Oakland, CA | Girls middle school to high school transition & pipeline | $30,000 |
| Daventry Volunteer Centre | Milk & You Peer Support | $20,238 |
| Black Girls Love Math Philadelphia, PA | Black Girls Love Math After School Enrichment | $20,000 |
| Philadelphia Robotics Coalition Inc Philadelphia, PA | Afterschool robotics: pathways to stem college & career for underserved philadelphia youth | $20,000 |
| African Youth Arise (AYA) | Safe Relationships & Sexual Health | $12,860 |
| Foodcorps Portland, OR | The joy & power of food: intersection of food justice & youth development in oakland | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The filing type is Form 990-PF, a private foundation.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,479,731 | $363,772 | $386,348 | $299,927 | 18 | $368,928 | $355,538 | $308,792 |
| 2024 | $4,502,307 | $873,851 | $436,121 | $325,000 | 16 | $400,753 | $865,168 | $283,341 |
| 2023 | $4,064,577 | $1,090,477 | $381,957 | $301,000 | 21 | $374,225 | $1,069,494 | $267,055 |
| 2022 | $3,356,333 | $194,688 | $508,404 | $396,590 | 31 | $490,380 | $185,664 | $280,846 |
| 2021 | $3,672,801 | $383,175 | $396,263 | $346,373 | 21 | $386,315 | $372,698 | $322,220 |
| 2020 | $3,683,819 | $131,744 | $669,335 | $562,428 | 38 | — | $123,318 | $278,817 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, The Horner Foundation reported a distributable amount of $309K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation’s mission is to partner with community-based organizations providing youth ages 10–19 with hands-on experiential learning through out-of-school-time (OST) programs. Its stated vision is for young people to realize their potential, participate in their communities, have access to diverse learning opportunities, and be healthy and prepared for the 21st century.
Regional priorities include youth food justice, youth sports, and girls’ empowerment in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties; OST STEM programs in Philadelphia; and sexual health and education, as well as health, education, and social supports for young mothers in the towns of Corby and Kettering, Northamptonshire. Greater Victoria uses a different grantmaking process and the foundation says it will no longer award grants directly to nonprofit organizations there.
Recent grantees illustrate the range of organizations supported. Oakland Lacrosse Club describes its work as using lacrosse to help Oakland public school students become healthy, confident, and self-empowered. Philadelphia Robotics Coalition says it supports robotics programs serving Philadelphia public school students. FoodCorps describes its work as connecting children to healthy food in schools. These are the grantees’ descriptions of their own work.
Grantmaking
The foundation awards two-year grants. It says it typically funds organizations for one or two funding cycles (two to four years), and in rare cases for three cycles (six years). The foundation may provide multi-year funding and ongoing support to nonprofits launching a pilot project or going through a transition.
In filing year 2025, the foundation reported 18 grants totaling $299,927. Individual grants ranged from $625 to $72,500, with a median of $11,430. Among the largest reported grants were $72,500 to Victoria Foundation for “Entity Support”; $33,729 to Baby Basics Northampton for “Dream Safe Baby”; $30,000 to Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project for its No Limit Leadership Program; $30,000 to Heights Philadelphia for its computer science and technology pathway; and $30,000 to Oakland Lacrosse Club for its girls’ middle-to-high-school transition and pipeline.
Other notable 2025 grants included $20,000 to Black Girls Love Math for after-school enrichment and $20,000 to Philadelphia Robotics Coalition for an after-school robotics program. Grants also included $10,000 to FoodCorps for a project described as connecting food justice and youth development in Oakland, and $8,100 to Schwab Charitable Fund for entity support.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Tracy Horner Cullen and Ann Marie Horner as co-chairs. Ann Marie Horner and Terry Horner are identified as founding trustees; Terry Horner is also treasurer. Other trustees listed are Jay Cullen, Finn Cullen, Carolyn Horner, Kathryn Horner, Meghann Horner-Smith, Avery Levy, and Damon Levy.
The website lists Daphne Rowe as executive director and Rachel Costello as grants manager.
The Horner Foundation's 2025 filing lists 11 officers; none of the 11 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Ann Marie Horner
Co-Chair & Founding Trustee
Founding Trustee & Board Chair → Founding Trustee, 2022
Founding Trustee → Co-Chair & Founding Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carolyn Horner
Trustee
Trustee → Board Chair, 2022
Board Chair → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Damon Levy
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathryn Horner
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Meghann Horner-Smith
Trustee
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terry Horner
Treasurer & Founding Trustee
Founding Trustee → Treasurer & Founding Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jay Cullen
Trustee
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Corey Shaffer
Trustee
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Avery Levy
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Finn Cullen
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tracy Horner Cullen
Co-Chair
Executive Director → Trustee, 2022
Trustee → Co-Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
$56K (2020) → $0 (2025)
Former officers (2)
- Former: Andy Horner-Smith (2020–2021) — Junior Trustee
- Former: Gabrielle Horner (2020–2021) — Junior Trustee
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2022 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2022 filing was $3K, to Tracy Horner Cullen (Trustee).
Frequently asked questions about The Horner Foundation
How much does The Horner Foundation give each year?
The Horner Foundation gave $300K across 18 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $325K across 16 grants.
What is The Horner Foundation's typical grant size?
The Horner Foundation's median grant in 2025 was $11,430, and its average grant was $16,663, across 18 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from The Horner Foundation that year got $5K on average.
Where does The Horner Foundation give grants?
The Horner Foundation's top state is Pennsylvania, with 25% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest state was California (24%). The most frequent recipient cities were Philadelphia, PA (3 grants) and Oakland, CA (2 grants).
Does The Horner Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 18 grants with a stated purpose on The Horner Foundation's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Entity Support" (6 grants).
Who are The Horner Foundation's largest grantees?
The Horner Foundation's largest 2025 grantees include Victoria Foundation ($72,500), Baby Basics Northampton ($33,729) and Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project ($30,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 45% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is The Horner Foundation?
The Horner Foundation reported $4.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $369K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $309K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What does The Horner Foundation fund?
The foundation’s mission is to partner with community-based organizations providing youth ages 10–19 with hands-on experiential learning through out-of-school-time (OST) programs. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from The Horner Foundation?
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is The Horner Foundation's EIN?
The Horner Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-0697610. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Does The Horner Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 11, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 25, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 17, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 20, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS March 16, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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