Philadelphia Foundation: Nonprofit Capacity Building Support
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Eligible organizations
- _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://www.philafound.org/nonprofits/available-grants/)._
Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Organizations are limited to one application per grant period
Overview
- Distributing grants and resources to our region’s most effective nonprofits
- Establishing and distributing scholarships
Nonprofit Capacity Building Support
Through our partnership with Catchafire, Philadelphia Foundation underwrites the cost of a 12-month subscription for Greater Philadelphia nonprofits to access free consulting support in areas such as operations, strategy, marketing and communications, web development and more.
Eligibility
_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._
- The Philadelphia Foundation gives grants only to eligible nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations.
- Organizations are limited to one application per grant period.
What The Philadelphia Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 715
- Total given
- $39.14M
- Median grant
- $26K
- Range
- $5,019–$1.6M
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 68%, Washington 10%, New Jersey 5%. Top recipient cities: Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; Washington, DC.
- 53% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 22% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Methow Housing Trust · Winthrop, WA
To provide general operating support in fy2024
$1.6M
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA
General operating support
$1.03M
Bayada Home Healthcare · Pittsburgh, PA
Advance 75 home health aides
$1M
Impact Services Corporation · Philadelphia, PA
General operating support
$850K
Low Income Housing Institute · Seattle, WA
Support the mlk project
$850K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
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