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Who does Poor Richard's Charitable Trust fund?

Poor Richard's Charitable Trust has awarded $16 million across 196 grants to 86 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $29,800, with most between $20,000 and $100,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $30,000 versus $25,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$15.7M
Typical grant
$30K
Grantees
86
Grants
196
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

86 of 86 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Philadelphia Museum of Art $4.4M52020–20242024PA
C Center for Architecture Design $1.1M52020–20242024— —
C Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum $914K52020–20242024— —
S Starfinder Foundation $675K52020–20242024PA
Center City District Foundation $548K52020–20242024PA
C Craftnow $530K42021–20242024— —
G Germination Project $450K52020–20242024PA
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania $450K52020–20242024PA
Spotlight PA $375K22023–20242024PA
Abortion Liberation Fund of PA $350K22021–20222022PA
T The Lenfest Inst for Journalism Spe Asset Fund of the Phl Foundation $300K22022–20232023PA
Fringearts $285K52020–20242024PA
Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative $250K22021–20222022PA
N Neighborhood Garden's Trust $205K42021–20242024— —
P Philadelphia Youth Sports Collaborative (pysc) $200K22023–20242024— —
P Phila Youth Sports Collaborative $185K120202020— —
L Lenfest Institute $150K120202020— —
L Lenfest Instittute of Journalism $150K120212021— —
Reading Terminal Market Corporation $150K32020–20222022PA
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation $150K22021–20222022PA
C Craftnow University of the Arts $145K120202020— —
Schuylkill River Development Corporation $140K42021–20242024PA
P People's Emergency Center $130K42020–20232023— —
Philadelphia Union Foundation $125K52020–20242024PA
The Athenaeum of Philadelphia $125K32022–20242024PA
Tiny Wpa $125K120242024PA
P Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia $120K52020–20242024PA
P Philadelphia Zoo $110K22020–20222022— —
Drexel University $110K42021–20242024PA
D Designing Futures Charitable Corporation $100K120212021— —
D Designing Futures Charitable Corp $100K120202020— —
T Thomas Jefferson University Corp Acct $100K120232023— —
Philadelphia Soccer 2026 $100K120242024PA
The Franklin Institute $100K32021–20232023PA
Share Food Program INC $100K22023–20242024PA
W Womens Medical Fund $100K120202020— —
P Philadelphia History Collaborative $100K120222022— —
Steppingstone Scholars INC $95K32020–20222022PA
Philabundance $90K32020–20222022PA
Urban Creators $85K42020–20232023PA
E Eastern State Penitentiary $80K42020–20232023— —
Independence Historical Trust $75K22020–20222022PA
Philadelphia Youth Basketball INC $75K22021–20232023PA
Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation $75K120242024PA
U US Squash $75K32022–20242024— —
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia $75K22023–20242024PA
A Abortion Access for All $75K22023–20242024— —
R Rodeph Shalom Congregation $63K32022–20242024PA
Zoological Society of Philadelphia $60K22021–20232023PA
Neighborhood Gardens Trust $60K120202020PA
P Project Home $60K32020–20222022— —
T Trash2treasure $50K120222022— —
Women's Medical Fund INC $50K120212021WI
The Philadelphia Education Fund $50K32021–20232023PA
Heights Philadelphia $50K22023–20242024PA
Fairmount Park Conservancy $50K120222022PA
National Constitution Center $50K22023–20242024PA
R Rodeph Shalom $49K22020–20212021— —
S Society Hill Preservation Foundation $45K32022–20242024PA
B Bartram's Garden $45K22021–20232023— —
L Leadership Philadelphia $35K42020–20232023PA
S Smithsonian Institution (cultural Rescue In) $30K120222022— —
P Philadelphia Children's Alliance $30K52020–20242024— —
La Liga Del Barrio $25K120232023PA
Hopephl $25K120242024PA
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance $25K120242024PA
P Phl Covid-19 Fund $25K120202020— —
P Philadelphia250 $20K42021–20242024— —
T The Philadelphia Foundation $20K120242024— —
The Committee of Seventy $15K120222022PA
F Figure 8 Thinking $14K120202020— —
C Capacity for Change $10K120222022— —
G Global Philadelphia Association $10K22020–20222022— —
Shipley School $10K120212021PA
C Celebration of Benjamin Franklin Founder $10K22023–20242024PA
B Bartrams Garden $10K120202020— —
P Philadelphia Music Heritage Council $10K120232023— —
B Birthright Israel $9K120232023— —
M Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (ame) Church $5K120242024— —
Headlong Dance Theater $5K120222022PA
S Stewart Program for Modern Design $5K120202020— —
Philadelphia Citizen $5K120202020PA
University City Arts League INC $5K120222022PA
T The Barnes Foundation $5K120202020— —
M Mural Arts Philadelphia $5K120212021— —
The Satell Institute $2K120212021PA

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