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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Pennsylvania

Imperigo has identified 708 funders that made 11,596 grants totaling $832.3M to 1,259 arts & culture organizations in Pennsylvania, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Pennsylvania

Total granted $832.3M
Funders 708
Grants 11,596
Organizations funded 1,259

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Mary Louise Curtis Bok Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$25.7M
2. The Pittsburgh Foundation
398 grants to 145 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$31.2M
3. Htc Trustee Catherine D Sharpe
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $13.3M · through 2025 · 66.0% of their giving
$14.0M
4. The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc
890 grants to 171 organizations · largest $502K · through 2024 · 55.1% of their giving
$12.5M
5. Pbs 39 Foundation Corporation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.5M · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$12.4M
6. Sonshine Media Group
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.5M · through 2024 · 84.6% of their giving
$12.2M
7. Artsquest Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$11.4M
8. Neubauer Family Charitable Trust
11 grants to 7 organizations · largest $4.5M · through 2024 · 18.2% of their giving
$10.6M
9. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
161 grants to 8 organizations · largest $3.4M · through 2025 · 2.2% of their giving
$76.7M
10. The Landmarks Financial Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 77.0% of their giving
$8.1M
11. Philadelphia Orchestra Association Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.4M
12. The Philadelphia Foundation
340 grants to 121 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$16.5M
13. Academy of Music-Aom Trust Pool
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.6M
14. United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley
99 grants to 25 organizations · largest $925K · through 2024 · 9.9% of their giving
$10.3M
15. Poise Foundation
30 grants to 23 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 22.1% of their giving
$4.9M
16. Erie Community Foundation
92 grants to 25 organizations · largest $575K · through 2024 · 10.1% of their giving
$9.5M
17. Paul R Erminie F Hafer Perpetual
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $798K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.2M
18. Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (Lvedc)
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2021 · 85.9% of their giving
$4.0M
19. The Philadelphia Poverty Action Fund
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 18.0% of their giving
$4.0M
20. Lancaster County Community Foundation
173 grants to 44 organizations · largest $587K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$6.1M
21. Samuel S Fleisher 9 Residuary 2384-00-79
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $522K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.7M
22. York County Community Foundation
75 grants to 23 organizations · largest $279K · through 2024 · 12.3% of their giving
$4.2M
23. The Pew Charitable Trusts
84 grants to 57 organizations · largest $4.5M · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$20.7M
24. Pennsylvania Humanities Council
94 grants to 66 organizations · largest $55K · through 2023 · 46.8% of their giving
$2.2M
25. Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
65 grants to 22 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 10.9% of their giving
$4.0M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Pennsylvania, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 17 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Pennsylvania. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Pennsylvania, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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