Pennsylvania · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Civil Rights & Social Justice in Pennsylvania

Imperigo has identified 338 funders that made 1,654 grants totaling $250.6M to 137 civil rights & social justice organizations in Pennsylvania, with a median grant of $35K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Civil Rights & Social Justice Funding in Pennsylvania

Total granted $250.6M
Funders 338
Grants 1,654
Organizations funded 137

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Service Employees International Joint Council 45
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $865K · through 2024 · 78.8% of their giving
$2.2M
2. Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $575K · through 2024 · 49.6% of their giving
$1.1M
3. Conservation Pennsylvania
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $290K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$580K
4. Telescope Fund
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$2.2M
5. Tides Foundation
46 grants to 19 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024
$9.3M
6. Thomas Skelton Harrison Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 28.8% of their giving
$160K
7. Law School Admission Council C/O Susan Krinsky
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2022 · 7.7% of their giving
$375K
8. Pillars Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $135K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$498K
9. Jewish Communal Fund
24 grants to 9 organizations · largest $6.3M · through 2024
$10.4M
10. Donors Trust Inc
8 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.5M · through 2024
$5.1M
11. Cornet Association of America
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 42.6% of their giving
$100K
12. Women Donors Network Action
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$800K
13. The Pittsburgh Foundation
42 grants to 16 organizations · largest $298K · through 2024
$2.2M
14. National Network of Public Health Institutes Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $449K · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$921K
15. The Philadelphia Foundation
35 grants to 16 organizations · largest $211K · through 2024
$1.8M
16. Service Employees International Seiu Healthcare Pennsylvania
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2023 · 41.1% of their giving
$63K
17. Groundswell Fund
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $222K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$950K
18. Philadelphia Bar Foundation
20 grants to 5 organizations · largest $24K · through 2025 · 5.9% of their giving
$187K
19. Broad Street Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2024 · 17.0% of their giving
$56K
20. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $375K · through 2024
$3.4M
21. The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $135K · through 2024
$938K
22. Goodnation Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $350K · through 2020 · 1.4% of their giving
$460K
23. Hopewell Fund
11 grants to 8 organizations · largest $875K · through 2024
$1.6M
24. Western Energy Freedom Action
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022 · 5.6% of their giving
$100K
25. Impact100 Philadelphia Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2020 · 5.6% of their giving
$100K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to civil rights & social justice 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. 15 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 civil rights & social justice 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 civil rights & social justice funding in Pennsylvania, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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