Pennsylvania · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Pennsylvania

Imperigo has identified 2,185 funders that made 24,490 grants totaling $5.1B to 1,699 education organizations in Pennsylvania, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Pennsylvania

Total granted $5.1B
Funders 2,185
Grants 24,490
Organizations funded 1,699

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Lancaster County Community Foundation
217 grants to 57 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 12.8% of their giving
$8.8M
27. City Fund
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $10.5M · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$20.9M
28. The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Special Asset Fund of Tpf
26 grants to 10 organizations · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$9.9M
29. Cardeza Foundation T W
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.4M
30. Philadelphia Works Inc
63 grants to 22 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$16.9M
31. The Charles E Kaufman Foundation
17 grants to 11 organizations · largest $889K · through 2024 · 55.0% of their giving
$5.1M
32. McAuley Ministries
42 grants to 16 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024 · 17.4% of their giving
$5.5M
33. Camphill Soltane Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 79.7% of their giving
$4.6M
34. Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School Work Study Program
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.7M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.6M
35. Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
134 grants to 32 organizations · largest $890K · through 2024 · 6.8% of their giving
$13.4M
36. Library System of Lancaster County
26 grants to 5 organizations · largest $491K · through 2024 · 51.6% of their giving
$4.5M
37. Pittsburgh Jewish Educational Improvement Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 28.5% of their giving
$4.2M
38. Hemophilia Center of Western PA
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2023 · 55.9% of their giving
$4.1M
39. Valley Sch of Ligonier End FD
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $890K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.2M
40. Yocum Family Perpetual Charitable Trust
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $427K · through 2025 · 32.5% of their giving
$3.2M
41. Washington Institute for Education and R
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.1M
42. Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
86 grants to 28 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 12.9% of their giving
$4.7M
43. Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $684K · through 2024 · 60.7% of their giving
$2.9M
44. Tec Centro Workforce Network
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $819K · through 2024 · 26.2% of their giving
$2.7M
45. 1 Peter 410 Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.7M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.7M
46. Center for Human Appearance Research and Education Fund Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $802K · through 2024 · 71.0% of their giving
$2.7M
47. Byerschool Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $672K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.6M
48. The Luzerne Foundation
70 grants to 22 organizations · largest $311K · through 2024 · 15.3% of their giving
$3.2M
49. Pennsylvania Automotive Association Foundation
135 grants to 46 organizations · largest $600K · through 2025 · 9.4% of their giving
$5.2M
54. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
75 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$19.2M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 18 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 education 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 education funding in Pennsylvania, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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