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Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Pennsylvania

Imperigo has identified 340 funders that made 2,396 grants totaling $229.9M to 303 housing & shelter organizations in Pennsylvania, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Housing & Shelter Funding in Pennsylvania

Total granted $229.9M
Funders 340
Grants 2,396
Organizations funded 303

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Pennsylvania Cdfi Network
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $7.1M · through 2024 · 20.1% of their giving
$19.4M
2. Garden Spot Village
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 98.5% of their giving
$8.1M
3. Diakon Lutheran Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2022 · 82.6% of their giving
$3.2M
4. Commonwealth Cornerstone Group
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 7.8% of their giving
$3.0M
5. 1889 Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 9.8% of their giving
$2.0M
6. The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Hon Fraternity
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $845K · through 2024 · 90.6% of their giving
$873K
7. Suburban Development Council Inc C/O John Lenzi
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $352K · through 2024 · 31.8% of their giving
$852K
8. Southcentral Workforce Investment Board
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $616K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$2.8M
9. United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
39 grants to 11 organizations · largest $666K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$3.5M
10. United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $89K · through 2024 · 14.2% of their giving
$861K
11. Lawrenceville Corporation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 32.5% of their giving
$600K
12. Health Careers Futures
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024 · 23.7% of their giving
$550K
13. The Arc Of Philadelphia
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2019 · 38.5% of their giving
$500K
14. The Chicago Community Trust
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $15.0M · through 2023
$25.1M
15. United Way of Pennsylvania
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2025 · 18.5% of their giving
$405K
16. National Council on Aging Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $908K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$4.4M
17. The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
61 grants to 12 organizations · largest $401K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$2.7M
18. McAuley Ministries
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $275K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$1.5M
19. Don Services Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $176K · through 2022 · 30.9% of their giving
$352K
20. Expanding Black Business
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2020 · 13.3% of their giving
$500K
21. Scranton Area Foundation Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $256K · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$820K
22. The Philadelphia Foundation
77 grants to 35 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$3.8M
23. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
17 grants to 3 organizations · largest $568K · through 2023
$5.9M
24. Partnership for Better Health
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $135K · through 2024 · 7.0% of their giving
$776K
25. Feeding Pennsylvania
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2022 · 2.5% of their giving
$2.1M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to housing & shelter 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. 14 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 housing & shelter 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 housing & shelter funding in Pennsylvania, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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