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Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Pennsylvania

Imperigo has identified 341 funders that made 2,474 grants totaling $234.9M to 305 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 $234.9M
Funders 341
Grants 2,474
Organizations funded 305

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. Suburban Development Council Inc C/O John Lenzi
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $352K · through 2025 · 28.2% of their giving
$1.0M
6. 1889 Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 9.8% of their giving
$2.0M
7. 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
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. The McKeown Foundation Co Joseph McKeown
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2025 · 84.2% of their giving
$550K
13. Health Careers Futures
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024 · 23.7% of their giving
$550K
14. The Arc Of Philadelphia
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2019 · 38.5% of their giving
$500K
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. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
20 grants to 3 organizations · largest $568K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$7.2M
18. The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
61 grants to 12 organizations · largest $401K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$2.7M
19. McAuley Ministries
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $275K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$1.5M
20. Don Services Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $176K · through 2022 · 30.9% of their giving
$352K
21. The Chicago Community Trust
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $15.0M · through 2023
$25.1M
22. Expanding Black Business
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2020 · 13.3% of their giving
$500K
23. Scranton Area Foundation Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $256K · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$820K
24. The Philadelphia Foundation
77 grants to 35 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$3.8M
25. Luther Foundation of Southern Chester County
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $190K · through 2025 · 47.6% of their giving
$302K

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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