FundersPennsylvania

William Penn Bank Community Foundation

Bristol, PA · EIN 38-3773417. Reported 162 grants totalling $663,000 to 85 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,000median grant
$663,000granted, 2020-2024
85organizations funded
51%of grantees funded again the next year
$344,558assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. William Penn Bank Community Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
91 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
56 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
14 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Bucks County Housing GroupWarminster, PA$34,500552024
Bucks County Opportunity CouncilDoylestown, PA$30,000552024
Habitat for Humanity Bucks CountyWarminster, PA$30,000442023
Ryan's Quest IncHamilton, NJ$30,000442024
Community Alliance for Progressive Positive Action Inc (cappa)Bristol, PA$25,000222023
Newfound Riseup FundPhiladelphia, PA$25,000222024
A Woman's PlaceDoylestown, PA$20,000332024
Credit Counseling CenterRichboro, PA$20,000442024
Salute 2 ServiceBristol, PA$19,000442024
Destined for a DreamC Bristol, PA$17,000442024
No Longer BoundLevittown, PA$17,000222021
Family Service Association of Bucks CountyLanghorne, PA$14,000222021
Health Link DentalHatboro, PA$13,000332023
Welcoming the StrangerLanghorne, PA$13,000222024
Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern PennsylvaniaPrinceton, NJ$12,500332023
Ahtn (advocates for the Homeless and Those in Need)Fairless Hills, PA$12,000222021
Books in Homes USA IncBristol, PA$12,000332024
Snipes Farm & Education CenterMorrisville, PA$11,500442024
One ProjectRobbinsville, NJ$10,100332024
Care 2024 State of Robbinsville Township Pay It ForwardRobbinsville, NJ$10,000112023
Care State of Robbinsville Township Pay It ForwardRobbinsville, NJ$10,000112024
Joey's Little AngelsHamilton, NJ$10,000222023
John O Wilson Hamilton Neighbor Center IncHamilton, NJ$10,000212024
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton Foundation Inc (rwjuhh)Hamilton, NJ$10,000222022
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (rwjuhh)Hamilton, NJ$10,000212024
St Gregory the Great AcademyHamilton, NJ$10,000222023
YMCA Bucks & Hunterdon CountiesDoylestown, PA$10,000222023
Lower Bucks Family YMCAFairless Hills, PA$9,000112020
YWCA of Bucks CountyTrevose, PA$9,000112020
Solid Rock Youth Center IncMorrisville, PA$8,500222021
Womanspace IncLawrenceville, NJ$8,200332024
Care 2023 State of Robbinsville Township Pay It ForwardRobbinsville, NJ$8,000112022
Dress for SuccessLawrenceville, NJ$7,500332024
Ivins Outreach CenterMorrisville, PA$7,500222023
Soild Rock Youth Center IncMorrisville, PA$7,500112023
Miracle League of Mercer CountyHamilton, NJ$7,000322024
John O Wilson Hamilton Neighborhood Service Center IncHamilton, NJ$6,800222022
The Food TrustPhiladelphia, PA$6,500442024
Catholic Youth Organization (cyo) of Mercer CountyTrenton, NJ$5,000332024
Christian Caring CenterPemberton, NJ$5,000112024
Community First FundPhiladelphia, PA$5,000112021
Grundy Foundation Grundy MuseumBristol, PA$5,000112023
HomefrontLawrenceville, NJ$5,000222024
James R Halsey Foundation of the ArtsTrenton, NJ$5,000222024
Joshua Harr ShaneMonroe Township, NJ$5,000222024
Notre Dame High SchoolLawrenceville, NJ$5,000112024
Pickering ManorNewtown, PA$5,000112020
Rock Youth Center IncMorrisville, PA$5,000112024
Stretto Youth Chamber OrchetraPrinceton, NJ$5,000112023
The Rescue Mission of TrentonTrenton, NJ$5,000112024
Down Syndrome Association of Central New JerseyEwing, NJ$4,700222023
Breakthrough of Greater PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$4,500222024
Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, NJ$4,000222024
National Giving AllianceWarminster, PA$3,500222023
Twilight Wish FoundationDoylestown, PA$3,500222023
Bancroft NeurohealthCherry Hill, NJ$3,000332023
Ivins OutreachcenterMorrisville, PA$3,000112020
Middletown Senior Citizens AssociationLevittown, PA$3,000112024
Vita Education ServicesDoylestown, PA$3,000222023
YMCA Bucks CountyDoylestown, PA$3,000112021
Gloucester County Habitat for HumanityPitman, NJ$2,700222022
Reading AllowedPhiladelphia, PA$2,500112023
Ronald Mcdonald House of Southern NjCamden, NJ$2,500112022
Trenton Catholic Prep AcademyHamilton, NH$2,500112023
United Way of Greater Mercer CountyHamilton, NJ$2,500112024
Boys and Girls Club of Mercer CountyTrenton, NJ$2,000222023
Capital Area - YMCATrenton, NJ$2,000112022
Cops 'n' Kids Delaware ValleyYardley, PA$2,000222024
Legacy Treatment CenterHainesport, NJ$2,000222024
Smith Family FoundationTrenton, NJ$1,500112023
Blue Bears OrganizationPrinceton, NJ$1,000112024
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Mercer IncEwing, NJ$1,000112021
Doughmain Financial LiteracyPrinceton, NJ$1,000112023
Dress for Success Central New JerseyLawrenceville, NJ$1,000112021
Eccrgroup IncEast Stroudsburg, PA$1,000112024
First Tee - Greater TrentonTrenton, NJ$1,000112021
Girls on the Run PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$1,000112021
Joshua Harr Shane Foundation IncEast Windsor, NJ$1,000112021
Kidsbridge IncEwing, NJ$1,000112021
Meals on Wheels of Mercer County IncEwing, NJ$1,000112022
North Light Community CenterPhiladelphia, PA$1,000112024
Shine and InspirePennington, NJ$1,000112024
The Welcome Project PaHatboro, PA$1,000112021
Youth Orchestra of Bucks CountyNewton, PA$1,000112023
Janoski DancersMorrisville, PA$500112020

45 of 85 (53%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 51%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 86 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
32 grants
Education
22 grants
Arts & Culture
6 grants
Youth Development
6 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants
Community Improvement
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202019$137,500$7,000
202129$83,000$3,000
202234$132,000$2,550
202340$163,500$2,500
202440$147,000$2,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 64% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Pennsylvania
$424K
New Jersey
$236K
New Hampshire
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund24 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc22 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program19 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc16 shared recipientsThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation16 shared recipientsPrinceton Area Community Foundation Inc13 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from William Penn Bank Community Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 10 Canal Street Suite 104, Bristol, PA, 19007. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 38-3773417 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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