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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 23-6200741

T Wistar Brown Teacher's Fund

A private foundation in Philadelphia, PA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 26 grants and $122,482 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
Applications are due march 10th for summer term and june 10th for fall/winter/spring term.
Restrictions
Restrictions: must be a member of a quaker organization, must be 21 years of age, must be teaching or able to verify intent to enter the pre-k thru 12th grade teaching field, must be planning a course of study in a credible us institution with a documented history of academic rigor.

Contact person, phone, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $122,482

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $2,174,163
  • Tax year 2023

    $102,777

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $2,178,765
  • Tax year 2022

    $109,090

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $2,168,919
  • Tax year 2021

    $119,092

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $2,183,245
  • Tax year 2020

    $131,216

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $2,209,293
  • Tax year 2019

    $107,235

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $2,233,485
  • Tax year 2018

    $117,255

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $2,262,085
  • Tax year 2017

    $123,978

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $2,296,248

Grants paid in 2024

26 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    scholarship

    $46,000
  2. Individual

    scholarship

    $7,400
  3. Individual

    scholarship

    $6,000
  4. Friends School HaverfordHaverford, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,908
  5. Greenwood Friends SchoolMillville, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,908
  6. Media-Providence Friends SchoolMedia, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,908
  7. Plymouth Meeting Friends SchoolPlymouth MTNG, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,908
  8. Stratford Friends SchoolNewtown SQ, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,908
  9. West Chester Friends SchoolWest Chester, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,908
  10. Lancaster Friends SchoolLancaster, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,908
  11. Buckingham Friends SchoolLahaska, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  12. Frankford Friends SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  13. Friends School Mullica HillMullica Hill, NJ

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  14. Greene Street Friends SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  15. Haddonfield Friends SchoolHaddonfield, NJ

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  16. Lansdowne Friends SchoolLansdowne, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  17. Newtown Friends SchoolNewtown, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  18. Orchard Friends SchoolRiverton, NJ

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  19. Princeton Friends SchoolPrinceton, NJ

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  20. State College Friends SchoolState College, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  21. The Quaker School at HorshamHorsham, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  22. United Friends SchoolQuakertown, PA

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  23. Westfield Friends SchoolCinnaminson, NJ

    teacher education/training

    $2,907
  24. Individual

    scholarship

    $2,235
  25. Individual

    scholarship

    $1,400
  26. Individual

    scholarship

    $1,300

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education3 grants $8,722100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Pennsylvania15 grants $43,612
  2. New Jersey5 grants $14,535

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Sarah Sweeney-DenhamCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Friends Fiduciary CorporationCO-TRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $13,911
  • Lee PaytonCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Melinda Wenner BradleyCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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