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Foundation Lookup

Grant recipient EIN 23-2841845Crime and legal aid

Who funds Books Through Bars?

9 private foundations gave Books Through Bars in Philadelphia, PA $78,447 across 20 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

20 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2025

    General support

    $5,000
  2. The Summersault FoundationNeptune, NJ 2025

    General support

    $625
  3. Uncle Larrys FundBoca Grande, FL 2025

    Opperational support

    $500
  4. Mutual of America FoundationNew York, NY 2025

    General operating purpose

    $103
  5. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    General support

    $5,000
  6. Uncle Larrys FundBoca Grande, FL 2024

    Opperational support

    $500
  7. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2023

    General support

    $5,000
  8. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $119
  9. Chrysanta FoundationLafayette, PA 2022

    To provide free books to incarcerated people in the mid-east United States.

    $8,000
  10. Uncle Larrys FundBoca Grande, FL 2022

    Opperational support

    $200
  11. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $171
  12. Universal Music All Together Now Foundation IncSanta Monica, CA 2021

    Criminal justice reform

    $37,500
  13. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2021

    General support

    $5,000
  14. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2021

    General support

    $5,000
  15. Uncle Larrys FundBoca Grande, FL 2021

    Opperational support

    $200
  16. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $198
  17. Verizon FoundationBasking Ridge, NJ 2021

    Mip payout for 06/21/21

    $100
  18. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $131
  19. Verizon FoundationBasking Ridge, NJ 2020

    Mip payout for 02/10/20

    $100
  20. The Sparkplug FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    General support

    $5,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other crime and legal aid organizations in Philadelphia, PA and are not among Books Through Bars’s funders above.

  1. The Cigna Group FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 84 grants Accepts applications $134,747 to similar organizations
  2. The William Penn FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 80 grants Accepts applications $4,014,464 to similar organizations
  3. The Patricia Kind Family FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 43 grants Accepts applications $705,000 to similar organizations
  4. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 36 grants Preselected only $1,771,521 to similar organizations
  5. The Barra Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA 21 grants Accepts applications $460,406 to similar organizations
  6. Independence Public Media of Philadelphia IncPhiladelphia, PA 19 grants Accepts applications $934,850 to similar organizations
  7. Van Ameringen Foundation IncNew York, NY 24 grants Accepts applications $1,410,000 to similar organizations
  8. Lindback CR & MF Foundation TW MainSaint Louis, MO 34 grants Preselected only $528,500 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 23-2841845 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.