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Grant recipient EIN 23-3023995Arts and culture

Who funds First Person Arts Inc?

12 private foundations gave First Person Arts Inc in Philadelphia, PA $977,050 across 40 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

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

40 grants

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

  1. Pincus Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    General Operating Support for TRIGGER, self-service film screening tool

    $15,000
  2. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2025

    General support

    $10,000
  3. Scattergood Behavioral Health FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    Grant

    $100,000
  4. Pincus Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    Implementation of the "power of story" to every corner of philadelphia with a specific focus on violence prevention among youth

    $15,000
  5. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    General support

    $10,000
  6. Wyncote FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    Support for ongoing programs

    $10,000
  7. WSFS Cares FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    Community investments (art, community centers, green spaces)

    $3,000
  8. The Barra Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    Entity support - staff grant

    $2,500
  9. Lincoln Financial Foundation IncRadnor, PA 2024

    Matching gifts

    $515
  10. Independence Public Media of Philadelphia IncPhiladelphia, PA 2023

    To support trigger, a documentary

    $300,000
  11. The Barra Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA 2023

    Knowledge and networks grant

    $15,000
  12. Pincus Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    Implementation of the "power of story" to every corner of philadelphia with a specific focus on violence prevention among youth

    $15,000
  13. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2023

    General support

    $6,000
  14. Lincoln Financial Foundation IncRadnor, PA 2023

    Matching Gift

    $1,021
  15. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $16
  16. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2022

    First person arts workshop in a box

    $15,000
  17. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2022

    General support

    $5,000
  18. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2022

    General support

    $3,000
  19. The Barra Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA 2022

    Entity support - director's grant

    $2,500
  20. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2022

    General support

    $1,000
  21. Lincoln Financial Foundation IncRadnor, PA 2022

    Matching Gift

    $1,000
  22. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $14
  23. Independence Public Media of Philadelphia IncPhiladelphia, PA 2021

    To support the expansion of fma's team to increase fundraising and sustainability efforts, social justice work, and better leverage their archive.

    $225,000
  24. Scattergood Behavioral Health FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2021

    Mental health- outreach & engagement

    $55,432
  25. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2021

    General support

    $5,000
  26. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2021

    General support

    $5,000
  27. The Barra Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA 2021

    Entity support - director's grant

    $2,500
  28. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $24
  29. Independence Public Media of Philadelphia IncPhiladelphia, PA 2020

    For covid-19 emergency support

    $50,000
  30. The Barra Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA 2020

    Covid-19 emergency response - $2,500, entity support - director's grant - $2,500, recovery and response grant - $25,000

    $30,000
  31. Independence Public Media of Philadelphia IncPhiladelphia, PA 2020

    To support ongoing production of covid stories a digital memoir from the pandemic, a community storytelling project that documents this critical time in our history

    $20,000
  32. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2020

    First person arts workshop in a box

    $10,000
  33. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2020

    General operating

    $5,000
  34. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $28
  35. Leo Model Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA 2019

    Support for community engagement project

    $10,000
  36. The Barra Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA 2019

    Entity support

    $9,000
  37. Gender Justice FundPhiladelphia, PA 2019

    Special event

    $7,500
  38. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2019

    General support

    $5,000
  39. Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2019

    Memoir/documentary arts, writing workshops for district youth

    $2,000
  40. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2018

    General support

    $5,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Philadelphia, PA and are not among First Person Arts Inc’s funders above.

  1. The Cigna Group FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 344 grants Accepts applications $273,772 to similar organizations
  2. The William Penn FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 852 grants Accepts applications $84,004,949 to similar organizations
  3. Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust UWPhiladelphia, PA 206 grants Accepts applications $737,000 to similar organizations
  4. Lindback CR & MF Foundation TW MainSaint Louis, MO 205 grants Preselected only $754,893 to similar organizations
  5. Connelly FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA 90 grants Accepts applications $2,748,242 to similar organizations
  6. The Presser FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 345 grants Accepts applications $6,157,575 to similar organizations
  7. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 295 grants Accepts applications $2,903,895 to similar organizations
  8. Stockton Rush Bartol FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 64 grants Accepts applications $347,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 23-3023995 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.