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Grant recipient EIN 85-3343355Arts and culture

Who funds Bearded Ladies Cabaret?

12 private foundations gave Bearded Ladies Cabaret in Philadelphia, PA $1.9 million across 26 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

26 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 Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To support personnel, board development, and programming

    $450,000
  3. Wyncote FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    Support for ongoing programs

    $150,000
  4. The William Penn FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    Bearded ladies cabaret - arts and culture hubs fy2025, fy2026, fy2027

    $140,000
  5. John S and James L Knight FoundationMiami, FL 2024

    To support hybrid artistic work essential to the growth and sustainability of the beards creative and community practice.

    $123,000
  6. The Lida FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    An experimental cabaret group devoted to exploiting all possibilities of intimate, homemade theatre through beautiful songs, tricked-out costume changes, drag, and virtuostic prop construction

    $25,000
  7. The Sam & Charles FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    General fund

    $10,000
  8. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    General support

    $5,000
  9. Charlotte Cushman FoundationBerwyn, PA 2024

    Mabeline: The Greenaissance Tour

    $3,000
  10. Salem D Shuchman & Barbara L Klock FoundationGarden City, NY 2024

    General support

    $1,000
  11. Wyncote FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2023

    Support for ongoing programs

    $150,000
  12. John S and James L Knight FoundationMiami, FL 2023

    To support hybrid artistic work essential to the growth and sustainability of the beards creative and community practice.

    $123,000
  13. The William Penn FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2023

    General support

    $20,000
  14. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2023

    General support

    $5,000
  15. The Sam & Charles FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2023

    General fund

    $2,000
  16. Wyncote FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2022

    Support for ongoing programs

    $150,000
  17. John S and James L Knight FoundationMiami, FL 2022

    To provide operating support to bearded ladies to implement a new operational and programming approach to multi-disciplinary cabaret performance, elevating the role of individual artists in the production of new work.

    $50,000
  18. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2022

    General support

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

    Catalyst fund grant

    $70,250
  20. John S and James L Knight FoundationMiami, FL 2020

    To provide operating support to bearded ladies to implement a new operational and programming approach to multidisciplinary cabaret performance, elevating the role of individual artists in the production of new work.

    $100,000
  21. The Barra Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA 2020

    Entity support

    $70,250
  22. John S and James L Knight FoundationMiami, FL 2019

    To support the bearded ladies, a philadelphia performance ensemble, through a multi-year grant to develop and produce the poison cookie, expand its programs for emerging artists and collaborative work, and to experiment with interactive technology to attract and engage audiences.

    $75,000
  23. John S and James L Knight FoundationMiami, FL 2019

    To participate in the "building the capacity to innovate and adapt" workshop series in philadelphia, an organizational development program facilitated by emcarts.

    $10,400
  24. The Richard Vague FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2019

    To fund the recipient's operating budget

    $2,500
  25. John S and James L Knight FoundationMiami, FL 2018

    To support the bearded ladies, a philadelphia performance ensemble, through a multi-year grant to develop and produce the poison cookie, expand its programs for emerging artists and collaborative work, and to experiment with interactive technology to attract and engage audiences.

    $75,000
  26. The Leslie Miller and Richard Worley FoundationBryn Mawr, PA 2018

    General funds

    $50,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Philadelphia, PA and are not among Bearded Ladies Cabaret’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 633 grants Preselected only $49,651 to similar organizations
  2. The Cigna Group FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 344 grants Accepts applications $273,772 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. Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 71 grants Accepts applications $155,500 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 85-3343355 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.