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Private foundation (trust)EIN 387076393Est. 2015-05

THE SPECTER FOUNDATION

GLADWYNE, PA 19035

Total Assets

$51.7M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$5.5M

FY 2024

Grants Made

62

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$89K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$3.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$19.5M

Total Expenses

$5.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$5.5M

Distributable Amount

$1.6M

Min. Investment Return

$1.7M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

62 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $5K to maximum $3.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $5.7M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

361 grants

US SQUASH
$3.8M
4 grants
SHAREFOOD
$3.5M
2 grants
SHARE FOOD PROGRAM INC
$3.5M
4 grants
THE SHARE FOOD PROGRAM
$3.3M
1 grant
DREXEL UNIVERSITY
$2.9M
3 grants
UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO
$1.0M
4 grants
PENN CHARTER SCHOOL
$1M
1 grant
US SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION
$475K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

361 grants

<$10K
291
grants
$10–50K
40
grants
$50–250K
20
grants
$250K–1M
4
grants
$1–5M
6
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

13 states

Pennsylvania
$17.0M
72% of total
New York
$4.8M
20% of total
California
$1.1M
5% of total
Massachusetts
$556K
2% of total
New Jersey
$133K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$55K
0% of total
New Hampshire
$10K
0% of total
North Carolina
$4K
0% of total
Maryland
$2K
0% of total
Colorado
$2K
0% of total

+3 more states

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