Satell Family Foundation
King of Prussia, PA · EIN 23-7769039. Reported 169 grants totalling $9,922,631 to 82 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Satell Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
6 of the organizations Satell Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 18 grants totalling $593,279 to them. That is 7% of the $8,788,434 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Greater | federated giving programme | Pennsylvania | $317,276 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $203,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Admirals Cove Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Florida | $60,503 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| The Jack Miller Center for Teaching | grantmaking organization | Pennsylvania | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| St Baldrick's Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | California | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| The Associated Jewish Community | federated giving programme | Maryland | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,085. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,360 and $25,000; the smallest was $150 and the largest $1,629,620.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mann Center for the Performing Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $3,296,140 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Franklin Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $1,707,730 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | $752,873 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | Philadelphia, PA | $524,571 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Temple B'nai Israel | Easton, MD | $415,525 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Impact Israel | Needham, MA | $355,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $317,276 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish News Syndicate | Beaverton, OR | $266,800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Technion Society | New York, NY | $266,676 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Friends of the Jaffa Institute | Bergenfield, NJ | $264,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $203,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Liberty Museum | Philadelphia, PA | $181,861 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Jaffa Institute | Flushing, NY | $134,728 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jewish News Syndicate | Newton, MA | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Israel Education Foundation | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $94,340 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of the American Revolution | Philadelphia, PA | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Tivka Children's Home | West Caldwell, NJ | $75,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| World Affairs Council | Philadelphia, PA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Admirals Cove Foundation | Jupiter, FL | $60,503 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Central Fund of Israel | Cedarhurst, NY | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Foundation for Defense of Democracies | Washington, DC | $50,240 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Uconn Foundation | Storrs, CT | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Foreign Policy Research Institute | Philadelphia, PA | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach | Palm Beach, FL | $35,790 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Jupiter | Jupiter, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mandel Jcc | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of the Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $24,150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $21,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Wayne, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Uconn Hillel | Storrs, CT | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $16,392 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Richard J Caron Foundation | Wernersville, PA | $14,880 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Support Center for Child Advocates | Philadelphia, PA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kravis Center | West Palm Beach, FL | $11,700 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of Ofanim | Wayne, PA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Interface Taskforce for America and Israel | Cherry Hill, NJ | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Jack Miller Center | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban League of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania | Miquon, PA | $9,550 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement | Wayne, PA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jafco | Sunrise, FL | $8,450 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Carpenters' Company | Philadelphia, PA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban Affairs Coalition | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cb Community Schools | Philadelphia, PA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alpert Jfs | West Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council | Wayne, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Impact Israel | Bethesda, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Interfaith Taskforce for America and Israel | Cherry Hill, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| My Clinic | Jupiter, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Jerusalem Now | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Oic Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonalds House Charities | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA Greater Philadelphia | Conshohocken, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Western Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Temple Sholom | Broomall, PA | $2,355 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $1,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Elwyn Foundation | Media, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maltz Jupiter Theatre | Jupiter, FL | $1,001 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Dog Ranch Rescue Foundation | Loxahatchee Groves, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fuzzy Horse Miniature Therapy | Winter Garden, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Japan American Society of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lewy Body Dementia Association | Lilburn, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lower Merion Township Scholarship Fund | Ardmore, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Penn Hillel | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Run for the Ribbons Inc | Morriston, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Baldrick's Foundation | Monrovia, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Temple University | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association of Fundraising Professionals | Haddonfield, NJ | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Germantown Academy | Fort Washington, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tracy's Kids | Bethesda, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Corewell Health Foundation | Southfield, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Spring City Fellowship | Spring City, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Lansdowne | Lansdowne, PA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
36 of 82 (44%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 51%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Mann Center for the Performing Arts
GENERAL USE/ NO RESTRICTIONS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 106 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | $904,666 | $7,790 |
| 2022 | 35 | $516,124 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | $1,382,386 | $11,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $2,570,062 | $8,000 |
| 2025 | 34 | $4,549,393 | $7,717 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
73% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania.
Get funders for your state and cause by email
We email you funders that gave to organizations in your state and cause, up to five at a time each week and never the same one twice, from their own IRS filings. Free. The weekly email has not started yet.
Unsubscribe in one click from any email. We never sell or share your address. To match on your organization and typical grant size too, keep a private profile.
Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
Related guides
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Satell Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 660 American Avenue 102, King of Prussia, PA, 19406. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 23-7769039 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
Is something here wrong about your foundation? Email [email protected] and we will correct it.