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Widener Memorial Foundation in Aid of Handicapped Children: 26 grants to organizations, $1.1 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Widener Memorial Foundation in Aid of Handicapped Children, a private foundation in Plymouth Meeting, PA, paid 26 grants to organizations totaling $1,057,480 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 20, 2025. The largest was $220,000 to School District of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA for support for supplemental activities, volunteer and discrtionary programs as well as the summer program for students..
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- EIN
- 236267223
- Based in
- Plymouth Meeting, PA
- Assets
- $9,390,538
- Grants paid
- $1,057,480
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 20, 2025, IRS object ID 202521409349100517. It reported $1,057,480 in grants paid; 26 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School District of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Support for supplemental activities, volunteer and discrtionary programs as well as the summer program for students. | $220,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| School District of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Funding for widener memorial school's summer program | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Variety - the Children's Charity | Worcester, PA | Funding to provide recreational, educational and vocational training to youth and young adults with orthopedic and other diabilities | $95,240 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lasalle University | Philadelphia, PA | Ladder family center provides a variety of direct, virtual services and enrichment programs for children and families of the widener memorial school. | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pegasus Riding Academy Inc | Philadelphia, PA | Provide therapeutic riding lessons for 6 students from widener memorial school. also funding to upgrade footing in indoor riding arena, repair and paint walls and purchase watering system. | $54,840 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Acting Without Boundaries | Bryn Mawr, PA | Production costs for performance featuring disabled children/young adults | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Easter Seals of Southeastern Pa | Philadelphia, PA | Partial funding of purchase of 24-passenger school bus for physically handicapped children. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nemours Fund for Children's Health | Wilmington, DE | Funding for prosthetics, mobility enhancements and other related services not covered by insurance for children whose families are unable to afford them | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Settlement Music School | Philadelphia, PA | Creative arts and music therapy services for the children of the widener memorial school. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Quest Therapeutic Services Inc | West Chester, PA | Scholarship program for students who are unable to afford the therapy for children with various handicaps through hippotherapy. | Human services | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Roxborough YMCA | Philadelphia, PA | Provide financial assistance for children with physical disabilities to attend dragonfly day camp. | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Musicopia | Philadelphia, PA | Music & dance programs at the widener memorial school, crothers memorial school and davidson school. | Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Angel Flight East | Blue Bell, PA | Funding to fly children with complex medical issues to doctors that can treat them for their specific needs at no cost to the families | Recreation and sports | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | Broomall, PA | Funding to provide food, lodging and campsite activities for children to attend the variety club in worcester, pa. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Christopher's Hospital for Children | Philadelphia, PA | Funding for large-size changing tables for children with physical mobility and orthopedic challenges. | $23,700 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Musicworks | Havertown, PA | Funds needed to repair and refurbish treatment center and the equipment needed to benefit clients with physical disabilities. | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,400 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bucks and Hunterdon Counties YMCA | Doylestown, PA | Funding to expand the "we all wheelchair" program for children age 9-12. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation | Blue Bell, PA | Provide a powerful experience for children with critical illnesses to build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight their illness. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Special Equestrians | Warrington, PA | Funding for additional staff to reduce wait list of children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities to access therapy for development of flexibility, balance and muscular strength. | Recreation and sports | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hammerhead Sled Hockey Association | Philadelphia, PA | Costs of ice time and equipment to provide physically disabled youth to the competitive sport of sled hockey | $14,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Edmond's Home for Children | Rosemont, PA | Purchase of a bladder scanner. | $12,600 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Pickleberry Pie Concerts for Kids | Cheltenham, PA | General support for providing concerts to orthopedically challenged children. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Spring Brook Farm | West Chester, PA | Increase funding for teen individual program (tip) to connect children with disabilities with nature and animals. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | For spinal cord injury patients to engage in social support and recreational events. | Health care | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laughing at My Nightmare | Bethlehem, PA | Provide adaptive equipment and assitive technology to those in need as well as financial support for higher education for people with disabilities | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| 1812 Productions | Philadelphia, PA | Actor/educator salaries for outreach program at widener memorial school | Arts, culture and humanities | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $54,400 |
| Education | $50,000 |
| Human services | $45,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $40,000 |
| Health care | $7,500 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | $1,007,480 |
| Delaware | $50,000 |
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Updated May 20, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.