Grants
Granting Guidelines
The Tuttleman Foundation generally provides grants to 501c3 organizations in the following areas:
Grant Range
The Tuttleman Foundation typically awards grants ranging from $1,000 to $250,000. In setting grant levels, consideration will be given to the organization’s budget size, the amount of funds needed to effectively meet program goals, and resources available at the foundation
Multi-year Grants
The foundation occasionally funds multi-year programs on a very select basis.
Funding is Available for:
- General operations
- Capital campaigns
- Special projects
- Research and advocacy
- Pilot projects
Criteria
In reviewing proposals, priority will be given to programs and organizations that are a strong fit with the following criteria:
- Solid track record of success in achieving goals
- Strong leadership
- Long-term plan demonstrating a clear mission, goals, and strategies
- Financial stability
- Organizational capacity to effectively manage the proposed effort
- Concrete goals and measurable outcomes
Grant Submissions
Please submit a summary letter of your request, including the following:
- A brief project description
- A statement of need
- The grant amount requested
- A detailed budget for the proposed project
- Organizational profile
If additional information is required, we will request a fully detailed grant proposal, to be followed by a site visit.
Submit ApplicationPrevious Grantees
Including those of Stanley C and Edna S Tuttleman
Education
- New York University, School of Law
- New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
- Steppingstones Scholars
- University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
- Barnard College
- Temple University
- Philadelphia University
- Friends Seminary, NYC
- Wilmington Friends School
Arts and Museums
- Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
- Franklin Institute
- Institute of Contemporary Art at University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Delaware Theatre Company
- Athena Film Festival
- Lincoln Center Film Festival
- Fringe Arts Festival
- Kalmar Nyckel Foundation
- Wilmington Ballet
- Philadelphia Music & Arts Festival
- Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts
Community Building
- Bernstein Institute for Human Rights
- Philadelphia Mural Arts
- WHYY
- Boys and Girls Clubs
- Nevada Community Foundation
- Philadelphia Police Foundation
- Philadelphia Bail Fund
- Bartram’s Garden
- Joyful Heart Foundation
- Safe House Philadelphia
- Children of Restaurant Employees
- Anti Defamation League
- Brennan Center for Justice
- New York University Center for Race Inequality and the Law
- Special Olympics Delaware
Basic Human Services
- Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada
- World Kitchen
- International Rescue Committee
- Global Empowerment Mission
- Food Bank of Delaware
- Helping Hands of Vegas Valley
- Ministry of Caring
Health Care
- Magee Rehabilitation Hospital
- Graduate Hospital, Penn Medicine
- Quiet Mind Foundation
- Nemours Fund for Children
Spiritual Development – Jewish and Buddhist
- Insight Meditation Society
- Temple Adath Israel
- United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
- Tricycle Magazine
- Pundarika
- Mind and Life Institute
- Gratz College
- Jewish Employment and Vocational Services (JEVS)
- Jewish Family & children Services of Greater Philadelphia (JFCS)
Tuttleman Family Named Gifts
- Tuttleman Omniverse Theatre at Franklin Institute
- Tuttleman Learning Center at Temple University
- Tuttleman Counseling Services at Temple University
- Tuttleman Center at Philadelphia University
- Tuttleman Chapel at Temple Adath Israel
- Tuttleman Library at Gratz College
- Tuttleman Sculpture Gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
- Edna S Tuttleman Director of the Museum – Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
- Tuttleman Auditorium and the Tuttleman Terrace at Institute of Contemporary Art
- Tuttleman Gallery at Philadelphia Museum of Art – Gallery 174 Modern and Contemporary Art
- Tuttleman Center – Penn Medicine – formerly Graduate Hospital
- Edna S and Stanley C Tuttleman Family Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographs at University of Chicago
- Stanley Tuttleman Mural in Overbrook at Belmont Avenue at Leidy Avenue – next to Leidy School
- Tuttleman Lobby at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
- Tuttleman Gallery at Institute of Contemporary Art
- Tuttleman Community Room at Haddington Branch of Free Library of Philadelphia
- Tuttleman Legal Empowerment Fellowship at NYU School of Law’s Bernstein Institute of Human Rights