Panaphil Foundation

OVERVIEW: The Panaphil Foundation is not a large grantmaker. While the foundation does not name specific areas of grantmaking interest, its grants support organizations that work to help vulnerable populations receive quality healthcare, conservation and women. New York appears to be an area of priority.

IP TAKE: Panaphil maintains and exceptionally low profile, and it does not accept unsolicited requests for funding, which makes it more challenging for grant seekers to attract the foundation’s attention. Grant seekers will have to network with the foundation or its past grantees in order to succeed here. The good news here is that Panaphil often provides grantees with unrestricted support. Contact information is provided below.

PROFILE: The Panaphil Foundation was established in 1990 in both New York and Pennsylvania. Despite the foundation’s lack of an online presence, tax filings reveal that it focuses on giving to environmental preservation, conservation causes and large international health organizations that work globally in underdeveloped regions.

Grants for Global Health

Panaphil’s global health-related grants typically support large international groups working with disadvantaged and vulnerable populations. The foundation does not make many global health grants each year, so grant seekers should expect plenty of competition. Grantmaking is also very broad in order to consider a wider range of organizations to fund. Grantees include

There’s also an emphasis here on women’s reproductive health, but that fund tends to serve the U.S., not the international stage. Grants have gone to Planned Parenthood and the NARAL Pro-Choice American Foundation.

Grants for Environmental, Marine and Wildlife Conservation

As with all of the foundation’s funding, Panaphil’s grants for conservation are purposefully broad. Tax filings reveal a particular focus on wildlife conservation, oceans, turtles and related conservation interests. This is a large area of giving for Panaphil. Past conservation grantees include the Land Trust Alliance, the Ocean Conservancy, the Environmental Defense Fund, ClientEarth US, Earthjustice, the World Wildlife Fund, the Greenpeace Fund and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, among many others. There seems to be an emphasis here on both small and large organizations, though larger organizations tend to win more grants.

Grants for Women and Girls and STEM Education.

The foundation’s grants for women focus on women’s reproductive health and STEM education - for now. It appears that the foundation is evolving it’s giving in this area, adding more interests. NARAL and Planned Parenthood are among recent grantees.

STEM grantees include various universities and colleges, such as Haverford College, Swarthmore, University of Pennsylvania, Drexel and Bryn Mawr College, among others. Grants have been clustering in the Northeast and invest in Women’s Science Fellowship Programs at the listed universities.

Important Grant Information:

This funder gave away over $6 million in grants in a recent year. Foundation-wide, grant amounts range widely between $25,000 and $1.5 million, with an average grant size of about $75,000. In the U.S., grants appear roughly equally distributed across New York, D.C. and Pennsylvania, while global health grants tend to focus on Africa.

Panaphil does not accept unsolicited requests for funding or grant applications.

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CONTACT:

Panaphil Foundation
31 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10001
(212) 949-0990