Philadelphia Belles Incorporated
Philadelphia Belles, Inc. is a Pennsylvania nonprofit girls' travel basketball program (incorporated 1978) that organizes teams, tryouts, clinics and alumni activities. The site hosts news, team listings, tryout/joining information and contact details and appears to be the organization's primary web presence.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Pennsylvania-based youth sports organization or youth-development nonprofit, especially groups running basketball programs, tournaments, or national junior events that match the foundation’s stated 'promote youth sports' purpose.
Good Fit
- • Located in Pennsylvania (in-state)
- • Programmatic focus on youth sports or basketball specifically
- • Project or budget scale around mid-five-figures (roughly $15–25K)
- • Existing relationship or local visibility that could lead to being preselected
Geography
Observed giving in the latest year was entirely within one state (Pennsylvania), with 100% of grant dollars and count going to in-state recipients.
Recipient Variety
In the latest year the foundation funded only two distinct recipients; across the two-year observation window no repeat grantees were seen, so the observed portfolio is very small.
New Applicants
The foundation’s public notes indicate applicants are only accepted when preselected, and although two new recipients appeared in the latest year, the explicit preselection policy and small number of grants make it unlikely an unfamiliar applicant could access funding without being identified by the funder.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
