The Spruce Foundation

About The Spruce Foundation

The Spruce Foundation is an all-volunteer-led nonprofit that funds grants for youth-serving nonprofits and promotes philanthropy among local professionals. We raise money through events, small donations, and sponsorships to both fund our grants and provide professional development to our board and volunteers, making the city a better place to live for everyone a little bit more each year. Our organization started in 2007 as a group of friends who wanted to maximize their giving impact. They met on Spruce Street (hence the name). What grew from that informal giving circle is a structured organization that annually gives back to our city’s incredible nonprofits. Keeping our focus locally on Philadelphia ensures we are consistent with our main goal to support programs that empower, educate, and enrich the city’s best resource — our youth. The Spruce Foundation is committed to becoming an actively anti-racist organization and integrating diverse, equitable, and inclusive approaches to all our operations, grantmaking, partnerships, and volunteer recruitment.