The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $219,360 | $217,317 | $217,318 | $3,494 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 7% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa SmeyNew York, NY | Support for her leadership atColumbia University | $25,000 | 2020 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| $1,084 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $211,000 | $212,272 | $0 | $911 | −$959 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $111,500 | $112,117 | $16,665 | $5,329 | $313 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $114,096 | $114,470 | $0 | $930 | $930 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $58,000 | $107,778 | $107,778 | $1,304 | $1,304 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $151,350 | $111,125 | $16,937 | $51,082 | $51,082 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $70,000 | $60,431 | $60,431 | $10,857 | $10,857 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $232,000 | $237,518 | $237,518 | $9,447 | $9,447 |
| Unrestricted COVID Relief |
| $25,000 |
| 2020 |
| Tri-Centric FoundationBrooklyn, NY | Braxton 75 projectLive performance,publishing & distribution. | $25,000 | 2019 |
| Patrick ThomasNew York, NY | Grant | $25,000 | 2022 |
| International Contemporary EnsembleMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2022 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Brooklyn, NY | New StudioDonation | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Henry ThreadgillNew York, NY | CompositionCommission | $20,000 | 2024 |
| Henry ThreadgillNew York, NY | Support forPerformanceSeries | $20,000 | 2021 |
| Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NY | collections ofExhibits andContemporary Art | $20,000 | 2016 |
| Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NY | Exhibits and collections ofContemporary Art | $20,000 | 2018 |
| Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NY | largest development& collection of modernart in the world. | $20,000 | 2019 |
| Peter Brotzmann Festival-Cafe OTODalston, NY | Underwriting | $15,211 | 2023 |
| The CrossingNew York, NY | movieBook and | $15,000 | 2016 |
| Ars Nova WorkshopPhiladelphia, PA | MuseumExhibition | $15,000 | 2024 |
| Whitney MuseumNew York, NY | ContemporaryAmerican art byliving artists | $12,500 | 2019 |
| Whitney MuseumNew York, NY | 20th Centuryart & livingartists | $12,500 | 2018 |
| Ahmed Ensemble | VISAs | $11,798 | 2024 |
| Bary Guy | Performance | $11,389 | 2024 |
| Sven Ake Johansson | Performance | $11,221 | 2024 |
| Fractured AtlasNew York, NY | artists to runTeachinga business | $11,000 | 2016 |
| Arts for ArtNew York, NY | In support ofAndrew CharlesCyrille | $10,644 | 2019 |
| SunRa HouseGermantown, PA | Artists supportfor home repairs | $10,484 | 2021 |
| Satoko FujiNew York, NY | Concert andRecordingGrant | $10,000 | 2022 |
| Explore Ensemble LimitedNew York, NY | RecordingGrant | $10,000 | 2023 |
| Arts for ArtNew York, NY | LifetimeAchievementAward | $10,000 | 2024 |
| KIMBERLY DREWNew York, NY | activist forWriter andcultural studies | $10,000 | 2016 |
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202422479349100607
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
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Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
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Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
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Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
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Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
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Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201733199349105208
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.