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1727 Foundation at a glance

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1727 Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$634k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

57% of 1727 Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to University Of Notre Dame Du Lac, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’21
7
’22
5
’23
8
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$2.0MEducation$1.4MPhilanthropy$150kHealth$52kInternational$35kEnvironment$30kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
  • $250k+2 grants · $934k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$53M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME$634,458
SAINT DAVIDS SCHOOL OF NEW YORK$300,000
THE CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART SCHOOL OF NEW YORK$80,000
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION$25,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$25,000
GRASSROOTS GROCERY$10,000
GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER$10,000
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND$10,000
OUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS$10,000
PHAGES FOR GLOBAL HEALTH$8,000
WOMEN IN NEED$7,292
MALARIA CONSORTIUM$2,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOMEN IN NEED: $7k → 10%BLINK NOW FOUNDATION: $10k → 4%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
AZ
TN
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of 1727 Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 29% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 0%.

1727 Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$827k · 5 repeat orgs$247k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
11

Total granted

$827k
$175k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+16%

Still filing today

60%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SD
    SAINT DAVIDS SCHOOL OF NEW YORK
    2× · 2023–2024 · $620k
  • TC
    THE CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART SCHOOL OF NEW YORK
    2× · 2023–2024 · $110k
  • RH
    ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • SD
    SAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +16%
  • CM
    CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • Trustees of Tufts College
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +16%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
4
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
5
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
6
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
7
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
8
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
9
My Green Lab

My green lab's mission is to build a culture of sustainability in science to transform the industry into a global leader on environmental sustainability. through education, community engagement, and leading-edge certification programs, we…

Environment
10
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
11
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
12
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is God's Love We Deliver Inc; the most unlike its peers is Phages for Global Health. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Notre Dame du Lac: $2,472,906 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac+2 more: $37,000 · EducationSAINT DAVIDS SCHOOL OF NEW YORK: $620,000 · OtherSAINT DAVIDS SCHOOL OF NEW …THE CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART SCHOOL OF NEW YORK: $110,000 · OtherTHE CONVENT OF THE SACRED H…SAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL: $100,000 · OtherSAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL+7 more: $52,000 · Other+7 moreROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 · Human ServicesBLINKNOW FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN NEED: $7,292 · Human ServicesOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $20,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 · InternationalPHAGES FOR GLOBAL HEALTH: $8,000 · InternationalWater for South Sudan Inc: $5,000 · InternationalNY COMMUNITY FRIDGE CORP: $10,000 · Food & NutritionGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$2,509,906Other$882,000Philanthropy$150,000Human Services$42,292Environment$30,000International$23,000Food & Nutrition$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $2,472,906 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $27,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNY COMMUNITY FRIDGE CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLINKNOW FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPHAGES FOR GLOBAL HEALTH: $8,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED: $7,292 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetXAVIER MISSION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWater for South Sudan Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMALARIA CONSORTIUM US INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA8.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization 1727 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 1727 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home