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Adams Arthur & Alice Fdn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$755k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.7MEducation$205kPhilanthropy$67kInternational$25kHealth$25kEnvironment$15kRecreation & Sports$15kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $350k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $400k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NEW YOR$50,000
OPERA MEMPHIS INC$50,000
MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$50,000
SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY CONSERVANCY INC$50,000
INFFINITO ART & CULTURAL FOUNDATION$50,000
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN$50,000
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$50,000
ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC$50,000
GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY OF DADE$40,000
FOUNDATION FOR CULTURAL REVIEW INC$40,000
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC$30,000
AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$27,000
OPERA AMERICA INC$25,000
CORPORATION OF YADDO$25,000
HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL$23,000
02The need
03

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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $50k → 16%BARD COLLEGE: $45k → 9%GLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE: $50k → 13%PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE: $50k → 14%NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $50k → 28%OPERA LAFAYETTE: $30k → 14%NEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC: $50k → 15%CRESCENDO INC: $50k → 9%THE ACKLAND ART MUSEUM: $50k → 13%ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $50k → 16%GLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INC: $50k → 13%Preservation League of New York: $50k → 14%PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY: $50k → 17%BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $50k → 20%ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $50k → 16%PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK: $50k → 14%PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY: $50k → 17%BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $30k → 20%Opera Memphis: $50k → 17%Circuit Playhouse on the Square: $150k → 17%OPERA MEMPHIS INC: $50k → 17%CIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE INC: $50k → 17%CIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE: $50k → 17%INFFINITO ART & CULTURAL FOUNDATION: $50k → 15%INDIE MEMPHIS: $45k → 17%BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC: $30k → 20%THE OVERTON PARK SHELL INC: $30k → 17%THE FRICK COLLECTION: $50k → 17%GREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY OF DADE: $40k → 15%METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $50k → 17%PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NEW YOR: $50k → 17%METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $50k → 17%Metropolitian Opera: $50k → 17%PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NEW YOR: $50k → 17%HUDSON REVIEW INC: $42k → 17%HUDSON REVIEW INC: $30k → 17%MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $50k → 17%THEATRE MEMPHIS: $50k → 17%DIXON GALLERY AND GARDENS: $40k → 17%DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS: $40k → 17%Memphis Symphony Orchestra: $35k → 17%FOUNDATION FOR CULTURAL REVIEW INC: $40k → 17%SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY CONSERVANCY INC: $50k → 17%SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY CONSERVANCY INC: $50k → 17%AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $27k → 17%THE JEWISH MUSEUM: $50k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 17%POETS HOUSE INC: $50k → 17%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

NY
MA
CT
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 34 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
40

Total granted

$2.6M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+7%

Still filing today

94%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $171k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $175k · revenue +69%
  • TP
    THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $125k · revenue +5%
  • MS
    MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $105k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • CP
    Circuit Playhouse on the Square
    one grant, 2019 · $150k
  • PL
    PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +7%
  • NY
    New York Historical Society
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -23%
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
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
2
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
3
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
4
National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.

Arts & Culture
5
Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio Inc El Museo Del Barrio

El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.

Arts & Culture
6
Artis-Naples Inc

Please refer to schedule o for the organization's complete mission statement.

Arts & Culture
7
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
8
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
9
Foundation for Modern Opera
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10
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
11
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
12
The Long Island Museum of American Art History & Carriages

The long island museum is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of american art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of long island and its diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc; the most unlike its peers is Urban Archive Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

68 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 68 of the 82 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/68
Grantees still filing
41/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $175,000 · Arts & CultureISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INCTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureMEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $105,000 · Arts & CultureSEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY CONSERVANCY INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA AMERICA INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureGLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA MEMPHIS INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HUDSON REVIEW INC: $91,500 · Arts & CultureINDIE MEMPHIS: $85,000 · Arts & Culture+35 more: $1,244,500 · Arts & Culture+35 moreCircuit Playhouse on the Square: $150,000 · OtherCircuit Playhouse on the Squ…FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY INC: $115,000 · OtherFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVER…BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $105,000 · OtherBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN…Preservation League of New York: $100,000 · OtherPreservation League of New Y…THE BOGLIASCO FOUNDATION INC: $89,000 · OtherTHE BOGLIASCO FOUNDATION INCMetropolitian Opera: $50,000 · OtherTHE ACKLAND ART MUSEUM: $50,000 · OtherThe Frick Collection: $50,000 · OtherGREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY OF DADE: $40,000 · OtherTHE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY: $35,000 · Other+13 more: $195,500 · Other+13 moreThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $100,000 · EducationThe Pierpo…NEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC: $95,000 · EducationNEW WORLD …BARD COLLEGE: $45,000 · EducationBARD COLLE…CROSSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · EducationCROSSTOWN …PREP FOR PREP: $25,000 · EducationPREP FOR P…THE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 · EducationTHE PARIS …MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationMASSACHUSE…Rhodes College: $13,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $65,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAS SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $10,000 · InternationalPROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE INC: $15,000 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$2,426,000Other$979,500Education$350,000Environment$65,000International$35,000Recreation & Sports$15,000

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 budgetISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $105,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY CONSERVANCY INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOPERA AMERICA INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCIRCUIT PLAYHOUSE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetOPERA MEMPHIS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC: $95,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUDSON REVIEW INC: $91,500 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetTHE BOGLIASCO FOUNDATION INC: $89,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetINDIE MEMPHIS: $85,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetDixon Gallery and Gardens: $80,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE MEMPHIS: $60,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetOpera Lafayette: $55,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBETH MORRISON PROJECTS INC: $55,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $52,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF YADDO: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetINFFINITO ART & CULTURAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOETS HOUSE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CULTURAL REVIEW: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMemphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCRESCENDO INC: $50,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE HISTORY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIRIS ORCHESTRA INC: $32,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetBROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE OVERTON PARK SHELL INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN ARCHIVE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetAMERICAS SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCROSSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER MIAMI YOUTH SYMPHONY OF DADE COUNTY FLORIDA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ROXY THEATRE GROUP INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

Community Foundation …ArtsmemphisThomas W Briggs Found…The Aaron Copland Fun…The Jm Kaplan Fund IncThe Howard Gilman Fou…The New York Communit…The Andrew W Mellon F…The Gladys Krieble De…Christian Community F…Jr Hyde III Family Fo…Jewish Foundation of …
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN24.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Artsmemphis · Thomas W Briggs Foundation Inc · The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · Jewish Foundation of Memphis

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 Adams Arthur & Alice Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Adams Arthur & Alice Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Crescendo Inc: 99% of income from government
  • New World Symphony Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Roxy Theatre Group Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Adams Arthur & Alice Fdn through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 82 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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