· Private foundation
Al Held Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $68k
- $250k+1 grant · $2.8M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TENEDORA MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO Y CONTEMPORANEO DE BILBAO | $2,750,000 |
| RIVER VALLEY ARTS COLLECTIVE INC | $48,000 |
| BARD COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| BROOKLYN RAIL INC | $10,000 |
| AAMC FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| STEVEN MYRON HOLL FOUNDATION INC | $5,000 |
| NXTHVN | $5,000 |
| RESERVOIR FOOD PANTRY | $5,000 |
| BENNINGTON COLLEGE | $4,100 |
| NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 49% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +92% since the first grant, against +67% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RVRIVER VALLEY ARTS COLLECTIVE INC6× · 2020–2025 · $225k · revenue +106% · 41% of their budget
- TBTHE BROOKLYN RAIL INC9× · 2017–2025 · $84k · revenue +277%
- SISTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC3× · 2020–2022 · $50k · revenue +92%
Funded once
- DMDAVIS MUSEUM AT WELLESLEY COLLEGEone grant, 2017 · $150k
United States Artists Incgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +67%- SSSKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +144%
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.
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.
The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…
The florence acadamy of art was founed in 1991 by daniel graves (see schedule o for details).
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…
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…
Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds RIVER VALLEY ARTS COLLECTIVE INC ↗
- Who funds United States Artists Inc ↗
- Who funds THE BROOKLYN RAIL INC ↗
- Who funds STUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE AAMC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RESERVOIR FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds NXTHVN INC ↗
- Who funds THE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds STEVEN MYRON HOLL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME ↗
- Who funds BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Al Held Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Al Held Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Nxthvn Inc: 1% of income from government
- Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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