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Alexander J Roepers Foundation at a glance

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Alexander J Roepers 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.

$253k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Social Science$735kArts & Culture$408kRecreation & Sports$400kPhilanthropy$167kEducation$162kHealth$119kInternational$43kEnvironment$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $117k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Metropolitan Museum of Art$60,000
Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association$50,000
Venetian Heritage Inc$32,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center$25,000
Harvard Business School$25,000
St Andrews New School$25,000
The Boys' Club of New York$10,000
American Friends of the Israel Museum$5,000
The Hotchkiss Fund$5,000
Central Park Conservancy$5,000
World Monuments Fund Inc$5,000
Southampton Fresh Air Home$3,000
The Netherland-America Foundation Inc$2,535
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 (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CAPE ELUTHERA FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL: $225k → 16%BELLA MENTE QUANTUM RACING ASSOCIATION: $250k → 11%MILKEN INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $15k → 7%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NYENRODE UNIVERSITY: $12k → 9%Venetian Heritage Inc: $32k → 14%The Netherland-America Foundation Inc: $3k → 17%OCEANA: $10k → 14%THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $50k → 9%STONINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $50k → 9%CAPE ELUTHERA FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL: $200k → 16%Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $50k → 11%SOUTHAMPTON ARTS CENTER: $10k → 7%VENETIAN HERITAGE INC: $20k → 17%THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $50k → 9%NEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME: $5k → 7%Central Park Conservancy: $5k → 17%The Hotchkiss Fund: $5k → 9%MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM: $35k → 9%Southampton Fresh Air Home: $3k → 7%LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $3k → 17%NEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $3k → 17%MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM: $10k → 9%KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION (KBFUS): $12k → 17%World Monuments Fund Inc: $5k → 17%ROBINHOOD: $100k → 17%The Boys' Club of New York: $10k → 17%The Metropolitan Museum of Art: $60k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC: $5k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $5k → 17%American Friends of the Israel Museum: $5k → 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.
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 17 repeat orgs$804k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
16

Total granted

$1.8M
$759k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+4%

Still filing today

76%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyEducationInternationalOther
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

  • BM
    Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association
    3× · 2021–2024 · $350k · revenue +189%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    2× · 2023–2024 · $120k · revenue +19%
  • TH
    THE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL
    2× · 2020–2021 · $100k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $500k
  • RH
    ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +29%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
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
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
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
4
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
5
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
6
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
7
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
8
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
9
Berggruen Institute
Education
10
New York Historical Society

The founding mission of the new-york historical society ("the new york historical "tnyh") is to collect, preserve, and interpret, for the broadest possible public, material relevant to the history of the united states in general and of new…

Arts & Culture
11
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
12
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Park Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association. 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

27 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. 27 of the 37 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL: $700,000 · OtherHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $500,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $60,000 · Other+11 more: $202,702 · Other+11 moreBella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $350,000 · Recreation & SportsBella Mente Quant…NEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Recreation & SportsNEW ENGLAND SCIEN…+1 more: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $120,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MU…STONINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSTONINGTON HIST…VENETIAN HERITAGE INC: $52,000 · Arts & CultureVENETIAN HERITA…MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureMYSTIC SEAPORT …+5 more: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+5 moreTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationThe New School: $25,000 · EducationROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican Friends of Nyenrode University Inc: $12,236 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · HealthCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME: $8,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthTHE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $25,285 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $18,000 · International
Other$1,462,702Recreation & Sports$400,000Arts & Culture$352,000Education$125,000Philanthropy$112,736Health$59,000International$43,285

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 budgetBella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $350,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $120,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTONINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $100,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVENETIAN HERITAGE INC: $52,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetNEW ENGLAND SCIENCE & SAILING FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $25,285 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe New School: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCOA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOCEANA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME: $8,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York and Presbyterian Hospital: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MAURICE C LA GRUA CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The New York Communit…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The New York Community TrustNY13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer 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 Alexander J Roepers Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alexander J Roepers Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 37 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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