· Private foundation
Allen 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.
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 · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $95k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $411k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $100,000 |
| PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $85,000 |
| LINCOLN CENTER THEATRE | $76,000 |
| WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| NEW YORKERS FOR CHILDREN | $25,000 |
| GLADES ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| NORTON MUSEUM OF ART | $25,000 |
| PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PB | $10,000 |
| GRAYSON JOCKEY CLUB | $10,000 |
| SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +59% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUniversity of Michigan6× · 2018–2024 · $752k · revenue +195% · 64% of their budget
- PCPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION6× · 2018–2024 · $595k · revenue +57%
- TVTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER3× · 2017–2020 · $220k · revenue +59%
Funded once
- LCLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $125k · revenue +63%
- TOTHEATER OF THE NEW CITYone grant, 2017 · $48k
- OIOPPORTUNITY INCone grant, 2020 · $10k
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 institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
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.
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."
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.
Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)
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.
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…
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.
Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…
The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.
The board adopted mission statement is: nyu langone hospitals (the "hospital") will operate with new york university's medical schools a health system ("nyu langone health") devoted to excellence in patient care, education and research. in…
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 32 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 University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORKERS FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds Glades Academy Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds GLADES ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc ↗
- Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds MAN O WAR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds THE HSS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds GUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INC ↗
- Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds Palm Beach Civic Association Inc ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Allen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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