· Private foundation
Appleman Foundation Inc
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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k70 grants · $218k
- $10k–50k56 grants · $1.0M
- $50k–250k8 grants · $818k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS | $218,000 |
| ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS | $200,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS OF GREATER NY | $100,000 |
| PUBLIC ARTS FUND | $75,000 |
| COLBY COLLEGE | $65,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NY | $60,000 |
| THE 92ND STREET Y | $50,000 |
| METROPOLITAN OPERA | $50,000 |
| HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES | $40,000 |
| METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $40,000 |
| THE BOGLIASCO FOUNDATION | $35,000 |
| CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN | $35,000 |
| SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE | $30,000 |
| ARTISTS AND MOTHERS | $30,000 |
| BROOKDALE DEPARTMENT OF GERIATRICS MT SINAI | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $440k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those 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 +23% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
116 repeat relationships: 84 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 46 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, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $426k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PAPUBLIC ART FUND INC5× · 2020–2024 · $760k · revenue +50%
- GSGRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC4× · 2021–2024 · $295k · revenue +76%
- MMMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART5× · 2020–2024 · $265k · revenue +119%
Funded once
- AWANONYMOUS WAS A WOMANone grant, 2020 · $1.0M
- GAGREY ART MUSEM NYUone grant, 2023 · $166k
- MSMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INCone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +20%
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 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…
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."
The new york studio school is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist, a preamble to a lifetime's engagement in drawing, painting, and sculpture. (see schedule o for continuation)
The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…
The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…
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,…
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 society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.
To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.
Apex Art Curatorial Program is a resolutely noncommercial visual art exhibition space which provides curators and artists with a venue dedicated to ideas that are often too provocative or too small in scope for display elsewhere. Apex Art…
How this is measured
136 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. 136 of the 225 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC ART FUND INC ↗
- Who funds GRAND STREET SETTLEMENT INC ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds The President and Trustees of Colby College ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CHICKEN & EGG FILMS INC ↗
- Who funds CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds THE BOGLIASCO FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE CORPORATION OF YADDO ↗
- Who funds New York Historical Society ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds WNET ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PREGNANCY JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
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: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Ford Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Arison Arts Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation · Ag Foundation · Open Society Institute · The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Appleman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Appleman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
- The Salisbury Association Inc: 54% of income from government
- Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
- The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
- Greater Boston Legal Services Inc: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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