· Private foundation
Arison Family Foundation
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 $10k33 grants · $58k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JUDE HOSPITAL | $10,000 |
| V FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM | $3,000 |
| CHILDREN'S SPECIAL HOSPITAL | $2,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $2,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $2,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| SHRINERS CHILDREN'S | $2,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL | $2,000 |
| PARKINSON FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER | $2,000 |
| FRIENDS IF ISRAEL DEFENSE FIRCES | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 89% 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.
76 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 56 since wound down; 13 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, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 Michigan8× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +202%
NEW JERSEY FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA7× · 2017–2024 · $14k · revenue +18%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC9× · 2017–2025 · $6k · revenue +98%
Funded once
- TTHIRTEENone grant, 2017 · $300
- CRCOSUMER REPORTS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $200
Mercy Ships Internationalone grant, 2024 · $200 · revenue -13%
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.
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.
Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
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 american geosciences institute (agi) was founded in 1948, under a directive of the national academy of sciences, as a network of associations representing geoscientists with a diverse array of skills and knowledge of our planet. the…
The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.
The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
How this is measured
60 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. 60 of the 117 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 NEW JERSEY FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC ↗
- Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
- Who funds WNET ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING ↗
- Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Great Swamp Watershed Association ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND 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: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Arison Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arison Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- New Jersey Festival Orchestra: 13% of income from government
- Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
- Westfield Historical Society: 6% of income from government
- Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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