· Private foundation
Aronson 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 $10k32 grants · $55k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $52k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $146k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HARMONY PROJECT HUDSON | $76,200 |
| ECOHEALTH NETWORK AT MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN | $70,000 |
| USC | $16,500 |
| THE JEFFERSON INSTITUTE | $15,000 |
| CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ARTS | $10,000 |
| LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK | $10,000 |
| MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN | $8,000 |
| JONAS SALK FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| 18TH STREET ARTS CENTER | $7,500 |
| LA SENORA RESEARCH INSTITUTE | $5,000 |
| WISE TROPICS INC | $4,000 |
| CWAYS HOME | $1,300 |
| UPSTATE FILMS | $1,300 |
| DAY ONE | $1,000 |
| SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION | $1,000 |
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 (FY18–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% 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 +41% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
66 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 3 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, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HPHARMONY PROJECT HUDSON INC8× · 2017–2024 · $391k · revenue +367% · 60% of their budget
- MBMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES7× · 2017–2024 · $165k · revenue +11%
- LSLAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK6× · 2017–2024 · $96k · revenue +9%
Funded once
- NFNY FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSICone grant, 2019 · $7k
VITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INCone grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -26%- PPPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ST LOUISone grant, 2017 · $5k
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 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.
Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…
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 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 peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…
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…
A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.
Develops legal and technical infrastructure for digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.
Wmf is the leading independent organization devoted to safeguarding the world's most treasured places to enrich people's lives and build mutual understanding across cultures and communities. the organization is headquartered in new york…
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
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.
How this is measured
63 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. 63 of the 103 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 HARMONY PROJECT HUDSON INC ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK ↗
- Who funds 18TH STREET ARTS COMPLEX ↗
- Who funds LA SENORA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds CWAYS HOME ↗
- Who funds WISE TROPICS INC ↗
- Who funds THE JONAS SALK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GOLDEN BRIDGE ↗
- Who funds The Society for Ecological Restoration Inc ↗
- Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds DAY ONE ↗
- Who funds ISLAND PRESS ↗
- Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Rocky Mountain Institute ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR AMERICAN POLICE REFORM INC ↗
- Who funds UPSTATE FILMS LTD ↗
- Who funds COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS FOUNDATION AND ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE GARRISON INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds VITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds ASHOKA ↗
- Who funds EAST COAST ASSISTANCE DOGS INC ↗
- Who funds KIDSPIRIT INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
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 Bessemer Giving Fund · Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · David & Sylvia Teitelbaum Fund Inc · Lostand Foundation · The Thompson Family Foundation Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Annenberg Foundation · The New York Community Trust · California Community Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Impactassetsinc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Aronson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aronson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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