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Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation at a glance

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Barbara and Donald Tober 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.

$12k
Granted FY2021
4
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.

Arts & Culture$349kEnvironment$29kHealth$20kSocial Science$19kEducation$18kRecreation & Sports$14kReligion$12kAnimals$10kOther$0
02FY2021 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$41k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHASHAMA$6,000
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$2,500
US FRIENDS OF HOEDSPRUIT ENDANGERED SPECIES CENTRE INC$2,000
THE ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS$1,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%STISSING CENTER: $3k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
MN
IL
NY
NJ
CA
KY
KS
NC
DC
GA
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.

4%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22k · 3 repeat orgs$567k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
72

Total granted

$22k
$565k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+45%

Still filing today

100%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationHealthRecreation & SportsSocial ScienceOther
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

  • CI
    CHASHAMA INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $12k · revenue +40%
  • THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $8k · revenue +34%
  • TA
    THE ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • MO
    MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN
    one grant, 2020 · $170k · revenue -37%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • NY
    NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +33%
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 Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
2
Municipal Art Society of New York

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…

Arts & Culture
3
Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio Inc El Museo Del Barrio

El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

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…

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
10
The Asia Society

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.

International
11
Berggruen Institute
Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fjk Dance Inc. 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

57 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. 57 of the 76 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/57
Grantees still filing
43/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 · OtherNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INCMETROPOLITAN OPERA: $25,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN OPERAFRIENDS OF WETHERSFIELD INC: $12,000 · OtherBARD GRADUATE CENTER: $10,000 · OtherCARY INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Other+36 more: $79,500 · Other+36 moreMUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN: $170,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGNNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTEMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTCHASHAMA INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureURBANGLASS NEW YORK CONTEMPORARY GLASS CENTER INC: $11,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+15 moreDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $3,300 · EnvironmentFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · ReligionTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Public Safety & DisasterMILLBROOK SCHOOL: $2,500 · EducationTHE ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS INC: $2,000 · EducationLiteracy Partners Inc: $1,000 · EducationPUBLICOLOR INC: $1,000 · EducationCENTER FOR FURNITURE CRAFTSMANSHIP: $1,000 · EducationCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $5,500 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$286,500Arts & Culture$253,000Environment$17,300Religion$10,000Public Safety & Disaster$7,500Education$7,500Recreation & Sports$6,500

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 budgetMUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN: $170,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WETHERSFIELD INC: $12,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetCHASHAMA INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetURBANGLASS NEW YORK CONTEMPORARY GLASS CENTER INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES: $6,500 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTTABLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASITA MARIA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ISABEL O'NEIL FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $3,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPINE PLAINS MEMORIAL HALL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMILLBROOK SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUS FRIENDS OF HOEDSPRUIT ENDANGERED SPECIES CENTRE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Partners Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTeatro Nuovo Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFJK DANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARRIAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLICOLOR INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR FURNITURE CRAFTSMANSHIP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA LEG TO STAND ON INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ONE EAST SIXTIETH STREET HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget122 EAST 66TH STREET FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSAVANNAH VOICE FESTIVAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJames Renwick Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMDRC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BATTERY CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Ag FoundationThe Hyde and Watson F…The Pamela Howard Fam…The Bessemer Giving F…The New York Communit…Newman Family Foundat…The Tcherepnine Found…Susan and Elihu Rose …The Daniel and Estrel…The Pierre & Tana Mat…May and Samuel Rudin …Berkshire Taconic Com…
Ag FoundationOH19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ag Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Pamela Howard Family Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The New York Community Trust · Newman Family Foundation · The Tcherepnine Foundation Inc · Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation Inc · The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Family Foundation · The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc · May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc

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 Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 76 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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