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Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$63M
Granted FY2022
50
Grants FY2022
47
Organizations funded FY2022
60%
First-time grantees FY2022
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79% of Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020’s FY2022 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 32 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

77
’21
32
’22

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2022
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2022
$48,981,285
Organizations funded a year
47 to 114
FY2021 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
8
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 60% of the organizations Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202247$13M60%
FY2021114$19Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2022.

Science & Tech$102MPhilanthropy$50MArts & Culture$6.4MReligion$5.2MHealth$3.1MCivil Rights$3.0MEducation$2.3MInternational$2.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New York Academy of Sciences$9,273,498223%
Colel Chabad$3,051,8752n/a
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$1,059,63610%
The Center for Jewish History Inc$1,000,000110%
Birthright Israel Foundation$1,000,00011%
New York Shakespeare Festival$875,00012%
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc$850,00021%
Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc$700,00024%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$600,00021%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$580,0321n/a
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All grantees of Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New York Academy of Sciences$9,273,498223%
Colel Chabad$3,051,8752n/a
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc$1,059,63610%
The Center for Jewish History Inc$1,000,000110%
Birthright Israel Foundation$1,000,00011%
New York Shakespeare Festival$875,00012%
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc$850,00021%
Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc$700,00024%
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc$600,00021%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$580,0321n/a
Jewish Community Center of Moscow$500,0001n/a
New York City Ballet Inc$470,00011%
Children's Hospital Corporation$384,69810%
Maccabi World Union Inc$330,000115%
Americans for Oxford Inc$300,00011%
Yeshiva University$250,00010%
Chabad House of Harvard Square Inc$250,0001n/a
National Academy of Sciences$200,00010%
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc$166,66611%
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars$160,00011%
Stravinsky Institute Foundation Inc$160,000248%
America Gives Inc$150,00012%
Chamah$150,0001n/a
School of American Ballet Inc$125,00011%
Fresh Air Fund$110,00011%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$100,00020%
The New 42nd Street Inc$100,00010%
Appeal of Conscience Foundation$100,00015%
Tzivos Hashem$100,0001n/a
USA Swimming Foundation Inc$100,00013%
Central Synagogue$100,0001n/a
American Liver Foundation$60,00021%
Prevent Child Abuse California$50,00010%
The Innocence Project Inc$50,00010%
American Council for World Jewry Inc$50,000133%
Endeavor Global Inc (F/K/A the Endeavor Initiative Inc)$50,00010%
Caremessage$50,00011%
International Swimming Hall of Fame$50,00022%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$50,00010%
Save Venice Inc$50,00011%
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$50,00010%
Artsconnection Inc$50,00011%
Soundwaters Inc$50,00011%
Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Foundation Inc$50,00013%
Children's Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc$50,00010%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Friends of Ballet Without Borders Corp$44,5101n/a
America-Israel Friendship League Inc$40,00014%
American Society for Yad Vashem Inc$40,00010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$35,00010%
The Jewish Museum$35,00020%
The American Friends of Policy Exch$34,78617%
Aha Foundation Inc$30,00013%
The Blue Card Inc$30,00020%
Emet Outreach$30,00011%
Jewish Community Council of Canarsie Inc$30,00022%
Andrei Sakharov Foundation$25,00016%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$25,00010%
Disabled American Veterans$25,00010%
Storm King Art Center$25,00010%
Jewish Student Center$25,0001n/a
World Childhood Foundation Inc$25,00011%
The Aleph Institute Inc$25,00010%
The Divided Sky Foundation Corporation$25,00012%
Algemeiner Inc$25,00011%
National Center for Law and Economic Justice Inc$25,00011%
Children Making Tomorrow Inc$25,0001n/a
The Doe Fund Inc$25,00010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$25,00010%
Hellenic Initiative Inc$25,00011%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$25,00010%
Arthur Miller Foundation$20,00014%
Wild Earth Wilderness School$20,00021%
Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation$20,00011%
Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research Inc$17,50011%
Encourage Kids Foundation$15,00011%
Eyelliance Inc$15,00010%
Project Lead Inc$15,00024%
The Lee a Archer Jr Red Tail Youth$15,00012%
Menachem Education Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Gateways Organization Inc$10,00010%
Swim Across America Inc$10,00010%
Foundation for Global Arts$10,00011%
Lalela Project Inc$10,00011%
Jewish Funders Network$10,00010%
The Forward Association Inc$10,00010%
Yttl Lubavitcher Yeshiva$10,0001n/a
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$10,00010%
Maimonides Medical Center$10,00010%
Selfhelp Community Services Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$10,00010%
California Food Aid$5,0001n/a
Roundabout Theatre Company Inc$5,00010%
Yehudi Inc$5,00010%
Ezrat Israel Inc$3,6001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020 supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 82 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew York Academy of Sciences: $9,273,498 over 2y, 23% of budgetBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: $1,059,636 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Jewish History Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNew York Shakespeare Festival: $875,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAlvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc: $850,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House of New York Inc: $700,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetBallet Theatre Foundation Inc: $600,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $470,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $384,698 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaccabi World Union Inc: $330,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetAmericans for Oxford Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYeshiva University: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Academy of Sciences: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: $166,666 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWoodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: $160,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStravinsky Institute Foundation Inc: $160,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetAmerica Gives Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSchool of American Ballet Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $110,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCouncil on Foreign Relations Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe New 42nd Street Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAppeal of Conscience Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetUSA Swimming Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPrevent Child Abuse California: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Council for World Jewry Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetEndeavor Global Inc (F/K/A the Endeavor Initiative Inc): $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCaremessage: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Swimming Hall of Fame: $50,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave Venice Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArtsconnection Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSoundwaters Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAurora Humanitarian Initiative Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetChildren's Learning Centers of Fairfield County Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGeorgia Tech Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica-Israel Friendship League Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetAmerican Society for Yad Vashem Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Friends of Policy Exch: $34,786 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetAha Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetThe Blue Card Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEmet Outreach: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJewish Community Council of Canarsie Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 82.

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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.

Blavatnik Family FoundationNY61.7× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blavatnik Family Foundation · Tr Ua 06162003 · Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Schneur Family Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Arnold S & Madaleine Penner Family F · Wolfensohn Family Foundation · The Koum Family Foundation · The David Hochberg Foundation

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.

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About Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020

How much does Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020 give?
Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020 reported 50 grants totaling $62,743,235 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 114 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2022.
What does Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2022, its largest causes are Science & Tech (58%), Philanthropy (29%), Arts & Culture (4%).
Who are Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2022: New York Academy of Sciences ($9.3M), Colel Chabad ($3.1M), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc ($1.1M).
Does Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020 fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020 accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blavatnik Family Foundation, Tr Ua 06162003, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020 based?
Blavatnik Family Foundation 2020 is based in NY.

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 149 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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