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Bny Mellon Foundation at a glance

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Bny Mellon Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$900k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Science & Tech$5.0MHealth$3.0MEmployment$1.7MArts & Culture$900kSocial Science$800kInternational$650kEducation$550kPublic Benefit$332kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $166k
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.3M
$700,056
Median grant
4
States reached
$40M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WTC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$900,000
MILKEN INSTITUTE$800,000
MATCHING GRANTS FOR EMPLOYEE DONATIONS$700,056
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CUNY$550,000
KIVA$300,000
AMERICA 250 FOUNDATION$166,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%KIVA: $300k → 10%MILKEN INSTITUTE: $800k → 14%UPWARDLY GLOBAL: $1.0M → 17%AMERICA 250 FOUNDATION: $166k → 14%SAVE THE CHILDREN HUMANITARIAN AID: $50k → 9%AMERICA 250: $166k → 9%CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $150k → 19%INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $150k → 14%WTC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $900k → 17%UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $150k → 14%RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CUNY: $550k → 17%RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIV OF: $3.0M → 17%RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY OF: $2.0M → 17%GIRLS INC OF NYC: $300k → 17%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

MI
NY
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
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 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
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
2
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
3
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
4
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
5
The German Marshall Fund of the United States

The german marshall fund of the united states (gmf) strives to champion democratic values and the transatlantic alliance by strengthening civil society, forging bold and innovative policy ideas, and developing a new generation of leaders…

International
6
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
7
Open New York Education Inc

Open new york education, inc. supports public education, awareness, and engagement around housing issues to help build a movement for a more abundant and inclusive new york.

Housing & Shelter
8
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
9
International Women's Forum Inc

The mission of the international women's forum is to advance women's leadership worldwide. iwf takes direct action to achieve our mission in three important ways. connect: our convenings provide networking and cutting-edge content…

Education
10
International Republican Institute

Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.

Education
11
Institute of International Finance

To support financial industry in prudently managing risks and to foster global financial stability.

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12
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Research Foundation of the City University of New York; the most unlike its peers is Kiva Microfunds. 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

9 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. 9 of the 16 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIV OF: $3,000,000 · OtherRESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIV OFRESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY OF: $2,000,000 · OtherRESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY OFWTC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $900,000 · OtherWTC PERFORMING ARTS CENTERTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $800,000 · OtherTHE MILKEN INSTITUTEMATCHING GRANTS FOR EMPLOYEE DONATIONS: $700,056 · OtherMATCHING GRANTS FOR EMPLOYEE DONATIONS+3 more: $366,000 · OtherRESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY: $3,000,000 · Membership BenefitRESEARCH FOUNDATION OF TH…UPWARDLY GLOBAL: $1,000,000 · EmploymentKIVA MICROFUNDS: $300,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $150,000 · InternationalResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $550,000 · EducationGIRLS INCORPORATED OF NEW YORK CITY: $300,000 · Civil RightsAMERICA250ORG INC: $166,000 · Public Benefit
Other$7,766,056Membership Benefit$3,000,000Employment$1,000,000International$600,000Education$550,000Civil Rights$300,000Public Benefit$166,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY: $3,000,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetUPWARDLY GLOBAL: $1,000,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $800,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $550,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF NEW YORK CITY: $300,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $300,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICA250ORG INC: $166,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bny Mellon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bny Mellon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Bny Mellon Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Bny Mellon 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 16 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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