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Bruce a Gimbel Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Bruce a Gimbel Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$41k
Granted FY2021
14
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Health$73kEnvironment$30kArts & Culture$17kFood & Nutrition$5kRecreation & Sports$3kEducation$3kInternational$3kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2021 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k13 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANDOVER VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY$30,000
CITY HARVEST$5,000
Individual grant recipient$1,500
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$1,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$500
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$250
THIRTEEN$250
NY PUBLIC LIBRARY$250
THE DOE FUND$100
NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION$100
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS$100
NY VETERANS POLICE ASSOCIATION$50
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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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 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.
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$107k · 21 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2021, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
11

Total granted

$107k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+9%

Still filing today

43%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Arts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    5× · 2017–2021 · $11k · revenue +58%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +98%
  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $1k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • MS
    MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • M
    MSK
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +227%
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
New York University

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.

Education
2
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
3
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
4
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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5
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
6
New York Genome Center Inc

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.

Health
7
Nyu Langone Hospitals

The board adopted mission statement is: nyu langone hospitals (the "hospital") will operate with new york university's medical schools a health system ("nyu langone health") devoted to excellence in patient care, education and research. in…

Health
8
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
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 Real Estate Board of New York Inc

1. to unite in common organization those professionally engaged in real estate. 2. to protect and promote the mutual interests of its members. 3. to formulate and maintain ethical standards for the guidance of its members in their…

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11
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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

18 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. 18 of the 35 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER: $56,000 · OtherWEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $6,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODMOMA: $4,200 · Other+17 more: $11,471 · Other+17 moreANDOVER VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY: $30,000 · EnvironmentANDOVER VILLAGE IMPROVE…METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $11,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLI…NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $500 · Arts & CultureWNET: $450 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN OF BELLEVUE INC: $6,000 · HealthUNITED HOSPITAL FUND OF NEW YORK: $4,600 · HealthCITY HARVEST INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionEXODUS SCHOOL: $1,500 · EducationThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $1,000 · EducationTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $100 · EducationHARLEM ACADEMY: $100 · EducationMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 · International
Other$82,871Environment$30,000Arts & Culture$12,050Health$10,600Food & Nutrition$5,000Education$2,700International$2,600

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 budgetANDOVER VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY: $30,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN OF BELLEVUE INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED HOSPITAL FUND OF NEW YORK: $4,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEXODUS SCHOOL: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM ACADEMY: $100 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.

  • Who funds ANDOVER VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN OF BELLEVUE INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED HOSPITAL FUND OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds EXODUS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
  • Who funds THE DOE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds WNET ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds THE BREARLEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds HARLEM ACADEMY ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 35 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 (FY2023) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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