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Bruce Weber Nan Bush Foundation Inc at a glance

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Bruce Weber Nan Bush Foundation Inc

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.

$28k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$59kAnimals$48kPhilanthropy$31kInternational$7kCivil Rights$5kEducation$3kReligion$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$43k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS$25,000
JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE$3,000
PAUL SMITHS GABRIELS VFD$250
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 (FY17–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LANGE FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $1k → 14%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

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IL
WI
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WY
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OH
NJ
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CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
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DC
FL
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$103k · 13 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
40

Total granted

$103k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+32%

Still filing today

77%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
AnimalsArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • TH
    THE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $50k · revenue +27%
  • JG
    JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION
    5× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +50%
  • Best Buddies International Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $7k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • VI
    VETERINARIANS INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue -41%
  • TB
    THE BOYD GROUP FOR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • EA
    Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +32%
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.

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American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
2
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover

To bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education. redrover accomplishes its mission by engaging volunteers and…

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7
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
8
Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy Inc
Philanthropy
9
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
10
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
11
Fauna & Flora International Usa Inc

Our mission is to act to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take into account human needs.

Philanthropy
12
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation; the most unlike its peers is The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 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

35 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. 35 of the 55 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $50,000 · OtherTHE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INCFRIENDS OF NAN BUSH AND PALOMINO FUND: $30,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF NAN BUSH AND PALOMINO FUND+30 more: $21,125 · Other+30 moreANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $25,000 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE H…JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $6,800 · AnimalsJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR …Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc: $3,000 · AnimalsEvelyn Alexander Wildlife R…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,550 · Animals+7 more: $3,850 · Animals+7 moreBest Buddies International Inc: $6,500 · InternationalCitta Inc: $500 · InternationalVETERINARIANS INTERNATIONAL INC: $6,000 · HealthLIMB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $500 · HealthMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $500 · HealthAMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC F/K/A FLA IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $4,000 · Crime & LegalEAST HAMPTON TOWN PBA: $825 · Crime & LegalCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationST REGIS FOUNDATION INC: $250 · EducationYoung Eisner Scholars: $1,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 · Human ServicesLANGE FOUNDATION: $250 · Human Services
Other$101,625Animals$40,200International$7,000Health$7,000Crime & Legal$4,825Education$2,250Human Services$1,750

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $6,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVETERINARIANS INTERNATIONAL INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE INC F/K/A FLA IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEvelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURTLE CONSERVANCY: $1,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONTAUK FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,250 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Eisner Scholars: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST HAMPTON TOWN PBA: $825 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCitta Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIMB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAG HARBOR PARTNERSHIP INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLADY FREETHINKER: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST REGIS FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLANGE FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECTORS GUILD FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL HAVEN INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJORGE M PEREZ ART MUSEUM OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY INC: $130 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $50 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.

The Hilaria and Alec …The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation IncNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Bruce Weber Nan Bush Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bruce Weber Nan Bush Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to Bruce Weber Nan Bush Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Bruce Weber Nan Bush Foundation Inc 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 55 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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