· Private foundation
Carl M Jacobs 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k23 grants · $375k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $145k
- $250k+1 grant · $285k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION | $285,000 |
| CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $75,000 |
| MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | $70,000 |
| NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY | $35,000 |
| METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $25,000 |
| NEW YORK CITY BALLET | $20,000 |
| CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION | $20,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | $20,000 |
| LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | $15,000 |
| FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITYFOOD FOR | $15,000 |
| AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $15,000 |
| ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND | $15,000 |
| WORLD WILDLIFE FUND | $15,000 |
| SEARCH AND CARE INC | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NYNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC6× · 2020–2025 · $605k · revenue +52%
- MOMuseum of Modern Art6× · 2020–2025 · $405k · revenue +38%
- TCTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION6× · 2020–2025 · $205k · revenue +51%
Funded once
- ASAmerican Society for the Prevention ofone grant, 2021 · $10k
- FBFood Bank for New York CityFood For Surone grant, 2020 · $8k
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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).
Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…
We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.
To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.
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.
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.
How this is measured
26 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. 26 of the 32 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC ↗
- Who funds THE MENNINGER CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
- Who funds BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC ↗
- Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds SEARCH AND CARE INC ↗
- Who funds BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
- Who funds Phoenix House Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carl M Jacobs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carl M Jacobs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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