New York · Private foundation
Diogenes Charitable 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.
- $153k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $115,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $804k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Diogenes Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $153k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $303k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $143k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $306k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $275k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $372k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $496k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Museum of Contemporary Art | $1,094,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $348,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yale University | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Desert Biennial Dba Desert X | $35,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Yale University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Independent Curators International | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Academy in Rome | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Auction Rescues Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Fulcrum Arts | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Museum of Contemporary Art | $1,094,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $348,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yale University | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Desert Biennial Dba Desert X | $35,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Yale University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Independent Curators International | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Academy in Rome | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Auction Rescues Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Fulcrum Arts | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Shed NYC Inc | $2,490 | 1 | 0% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hunter College Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Palm Springs Public Library Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($821k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Diogenes Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Diogenes Charitable Foundation
- How much does Diogenes Charitable Foundation give?
- Diogenes Charitable Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $152,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Diogenes Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (63%), Recreation & Sports (32%), Education (3%).
- Who are Diogenes Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Museum of Contemporary Art ($1.1M), Museum of Modern Art ($349k), Whitney Museum of American Art ($50k).
- Does Diogenes Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Diogenes Charitable Foundation 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 Diogenes Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Diogenes Charitable Foundation based?
- Diogenes Charitable Foundation is based in NY.
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