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Druckenmiller Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$136M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
58
Grants FY2024
63
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$40,450,000
Organizations funded a year
51 to 63
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$1.8B
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Druckenmiller Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationHealthArts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving57$135M33%
FY202363$102M38%
FY202262$175M42%
FY202154$91M54%
FY202051$111Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$327MHealth$193MRecreation & Sports$51MEducation$20MEnvironment$15MArts & Culture$4.9MPhilanthropy$2.5MAnimals$892kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MN
IL
MI
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MD
KS
SC
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Blue Meridian Partners Inc$223,048,000527%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$103,000,000530%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$70,510,00051%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$50,075,000334%
New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc$19,000,000426%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$14,400,00042%
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research$10,350,000274%
The Spence School$7,750,00053%
Bowdoin College$5,200,00021%
50can Inc$4,000,00025%
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All grantees of Druckenmiller Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Blue Meridian Partners Inc$223,048,000527%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$103,000,000530%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$70,510,00051%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$50,075,000334%
New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc$19,000,000426%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$14,400,00042%
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research$10,350,000274%
The Spence School$7,750,00053%
Bowdoin College$5,200,00021%
50can Inc$4,000,00025%
Northwell Health Foundation$2,000,00040%
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine$1,100,000112%
The Skin Cancer Foundation Inc$1,015,00035%
Shed NYC Inc$750,00031%
The Animal Medical Center$616,66650%
Kasparov Chess Foundation Inc$550,000218%
Southampton Bath & Tennis Club Charitable Fund$500,000527%
Oceana Inc$400,00021%
New York University$350,00030%
The Futuro Media Group$310,00023%
Broadway Housing Communities Inc$300,00013%
Robin Hood Foundation$300,00010%
Northside Achievement Zone$250,00012%
Children's Museum of Manhattan$250,00010%
El Education Inc$150,00010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$150,00010%
DMS Dream Foundation$150,0001n/a
New York Women's Foundation Inc$150,00030%
Wildlife Conservation Society$125,00020%
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum$115,00030%
Alliance in Reconstructive Surgery Foundation$100,000223%
Cidny - Independent Living Services Inc$100,00011%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$100,00010%
American Museum of Natural History$100,00010%
Harlem Educational Activities Fund Inc$100,00032%
N y C Mission Society$90,00021%
The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc$85,00030%
Keren or Inc$75,00012%
Partnership to End Addiction$75,00030%
The Episcopal School in the City of New York$75,00050%
Seoul National University Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Bellevue Association Inc$50,000216%
Best Friends Animal Society$50,00010%
The Everglades Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Lost Tree Chapel Inc$50,0001n/a
Film Forum Inc$50,00021%
Gmhc Health Services Inc$50,0002n/a
Apollo Theater Foundation Inc$50,00010%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$45,00040%
The Kids of Nyu Foundation$40,0001n/a
Lenox Hill Hospital$35,00010%
The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Inc$30,00030%
The Wisdom of Healing School Inc$30,000120%
Trust Women Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Serica Initiative Inc$25,00017%
Gay Men's Health Crisis Inc$25,00010%
Avalon School Inc$25,00011%
The Darbster Foundation Inc$25,00012%
Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach Inc$20,00013%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$20,00010%
Positive Tracks Inc$20,00022%
Center for Art Research and Alliances Inc$20,00011%
The Lang School$20,00010%
The Brigid Alliance Inc$15,00011%
The Southampton Fresh Air Home$15,00011%
Save Venice Inc$15,00010%
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$10,00010%
Southampton History Museum$10,00011%
Center for Jewish Life of Ny$10,0001n/a
Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center Inc$5,00010%
Southampton Association Inc$5,00011%
North Sea Fire Department Inc$5,00012%
Global Strays Inc$5,00012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($95M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Druckenmiller Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 69 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBlue Meridian Partners Inc: $223,048,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetHarlem Children's Zone Inc: $103,000,000 over 5y, 30% of budgetMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $70,510,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $50,075,000 over 3y, 34% of budgetNew York STEM Cell Foundation Inc: $19,000,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $14,400,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFoundation for Sarcoidosis Research: $10,350,000 over 2y, 74% of budgetThe Spence School: $7,750,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetBowdoin College: $5,200,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budget50can Inc: $4,000,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetNorthwell Health Foundation: $2,000,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine: $1,100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetThe Skin Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,015,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetShed NYC Inc: $750,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Animal Medical Center: $616,666 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetKasparov Chess Foundation Inc: $550,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetSouthampton Bath & Tennis Club Charitable Fund: $500,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetOceana Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNew York University: $350,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Futuro Media Group: $310,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetBroadway Housing Communities Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $300,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNorthside Achievement Zone: $250,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetChildren's Museum of Manhattan: $250,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEl Education Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Women's Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum: $115,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAlliance in Reconstructive Surgery Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetCidny - Independent Living Services Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHarlem Educational Activities Fund Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetN y C Mission Society: $90,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc: $85,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKeren or Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPartnership to End Addiction: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Episcopal School in the City of New York: $75,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSeoul National University Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBellevue Association Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Everglades Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFilm Forum Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetApollo Theater Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLenox Hill Hospital: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 69.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY24.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Martin D & Jean Shafiroff Foundation · The Chase and Stephanie Coleman Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Ford Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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.

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How do I get to Druckenmiller Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Druckenmiller 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.

About Druckenmiller Foundation

How much does Druckenmiller Foundation give?
Druckenmiller Foundation reported 58 grants totaling $135,743,666 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 63 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Druckenmiller Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (53%), Health (31%), Recreation & Sports (8%).
Who are Druckenmiller Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Blue Meridian Partners Inc ($223M), Harlem Children's Zone Inc ($103M), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ($71M).
Does Druckenmiller Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Druckenmiller 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 Druckenmiller Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Martin D & Jean Shafiroff Foundation.
Where is Druckenmiller Foundation based?
Druckenmiller Foundation is based in NY.

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 151 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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