· Private foundation
Edward F Limato 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $269k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $143k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND | $77,500 |
| HAIBU CARES | $65,000 |
| DEL SHORES FOUNDATION | $34,419 |
| STRIVE FOR COLLEGE | $30,000 |
| JUILLIARD SCHOOL | $30,000 |
| MOCA | $25,750 |
| PROJECT ANGEL FOOD | $25,000 |
| OPERA ON TAP | $16,500 |
| ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION | $16,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| PETER SELIGMAN FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| DAMON RUNYON CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $10,985 |
| GOLDEN GATE PERFORMING ARTS | $10,000 |
| HARMONY PROJECT | $10,000 |
| SAG HARBOR CINEMA ARTS CENTER INC | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $579k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MPMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND7× · 2017–2024 · $503k · revenue +77%
- JSJUILLIARD SCHOOL8× · 2017–2024 · $240k · revenue +64%
- NYNew York University7× · 2017–2023 · $210k · revenue +76%
Funded once
- KBKNOXVILLE BOTANICAL GARDENone grant, 2021 · $105k
- MPMusic Performance Trust Fundone grant, 2023 · $60k · revenue +11%
- LALOS ANGELES INCLUSION FUNDone grant, 2017 · $40k
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.
Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…
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.
Producing and developing plays and musicals.
The performance art museum (pam) is the first u.s. institution exclusively dedicated to the presentation and preservation of live art. our mission is to facilitate the powerful impact of live experiences that can profoundly transform our…
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.
Move|nyc| is a civic arts and social justice organization committed to cultivating a more diverse and inclusive society through transforming the field of professional dance. more than an arts organization, move|nyc| is a movement for…
Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Amda is committed to providing an unsurpassed performing arts education to a diverse community of creative artists. amda seeks to be both the school and the stage, where students are given the support and the freedom to find their voice…
To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…
Theater mu produces great performances born of arts, equity, and justice from the heart of the asian american experience.
How this is measured
50 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. 50 of the 88 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 MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND ↗
- Who funds WE WERE THERE INC ↗
- Who funds JUILLIARD SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds New York University ↗
- Who funds TruthAids dba Truth Aid ↗
- Who funds STRIVE FOR COLLEGE INC ↗
- Who funds Barak Ballet Corporation ↗
- Who funds GLSEN INC ↗
- Who funds FORTISSIMO ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗
- Who funds Harmony Project ↗
- Who funds ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Music Performance Trust Fund ↗
- Who funds Del Shores Foundation ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds CANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Camp Kesem National ↗
- Who funds THE TEAK FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA ↗
- Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds OPERA ON TAP ↗
- Who funds MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC ↗
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: Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Edward F Limato Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward F Limato Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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