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Edward T Cone 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.

$968k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.0MSocial Science$600kPhilanthropy$60kAnimals$18kEnvironment$15kHealth$15kHuman Services$15kScience & Tech$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $580k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Princeton Symphony Orchestra$250,000
Individual grant recipient$200,000
Salzburg Global Seminar$200,000
The New Group$120,000
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey$60,000
Bogliasco Foundation$20,000
The Wooster Group$20,000
Ebb & Flow Arts$10,000
McCarter Theatre$10,000
Young Audiences New Jersey$10,000
Part of the Solution$5,000
Institute for Advanced Study$5,000
Princeton Singers$5,000
National Shingles Foundation$5,000
American Composers Orchesra$5,000
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 (FY22–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%Rescue Mission of Trenton: $2k → 11%Rescue Mission of Trenton: $2k → 11%Rescue Mission of Trenton: $2k → 11%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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 28 repeat orgs$230k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
8

Total granted

$2.7M
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
0%

Still filing today

82%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationSocial ScienceScience & TechHealthOther
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

  • Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $970k · revenue +87%
  • SALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $600k · revenue +16%
  • NJ
    NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    2× · 2022–2023 · $400k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • PEOPLE AND STORIES GENTE Y CUENTOS
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -6%
  • NY
    New York Public Radio - WQXR
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -11%
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.

1
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Inc

To offer accessible, high-quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities. its vision is to transform performing arts education in an inclusive community accessible to all.

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2
Manhattan School of Music

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…

Arts & Culture
3
Princeton Pro Musica

Laws of the state of new jersey. the mission of the organization is to perform choral masterworks and other works of the choral literature with energy, passion, and uncompromising artistic excellence. the organization believes in the power…

Arts & Culture
4
Princeton Ballet Society

Princeton ballet society's mission is to nurture a lifelong love of dance and lift the collective spirit through excellent, relevant, and accessible artistic and educational programs, with a focus on classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
5
The New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra

High quality professional chamber-music concerts.

—
6
The New York New Music Ensemble Inc

To commission and perform new music

Arts & Culture
7
Cantata Profana Inc

Cantata Profana, Inc. (www.cantataprofana.com) is a vocal and instrumental chamber ensemble that presents concerts of classical and chamber music ranging from the Baroque to modern eras with a unique narrative style. Our purpose is to…

Arts & Culture
8
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
9
Charleston Symphony Orchestra

The charleston symphony's mission is to inspire and engage the community through exceptional musical performances and educational programs.

Arts & Culture
10
Bang On a Can

Presenting, commissioning, performing, recording and teaching contemporary music. bang on a can believes in exposing exciting new music as broadly and accessibly as possible. through it's summer institute, bang on a can hopes to bring this…

Arts & Culture
11
The New York Festival of Song Inc

NYFOS is dedicated to creating intimate song concerts of great beauty and originality, weaving music, poetry, history and humor into unforgettable evenings of compelling theater, entertaining, educating and creating community among…

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12
The Princeton Festival a Nj Non-Profit Corporation

To enrich the communities we serve through a multi-dimensional, world-class performing arts summer festival. We create programs that excite, inform, inspire, and invite discovery and engagement as we aspire to become a nationally…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; the most unlike its peers is The Bogliasco Foundation Inc. 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

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 39 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
13/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc: $970,000 · Arts & CulturePrinceton Symphony Orchestra IncNEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $400,000 · Arts & CultureNEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRASHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY: $180,000 · Arts & CultureSHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEYTHE NEW GROUP INC: $160,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW GROUP INC+10 more: $140,000 · Arts & Culture+10 moreSALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC: $600,000 · Social ScienceSALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR…Individual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant…EBB & FLOW ARTS: $60,000 · OtherEBB & FLOW ARTSTHE BOGLIASCO FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · OtherTHE BOGLIASCO FO…The McCarter Theatre: $30,000 · OtherThe McCarter The…PRINCETON SINGERS INC: $15,000 · Other+14 more: $60,000 · Other+14 moreD&R GREENWAY LAND TRUST INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentPrinceton Future Inc: $9,000 · EnvironmentINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Science & TechNATIONAL SHINGLES FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthPART OF THE SOLUTION: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$1,850,000Social Science$600,000Other$425,000Environment$24,000Science & Tech$15,000Health$15,000Food & Nutrition$15,000

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 budgetPrinceton Symphony Orchestra Inc: $970,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetSALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC: $600,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetNEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $400,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY: $180,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTHE NEW GROUP INC: $160,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetEBB & FLOW ARTS: $60,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetTHE BOGLIASCO FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE WOOSTER GROUP INC: $50,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES OF NEW JERSEY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRINCETON SINGERS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetNATIONAL SHINGLES FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetD&R GREENWAY LAND TRUST INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPART OF THE SOLUTION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPrinceton Future Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE SYMPHONY INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFROM THE TOP INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCapital Harmony Works Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE AND STORIES GENTE Y CUENTOS: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRENTON CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPROSPECT THEATER COMPANY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 2y, 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.

Princeton Area Commun…Bristol-Myers Squibb …The Robert Wood Johns…The Macmillan Family …Geraldine R Dodge Fou…The Howard Gilman Fou…The Hyde and Watson F…George H and Estelle …Frank and Lydia Berge…Rita Allen Foundation…The Shubert Foundatio…Oceanfirst Foundation
Princeton Area Community Foundation IncNJ25.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Macmillan Family Foundation Inc · Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation · Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation · Rita Allen Foundation Inc · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Oceanfirst Foundation

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 Edward T Cone Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward T Cone Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • New Jersey Symphony Orchestra: 21% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • D&r Greenway Land Trust Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Rescue Mission of Trenton New Jersey: 8% of income from government
  • Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • People and Stories Gente Y Cuentos: 7% of income from government
  • From the Top Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Young Audiences of New Jersey Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Edward T Cone Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Edward T Cone 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.

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 39 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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