· Private foundation
Elizabeth & Robert Rosenman 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, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k22 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $95k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PPGNY | $45,000 |
| SCHLESINGER LIBRARY | $25,000 |
| NATNL INST FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH | $25,000 |
| LINCOLN CENTER THEATER | $7,000 |
| HARVARD LAW SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $4,100 |
| MANHATTAN THEATER CLUB | $4,000 |
| MARK TWAIN LIBRARY | $3,000 |
| NY PUBLIC LIBRARY | $2,500 |
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY | $2,000 |
| ACDMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| SOLOMON GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM | $1,500 |
| THE BREARLEY SCHOOL | $1,500 |
| MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $1,375 |
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 (FY19–19, $150) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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.
36 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MTMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC5× · 2019–2024 · $17k · revenue +35%
- TNThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations6× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +76%
- MMMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART6× · 2019–2024 · $12k · revenue +76%
Funded once
- RIRADCLIFFE INSTITUTEone grant, 2021 · $20k
- NCNY CITY CENTERone grant, 2019 · $4k
COMMUNITY INITIATIVESgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +176%
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 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).
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…
The founding mission of the new-york historical society ("the new york historical "tnyh") is to collect, preserve, and interpret, for the broadest possible public, material relevant to the history of the united states in general and of new…
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
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.
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…
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
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.
How this is measured
25 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. 25 of the 50 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 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INC ↗
- Who funds MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER ↗
- Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY OF THE CITY CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE BREARLEY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds BUCKINGHAM BROWNE & NICHOLS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds Hudson Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION FOR SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST ↗
- Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
- Who funds WNET ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY INITIATIVES ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SEEDS OF PEACE INC ↗
- Who funds The Frick Collection ↗
- Who funds The Pierpont Morgan Library ↗
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 · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Elizabeth & Robert Rosenman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elizabeth & Robert Rosenman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Buckingham Browne & Nichols School: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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