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Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation at a glance

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Elizabeth Firestone Graham 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.

$311k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.5MEducation$185kEnvironment$100kCommunity Improvement$50kSocial Science$50kPhilanthropy$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FROM THE HEART PRODUCTIONS INC$25,000
THE TRUSTEES OF DAVIDSON COLLEGE$25,000
BARNES FOUNDATION$25,000
REALIZE IMPACT$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$25,000
THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION$25,000
PROJECT ROW HOUSES$25,000
NORTH DAKOTA MUSEUM OF ARTS$25,000
NEW CITY ARTS INITIATIVE$25,000
GOODYEAR ARTS INC$25,000
TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC$25,000
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$25,000
BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM AND ARTS CENTER$10,800
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 (FY25–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%REALIZE IMPACT: $25k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ND
MN
MI
NY
MA
SD
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
UT
NE
MO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 12% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 10%.

Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$910k · 12 repeat orgs$979k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
34

Total granted

$910k
$743k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
0%

Still filing today

75%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $236k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    4× · 2020–2025 · $100k · revenue +22%
  • VC
    VIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS
    4× · 2019–2022 · $100k · revenue +31%
  • TH
    THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM AND GARDENS
    4× · 2019–2023 · $100k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • AD
    AMIGOS DEL MUSEO DEL BARRIO INC EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +15%
  • OKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -24%
  • LS
    LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
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
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
2
Berggruen Institute
Education
3
Art Explorium
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4
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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5
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
6
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

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).

Arts & Culture
7
Arnot Art Museum

The arnot art museum is an exhibiting and collecting fine arts museum, accredited by the american association of museums. the museum exhibits its permanent collection of 17th-19th century european paintings and sculpture; 19th century…

Arts & Culture
8
New Museum of Contemporary Art

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.

Arts & Culture
9
The Florence Center for Contemporary Music
Arts & Culture
10
Artpace Inc (Audit)

Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.

Arts & Culture
11
Kimbell Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
12
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art

The virginia museum of contemporary art (virginia moca) is a non-profit institution which exists to foster awareness, exploration, and understanding of the significant art of our time. accredited by the american alliance of museums,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 1708 Gallery Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kassan 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.
05the grantee network

43 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. 43 of the 58 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
22/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONVIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS: $100,000 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTSTHE HERMITAGE MUSEUM AND GARDENS: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HERMITAGE MUSEUM AND GARDENSCENTER FOR LAND USE INTERPRETATION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR LAND USE INTERPRETATIONCONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS: $75,000 · Arts & CultureCONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUISINDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNEW CITY ARTS INITIATIVE: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+26 more: $600,800 · Arts & Culture+26 moreTHE BRIDGE PROGRESSIVE ARTS INITIATIVE: $110,000 · OtherTHE BRIDGE PROGRESSIVE ARTS IN…OGDEN CONTEMPORARY ARTS: $75,000 · OtherOGDEN CONTEMPORARY ARTSSANDHILLS INSTITUTE: $50,000 · OtherSANDHILLS INSTITUTESIOUX CITY ART CENTER: $25,000 · OtherNY FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherCARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · Other1708 Gallery Inc: $25,000 · OtherDIGITAL STONE PROJECT: $25,000 · OtherCITY AS LIVING LABORATORY: $25,000 · OtherTHE HERITAGE CENTER - RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL: $20,000 · Other+3 more: $30,000 · Other+3 moreDavidson College: $50,000 · EducationDavidson Col…SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationSOUTH DAKOTA…TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationTEXAS TECH F…VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationVIRGINIA UNI…UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY A…BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationBRANDEIS UNI…Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $10,000 · EducationRealize Impact: $25,000 · Human ServicesLocate Arts TN: $3,000 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$1,175,800Other$510,000Education$210,000Human Services$25,000Community Improvement$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS: $100,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetTHE HERMITAGE MUSEUM AND GARDENS: $100,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCENTER FOR LAND USE INTERPRETATION: $100,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetCONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST LOUIS: $75,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDavidson College: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL: $50,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetNEW CITY ARTS INITIATIVE: $50,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMIGOS DEL MUSEO DEL BARRIO INC EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetVIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRANCONIA SCULPTURE PARK LEGEROS: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGlasstire: $25,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTOM TOM FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFILM INDEPENDENT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PARAMOUNT THEATER FOUNDATION IN F/K/A THE PARAMOUNT THEATER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWIREGRASS MUSEUM OF ART INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetSWISS INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGUTTENBERG ARTS A NJ NONPROFIT CORP: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetLawndale Art & Performance Center: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget1708 Gallery Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetBURNAWAY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetKassan Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetARTS SOUTHEAST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLocate Arts TN: $3,000 over 1y, 2.5% 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.

The Andy Warhol Found…Via Art Fund IncTerra Foundation for …The Henry Luce Founda…Teiger FoundationHelen Frankenthaler F…Windgate Charitable F…Mid-America Arts Alli…Charlottesville Area …The Andrew W Mellon F…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts IncNY23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · Via Art Fund Inc · Terra Foundation for American Art · The Henry Luce Foundation Inc · Teiger Foundation · Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Mid-America Arts Alliance · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 58 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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