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Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation at a glance

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Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst 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.

$410k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$11MHealth$5.3MPhilanthropy$800kPublic Benefit$445kArts & Culture$70kRecreation & Sports$30kHuman Services$3k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $350k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INSTITUTE 2100 INC$150,000
THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION$150,000
HEALTHCARE CHAPLAINCY INC$50,000
THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION$15,000
WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION$10,000
NEW YORK LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND INC$10,000
BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FOUNDATION$5,000
THE AMERICAN DITCHLEY FOUNDATION INC$5,000
JOHANN FUST LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC$5,000
MANE STREAM INC$5,000
CAMCA GROUP INC$5,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 75% of grant dollars ($13M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 25% that went abroad ($4.6M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.

area typical 11%FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $3k → 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.

Beyond the US: 25% of all-years giving ($4.6M)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Lebanon$4.6M · 8 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 9 repeat orgs$6.1M to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$12M
$6.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+68%

Still filing today

100%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k 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
HealthInternationalEducationCivil RightsEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AU
    AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
    3× · 2019–2021 · $11M · revenue +3%
  • TR
    THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $610k · revenue +124%
  • WH
    WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • ZC
    ZAKAT & CHARITY HOUSE AL-HANAN HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2019 · $2.1M
  • SS
    SOCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION (HOSPITAL AND ELDERLY CARE CENTER)
    one grant, 2019 · $1.5M
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $1.3M · revenue -81%
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
Harvard Club of Ny Historical Foundation
Environment
2
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
4
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
5
American College of Health Care Administrators

The american college of health care administrators (achca) is the catalyst for excellence in post-acute and aging services leadership.

Health
6
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

—
7
American College of Gastroenterology

Our mission is to enhance the ability of our members to provide world class care to patients with digestive disorders and advance the profession through excellence and innovation based upon the pillars of patient care, education,…

Health
8
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
10
The Asia Society

The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.

International
11
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
12
New York Botanical Garden

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…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund; the most unlike its peers is Johann Fust Library 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

18 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. 18 of the 21 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT: $11,450,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUTZAKAT & CHARITY HOUSE AL-HANAN HOSPITAL: $2,150,000 · OtherZAKAT & CHARITY HOUSE AL-HANAN HO…SOCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION (HOSPITAL AND ELDERLY CARE CENTER): $1,500,000 · OtherSOCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION (HOSP…SANABEL AL NOUR ASSOCIATION: $953,000 · OtherSANABEL AL NOUR ASSOCIATIONTHE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION: $610,000 · OtherTHE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION+7 more: $260,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,250,000 · HealthTHE KAMEN BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthINSTITUTE 2100 INC: $150,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL PARKS OF NEW YORK HARBOR CONSERVANCY DBA FEDERAL HALL CONSERVANCY: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN DITCHLEY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · InternationalCAMCA GROUP INC: $5,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF AFGHANISTAN: $5,000 · International
Education$11,450,000Other$5,473,000Health$1,355,000Civil Rights$150,000Recreation & Sports$30,000Arts & Culture$20,000International$15,000

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 budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT: $11,450,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION: $610,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetHealthCare Chaplaincy Inc DBA HealthCare Chaplaincy Network: $155,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS OF NEW YORK HARBOR CONSERVANCY DBA FEDERAL HALL CONSERVANCY: $30,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHANN FUST LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMane Stream Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCALVARY HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF AFGHANISTAN: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Mane Stream Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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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Find your warmest path to Elmer and Mamdouha Bobst 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 21 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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