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Ernst Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$22k
Granted FY2021
32
Grants FY2021
8
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172021.

Arts & Culture$53kPhilanthropy$20kHuman Services$20kReligion$12kHealth$10kCivil Rights$4kFood & Nutrition$4kEducation$4kOther$0
02FY2021 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$100
Median grant
8
States reached
$89k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MET OPERA$7,450
MANHATTAN THEARTER CLUB$5,000
JUSTICE IN AGING$2,500
MARTHAS VINEYARD HEBREW CENTER$2,295
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY$500
WOOLDLANDS COMMUNITY TEMPLE$360
PUBLIC ART FUND$250
MARTHAS VINEYARD MUSEUM$250
LANDMARK WEST$250
Individual grant recipient$212
FOOD BANK$200
WCAI - NPR$200
WEST 69TH BLOCK ASSOC$200
BROWN BAG PROGRAM$200
MARTHAS VINEYARD FILM SOCIERT$100
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–20, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%DOROT: $100 → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
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IL
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$90k · 50 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

50 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2021, 27 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
60

Total granted

$90k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+30%

Still filing today

50%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthEducationFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JI
    JUSTICE IN AGING
    4× · 2017–2021 · $15k · revenue +74%
  • PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $4k · revenue +177%
  • CITY HARVEST INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $600 · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
  • MO
    METROPOLITAIN OPERA ASSN
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $3k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
2
New York University

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.

Education
3
Museum of the City of New York

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…

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
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
6
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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.…

Arts & Culture
7
New York Genome Center Inc

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.

Health
8
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
9
New York Historical Society

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…

Arts & Culture
10
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
11
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
12
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

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…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations and the most unlike its peers is Gar Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 51 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%2%10–20yr20%22%20–35yr13%35%35–55yr13%41%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr20%6%20–35yr13%69%35–55yr13%24%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/64
the rest of the field
11%
5,992/53,026

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 121 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/59
Grantees still filing
38/59
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MANHATTAN THEARTER CLUB — $15,000 · OtherMANHATTAN THEARTER CLUBJUSTICE IN AGING — $15,000 · OtherJUSTICE IN AGINGMET OPERA — $8,300 · OtherMET OPERAMARTHAS VINEYARD HEBREW CENTER — $8,059 · OtherMARTHAS VINEYARD HEBREW CENTERIndividual grant recipient — $4,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAIN OPERA ASSN — $3,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $3,000 · Other+85 more — $31,017 · Other+85 moreJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — $20,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNAL …+1 more — $500 · PhilanthropyMetropolitan Opera Association Inc — $8,100 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Ope…New DramatistsInc — $3,500 · Arts & CultureNew DramatistsIn…LANDMARK WEST INC — $3,250 · Arts & CultureLANDMARK WEST IN…MASTERVOICES INC — $1,500 · Arts & CultureMASTERVOICES INC+13 more — $3,945 · Arts & Culture+13 morePARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC — $3,500 · HealthCALVARY FUND INC — $300 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $250 · Health+1 more — $100 · HealthALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE — $3,000 · Civil RightsTHE CHARITY GUILD INC — $850 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INC — $600 · Food & NutritionCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $500 · Food & NutritionGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC — $300 · Food & NutritionNORTHWELL HEALTH INC — $2,000 · Community Improvement
Other$87,576Philanthropy$20,500Arts & Culture$20,295Health$4,150Civil Rights$3,000Food & Nutrition$2,250Community Improvement$2,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJEWISH COMMUNAL FUND — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE IN AGING — $15,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc — $8,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew DramatistsInc — $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC — $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLANDMARK WEST INC — $3,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTANBRIDGE ACADEMY — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMASTERVOICES INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHARITY GUILD INC — $850 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC — $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations — $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $550 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC — $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC ART FUND INC — $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL — $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KRISTEN ANN CARR FUND — $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History — $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND — $450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC — $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection — $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art — $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC — $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALVARY FUND INC — $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY — $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM — $240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation — $220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLABORATIONS FOR GROWTH INC — $200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILD INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank — $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTANLEY M ISAACS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST BOOK — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND
  • Who funds JUSTICE IN AGING
  • Who funds Metropolitan Opera Association Inc
  • Who funds New DramatistsInc
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds LANDMARK WEST INC
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE
  • Who funds STANBRIDGE ACADEMY
  • Who funds MASTERVOICES INC
  • Who funds THE CHARITY GUILD INC
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC
  • Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
  • Who funds THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC
  • Who funds PUBLIC ART FUND INC
  • Who funds ETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL
  • Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
  • Who funds THE KRISTEN ANN CARR FUND
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Communal FundNY18.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The New York Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Ernst Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 1%
  • The Charity Guild Inc10% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Film Society Inc2% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc1% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation1% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
17report 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, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 121 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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