· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| LANDMARK WEST | $250 |
| MARTHAS VINEYARD MUSEUM | $250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $212 |
| WCAI - NPR | $200 |
| WEST 69TH BLOCK ASSOC | $200 |
| BROWN BAG PROGRAM | $200 |
| FOOD BANK | $200 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $100 |
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 (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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JIJUSTICE IN AGING4× · 2017–2021 · $15k · revenue +74%
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC3× · 2018–2020 · $4k · revenue +177%
CITY HARVEST INC4× · 2017–2021 · $600 · revenue +75%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $4k
- MOMETROPOLITAIN OPERA ASSNone grant, 2017 · $3k
ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICEone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -12%
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 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.
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.
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…
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…
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.…
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.
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
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…
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…
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…
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…
How this is measured
59 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. 59 of the 121 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 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 ETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC ART FUND INC ↗
- Who funds THE KRISTEN ANN CARR FUND ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
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 · 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
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ernst Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ernst Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Charity Guild Inc: 10% of income from government
- Martha's Vineyard Film Society Inc: 2% of income from government
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
- Wgbh Educational Foundation: 1% of income from government
- Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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