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Four Friends 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
38
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$3.1MArts & Culture$2.0MEducation$514kFood & Nutrition$443kYouth Development$341kPhilanthropy$167kHuman Services$130kPublic Benefit$90kOther$0
02FY2024 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $360k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $833k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CEDARS SINAI WOMEN'S GUILD$110,000
INSIDE OUT LITERARY ARTS$104,400
URBAN ARTS PARTNERSHIP$103,200
WILLIE MAE ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS$100,600
L A COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART$65,000
CITY MEALS ON WHEELS$50,000
BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER$50,000
UPBEAT NYC INC$50,000
THE ARTS CONNECTION INC$50,000
THE NOEL POINTER FOUNDATION$50,000
JEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK$50,000
BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC$50,000
NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE$30,461
CHRYSALIS$30,000
MOSAIC YOUTH THEATRE OF DETROIT$25,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $178k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SEATTLE: $70k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SEATTLE: $30k → 9%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF SEATTLE: $25k → 9%GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT: $3k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $9k → 20%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $5k → 20%ALEX HOUSE PROJECT: $5k → 20%COVENANT HOUSE: $25k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $5k → 17%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $1k → 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

VT
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
LA

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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.5M · 32 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against -7% for the ones you funded once.

32 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
33

Total granted

$5.5M
$898k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-7%

Still filing today

72%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $591k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • UO
    University of Michigan
    3× · 2019–2021 · $2.8M · revenue +140%
  • INSIDEOUT LITERARY ARTS PROJECT
    5× · 2019–2024 · $249k · revenue +104%
  • UA
    Urban Arts Partnership
    2× · 2023–2024 · $178k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • MA
    MARIAN AND EDWARD MACDOWELL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +118%
  • CC
    CARLETON COLLEGE
    one grant, 2018 · $99k
  • GB
    GIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue -47%

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
Move(Nyc) Foundation Inc

Move|nyc| is a civic arts and social justice organization committed to cultivating a more diverse and inclusive society through transforming the field of professional dance. more than an arts organization, move|nyc| is a movement for…

Public Benefit
2
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
3
Studio in a School Association Inc

From classrooms to careers, studio in a school expands access to visual arts education and professions in the arts by partnering with practicing artists, schools, and cultural institutions.

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4
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
5
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
6
The Diller-Quaile School of Music Inc

For more than a century, diller-quaile has offered an environment where music can flourish in all its aspects, enriching the lives of students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. the belief that music is a fundamental part of human life…

Arts & Culture
7
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association

For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…

Religion
8
Lookingglass Theatre Company

Lookingglass theatre company is a national leader in the creation and presentation of innovative, cutting-edge theatrical work. lookingglass interweaves movement, circus arts and narrative in original and captivating ways. guided by an…

Arts & Culture
9
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

—
10
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Inc

To offer accessible, high-quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities. its vision is to transform performing arts education in an inclusive community accessible to all.

—
11
New World Symphony Inc

Prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles.

Education
12
School in the Square Public Charter School

School in the square ("s2") engages, educates and empowers adolescents to respond mindfully and creatively to life's opportunities and challenges. s2 is a place where students, families and educators are seen, heard, and inspired and where…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Girl Be Heard Institute and the most unlike its peers is The Noel Pointer 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.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyGirls and Women EmpowermentClassical Music EnsemblesArts Support & Performance …Family Philanthropic Founda…Nyc Business Improvement Di…Nonprofit Infrastructure & …Christian Churches and Mini…Dog Rescue and Rehabilitati…Affordable Housing Developm…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%29%10–20yr16%36%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr16%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%2%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr13%56%35–55yr16%12%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/63
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,502

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

62 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 62 of the 89 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/62
Grantees still filing
34/62
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

University of Michigan — $2,750,000 · OtherUniversity of MichiganL A COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART — $354,500 · OtherL A COUNTY MUSEUM OF ARTZENO MOUNTAIN FARM — $238,000 · OtherUrban Arts Partnership — $178,200 · OtherWILLIE MAE ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS INC — $175,600 · Other+39 more — $1,341,000 · Other+39 moreINSIDEOUT LITERARY ARTS PROJECT — $249,400 · Arts & CultureINSIDEOUT LITERARY A…FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC — $93,346 · Arts & CultureFILM AT LINCOLN CENT…ARTSCONNECTION INC — $90,000 · Arts & CultureARTSCONNECTION INCAmerican Museum of Natural History — $84,568 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of N…NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE — $80,461 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL DANCE INSTI…The Art Students League Of New York Inc — $80,000 · Arts & CultureThe Art Students Lea…GIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE — $75,000 · Arts & CultureGIRL BE HEARD INSTIT…Dancing Classrooms Inc — $75,000 · Arts & CultureDancing Classrooms I…THE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER — $50,000 · Arts & CultureSTEM FROM DANCE INC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureACADEMY FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Arts & CultureUPBEAT NYC INC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureWNET — $50,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more — $151,000 · Arts & Culture+11 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $125,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE — $25,000 · Human ServicesRED HOOK INITIATIVE — $14,000 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC — $6,000 · Human Services+2 more — $7,500 · Human ServicesMILTON ACADEMY — $62,000 · EducationThe Charlie Cart Project — $50,000 · EducationTeam Read — $30,000 · EducationSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS - NYC — $20,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · EducationGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC — $128,000 · PhilanthropySOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS — $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST — $19,000 · PhilanthropyCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $155,000 · Food & NutritionTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $75,000 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR MIND-BODY MEDICINE — $30,000 · HealthHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC — $30,000 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF HAITIAN MIDWIVES INC — $5,000 · HealthSERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK — $5,000 · Health
Other$5,037,300Arts & Culture$1,278,775Human Services$177,500Education$172,000Philanthropy$167,000Food & Nutrition$155,000Health$145,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetINSIDEOUT LITERARY ARTS PROJECT — $249,400 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetUrban Arts Partnership — $178,200 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetWILLIE MAE ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS INC — $175,600 over 2y, 17% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS — $155,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC — $128,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE — $125,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC — $93,346 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetARTSCONNECTION INC — $90,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History — $84,568 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE — $80,461 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Students League Of New York Inc — $80,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE — $75,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetDancing Classrooms Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMILTON ACADEMY — $62,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Charlie Cart Project — $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetJEWISH HOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK — $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BRONX DOCUMENTARY CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTHE NOEL POINTER FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSTEM FROM DANCE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetACADEMY FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUPBEAT NYC INC — $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetWNET — $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPERFECT EARTH PROJECT INC — $30,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR MIND-BODY MEDICINE — $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTeam Read — $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNYC SALT INC — $30,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS OF NEW YORK CITY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOSAIC YOUTH THEATRE OF DETROIT — $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetIMPACT SOCIETY GLOBAL — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOpening Act Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS — $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS - NYC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST — $19,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRED HOOK INITIATIVE — $14,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINNOCENCE PROJECT NEW ORLEANS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSeattle JazzED — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetREEL STORIES TEEN FILMMAKING INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPHINX ORGANIZATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS ACADEMY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEAM CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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.

Pinkerton FoundationThe Pierre & Tana Mat…The Hyde and Watson F…The New York Communit…Brooklyn Community Fo…The Ford FoundationAltman FoundationYouth Improving Non-P…Jewish Communal FundLily Auchincloss Foun…The Jean & Louis Drey…The Keith Haring Foun…
Pinkerton FoundationNY33.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pinkerton Foundation · The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Brooklyn Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Altman Foundation · Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children · Jewish Communal Fund · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · The Jean & Louis Dreyfus Foundation Inc · The Keith Haring Foundation Inc

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 Four Friends 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Milton Academy — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 89 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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