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Four Through Nine Foundation Inc

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.

$720k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$256k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Civil Rights$1.3MYouth Development$711kEducation$398kArts & Culture$140kRecreation & Sports$105kPhilanthropy$85kHuman Services$52kHealth$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $96k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $345k
  • $250k+1 grant · $256k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$311k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Human Solidarity Project$255,755
Harlem RBI$189,750
Tufts University$105,000
Array Alliance Inc$50,000
Johnny Mac Tennis Project$26,415
Metropolitan Section PGA Foundation$25,000
Second Round Foundation Inc$25,000
Women Make Movies$10,000
George Jackson Academy$10,000
Mindfulness and Health Foundation I$5,000
Young Leadership Addiction Awarenes$5,000
Center - White American Culture$5,000
St Peter Academy$3,889
St Judes Children's Hospital$2,000
Wounded Warrior Project$2,000
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 (FY22–24, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Island Harvest Food Bank: $10k → 7%South Asian Youth Action SAYA Inc: $10k → 13%The Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundati: $5k → 17%Wounded Warrior Project: $2k → 14%Mountain Seed Foundation: $5k → 6%The Edward Charles Foundation: $10k → 14%Brooklyn Community Services: $10k → 20%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
IL
MI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
GA
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 7 repeat orgs$556k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
26

Total granted

$2.3M
$472k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+17%

Still filing today

71%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TH
    THE HUMAN SOLIDARITY PROJECT INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +91% · 85% of their budget
  • HR
    HARLEM RBI INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $666k · revenue +43%
  • Trustees of Tufts College
    3× · 2022–2024 · $315k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • HS
    Human Solidarity Project aka Soul F
    one grant, 2021 · $205k
  • S
    SEL4CA
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -82%
  • KC
    KIND CAMPAIGNgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · 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.

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
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
2
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
3
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
4
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
5
Boston Architectural College

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

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6
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
7
Ie New York College

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Education
8
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Cares Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mindfulness and Health Foundation. 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

37 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. 37 of the 43 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
25/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HUMAN SOLIDARITY PROJECT INC: $1,128,263 · Community ImprovementTHE HUMAN SOLIDARITY PROJECT INC+1 more: $10,000 · Community ImprovementHARLEM RBI INC: $665,750 · PhilanthropyHARLEM RBI INCENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUND…+2 more: $35,000 · PhilanthropyTrustees of Tufts College: $315,000 · EducationTrustees of Tu…SEL4CA: $25,000 · EducationSEL4CAEDUCATION REFORM NOW INC: $13,500 · Education+4 more: $29,500 · Education+4 moreHuman Solidarity Project aka Soul F: $205,000 · OtherHuman Solidarity…METROPOLITAN SECTION PGA FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN SEC…SECOND ROUND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherSECOND ROUND FOU…St Peter Academy: $14,868 · OtherKIND CAMPAIGN: $25,000 · OtherKIND CAMPAIGNSolutions Project Inc: $20,000 · Other+13 more: $106,000 · Other+13 moreARRAY ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureLOOKINGGLASS THEATRE COMPANY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJOHNNY MAC TENNIS PROJECT INC: $75,913 · Youth DevelopmentISLAND HARVEST LTD: $10,000 · Human ServicesBROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: $10,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH ASIAN YOUTH ACTION SAYA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN SEED FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 · Human Services
Community Improvement$1,138,263Philanthropy$750,750Education$383,000Other$420,868Arts & Culture$120,000Youth Development$75,913Human Services$52,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HUMAN SOLIDARITY PROJECT INC: $1,128,263 over 3y, 85% of budgetHARLEM RBI INC: $665,750 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $315,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetARRAY ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetJOHNNY MAC TENNIS PROJECT INC: $75,913 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEL4CA: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMETROPOLITAN SECTION PGA FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIND CAMPAIGN: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSolutions Project Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION REFORM NOW INC: $13,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRVC SEATTLE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOOKINGGLASS THEATRE COMPANY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetISLAND HARVEST LTD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CARES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH ASIAN YOUTH ACTION SAYA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGE JACKSON ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFDNY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL ARTS CLUB: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAY DETROIT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE QUAD PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAMDEN HALL SCHOOL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMindfulness and Health Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetMOUNTAIN SEED FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE JOE TORRE SAFE AT HOME FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Leadership Addiction Awareness Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClark Atlanta University Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Ford FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…National Philanthropi…Tides FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…Jewish Communal FundSilicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY21.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Tides Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Four Through Nine Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Four Through Nine Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 43 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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