· Private foundation
Friedman Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k22 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $132k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Buxton School | $200,000 |
| Innocence Project | $25,000 |
| Pen American Center | $25,000 |
| Pratt Institute | $20,000 |
| Tides Foundation NY Renews Edu Fund | $20,000 |
| UCSF Dr. Neil Shah Myeloid Malignancies Fund | $20,000 |
| Whitney Museum | $12,344 |
| Beam Center | $10,000 |
| Whitney Museum | $8,000 |
| California Film Institute | $5,500 |
| Pen American Center | $5,000 |
| America | $5,000 |
| Anti Defamation League | $5,000 |
| Pen American Center | $2,500 |
| Marin Horizon School | $2,150 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 17 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, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $329k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PAPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC2× · 2020–2021 · $78k · revenue +7%
- WMWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART2× · 2020–2021 · $46k · revenue +69%
- NYNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN2× · 2020–2021 · $500 · revenue +42%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCOone grant, 2020 · $25k
- BSBUXTON SCHOOLINCone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -16%
- CCenturionone grant, 2020 · $10k
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 institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
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."
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.…
Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…
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…
Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.
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).
To educate students in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.when grinnell college framed its charter in the iowa territory of the united states in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for…
To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 36 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 PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
- Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds BUXTON SCHOOLINC ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds RIVENDELL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds PAROLE PREPARATION PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds PRATT INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF AUTISTIC PEOPLE INC (FAP) ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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