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Granny B&P Foundation at a glance

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Granny B&P Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$180k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$146kCivil Rights$125kHealth$79kAnimals$60kScience & Tech$60kEducation$54kPhilanthropy$46kEnvironment$38kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $163k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE POLAR EDUCATION FOUNDATION$37,500
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC$20,000
RENAISSANCE PHILANTHROPY FUND$15,000
FWDUS EDUCATION FUND INC$15,000
MOBILE VOTING FOUNDATION$15,000
BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS$10,000
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION$10,000
PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT$10,000
SGLA RESEARCH FOUNDATION$10,000
PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC$10,000
THIRD WAY INSTITUTE$10,000
STOCKADE WORKS INC$5,000
THE 24 HOUR COMPANY$5,000
ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE$5,000
GERALD J RYAN OUTREACH CENTER INC$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GERALD J RYAN OUTREACH CENTER INC: $3k → 7%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.
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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$345k · 11 repeat orgs$377k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
23

Total granted

$345k
$282k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+3%

Still filing today

100%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCivil RightsEducationScience & TechHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $75k · revenue +32%
  • BC
    BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $73k · revenue +31%
  • BA
    BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $45k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • MJ
    MONKEY JUNGLE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • MI
    MID-ATLANTIC INNOCENCE PROJECT
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +2%
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.

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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
2
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
3
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
The Paley Center for Media

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…

Arts & Culture
6
American Museum of Natural History

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."

Arts & Culture
7
The Performance Art Museum

The performance art museum (pam) is the first u.s. institution exclusively dedicated to the presentation and preservation of live art. our mission is to facilitate the powerful impact of live experiences that can profoundly transform our…

Arts & Culture
8
Berggruen Institute
Education
9
San Diego Museum of Art

To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.

Arts & Culture
10
Bang On a Can

Presenting, commissioning, performing, recording and teaching contemporary music. bang on a can believes in exposing exciting new music as broadly and accessibly as possible. through it's summer institute, bang on a can hopes to bring this…

Arts & Culture
11
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
12
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fwdus Education Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sgla Research 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

33 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. 33 of the 41 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)
32/33
Grantees still filing
19/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $72,500 · OtherBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INCBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $45,000 · OtherBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INCTHE POLAR EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $37,500 · OtherTHE POLAR EDUCATION FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMONKEY JUNGLE INC: $25,000 · OtherMONKEY JUNGLE INCCANADA-FRANCE-HAWAII TELESCOPE CORP: $20,000 · OtherCANADA-FRANCE-HAWAII TELESCOPE CORPFRIENDS OF PANA'EWA ZOO: $15,000 · OtherMOBILE VOTING FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME: $13,200 · Other+10 more: $74,500 · Other+10 moreGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $75,000 · Civil RightsGIFFORDS LAW CENTER T…THIRD WAY INSTITUTE: $30,000 · Civil RightsTHIRD WAY INSTITUTEHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Civil RightsHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN…PROTECT DEMOCRACY PROJECT: $10,000 · Civil RightsPROTECT DEMOCRACY PRO…PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC: $20,000 · Arts & CulturePHILLIP AND PATRIC…THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM COLLABORA…PRINCE DANCE COMPANY: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePRINCE DANCE COMPA…ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureST ANN'S WAREHOUSE…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAXXI INC: $10,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS O…THE 24 HOUR COMPANY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE 24 HOUR COMPAN…LA MAMA EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE CLUB INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLA MAMA EXPERIMENT…NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHAKESPEA…LILLY AWARDS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLILLY AWARDS FOUND…FWDUS EDUCATION FUND INC: $27,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationPREP FOR PREP: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationMID-ATLANTIC INNOCENCE PROJECT: $25,000 · Crime & LegalRenaissance Philanthropy Fund: $15,000 · Science & TechNEW YORK SUN WORKS INC: $10,000 · Science & TechSPECIES UNITE 23 INC: $10,000 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $10,000 · Animals
Other$342,700Civil Rights$135,000Arts & Culture$120,500Education$53,500Crime & Legal$25,000Science & Tech$25,000Animals$20,000

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 budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $75,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $72,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFWDUS EDUCATION FUND INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMID-ATLANTIC INNOCENCE PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCANADA-FRANCE-HAWAII TELESCOPE CORP: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPRINCE DANCE COMPANY: $15,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetRenaissance Philanthropy Fund: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME: $13,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAXXI INC: $10,500 over 1y, 25% of budgetSPECIES UNITE 23 INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE 24 HOUR COMPANY: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA MAMA EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE CLUB INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetQuorum Philanthropies Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SUN WORKS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLILLY AWARDS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $1,000 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…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY12.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Granny B&P Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Granny B&P Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Granny B&P Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Granny B&P Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 41 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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