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Grayer 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.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$5.3MEducation$2.2MHuman Services$348kRecreation & Sports$315kReligion$232kPhilanthropy$137kFood & Nutrition$133kYouth Development$63kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $257k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $265k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.7M
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$1,716,666
THE BALL ABOVE ALL INC$125,000
TEMPLE BETH EL OF BOCA RATON$90,000
FEEDING AMERICA$50,000
BOYS&GIRLS CLUBS OF BR$37,000
CHILDRENS HARBOR$35,000
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE$25,000
BRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC$25,000
THE LITERACY LAB$25,000
HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM$15,000
APPLETREE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION INNOVATION$15,000
SEEDLING FOUNDATION$10,000
BOCA HELPS UKRAINE$10,000
STAPLES TUITION GRANTS$10,000
SCHOOL FUEL$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $101k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%A SHOT FOR LIFE: $530 → 8%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $10k → 20%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $10k → 20%COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA: $50k → 13%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $5k → 20%CENTRONIA INC: $10k → 14%KIDS IN DISTRESS: $4k → 13%CENTRONIA INC: $10k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE: $1k → 17%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

MN
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.5M · 28 repeat orgs$555k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
33

Total granted

$7.5M
$400k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+28%

Still filing today

71%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $154k 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
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • RC
    RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2020 · $263k · revenue +26%
  • KE
    KAPLAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2022 · $250k · revenue +14%
  • Feeding America
    3× · 2022–2024 · $130k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • IL
    IMAGINE LEARNING FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue ×47
  • IL
    IMAGINE LEARNING FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +8%
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
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
2
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
3
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network

The opportunity network ignites the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by our commitment to access and community.

Education
4
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
5
Reach Prep Inc

Provide transformative educational experiences that empower underserved students

Education
6
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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7
The Teak Fellowship Inc

To help academically talented new york city students from low-income families earn admission into the most selective secondary schools and colleges.

Human Services
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Manhattanville University

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

Education
10
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc

To create and inspire better ways to give every student an educational foundation for lifelong success. we imagine a world where every student attends a school that meets them where they are, adapts to the unique ways they learn, and…

Education
11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
12
Board of Jewish Education Inc

The organization works to inspire and empower educators and institutions to create transformative jewish learning experiences for children, teens, and families. building on its historic role serving jewish day schools, congregations, and…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grantmakers for Education; the most unlike its peers is Imagine Learning 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

46 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. 46 of the 82 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/46
Grantees still filing
31/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $5,270,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERINGHARVARD COLLEGE: $400,000 · OtherHARVARD COLLEGE+49 more: $844,951 · Other+49 morePresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $675,000 · EducationPresident and Fell…RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $262,500 · EducationRYE COUNTRY DAY SC…PINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $121,050 · EducationPINE CREST PREPARA…IMAGINE LEARNING FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationIMAGINE LEARNING F…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $75,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · EducationTHE LITERACY LAB: $60,000 · Education+5 more: $61,400 · EducationKAPLAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropySEEDLINGS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $19,750 · PhilanthropyBALL ABOVE ALL INC: $235,000 · Recreation & SportsMACCABI USA INC: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $7,000 · Recreation & SportsFeeding America: $130,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $1,500 · Food & NutritionCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesGRAHAM WINDHAM: $25,182 · Human ServicesCENTRONIA: $20,000 · Human ServicesKIDS IN DISTRESS INC: $4,100 · Human Services+2 more: $1,530 · Human ServicesJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $45,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$6,514,951Education$1,429,950Philanthropy$394,750Recreation & Sports$267,000Food & Nutrition$131,500Human Services$100,812Housing & Shelter$45,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $675,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $262,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetKAPLAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetBALL ABOVE ALL INC: $235,000 over 2y, 92% of budgetFeeding America: $130,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $121,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LITERACY LAB: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSEEDLINGS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEACH POINT CLUB INC: $48,950 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAPPLETREE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION INNOVATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHIGHER ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGRAHAM WINDHAM: $25,182 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRUTH & NORMAN RALES JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE NEWARK LODGE NO12INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMACCABI USA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTAPLES HIGH SCHOOL TUITION GRANTS COMMITTEE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCENTRONIA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANDREW S RODDICK FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Helps Ukraine Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $8,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLSTART: $6,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAUSTIN PARTNERS IN EDUCATION: $6,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPENCILS OF PROMISE INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS IN DISTRESS INC: $4,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI BEACH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Education Trust Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION: $1,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKEEP AUSTIN FED: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bridge Golf Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget06880 INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA SHOT FOR LIFE INC: $530 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOCA RIO FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEAST SIDE HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $107 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…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …The Bank of America C…
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY17.5× affinity7 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 · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Grayer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grayer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Kids in Distress Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pine Crest Preparatory School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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

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How do I get to Grayer Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Grayer Family 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 82 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 unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home