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Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private 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.

$189k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2024
68
Organizations funded FY2023
6%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$500
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
68 to 97
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentInternationalRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving52$189k6%
FY202368$357k6%
FY202284$271k10%
FY202197$339k13%
FY202081$235k25%
FY201985$272k19%
FY201886$258k33%
FY201786$263kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$463kHuman Services$292kHousing & Shelter$208kHealth$199kFood & Nutrition$170kEnvironment$156kReligion$143kEducation$129kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NY
MA
WY
IA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Widowers Organization Inc$181,9808n/a
The American Visionary Art Museum Inc$133,00041%
Island Housing Trust Corporation$100,00070%
YMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc$84,05080%
The Trustees of Reservations$82,87550%
Mv Youth Inc$71,03271%
The Yard Inc$65,75081%
Smith Farm Ltd$60,00022%
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse Inc$50,00045%
Martha's Vineyard Donors Collaborative Inc$36,61748%
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All grantees of Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
National Widowers Organization Inc$181,9808n/a
The American Visionary Art Museum Inc$133,00041%
Island Housing Trust Corporation$100,00070%
YMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc$84,05080%
The Trustees of Reservations$82,87550%
Mv Youth Inc$71,03271%
The Yard Inc$65,75081%
Smith Farm Ltd$60,00022%
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse Inc$50,00045%
Martha's Vineyard Donors Collaborative Inc$36,61748%
The Spence School$36,52550%
Rhythm of Life Inc$35,000512%
Vineyard Conservation Society Inc$31,00081%
Polly Hill Arboretum Inc$30,00031%
The Arnold Gold Foundation$25,00060%
Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Inc$23,00071%
Congregation Beth El$22,5002n/a
Palm Beach Dramaworks Inc$21,50060%
Mv Center for Education and Training (Mv$20,50054%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$18,00080%
Island Grown Initiative Ltd$17,50050%
Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc$17,10080%
Freedom House$13,50050%
Shelburne Farms$12,5001n/a
Temple Emanu-El of Palm Beach Inc$12,2007n/a
The Park School of Baltimore Inc$11,41970%
David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace$11,00030%
Live Like Blaine Foundation$10,10071%
The Browning School$10,06020%
University of Miami$10,00020%
Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue Inc$9,2004n/a
Boston Medical Center Corporation$8,50040%
Friends of Mvyradio Inc$7,35080%
Sheriff's Meadow Foundation$6,80070%
Friends of the Up-Island Council on Aging$6,20084%
Martha's Vineyard Museum Inc$6,05030%
We Need Diverse Books$5,00012%
Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia Inc$5,00010%
Noepe Center Inc$5,0001n/a
Brooklyn Public Library$5,00010%
Literacy Partners Inc$5,00010%
Lifebridge Health Inc$5,00020%
Martha's Vineyard Cancer Support Group$4,25081%
Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews Inc$4,00070%
Shifting Gears United Inc$4,00023%
Friends of Chilmark Public Library$4,00084%
Chilmark Volunteer Firemans Assn Inc$4,00084%
Central Synagogue$3,9003n/a
Keystone Conservation Trust$3,8811n/a
Vineyard House Inc$3,70080%
Daniel's Music Foundation$3,50070%
The Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York Inc$3,50010%
Seaworthy Inc$3,5001n/a
West Tisbury Library Foundation Inc$3,25081%
Dir Biyabir$3,2001n/a
Media Art Xploration Inc$2,50030%
Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc$2,18570%
Denver Film Society$2,00010%
Martha's Vineyard Sexual Wellness Inc$2,00081%
The Rape Foundation$2,00010%
The Farm Institute$2,0001n/a
Palm Beach Civic Association Inc$1,75040%
Ikar$1,6311n/a
American Museum of Natural History$1,60060%
Whitney Museum of American Art$1,55060%
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach Inc$1,50010%
Misty Meadows Equine Learning Center Inc$1,50060%
The Perlman Music Program Inc$1,50010%
Library Friends of Oak Bluffs Inc$1,5006n/a
Second Chance Animal Rescue INC$1,50061%
Maharishi Foundation USA Inc$1,40010%
New York Public Radio$1,40030%
Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation Inc$1,35020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,25050%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$1,11050%
The Bill Cook Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Care for the Homeless$1,00010%
Public Justice Center Inc$1,00020%
Friends and Associates of Chilmark Tennis Inc$1,00013%
Marthas Vineyard Center for Living Inc$1,00050%
American Academy in Berlin$1,00010%
Wildwood School Inc$1,0001n/a
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation$98860%
The Lord's Place Inc$90020%
Theodore Roosevelt Association$8701n/a
South Florida Pbs Inc$74050%
American Jewish Committee$70070%
National Park Foundation$60060%
Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc$60030%
Island Elderly Housing Inc$60020%
The Jewish Museum$56980%
Impact Personal Safety Inc$50010%
Rosie's Theater Kids Inc$50010%
Delray Beach Playhouse Inc$50010%
McCj Inc$50010%
African Aquatic Conservation Fund Inc$50010%
The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Inc$50010%
Hias Inc$43640%
National Wildlife Federation$30030%
Pro Publica Inc$30030%
National Audubon Society Inc$30030%
Baltimore Museum of Art$25010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$20010%
Smithsonian Institution$16530%
Martha's Vineyard Arena Inc$1501n/a
World Wildlife Fund Inc$5220%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($754k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe American Visionary Art Museum Inc: $133,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetIsland Housing Trust Corporation: $100,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetYMCA of Martha's Vineyard Inc: $84,050 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetThe Trustees of Reservations: $82,875 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMv Youth Inc: $71,032 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetThe Yard Inc: $65,750 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetSmith Farm Ltd: $60,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Playhouse Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Donors Collaborative Inc: $36,617 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetThe Spence School: $36,525 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRhythm of Life Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetVineyard Conservation Society Inc: $31,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetPolly Hill Arboretum Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetThe Arnold Gold Foundation: $25,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Inc: $23,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetPalm Beach Dramaworks Inc: $21,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMv Center for Education and Training (Mv: $20,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $18,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Grown Initiative Ltd: $17,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: $17,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom House: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Park School of Baltimore Inc: $11,419 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDavid Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLive Like Blaine Foundation: $10,100 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetThe Browning School: $10,060 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Mvyradio Inc: $7,350 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSheriff's Meadow Foundation: $6,800 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Up-Island Council on Aging: $6,200 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Museum Inc: $6,050 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWe Need Diverse Books: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJewish Community Center of Northern Virginia Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBrooklyn Public Library: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Partners Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLifebridge Health Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Cancer Support Group: $4,250 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetPalm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews Inc: $4,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetShifting Gears United Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFriends of Chilmark Public Library: $4,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetChilmark Volunteer Firemans Assn Inc: $4,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetVineyard House Inc: $3,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDaniel's Music Foundation: $3,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWest Tisbury Library Foundation Inc: $3,250 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMedia Art Xploration Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetJewish Museum of Maryland Inc: $2,185 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Film Society: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 90.

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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.

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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.

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About Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc

How much does Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc give?
Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc reported 52 grants totaling $188,611 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 68 and 97 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (21%), Human Services (13%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
Who are Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Widowers Organization Inc ($182k), The American Visionary Art Museum Inc ($133k), Island Housing Trust Corporation ($100k).
Does Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc, South Mountain Company Foundation, Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc based?
Gretchen V & Samuel M Feldman Private Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 180 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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