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Herman & Susan Merinoff Charitable Trust at a glance

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Herman & Susan Merinoff Charitable Trust

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.

$100
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$100
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
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01What it funds
0196% 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$274kHealth$53kEducation$13kPhilanthropy$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kInternational$1kAnimals$500Other$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
1
States reached
$8k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$100
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Feinstein Institute of Medical Rese: $10k → 6%Whitney Museum of American Art: $3k → 17%Parent Teacher Organization of The: $1k → 20%Jewish Foundation For The Righteous: $5k → 16%Feinstein Institute of Medical Rese: $10k → 6%Atlantic Theater Company: $3k → 17%Jewish Foundation For The Righteous: $5k → 16%Feinstein Institute of Medical Rese: $10k → 6%Whitney Museum of American Art: $3k → 17%Atlantic Theater Company: $2k → 17%Whitney Museum of American Art: $3k → 17%Roundabout Theater: $11k → 17%Roundabout Theater: $10k → 17%Roundabout Theater: $10k → 17%Little Baby Face Foundation: $10k → 17%Columbia University School or the A: $1k → 17%Little Baby Face Foundation: $10k → 17%Metrolitan Opera: $38k → 17%Metrolitan Opera: $35k → 17%Metrolitan Opera: $34k → 17%Film Society of Lincoln Center: $15k → 17%Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art: $8k → 17%Film Society of Lincoln Center: $15k → 17%Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art: $3k → 17%Film Society of Lincoln Center: $13k → 17%Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art: $3k → 17%Lincoln Center Theater: $8k → 17%Children Academy: $3k → 17%Lincoln Center Theater: $5k → 17%American Ballet Theater: $6k → 17%Children Academy: $3k → 17%Lincoln Center Theater: $5k → 17%American Ballet Theater: $6k → 17%Children Academy: $3k → 17%Lincoln Center Performing Arts: $3k → 17%American Ballet Theater: $6k → 17%Lincoln Center Performing Arts: $3k → 17%The Public Theatre: $3k → 17%Lincoln Center Performing Arts: $3k → 17%New York City Center: $3k → 17%New York City Center: $2k → 17%Throughline Artist: $1k → 17%GuggenHeim Museum: $2k → 17%Manhattan Theatre Club: $3k → 17%Manhattan Theatre Club: $3k → 17%Signature Theatre: $2k → 17%Signature Theatre: $2k → 17%Signature Theatre: $2k → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$347k · 23 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
7

Total granted

$347k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+46%

Still filing today

52%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • TL
    THE LITTLE BABY FACE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +151%
  • TV
    THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER
    3× · 2017–2019 · $18k · revenue +59%
  • TJ
    THE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $10k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +46%
  • GM
    GuggenHeim Museum
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • ST
    Save The Children
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
2
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
3
Theatre for a New Audience Inc

The mission of theatre for a new audience is to develop and vitalize the performance and study of shakespeare and classic drama. the theatre is dedicated to the language and ideas of writers - to a dialogue over centuries between…

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
Apollo Theater Foundation Inc

The apollo theater is a commissioner and presenter; catalyst for new artists, audiences, and creative workforce; and partner in the projection of the african american narrative and its role in the development of american and global…

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
The Royal National Theatre

Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…

Arts & Culture
8
New York Theatre Workshop Inc

To provoke, produce and cultivate the work of artists whose visions inspire and challenge all of us.

Arts & Culture
9
New York City Ballet Inc

Perform, promote and sustain classical ballet.

Arts & Culture
10
American Repertory Theatre Co Inc

Seeks to expand the boundaries of theater, producing, performing and presenting works of literary, experimental and educational value. provide a home for outstanding artists, a training ground for young artists (including an extensive…

Arts & Culture
11
The New Group Inc

The new group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. while constantly evolving, we maintain an ensemble approach to all our work and an articulated style of emotional…

Arts & Culture
12
Spanish Theatre Repertory Company Ltd

To present, in a rotating repertory, the finest latin american, spanish, and latino usa theatre and to serve as a catalyst for cultural exchange between spanish and english speaking americans.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/a Lincoln Center Theater; the most unlike its peers is Whitney Museum of American Art. 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

14 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. 14 of the 30 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Metrolitan Opera: $107,193 · OtherMetrolitan OperaRoundabout Theater: $31,000 · OtherRoundabout TheaterFeinstein Institute of Medical Rese: $30,000 · OtherFeinstein Institute of Medical ReseMetropolitan Museum of Modern Art: $14,785 · OtherMetropolitan Museum of Modern ArtLincoln Center Performing Arts: $9,000 · Other+11 more: $20,085 · Other+11 moreFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $43,000 · Arts & CultureFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INCBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INCTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $17,500 · Arts & CultureTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/…THE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHT…WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $7,500 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $4,250 · Arts & CultureATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY: $4,250 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $2,140 · Arts & CultureTHE LITTLE BABY FACE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthThe Childrens Academy: $7,500 · EducationAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $500 · Animals
Other$212,063Arts & Culture$112,640Health$20,000Education$7,500Human Services$5,000Animals$500

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 budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $43,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LITTLE BABY FACE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Childrens Academy: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $4,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY: $4,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHROUGHLINE ARTISTS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $140 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LITTLE BABY FACE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH FOUNDATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
  • Who funds The Childrens Academy ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK CITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds THROUGHLINE ARTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Herman & Susan Merinoff Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herman & Susan Merinoff Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
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    How do I get to Herman & Susan Merinoff Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Herman & Susan Merinoff Charitable Trust 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 30 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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