· Private foundation
Jim Fornari and Amy Gillenson Family Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k14 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE HOPEWELL FUND | $15,000 |
| WILDERNESS SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT | $4,000 |
| CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| NEW YORK CITY BALLET | $3,000 |
| SHARE INC | $2,600 |
| RETI CENTER | $1,500 |
| MASSACHUSETT INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOG | $1,255 |
| ARTSTART INC | $1,080 |
| NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN | $1,010 |
| YMCA | $500 |
| MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY | $500 |
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY | $500 |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING FOUNDATION | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DCDartmouth College2× · 2020–2022 · $553k
- TWTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY3× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue -3%
- YYMCA4× · 2022–2025 · $14k
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $65k
- TTTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +106%
- YMYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORKgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +91%
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.
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…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
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…
For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…
As the nation's foremost producer of shakespeare and new work, the public theater is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an american theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of…
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…
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 graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Marymount manhattan college is an urban, independent, liberal arts college (see schedule o).
The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…
How this is measured
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 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 HOPEWELL FUND ↗
- Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
- Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds SHARE INC ↗
- Who funds ART START INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds PLAYING ON AIR INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jim Fornari and Amy Gillenson Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jim Fornari and Amy Gillenson Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
- Share Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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