· Private foundation
Joseph C & Esther Foster 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k18 grants · $52k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CENTRAL FUND OF ISRAEL | $30,000 |
| CULTURE FOR ONE | $30,000 |
| MOVE NYC FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| THINK NEW MEXICO | $10,000 |
| CSU FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| ALBUQUERQUE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER | $10,000 |
| FOOD BANK FOR NYC | $9,000 |
| DOE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SHAKE-A-LEG MIAMI | $5,000 |
| THE DOOR | $5,000 |
| CITY MEALS ON WHEELS | $4,000 |
| WNYC RADIO | $3,000 |
| CANCER FOUNDATION FOR NM | $3,000 |
| JEWISH CEMETERY ASSOC OF MASS | $2,500 |
| NYRR TEAM FOR KIDS | $2,000 |
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 (FY18–24, $72k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
40 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCULTURE FOR ONE7× · 2018–2024 · $211k · revenue +89%
- CSCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $155k · revenue +25%
- TNTHINK NEW MEXICO7× · 2018–2024 · $70k · revenue +302%
Funded once
- FAFLINT ANIMAL CANCER CENTERone grant, 2018 · $10k
- BSBedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporationone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -16%
- JCJAMAICA CENTER FOR ARTS AND LEARNINGgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +51%
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.
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…
El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.
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."
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…
Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…
Perform, promote and sustain classical ballet.
A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…
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.
For more than a century, diller-quaile has offered an environment where music can flourish in all its aspects, enriching the lives of students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. the belief that music is a fundamental part of human life…
How this is measured
45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 69 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 CULTURE FOR ONE ↗
- Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THINK NEW MEXICO ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
- Who funds SHAKE A LEG MIAMI INC ↗
- Who funds Central Fund of Israel ↗
- Who funds MOVE(NYC) FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds Bosque School ↗
- Who funds THE DOE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds CANCER FOUNDATION FOR NEW MEXICO ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗
- Who funds WNET ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM ↗
- Who funds ESPANOLA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SANTA FE ANIMAL SHELTER AND HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds THE POSSIBILITY PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds New Mexico Childrens Foundation ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation ↗
- Who funds THE DOOR - A CENTER OF ALTERNATIVES INC ↗
- Who funds JAMAICA CENTER FOR ARTS AND LEARNING ↗
- Who funds THE CHASE BROCK EXPERIENCE INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Santa Fe Community Foundation · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Enterprise Bank & Trust Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Van Essen Family Foundation · Lineberry Foundation · Feinberg Foundation · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · The New York Community Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joseph C & Esther Foster Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph C & Esther Foster Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Jazz House Kids Inc: 29% of income from government
- Puppet Showplace Inc: 4% of income from government
- Eugene O'neill Memorial Theater Center Inc: 1% of income from government
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
- Berkshire Garden Center Inc Dba Berkshire Botanical Garden Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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