· Private foundation
Josephine Graf Foundation
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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BATHING CORPORATION OF SOUTHAMPTON SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER | $2,500 |
| SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME | $2,500 |
| JORGE AND DOUGLAS BUXTON FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| 564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| LAKE AGAWAM CONSERVANCY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of its 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.
11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 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, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME5× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +43%
- TNTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER5× · 2018–2025 · $8k · revenue +38%
- TETHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC2× · 2018–2021 · $6k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- UOUniversity of Dallasgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +36%
- SJST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $5k
- PMPEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCEgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +300%
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's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.
The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
The new york studio school is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist, a preamble to a lifetime's engagement in drawing, painting, and sculpture. (see schedule o for continuation)
The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 31 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 PEGASUS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME ↗
- Who funds THE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER ↗
- Who funds University of Dallas ↗
- Who funds THE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC ↗
- Who funds PEROT MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE ↗
- Who funds SERVICE AIR CORPS ↗
- Who funds LAKE AGAWAM CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
- Who funds Dallas Museum of Art ↗
- Who funds 564 PARK AVENUE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOUNDERS GARDEN CLUB OF DALLAS ↗
- Who funds Special Olympics Virginia Inc ↗
- Who funds The Orme School ↗
- Who funds THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds FRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Josephine Graf Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Josephine Graf Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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