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Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$121k
Granted FY2022
46
Grants FY2022
44
Organizations funded FY2022
30%
First-time grantees FY2022
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100% of Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Jewish Communal Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 35 organizations, $121k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

47
’17
37
’18
36
’19
25
’20
24
’21
35
’22
0
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2022
$500
Largest grant, FY2022
$51,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 63
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
6
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 30% of the organizations Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthReligionEnvironmentOther
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
FY202244$120k30%
FY202134$119k38%
FY202030$142k13%
FY201943$174k19%
FY201843$166k23%
FY201763$281kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$3.4MArts & Culture$224kHealth$138kEducation$120kReligion$32kHuman Services$28kInternational$28kCrime & Legal$27kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 84 grantees
All grantees of Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$311,50060%
Jbi International Inc$90,00051%
Bard College$33,00040%
New York Public Radio$31,50030%
Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester$28,8056n/a
Metropolitan Museum of Art$23,00050%
Westchester Community College Foundation Inc$21,50040%
International Rescue Committee INC$13,00050%
The Frick Collection$11,80040%
Westchester Children's Association Inc$11,50051%
Northside Center for Child Development Inc$11,00060%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,50060%
The Trustees of the Smith College$10,00020%
Roundabout Theatre Company Inc$7,50030%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$6,5001n/a
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$6,50040%
Museum at Eldridge Street$6,00050%
Mobilization for Justice Inc$5,50020%
Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc$5,50030%
Cornell University$5,00010%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$5,00010%
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc$5,00010%
Wamc$5,00010%
Room to Grow National Inc$5,00010%
The Jewish Museum$4,50040%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$4,5002n/a
American Jewish Committee$4,50060%
Safe Horizon Inc$4,00050%
American Jewish Historical Society$4,00030%
The Main Idea Inc$4,00040%
New York City Ballet Inc$3,50060%
Sprye Inc$3,00060%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$3,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$3,00060%
Feeding Westchester Inc$3,0001n/a
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy$2,50010%
Partnership for Children's Rights$2,50010%
Citizens Budget Commission Inc$2,50010%
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc$2,50010%
Public Art Fund Inc$2,00040%
The Innocence Project Inc$2,00010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$2,00020%
Greenwich Hospital$2,00040%
Violence Policy Center$2,0001n/a
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$2,00040%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$2,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,50030%
Publicolor Inc$1,50030%
American Museum of Natural History$1,50030%
At Home on the Sound Inc$1,43030%
My Money Workshop Inc$1,25030%
Harmonie Preservation Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Packer Collegiate Institute$1,00010%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$1,00020%
Purchase College Foundation Inc$1,00020%
The Wilderness Society$1,00020%
Bank Street College of Education$1,00010%
Early Alzheimers Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Westchester Jewish Community Services Inc$1,00010%
City Harvest Inc$85020%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$75020%
Jonas Philanthropies Inc$50010%
People for the American Way$50010%
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion$5001n/a
Birthright Israel Foundation$50010%
Rye Free Reading Room$50020%
Fund for the Aged Inc$50010%
United Way of Westchester and Putnam$50010%
Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts$50010%
Children's Museum of Manhattan$50010%
The Summer Camp Inc$50010%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$36010%
Feeding America$30010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$25010%
Fresh Air Fund$25010%
San Francisco Youth Theatre$25010%
Human Development Services Westchester Inc$25010%
AARP Foundation$20010%
Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty$20010%
Alm Charities Inc$16010%
The Doe Fund Inc$10010%
Friends of Rye Town Park Inc$10010%
Fund for Park Avenue New York Inc$10010%
Jewish Home Foundation$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($243k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $311,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJbi International Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBard College: $33,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $31,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Community College Foundation Inc: $21,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $11,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Children's Association Inc: $11,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNorthside Center for Child Development Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of the Smith College: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRoundabout Theatre Company Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum at Eldridge Street: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMobilization for Justice Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRegional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWamc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRoom to Grow National Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Horizon Inc: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Historical Society: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Main Idea Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSprye Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHarlem Children's Zone Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMohawk Hudson Land Conservancy: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPartnership for Children's Rights: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCitizens Budget Commission Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAgahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPublic Art Fund Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwich Hospital: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPublicolor Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAt Home on the Sound Inc: $1,430 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMy Money Workshop Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHarmonie Preservation Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPacker Collegiate Institute: $1,000 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 77.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY28.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Strong Foundation of New York · The Toby and Nataly Ritter Family Foundation · The V & L Marx Foundation · Oppenheim Family Fund Inc · The Glickenhaus Foundation · The Netter Foundation Inc · The Dunn Family Foundation · Gladstein Family Foundation Inc · The Jatoma Charitable Foundation · The Goldstone Fund Inc

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 Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation

How much does Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation give?
Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $120,905 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 63 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (83%), Arts & Culture (5%), Health (3%).
Who are Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($312k), Jbi International Inc ($90k), Bard College ($33k).
Does Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation 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 Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The New York Community Trust, Strong Foundation of New York.
Where is Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation based?
Judy & Warren Tenney Foundation is based in NY.

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 115 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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