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Lee and Marvin Traub Charitable Fund at a glance

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Lee and Marvin Traub Charitable Fund

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.

$10k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$50kHealth$16kEducation$13kPublic Benefit$8kPhilanthropy$6kCivil Rights$3kCrime & Legal$3kEnvironment$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$120k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS$5,000
ASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN SUPPORT$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Global Smile Foundation: $5k → 7%Smith College: $250 → 12%AOC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts: $2k → 9%RIOULT Dance NY: $7k → 13%Ice Theatre of New York: $2k → 17%Lawyers Committee: $3k → 14%Southern Poverty Law Center: $400 → 18%NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVA: $2k → 9%Greenwich Emergency Medical Service Inc: $203 → 9%City Academy: $3k → 8%Global Smile Foundation: $5k → 7%AOC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%ACADEMY OF THE CITY: $3k → 13%Ice Theatre of New York: $500 → 17%Global Smile Foundation: $5k → 7%Martha Graham School of Contemporar: $2k → 17%Jerome Shestack Justice Fellowship: $3k → 14%Joyce Theater Foundation: $300 → 17%PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS: $5k → 14%Network For Good: $515 → 14%Westport Writers Workshop I Inc: $375 → 9%Ice Theatre of New York: $260 → 17%The Greenwich United Way: $510 → 9%Central Park Conservancy: $500 → 17%HSS NEUROLOGY: $750 → 17%USA for UNHCR: $228 → 17%USA for UNHCR: $209 → 17%Lincoln Center Development Project Inc: $3k → 17%Metropolitan Museum of Art: $600 → 17%Lincoln Center Development Project Inc: $3k → 17%Metropolitan Museum of Art: $600 → 17%Metropolitan Museum of Art: $600 → 17%New York City Center: $3k → 17%New York City Center: $3k → 17%The Museum of Modern Art: $600 → 17%THIRTEEN: $500 → 17%Center for Curatorial Leadership: $3k → 17%Center for Curatorial Leadership: $3k → 17%Center for Curatorial Leadership: $3k → 17%PEN AMERICA: $10k → 17%Jonas Philanthropies Inc: $3k → 17%Jonas Philanthropies Inc: $1k → 17%New York Public Radio: $500 → 17%New 42nd Street: $6k → 17%New 42nd Street: $512 → 17%PENTACLE: $2k → 17%ACLU: $200 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
VA
TN
DC
AL
TX
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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$57k · 16 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
34

Total granted

$57k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+33%

Still filing today

69%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • GS
    GLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $15k · revenue +154%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $8k · revenue +125%
  • TN
    THE NEW 42ND STREET INC
    2× · 2019–2021 · $7k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • PA
    PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -27%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $7k
  • LC
    Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Lawgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +40%
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
The Pierpont Morgan Library

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.

Education
2
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
3
New Museum of Contemporary Art

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.

Arts & Culture
4
American Museum of Natural History

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."

Arts & Culture
5
The Frick Collection

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.

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6
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

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).

Arts & Culture
7
New York University

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.

Education
8
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
9
New York Botanical Garden

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…

Environment
10
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
11
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
12
New York Studio School

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)

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lincoln Center Development Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Art of the Early Keyboard Inc. 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

39 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. 39 of the 55 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
32/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN CENTER INCCENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP INCTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC: $6,512 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW 42ND STREET INCLINCOLN CENTER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INCNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY CENTER INCDANCE WORKS INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MARTHA GRAHAM SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,800 · Arts & CultureCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $1,801 · Arts & CultureIndividual grant recipient: $6,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN SUPPORT: $5,000 · OtherASIAN UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN SUPPORTAOC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherAOC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONICE THEATRE OF NEW YORK: $2,760 · OtherICE THEATRE OF NEW YORKLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $2,500 · OtherLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Un…Jerome Shestack Justice Fellowship: $2,500 · OtherJerome Shestack Justice FellowshipACADEMY OF THE CITY: $2,500 · OtherACADEMY OF THE CITYFRIENDS OF ACADEMY OF CITY CHARTER SCHOO: $2,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF ACADEMY OF CITY CHARTER SCH…JustGiving: $1,675 · Other+19 more: $6,586 · Other+19 moreGLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · InternationalGLOBAL SMILE FO…The Pew Charitable Trusts: $5,000 · PhilanthropyJonas Philanthropies Inc: $3,500 · PhilanthropyCity Academy: $2,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $250 · EducationNORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $1,500 · EnvironmentTHE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC: $100 · Environment+1 more: $35 · EnvironmentNATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE: $1,000 · Human ServicesAARP FOUNDATION: $112 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$44,113Other$37,521International$15,000Philanthropy$8,500Education$3,250Environment$1,635Human Services$1,112

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 budgetGLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC: $6,512 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pew Charitable Trusts: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJonas Philanthropies Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetICE THEATRE OF NEW YORK: $2,760 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Academy: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDANCE WORKS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MARTHA GRAHAM SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST CONNECTICUT LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $515 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREENWICH INC: $510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC: $303 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $135 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $112 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREENWICH LAND TRUST INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $91 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5 over 1y, 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.

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 FundNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lee and Marvin Traub Charitable Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lee and Marvin Traub Charitable Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 55 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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The unnamed billions
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home