· Private foundation
M & S Foundation Inc
Its FY2020 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 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k5 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SECOND STAGE THEATER | $20,000 |
| BEDLAM | $10,000 |
| DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | $8,000 |
| SMITH COLLEGE | $4,000 |
| THE BREARLEY SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| WEST SIDE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER | $1,107 |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | $100 |
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 (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2020, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (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 FY2020, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- EKELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +28%
- TSTHE SECOND STAGE THEATRE INC2× · 2019–2020 · $35k · revenue +36%
Bedlam Inc2× · 2019–2020 · $15k · revenue +87%
Funded once
- SSSECOND STAGE THEATRE GROUPone grant, 2017 · $15k
- HRHUDSON RIVER COMMUNITY SAILING INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +101%
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.
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…
The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.
At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…
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)
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…
(see schedule o)
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…
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
Marymount manhattan college is an urban, independent, liberal arts college (see schedule o).
Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 11 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 ELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE ↗
- Who funds THE SECOND STAGE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC ↗
- Who funds Bedlam Inc ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE BREARLEY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Trustees of Dartmouth College ↗
- Who funds WEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE ↗
- Who funds HUDSON RIVER COMMUNITY SAILING INC ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization M & S Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from M & S Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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