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Malcolm S Pray Jr Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$106k
Granted FY2022
9
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$57k
Largest
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Religion$286kArts & Culture$184kEducation$83kPublic Benefit$21kHealth$21kAnimals$10kHuman Services$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kOther$0
02FY2022 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k6 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $57k
$4,521
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$57,260
AMERICAN FUND FOR WESTMINSTER ABBEY$25,125
ST GEORGE SOCIETY$10,000
ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,521
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREENWICH$2,500
THEATRE WORKSHOP OF NANTUCKET$1,000
FAMILIES FIRST OF NEW YORK$200
BETHESDA-BY-SEA CHURCH$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%LENNOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $1k → 17%AT HOME IN GREENWICH: $625 → 9%AT HOME IN GREENWICH: $500 → 9%AT HOME IN GREENWICH: $500 → 9%AT HOME IN GREENWICH: $500 → 9%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
CO
VA
SC
DC
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$744k · 36 repeat orgs$77k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2022, 30 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
25

Total granted

$744k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+33%

Still filing today

31%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BRITISH ART INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $11k · revenue +65%
  • AH
    ANCHOR HEALTH INITIATIVE CORP
    2× · 2017–2019 · $10k · revenue ×39
  • AH
    AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $10k · revenue +120%

Funded once

  • CI
    CHATSWORTH IN AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • BH
    B&T HIST BULDING FOUND
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • NC
    NOEL COWARD ARCHIVE US INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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 British Academy of Film and Television Arts North America Inc

The specific purposes for which bafta na is organized is to promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among individuals employed professionally in film and television production and allied industries, to create and…

Arts & Culture
2
American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery (London) Foundation Inc

To encourage appreciation and understanding of the art of portraiture through support of the operations and activities of the national portrait gallery in london and its collaboration with american arts and academic institutions.

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
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
6
The American Institute of Architects

Vision: drive positive change through the power of design and focused activism.mission: aia inspires and empowers architects to improve society and transform the world.

—
7
American Friends of English Heritage

The American Friends of the English Heritage was formed with the purpose of promoting the United Kingdom-Based charity English Heritage (ENGLISH-HERRITAGE.ORG.UK) in the United States through Educational activities and supporing English…

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
The Roosevelt Institute

To create a nation where everyone enjoys a fair share of our collective prosperity.

Education
10
The American Patrons of the Tate Gallery Foundation Inc

>to conduct activities which are exclusively charitable, literary, and educational within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. >to sponsor art exhibitions and loans of art works throughout the united states which…

Arts & Culture
11
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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12
Berggruen Institute
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is French Heritage Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Humane Association. 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

24 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. 24 of the 64 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
21/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $117,686 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST GEORGE SOCIETY: $102,850 · OtherST GEORGE SOCIETYROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE: $76,700 · OtherROYAL NAVAL COLLEGEAM FRIENDS WESTMINSTER ABBEY: $75,500 · OtherAM FRIENDS WESTMINSTER ABBEYIndividual grant recipient: $64,941 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHRIST CHURCH OF GREENWICH: $62,200 · OtherCHRIST CHURCH OF GREENWICHSOCIETY OF FOUR ARTS: $50,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF FOUR ARTSAM FRIENDS OF LONDON ORCHESTRA: $46,422 · OtherAM FRIENDS OF LONDON ORCHESTRAORDER OF SAINT JOHN: $26,490 · Other+38 more: $113,390 · Other+38 moreTHE AMERICAN FUND FOR WESTMINSTER ABBEY: $25,125 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BRITISH ART INC: $11,370 · Arts & CultureAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureGREENWICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $1,600 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureANCHOR HEALTH INITIATIVE CORP: $10,000 · HealthBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $2,600 · Health+1 more: $400 · HealthAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $9,550 · AnimalsFRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $7,250 · InternationalTHE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS: $1,000 · InternationalAT HOME IN GREENWICH INC: $2,125 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human ServicesLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $2,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$736,179Arts & Culture$47,095Health$13,000Animals$9,550International$8,250Human Services$4,125Crime & Legal$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE AMERICAN FUND FOR WESTMINSTER ABBEY: $25,125 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF BRITISH ART INC: $11,370 over 5y, 10% of budgetANCHOR HEALTH INITIATIVE CORP: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $9,550 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $7,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $2,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Versailles Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANGLOSPHERE SOCIETY: $1,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $1,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE WORKSHOP OF NANTUCKET INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRE GARDEN CENTER INC DBA BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACADEMY FOR TEACHERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATHWAYS INC: $400 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.

  • Who funds THE AMERICAN FUND FOR WESTMINSTER ABBEY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BRITISH ART INC ↗
  • Who funds ANCHOR HEALTH INITIATIVE CORP ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENWICH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds AT HOME IN GREENWICH INC ↗
  • Who funds The Versailles Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRUCE MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ANGLOSPHERE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Palm Beach Civic Association 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.

Royce Family Fund IncCT17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Royce Family Fund Inc · The Crapple Foundation · The Goergen Foundation Inc · Malkin Fund Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Malcolm S Pray Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Malcolm S Pray Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Pathways Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Greenwich Symphony Orchestra Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Bruce Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Berkshire Garden Center Inc Dba Berkshire Botanical Garden Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Malcolm S Pray Jr Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Malcolm S Pray Jr Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 64 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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