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Mary and James G Wallach Foundation at a glance

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Mary and James G Wallach 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.

$3.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$1.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$17MEducation$1.5MInternational$646kRecreation & Sports$498kHealth$191kFood & Nutrition$95kYouth Development$55kCivil Rights$41kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
  • $250k+2 grants · $3.1M
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$80M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC$1,865,000
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$1,258,390
WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$200,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC$100,000
FOCUS FOR A FUTURE INC$50,000
FEEDING WESTCHESTER$50,000
JAPANESE ART SOCIETY OF AMERICA$30,000
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA$10,000
PAN MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC$5,000
NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC$5,000
HARLEM ACADEMY$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK$3,000
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST$3,000
FRICK COLLECTION$1,643
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $20k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5k → 14%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

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MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
MD
SC
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 24 repeat orgs$295k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
36

Total granted

$20M
$288k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+38%

Still filing today

88%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthRecreation & SportsCivil RightsInternationalOther
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

  • TP
    THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $10M · revenue +32%
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    7× · 2019–2025 · $6.6M · revenue +76%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $595k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • MS
    MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERS USA INC DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC
    one grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue +10%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +47%
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.

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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
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
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
4
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
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 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
7
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
8
Manhattan School of Music

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…

Arts & Culture
9
Bard College

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.

Education
10
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
11
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc; the most unlike its peers is Focus for a Future 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

54 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. 54 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
53/54
Grantees still filing
40/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $10,165,600 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INCMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $6,630,995 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART+17 more: $289,657 · Arts & CultureWESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,200,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $18,000 · PhilanthropyInternational Rescue Committee INC: $595,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $495,650 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsTHOMPSON ARTS CENTER AT PARK AVENUE ARMORY: $94,125 · OtherFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $55,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERS USA INC DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $50,000 · OtherTHE METROPOLITAN OPERA: $25,500 · OtherSLE LUPUS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherFOCUS FOR A FUTURE INC: $55,000 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $25,000 · OtherEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $35,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $20,000 · OtherNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $17,500 · Other+15 more: $89,270 · OtherTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $206,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $17,000 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationPREP FOR PREP: $10,000 · EducationJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $12,000 · EducationLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $125,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $13,000 · HealthMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · Health
Arts & Culture$17,086,252Philanthropy$1,218,000International$596,000Recreation & Sports$497,650Other$511,395Education$265,000Health$143,500

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 budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $10,165,600 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $6,630,995 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetWESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,200,000 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $595,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $495,650 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $206,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJAPANESE ART SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC: $140,000 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $125,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFOCUS FOR A FUTURE INC: $55,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWNET: $45,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEVENTH REGIMENT ARMORY CONSERVANCY INC: $30,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $22,352 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $14,175 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBowdoin College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JAY HERITAGE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $1,643 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC: $1,580 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST SIDE HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNTERMYER GARDENS CONSERVANCY INC: $1,000 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.

National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Mary and James G Wallach Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary and James G Wallach Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Mary and James G Wallach 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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