· Private foundation
Maurice J Cotter & Muriel J Sheahan Charitable Foundation Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k20 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $10,000 |
| ISLAND HARVEST | $8,300 |
| ISABELLA STEWARD GARDEN MUSEUM | $3,560 |
| OPENING ACT | $3,120 |
| NGA - NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION | $2,057 |
| FRICK COLLECTION | $1,500 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE | $1,029 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $1,025 |
| CHESTERFIELD PRO FIRE FIGHTER FUND | $1,000 |
| CARLE PLACE FIRE DEPT | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MUSEUM PRADO | $1,000 |
| VIRGINA MUSEUM OF FINE ART | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART9× · 2017–2025 · $95k · revenue +58%
- IHISLAND HARVEST LTD8× · 2018–2025 · $37k · revenue +110%
- PLPECONIC LAND TRUST INC7× · 2018–2025 · $9k · revenue +306%
Funded once
- QCQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +3%
CITY HARVEST INCone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +3%- THTHE HECKSHIRE MUSEUM OF ARTone grant, 2017 · $1k
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.
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."
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).
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
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.
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
The founding mission of the new-york historical society ("the new york historical "tnyh") is to collect, preserve, and interpret, for the broadest possible public, material relevant to the history of the united states in general and of new…
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…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
How this is measured
25 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. 25 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.
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 METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds ISLAND HARVEST LTD ↗
- Who funds Opening Act Inc ↗
- Who funds PECONIC LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Frick Collection ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INC ↗
- Who funds QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE UFFIZI GALLERY ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds Old Westbury Gardens Inc ↗
- Who funds American Friends of the Prado Museum ↗
- Who funds CARLE PLACE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OYSTER BAY RAILROAD MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Maurice J Cotter & Muriel J Sheahan Charitable Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maurice J Cotter & Muriel J Sheahan Charitable Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
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