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Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation

The foundation permanently preserves the work of gordon parks, makes it available to the public through exhibitions, books and electronic media, and supports artistic and educational activities that advance what parks described as "the common search for a better life and a better world ." the foundation's exhibition space presents…

$143k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$249kArts & Culture$71k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $60,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $142,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $82,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$7,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$26M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS$15,000
FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$7,500
PRATT INSTITUTE$7,500
THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL$7,500
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$7,500
HARVARD UNIVERSITY$7,500
NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION$7,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $10k → 8%KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $14k → 9%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $8k → 17%PRATT INSTITUTE: $8k → 20%THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL: $8k → 28%THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1k → 14%NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION: $8k → 15%GORDON PARKS MUSEUM: $10k → 19%KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 20%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $8k → 8%THE PURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8k → 9%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $8k → 17%PRATT INSTITUTE: $8k → 20%THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL: $8k → 28%AMERICAN FOR THE ARTS: $10k → 14%NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION: $8k → 15%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $8k → 8%THE PURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8k → 9%FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $8k → 17%PRATT INSTITUTE: $8k → 20%THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL: $8k → 28%NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION: $8k → 15%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $8k → 8%THE PURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8k → 9%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $15k → 17%PRATT INSTITUTE: $8k → 20%THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL: $3k → 28%NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION: $8k → 15%HARVARD UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%THE PURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8k → 9%FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $8k → 17%PRATT INSTITUTE: $8k → 20%NATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION: $8k → 15%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $13k → 17%FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $8k → 17%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $10k → 17%FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $8k → 17%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $10k → 17%FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $8k → 17%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $8k → 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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$223k · 6 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
5

Total granted

$223k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+57%

Still filing today

83%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationSocial ScienceOther
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

  • NY
    New York University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $55k · revenue +45%
  • PI
    PRATT INSTITUTE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $38k · revenue +28%
  • PC
    PURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • KM
    KATONAH MUSEUM OF ARTgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $14k · revenue +60%
  • GP
    GORDON PARKS MUSEUM FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +57%
  • Americans for the Arts Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -52%
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
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
2
New York Academy of Art

The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…

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3
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art

See schedule ovision: the cooper union for the advancement of science and art is dedicated to peter cooper's radical commitment to diversity and his founding vision that fair access to an inspiring free education and forums for courageous…

Education
4
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
5
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
6
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
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
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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9
Manhattanville University

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

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
Dickinson College

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

Education
12
Columbia College Chicago

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

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Purchase College Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gordon Parks Museum Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 13 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

New York University: $55,000 · EducationNew York UniversityPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $37,500 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegePRATT INSTITUTE: $37,500 · EducationPRATT INSTITUTEPURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationPURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $15,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORKKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION: $37,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION SUPP…THE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INCKATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $13,600 · Arts & CultureKATONAH MUSEUM OF ARTGORDON PARKS MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureGORDON PARKS MUSEUM FOUNDATIONAmericans for the Arts Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureAmericans for the Arts IncFASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $37,500 · OtherFASHION INSTI…THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 · Social Science
Education$185,000Arts & Culture$96,100Other$37,500Social Science$1,000

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 budgetNew York University: $55,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YOUNGARTS FOUNDATION SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION: $37,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPRATT INSTITUTE: $37,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPURCHASE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GHETTO FILM SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $13,600 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGORDON PARKS MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAmericans for the Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE 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.

Jewish Communal FundDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · 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 Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
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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How do I get to Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Meserve-Kunhardt 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 13 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 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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