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Mgg Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$538k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$467k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$870kEducation$155kCivil Rights$59kPhilanthropy$52kArts & Culture$50kFood & Nutrition$38kHealth$32kHuman Services$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $467k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 100% of reported assets are held in Ogden Cap Associates.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE YOUNG MEN'S & YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION$466,640
THE YOUNG MEN'S & YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION$50,000
WEST SIDE MONTESSORI SCHOOL$11,200
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK$10,000
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 (FY20–23, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER: $1k → 20%COUNCIL OF PEOPLES ORGANIZATION: $2k → 20%THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $1k → 17%ENCORE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $2k → 17%DOROT: $4k → 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 20 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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30

Total granted

$1.0M
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+14%

Still filing today

85%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionCivil RightsReligionOther
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

  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $858k · revenue +31%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $37k · revenue +21%
  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • SF
    SMF FOUNDATION GC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • EG
    ECHOING GREEN INC
    one grant, 2018 · $7k · revenue +20%
  • MARCH OF DIMES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -19%
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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
2
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
3
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
6
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
7
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

Jcrc-ny builds relationships to advance the values, interests and security of the new york jewish community and to create a more interconnected new york for all.

Civil Rights
9
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
10
Food and Environment Reporting Network Inc

Fern seeks to make the food system more sustainable and equitable through powerful journalism and storytelling.

Food & Nutrition
11
The Brooklyn Nets & New York Liberty Foundation
Philanthropy
12
United Way of New York City

Uwnyc works with a coalition of trusted partners to unite community power with citywide possibility. together, we meet today's most urgent needs while building transformative solutions for tomorrow - striving for health, opportunity, and…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Side Center for Community Life; the most unlike its peers is Smf Foundation Gc. 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

42 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. 42 of the 51 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
30/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $858,140 · ReligionTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION+1 more: $7,500 · ReligionTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $121,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEE…ECHOING GREEN INC: $6,900 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $5,500 · EducationWEST SIDE MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $20,900 · OtherWEST SIDE…FEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $5,000 · OtherAKILAH INSTITUTE: $4,500 · OtherLAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS: $4,000 · OtherNATIONAL REDISTRICTING FOUNDATION: $4,000 · OtherWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE: $16,000 · OtherWEST SIDE…NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $7,000 · OtherNEW YORK …DOROT INC: $3,600 · OtherRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $7,500 · OtherRIVERSIDE…+21 more: $32,900 · Other+21 moreSMF FOUNDATION GC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $37,255 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN: $3,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureWNET: $3,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $30,100 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $12,300 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $4,500 · Civil Rights+1 more: $1,000 · Civil RightsFRIENDS OF NEW YORK CITY NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $11,000 · HealthREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACCESS PROJECT INC: $7,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $5,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,500 · HealthKentucky Health Justice Network Inc: $1,000 · Health
Religion$865,640Education$133,900Other$105,400Philanthropy$50,000Arts & Culture$49,755Civil Rights$47,900Health$25,500

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 YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $858,140 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $121,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSMF FOUNDATION GC: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $37,255 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $30,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SIDE MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $20,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $12,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF NEW YORK CITY NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $11,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACCESS PROJECT INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetECHOING GREEN INC: $6,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING WESTCHESTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWNET: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Johns Bread & Life Program Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL OF PEOPLES ORGANIZATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENCORE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLUS Fund Paid Leave for the United States: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S POLICY RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGood Call NYC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYellowhammer Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJHPIEGO CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky Health Justice Network Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

The New York Communit…First Eagle Investmen…Robin Hood FoundationImpactassetsincJewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for Good
The New York Community TrustNY15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · First Eagle Investments Foundation · Robin Hood Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good

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 Mgg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mgg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 65%
  • Jhpiego Corporation: 65% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Mgg Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mgg 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 51 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home