· Private foundation
Michel David-Weill 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- $50k–250k4 grants · $769k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $250,000 |
| ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION | $239,250 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE | $230,000 |
| AIR TWIGA ANIMAL RESCUE | $200,000 |
| COTTAGE HEALTH | $100,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 54% of grant dollars ($8.0M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 46% that went abroad ($6.7M) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 46% of all-years giving ($6.7M)
2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (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 FY2022, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $569k 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 ART4× · 2019–2022 · $1.5M · revenue +76%
- UJUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC3× · 2017–2019 · $600k · revenue +39%
- TFThe French-American Foundation5× · 2017–2021 · $500k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- FDFOUNDATION DU CHATEAU DE HAUTEFORTone grant, 2020 · $4.0M
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $1.1M
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $582k
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 Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) is dedicated to enhancing the United States' image abroad through American Art. Founded as a public-private, non-partisan partnership in 1986, FAPE works with the U.S. Department…
Born out of the greatest appreciation for these outstanding collections, American Friends is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to fostering philanthropic support for the conservation, dissemination, and enjoyment of the…
The mission of the american friends of the centre pompidou is to acquire and to encourage gifts of art and design of the americas for gift or loan to the permanent collections of the centre pompidou musee national d'art moderne (centre…
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.
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…
Founded in 1995, the american friends of the shanghai museum is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to raise awareness and financial support for the shanghai museum, continuing a distinguished history of patron support for…
The corporation is organized and operates exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
To promote cultural exchanges and educational activities between Ireland and the United States and to aid in the exhibition and performance of a broad range of arts.
The american federation of arts initiates and organizes a national and international program of art exhibitions, publications, and educational activities to benefit the museum community and enrich the public's experience and understanding…
To identify, promote and expand academic, cultural and scientific relationships linking france and the united states. we do this through artistic, educational and other cultural presentations, events, trips and perhaps most importantly by…
How this is measured
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 30 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 Air Twiga Animal Rescue Inc ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds The French-American Foundation ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE MUSEES DES ARTS DECORATIFS INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LOUVRE INC ↗
- Who funds MYRIAD USA INC ↗
- Who funds Cottage Health ↗
- Who funds FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SAINT GERMAIN DES PRES INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF COVENT GARDEN THE ROYAL BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds THE WALLACE COLLECTION IN AMERICA 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.
Open a dossier: The Annenberg Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Michel David-Weill Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michel David-Weill Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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