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Michelle and Don Ienner Family Foundation at a glance

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Michelle and Don Ienner Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$23k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
8
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Animals$33kHealth$30kPhilanthropy$17kEnvironment$3kInternational$3kHuman Services$1kFood & Nutrition$725Public Safety & Disaster$556Other$0
02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k13 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
$100
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE DONALD S IENNER DONOR AND MICHELLE CHARLENE IENNER DONOR$16,542
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY$4,000
FAIRFIELD COUNTY HOUSE$1,000
PLAN INTERNATIONAL USA$420
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION OF LONG ISLAND$250
GILDA'S CLUB WESTCHESTER$200
ST ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH$100
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$100
NATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION$51
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS$50
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA$50
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$50
CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER$30
KIDS WISH NETWORK$25
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $424) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SANTA'S MAGIC: $100 → 10%COVENANT HOUSE INTERNATIONAL: $261 → 17%KIDS WISH NETWORK: $25 → 12%COVENANT HOUSE INTERNATIONAL: $38 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IA
CT
RI
VA
MD
TN
DC
TX
FL
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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$46k · 17 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
27

Total granted

$46k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+14%

Still filing today

71%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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

  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Society
    7× · 2017–2023 · $33k · revenue +59%
  • THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2022 · $600 · revenue +226%
  • NY
    NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
    3× · 2017–2019 · $475 · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • MS
    MT SINAI - ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • WM
    Westchester Medical Center Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +64%
  • TN
    THE NAOMI BERRIE DIABETES CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $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.

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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
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
3
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
4
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
5
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
8
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
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
11
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
12
New York Blood Center Inc

As one of the most preeminent and comprehensive blood centers in theworld, nybc operates under a four-part mission. for more information,see sch. o and part iii, 4a-c.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals On Wheels America; the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Conservation Society. 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

35 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. 35 of the 53 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MT SINAI - ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $20,000 · OtherMT SINAI - ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINESCHWAB CHARITABLE DONALD S IENNER DONOR AND MICHELLE CHARLENE IENNER DONOR: $16,542 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE DONALD S IENNER DONOR AND MICHELLE C…+30 more: $6,792 · Other+30 moreWildlife Conservation Society: $33,000 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation SocietyBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $5,350 · HealthBREAST CA…Westchester Medical Center Foundation: $1,500 · HealthWestchest…GREENWICH HOSPITAL: $250 · Health+2 more: $400 · HealthPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $2,480 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $250 · InternationalCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $1,030 · EnvironmentTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $600 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $475 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $263 · EnvironmentGREENWICH GREEN & CLEAN INC: $100 · Environment+1 more: $50 · EnvironmentHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $350 · Food & NutritionFEED THY NEIGHBOR: $200 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $50 · Food & NutritionCOVENANT HOUSE: $299 · Human ServicesSANTA'S MAGIC INC: $100 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100 · Human ServicesKIDS WISH NETWORK INC: $25 · Human Services
Other$43,334Animals$33,000Health$7,500International$2,730Environment$2,518Food & Nutrition$600Human Services$524

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $33,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $5,350 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $2,480 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Medical Center Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $1,030 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $475 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $299 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $275 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $263 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER NY & CT INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THY NEIGHBOR: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREENWICH GREEN & CLEAN INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORWALKSTAMFORD GRASSROOTS TENNIS & EDUCATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA'S MAGIC INC: $100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC: $75 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNER-CITY FOUNDATION FOR CHARITY & EDUCATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STAMFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS WISH NETWORK INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART CENTER OF AMERICA INC: $25 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.

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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 Michelle and Don Ienner Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michelle and Don Ienner Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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 53 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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