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Midler Family 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.

$52k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
6
Grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
62%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$22,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 25
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$384k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 62% of the organizations Midler Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving6$52k67%
FY202313$300k62%
FY202216$678k75%
FY202118$684k50%
FY202014$682k64%
FY201914$151k57%
FY201825$530kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$1.1MInternational$575kFood & Nutrition$416kArts & Culture$414kEducation$227kPublic Safety & Disaster$225kHealth$220kPhilanthropy$105kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
NV
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
DC
HI
MS
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Midler Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New York Restoration Project$1,066,30065%
Food Bank for New York City$210,00030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$200,00010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$100,00010%
Artisans Guild of America$100,000133%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$100,00010%
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found$100,00010%
American Indian College Fund$92,00050%
The Actors' Fund of America$60,00020%
Race to Erase Ms$55,00051%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Equal Justice Initiative$50,00010%
Student Leadership Network Inc$45,00030%
Bard College$40,00020%
Westchester Land Trust Inc$30,00031%
Harlem Academy$25,00010%
Human Rights First$25,00010%
Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc$25,00010%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$25,00010%
The Childrens Storefront$25,00013%
Movement Strategy Center$25,00010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$25,0001n/a
Metropolitan Museum of Art$20,00020%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$15,50030%
Direct Relief$15,00010%
Perfect Earth Project Inc$11,00031%
Literacy Partners Inc$10,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$10,00010%
The Bail Project Inc$10,00010%
Museum of Modern Art$10,00010%
The Moonridge Foundation$10,00010%
Raisedby US Inc$10,00011%
Rare Village Foundation$10,00010%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$10,00010%
The Sentencing Project$10,00010%
Maui Food Bank Inc$10,00010%
Wild Is Life USA Inc$10,00018%
Paul Taylor Dance Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Feeding America$10,00010%
The Garry Marshall Theatre$10,00011%
New York Botanical Garden$10,00010%
New York City Ballet Inc$10,00010%
Maui United Way$10,00011%
Syrian American Medical Society Foundation$10,00010%
Hope Club Preservation Fund$10,0001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
Ampleharvestorg Inc$10,00013%
Songwriters' Hall of Fame Inc$7,50011%
American Museum of the Moving Image$5,00010%
Cancer Schmancer$5,0002n/a
Broadway Mall Association Inc$5,00010%
Emmett Till Interpretive Center$5,00010%
Project Renewal Inc$5,00010%
Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden Inc$4,5001n/a
Vetsaid Inc$2,50011%
Together1heart$2,50012%
Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service$2,00010%
Project Sage Inc$1,5001n/a
Fresh Air Fund$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($285k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Midler Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew York Restoration Project: $1,066,300 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $210,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArtisans Guild of America: $100,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetBroadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetScreen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $92,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRace to Erase Ms: $55,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStudent Leadership Network Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBard College: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWestchester Land Trust Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHarlem Academy: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHuman Rights First: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetElton John AIDS Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGod's Love We Deliver Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Childrens Storefront: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMovement Strategy Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $15,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPerfect Earth Project Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLiteracy Partners Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bail Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Moonridge Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRaisedby US Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRare Village Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Sentencing Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMaui Food Bank Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWild Is Life USA Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetPaul Taylor Dance Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Garry Marshall Theatre: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNew York Botanical Garden: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaui United Way: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSyrian American Medical Society Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmpleharvestorg Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSongwriters' Hall of Fame Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Museum of the Moving Image: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBroadway Mall Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 54.

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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 FundNY15.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The David Geffen Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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.

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How do I get to Midler Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Midler Family 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.

About Midler Family Foundation

How much does Midler Family Foundation give?
Midler Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $51,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Midler Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (31%), International (16%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
Who are Midler Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: New York Restoration Project ($1.1M), Food Bank for New York City ($210k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($200k).
Does Midler Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Midler Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Midler Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The David Geffen Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
Where is Midler Family Foundation based?
Midler Family Foundation is based in TN.

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 79 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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