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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 FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $42k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$384k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND$22,000
PAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION$10,000
WILD IS LIFE USA$10,000
BROADWAY MALL ASSOCIATION$5,000
PERFECT EARTH PROJECT$3,500
THE FRESH AIR FUND$1,000
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 (FY19–23, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOMEN'S SUPPORT SERVICES: $2k → 9%EMMETT TILL INTERPRETIVE CENTER: $5k → 31%BROOKLYN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 20%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%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

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

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 16 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
55

Total granted

$1.7M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+20%

Still filing today

69%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyInternationalFood & NutritionEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY
    3× · 2018–2021 · $210k · revenue +151%
  • AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND
    5× · 2018–2024 · $92k · revenue +161%
  • TA
    THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA
    2× · 2019–2021 · $60k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue -40%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +50%
  • AG
    ARTISANS GUILD OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -77% · 33% of their budget
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
3
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
4
Manhattanville University

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

Education
5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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6
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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7
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
8
Wnet

Wnet is a multi-media public service non-profit that delivers lifelong learning and meaningful experiences to our communities. our content inspires curiosity, encourages action and nurtures dreams.

Arts & Culture
9
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
10
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
11
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations

The mission of the new york public library is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our communities.

Education
12
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Project Renewal Inc; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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

61 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. 61 of the 79 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/61
Grantees still filing
38/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT: $1,066,300 · EnvironmentNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT+3 more: $50,000 · EnvironmentCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $500,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUND…CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNIT…STUDENT LEADERSHIP NETWORK INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropySTUDENT LEADERSHIP …+5 more: $42,500 · Philanthropy+5 moreLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $100,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD B…BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $100,000 · OtherBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS…LA MAMA ETC: $75,000 · OtherLA MAMA ETCRACE TO ERASE MS: $55,000 · OtherRACE TO ERASE MSNEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $45,000 · OtherTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $60,000 · OtherTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICAEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $50,000 · OtherEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE+38 more: $411,500 · Other+38 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $200,000 · InternationalWORLD CEN…GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIV…HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $25,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIG…DIRECT RELIEF: $15,000 · InternationalPERFECT EARTH PROJECT INC: $11,000 · InternationalARTISANS GUILD OF AMERICA: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSCREEN ACTORS GUILD-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS FOUND: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePAUL TAYLOR DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GARRY MARSHALL THEATRE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHOPE CLUB PRESERVATION FUND: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $12,500 · Arts & CultureFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $210,000 · Community ImprovementMOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER: $25,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $92,000 · EducationBARD COLLEGE: $40,000 · EducationHARLEM ACADEMY: $25,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 · EducationLiteracy Partners Inc: $10,000 · Education
Environment$1,116,300Philanthropy$637,500Other$896,500International$301,000Arts & Culture$282,500Community Improvement$235,000Education$192,000

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 RESTORATION PROJECT: $1,066,300 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 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 FundThe David Geffen Foun…The Hyde and Watson F…The New York Communit…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Network for Good
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Midler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Midler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    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.

    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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