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Milbank Memorial Fund

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.

$79k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2024
18
Organizations funded FY2023
56%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 31
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$96M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Milbank Memorial Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureScience & TechFood & NutritionHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving16$79k50%
FY202318$300k56%
FY202223$2.3M43%
FY202115$163k67%
FY202031$183kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Civil Rights$2.0MEducation$648kHealth$219kScience & Tech$45kReligion$32kArts & Culture$30kCrime & Legal$15kInternational$14kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
LA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation$2,000,000194%
Trustees of Boston University$409,32430%
National Academy of Sciences$45,00020%
University of Massachusetts$30,0001n/a
Bloomingdale School of Music$25,00040%
The George Washington University$25,00010%
Judge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law$15,00020%
Yale University$15,0002n/a
University of Chicago$12,50050%
Salem Missionary Baptist Church$11,0005n/a
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All grantees of Milbank Memorial Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation$2,000,000194%
Trustees of Boston University$409,32430%
National Academy of Sciences$45,00020%
University of Massachusetts$30,0001n/a
Bloomingdale School of Music$25,00040%
The George Washington University$25,00010%
Judge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law$15,00020%
Yale University$15,0002n/a
University of Chicago$12,50050%
Salem Missionary Baptist Church$11,0005n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$10,00010%
Family Life Education Inc$10,00022%
Georgetown Day School$10,00020%
San Miguel Education Center$9,00040%
The Chapin School Ltd$6,00050%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$6,0001n/a
Holy Trinity Church$5,0001n/a
Judson Memorial Church Inc$5,0001n/a
United Hospital Fund of New York$5,00010%
Siloam Health$5,00010%
Sweet Readers Inc$4,50032%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$4,50020%
Historic Saranac Lake$4,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,25020%
Community Health Services of Addison Cty Inc$2,50030%
Ignatian Spirituality Project$2,5001n/a
Village Center for Care Fund$2,00010%
Sophia Academy$2,00010%
Williams College$1,75020%
Feeding America$1,25020%
Crossroads Rhode Island$1,00010%
Nonviolence Institute$1,00010%
Services for the Underserved Inc$50010%
Ahrc New York City Foundation Inc$50010%
Attach$50010%
Rockaway Youth Task Force Inc$50010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley Inc$50010%
Vermont Foodbank$50010%
Camba Inc$50010%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$50010%
Community Health Centers of Burlington Inc$50010%
Trustees of Boston College$50010%
Border Tails Rescue$50010%
Michael Project$5001n/a
Food Bank for New York City$50010%
Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc$50010%
Hope Community Services Inc$30010%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$25910%
Chase Emerson Memorial Library$25010%
Princeton Montessori Society$25010%
Pine Street Inn Inc$25010%
Oxfam-America Inc$25010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$20010%
New York Public Radio$12010%
New York Cares Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($319k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Milbank Memorial Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVoices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation: $2,000,000 over 1y, 94% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $409,324 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Academy of Sciences: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBloomingdale School of Music: $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe George Washington University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJudge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Life Education Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetGeorgetown Day School: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Miguel Education Center: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chapin School Ltd: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Hospital Fund of New York: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSiloam Health: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSweet Readers Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Saranac Lake: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Services of Addison Cty Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVillage Center for Care Fund: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSophia Academy: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWilliams College: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCrossroads Rhode Island: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNonviolence Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetServices for the Underserved Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAhrc New York City Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAttach: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRockaway Youth Task Force Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of the San Luis Valley Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Foodbank: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamba Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Centers of Burlington Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston College: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBorder Tails Rescue: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpectrum Youth and Family Services Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Community Services Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $259 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChase Emerson Memorial Library: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPrinceton Montessori Society: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPine Street Inn Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Cares Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 47.

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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.

The New York Community TrustNY12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · Amica Companies Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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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About Milbank Memorial Fund

How much does Milbank Memorial Fund give?
Milbank Memorial Fund reported 19 grants totaling $78,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Milbank Memorial Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (66%), Education (21%), Health (7%).
Who are Milbank Memorial Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation ($2.0M), Trustees of Boston University ($409k), National Academy of Sciences ($45k).
Does Milbank Memorial Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Milbank Memorial Fund 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 Milbank Memorial Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The New York Community Trust, Jewish Communal Fund, Amica Companies Foundation.
Where is Milbank Memorial Fund based?
Milbank Memorial Fund is based in NY.

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 71 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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