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Monasse Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$48k
Granted FY2020
14
Grants FY2020
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

98% of Monasse Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Monasse Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $48k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

16
’17
13
’18
9
’19
11
’20
1
’21

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Philanthropy$695kHealth$89kArts & Culture$84kHuman Services$53kEducation$16kInternational$4kFood & Nutrition$2kAnimals$1kOther$0
02FY2020 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k10 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAMP SUNSHINE INC$10,000
ATLANTA CHAMBER PLAYERS INC$10,000
ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION HCSR$10,000
ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC - ATLANTA SYM$10,000
FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY$1,800
MAPLE STREET SCHOOL$1,000
ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION HCSR$1,000
CAMP SUNSHINE INC$1,000
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,000
HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$500
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNI$500
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC$500
LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC$500
HOUR CHILDREN INC$500
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 (FY17–20, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE FINLEY PROJECT INC: $5k → 13%HOUR CHILDREN INC: $500 → 13%THE FINLEY PROJECT INC: $10k → 13%HOUR CHILDREN INC: $500 → 13%HOUR CHILDREN INC: $500 → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION HCSR: $10k → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION HCSR: $1k → 13%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $500 → 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
OH
CA
VA
NM
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$224k · 10 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2020, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
21

Total granted

$224k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+34%

Still filing today

90%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • CS
    CAMP SUNSHINE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $86k · revenue +31%
  • AU
    ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION
    2× · 2018–2020 · $36k · revenue +10%
  • TF
    THE FINLEY PROJECT INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +278%

Funded once

  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +54%
  • GP
    Global Partners For Development
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue -45%
  • TN
    THE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +22%
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
Municipal Art Society of New York

The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…

Arts & Culture
2
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
3
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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4
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
5
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
6
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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7
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
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
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
10
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
11
Apex Art Curatorial Program Inc

Apex Art Curatorial Program is a resolutely noncommercial visual art exhibition space which provides curators and artists with a venue dedicated to ideas that are often too provocative or too small in scope for display elsewhere. Apex Art…

Arts & Culture
12
New Museum of Contemporary Art

A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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

36 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. 36 of the 37 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
31/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $693,270 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND+1 more: $1,800 · Community ImprovementCAMP SUNSHINE INC: $86,000 · OtherCAMP SUNSHINE INCATLANTA CHAMBER PLAYERS INC: $40,000 · OtherATLANTA CHAMBER PLA…ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC - ATLANTA SYM: $30,000 · OtherROBERT W WOODRUFF A…+12 more: $5,875 · OtherATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $36,000 · Human ServicesTHE FINLEY PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Human Services+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesSAINT ANN'S SCHOOL: $7,000 · EducationMAPLE STREET SCHOOL: $5,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $625 · EducationROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC MAKER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $600 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $500 · Arts & CultureQUEENS MUSEUM OF ART: $500 · Arts & CultureROULETTE INTERMEDIUM INC: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $400 · Arts & CultureGlobal Partners For Development: $2,500 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $1,500 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUND: $1,000 · InternationalTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $2,000 · Philanthropy
Community Improvement$695,070Other$161,875Human Services$53,000Education$16,125Arts & Culture$13,500International$5,000Philanthropy$2,000

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $693,270 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE INC: $86,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetATLANTA CHAMBER PLAYERS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $36,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FINLEY PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT ANN'S SCHOOL: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAPLE STREET SCHOOL: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Partners For Development: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUR CHILDREN INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC MAKER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ARTISTIC ACTIVISM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetB'TSELEM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN ANIMAL RESOURCE COALITION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUEENS MUSEUM OF ART: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROULETTE INTERMEDIUM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE TIME INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIRT THEATER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budget2030 INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN PATHWAYS INC: $250 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 Rockefeller Found…The New York Communit…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Henry Luce Founda…The Hyde and Watson F…The Ford FoundationAmerican Express Foun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…
Jewish Communal FundNY15.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Rockefeller Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Henry Luce Foundation Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Ford Foundation · American Express Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Monasse Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Monasse Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 37 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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