· Private foundation
Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $260k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC | $35,000 |
| RAWDAT EL-ZUHUR AL-QUDS Music Art and Drama Progr | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| EDWARD SAID NATIONAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC | $30,000 |
| THE WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY FOUN | $25,000 |
| NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE INC | $20,000 |
| AL KAMANDJATI ASSOCIATION | $20,000 |
| NEW 42ND STREET INC | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF NEW YORK CITY INC | $15,000 |
| ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC | $15,000 |
| ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC & SOCIAL SERVIC | $10,000 |
| THE MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION | $3,000 |
| FENDER PLAY FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| METROPOLITAN YMCA OF THE ORANGES INC - WAYNE YMCA | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 55% of grant dollars ($1.3M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 45% that went abroad ($1.1M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $117k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 45% of all-years giving ($1.1M)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 9% of Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TPTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC8× · 2017–2024 · $341k · revenue +21%
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +84%- NDNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE8× · 2017–2024 · $160k · revenue +45%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $30k
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.
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.
To offer accessible, high-quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities. its vision is to transform performing arts education in an inclusive community accessible to all.
For more than a century, diller-quaile has offered an environment where music can flourish in all its aspects, enriching the lives of students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. the belief that music is a fundamental part of human life…
The mission of the princeton symphony orchestra is to leverage the power of live music to uplift the human experience.
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…
The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…
Perform, promote and sustain classical ballet.
Balletx expands the vocabulary of contemporary ballet for all audiences through innovative performances, world premiere choreography, dance education, and community programs.
We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.
Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…
The mission of lyrica baroque is to support a diverse community of students, teachers, artists, institutions and audiences of all ages through education, collaboration and performance. lyrica baroque seeks to promote the extraordinary…
As the nation's foremost producer of shakespeare and new work, the public theater is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an american theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of…
Nashville ballet's mission is to create, perform, teach, and promote dance as an essential and inspiring element of our community. we fill that mission by offering a diverse range of dance programs in our season repertory, educating…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 20 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC ↗
- Who funds WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN OF NEW YORK CITY INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEW 42ND STREET INC ↗
- Who funds ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S ↗
- Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
- Who funds CUYAHOGA VALLEY YOUTH BALLET ↗
- Who funds Fender Play Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE GUITAR CENTER MUSIC FOUNDATION ↗
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Muna & Basem Hishmeh Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
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