· Private foundation
Nora Ephron and Nicholas Pileggi Foundation
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k27 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE FIRST TEE OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK | $20,415 |
| BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD CARE & RECREATIONAL CENTER | $12,020 |
| MANHATTAN THEATER CLUB | $6,000 |
| 92Y DEVELOPMENT | $5,000 |
| THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| THE FUND FOR PARK AVENUE | $1,500 |
| THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY | $1,425 |
| NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM | $1,072 |
| DOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE | $1,050 |
| RAINFOREST TRUST | $1,046 |
| BETTER TOGETHER FOREVER | $1,044 |
| ALI FORNEY CENTER | $1,044 |
| NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT | $1,044 |
| LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER INC | $1,038 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
48 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NYNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL3× · 2023–2025 · $52k · revenue +43%
- BCBridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $46k · revenue +157%
- MTMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC5× · 2021–2025 · $24k · revenue +157%
Funded once
- NSNEXT STEPone grant, 2019 · $6k
- FTFOUNDATION TO WILLIAMS COLLEGEone grant, 2022 · $5k
- UOUniversity of Miamigraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +96%
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.
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.
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.
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…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…
The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…
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…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
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…
CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.
The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
How this is measured
67 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. 67 of the 93 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 TEE OFF FORE LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc ↗
- Who funds MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
- Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds DOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds Wellesley College ↗
- Who funds COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE SENTENCING PROJECT ↗
- Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
- Who funds FUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds ALI FORNEY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT ↗
- Who funds THE SANSONE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ARTSCONNECTION INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEW GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds Sundance Institute ↗
- Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds SERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds University of Miami ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR FAMILY REPRESENTATION INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · The Shubert Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Nora Ephron and Nicholas Pileggi Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nora Ephron and Nicholas Pileggi Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- EcoHealth Alliance Inc: 24% of income from government
- University of Miami: 5% of income from government
- Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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