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· Public charity

Park Avenue Foundation Inc

To raise funds exclusively for the benefit of and support of the member non-profits.

$50k
Granted FY2020
4
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2020.

Youth Development$150kArts & Culture$42kEducation$37kFood & Nutrition$37kHealth$14kHousing & Shelter$9kHuman Services$9kRecreation & Sports$7kOther$0
02FY2020 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $34,050, the rows itemized in this filing. The $50,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,950 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k3 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$8,450
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NEWARK$14,330
PATRIOTS PATH COUNCIL$8,450
COMMUNITY FOODBANK OF NEW JERSEY$5,635
PG CHAMBERS SCHOOL$5,635
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 (FY19–19, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%FAMILY RESOURCES NETWORK INC: $14k → 10%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.
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$225k · 4 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +100% since the first grant, against +89% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2020, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
8

Total granted

$225k
$89k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+100%
+89%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TB
    THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NEWARK INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $95k · revenue +135%
  • CF
    Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc
    3× · 2019–2021 · $37k · revenue +100%
  • PC
    PG CHAMBERS SCHOOL
    3× · 2019–2021 · $37k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MORRIS MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2019 · $19k · revenue -19%
  • MUSEUM OF EARLY TRADES AND CRAFTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $14k · revenue +178%
  • FR
    FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $14k · revenue +89%
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
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
2
Nj State Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Assoc Inc

It is the mission of the new jersey firefighters mutual benevolent association to represent, protect, and educate the firefighters, emts, and dispatchers throughout the state of new jersey through representation at the local, state, and…

—
3
Corporation for New Jersey Local Media

We build strong communities through journalism and civic engagement.

Public Benefit
4
New Jersey Camp for Blind Children Inc

To provide a summer experience for visually impaired children.

Youth Development
5
The Arc of New Jersey Inc

The arc of new jersey promotes and protects the human rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes; and is…

—
6
Morristown-Beard School

Morristown beard school is an educational college preparatory school in grades 6 to 12 located in morristown, new jersey.

Education
7
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
8
New Jersey Consortium for Immigrant Children Inc

Njcic is a state-wide legal services and policy advocacy organization dedicated to empowering young immigrants. we provide holistic, youth-centered legal representation, drive systemic change to advance immigrant rights, build community…

Human Services
9
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey

Girl scouts of northern new jersey provides leadership opportunities for girls ages 5-18 with a mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, to make the world a better place. these leadership opportunities allow girls to…

Unclassified
10
Disability Rights New Jersey a New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation

Drnj's mission is to protect, advocate for and advance the rights of persons with disabilities in pursuit of a society in which persons with disabilities exercise self-determination and choice, and are treated with dignity and…

Crime & Legal
11
Planned Parenthood of Northern Central and Southern New Jersey Inc

Planned parenthood of northern, central, and southern new jersey provides confidential, affordable, high-quality health care. we protect and promote the fundamental right of all individuals to make their own personal health decisions.…

Health
12
New Jersey Citizen Action

To protect and expand the rights of citizens of the state of new jersey, and encourage active citizen involvement in campaigns promoting economic, social and racial equity.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pg Chambers School; the most unlike its peers is Family Resource Network Inc. 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

10 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. 10 of the 12 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)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NEWARK INC: $94,578 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NEWARK INCPATRIOTS' PATH COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $55,770 · Youth DevelopmentPATRIOTS' PATH COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAPG CHAMBERS SCHOOL: $37,191 · OtherPG CHAMBERS SCHOOLMUSEUM OF EARLY TRADES AND CRAFTS INC: $14,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF EARLY TRADES AND …MORRIS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $9,464 · OtherMORRIS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY…NEW JERSEY YOUTH SYMPHONY: $9,464 · OtherNEW JERSEY YOUTH SYMPHONYHARTMANNRHODES CHARITIES A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $7,000 · OtherHARTMANNRHODES CHARITIES A …Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $37,191 · Food & NutritionCommunity Foo…FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesJERSEY BATTERED WOMEN'S SERVICE INC: $9,464 · Human ServicesTHE MORRIS MUSEUM INC: $18,928 · Arts & CultureCAMP NEJEDA FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · Recreation & Sports
Youth Development$150,348Other$77,119Food & Nutrition$37,191Human Services$23,464Arts & Culture$18,928Recreation & Sports$7,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NEWARK INC: $94,578 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetPATRIOTS' PATH COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $55,770 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $37,191 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPG CHAMBERS SCHOOL: $37,191 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MORRIS MUSEUM INC: $18,928 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMUSEUM OF EARLY TRADES AND CRAFTS INC: $14,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJERSEY BATTERED WOMEN'S SERVICE INC: $9,464 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMORRIS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $9,464 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Community Foundation …The Hyde and Watson F…Columbia Bank Foundat…The McJ Amelior Found…Investors Foundation …The Pfizer Foundation…Chubb Charitable Foun…The Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ18.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Columbia Bank Foundation · The McJ Amelior Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Park Avenue Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Park Avenue Foundation Inc. 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 40%
  • Family Resource Network Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Jersey Battered Women's Service Inc: 40% of income from government
  • The Morris Museum Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 12 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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