· Private foundation
Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation Daisy Soros
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 $10k11 grants · $48k
- $10k–50k81 grants · $1.9M
- $50k–250k9 grants · $996k
- $250k+2 grants · $950k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| METROPOLITAN OPERA ASSOCIATION | $600,000 |
| PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF PALM BEACH INC | $350,000 |
| YALE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT | $218,550 |
| Individual grant recipient | $200,000 |
| MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | $160,000 |
| LINCOLN CENTER THEATER | $112,000 |
| THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $70,000 |
| FILM INDEPENDENT INC | $65,000 |
| SCONSET TRUST INC | $58,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $56,741 |
| Individual grant recipient | $55,832 |
| Individual grant recipient | $45,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $45,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $45,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $45,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.
254 repeat relationships: 60 still active in FY2024, 194 since wound down; 43 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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 INC7× · 2017–2023 · $5.9M · revenue +21%
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +3%- MMMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART8× · 2017–2024 · $539k · revenue +58%
Funded once
- HRHUMAN RIGHTS FIRSTone grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -48%
- NCNANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITALone grant, 2021 · $100k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $68k
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.
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 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…
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.
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.
Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…
Perform, promote and sustain classical ballet.
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…
Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.
The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.
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…
Marymount manhattan college is an urban, independent, liberal arts college (see schedule o).
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 383 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL HOUSE ↗
- Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
- Who funds FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN AUSTRIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST ↗
- Who funds CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SCREENWRITERS COLONY INC DBA ALMANACK SCREENWRITERS ↗
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: Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation Daisy Soros funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul & Daisy Soros Foundation Daisy Soros. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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