· Private foundation
Pauline Altman Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 $10k1 grant · $5k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $103k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | $70,000 |
| DRESS FOR SUCCESS | $28,200 |
| THE WESTVIEW SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $10,000 |
| METHODIST FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $10,000 |
| NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| HOUSTON ZOO | $10,000 |
| ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE | $10,000 |
| HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 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 +43% since the first grant, against -20% for those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 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, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TWThe Westview School Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $126k · revenue +43%
Northwestern University8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +41%- UOUniversity of Michigan8× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +202%
Funded once
- JCJEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICEone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -20%
- UOUNIV OF HOUCT BAUER COLLEGE OF BUSIone grant, 2020 · $4k
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.
Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…
Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The mission of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA National Memorial, Inc., doing business as the National Museum of American Jewish Military History, is to preserve, interpret, and share the history of Jewish Americans who have served in…
See Schedule OThe purpose of Awty International School (Awty) is to create an environment where students experience excellence every day to make their mark on the world alongside their community, in a spirit of curiosity, courage and…
Abraham joshua heschel day school cultivates students' natural sense of wonder into an exceptionally rich education that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and compassion. in partnership with our families, we inspire our students to…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…
Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…
Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.
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."
To promote, encourage, aid and advance higher and secondary education, research and training in all branches of knowledge. as the standard bearer of excellence, the university strives to ensure and foster outstanding achievements in all…
How this is measured
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 16 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 Westview School Inc ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF ARAVA THE INSTITUTE LTD ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD ↗
- Who funds SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds Houston Zoo Inc ↗
- Who funds JEWISH CHILDREN'S REGIONAL SERVICE ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Pauline Altman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pauline Altman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
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