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Perelman Family Charitable Trust I

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.

$16M
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$16M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Public Benefit$43MPhilanthropy$25MArts & Culture$11MHealth$11MEducation$4.8MYouth Development$220kReligion$140kEnvironment$125kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $63k
  • $250k+1 grant · $16M
$15,563,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$396M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEE 642(C) ELECTION STATEMENT$15,563,000
ST ANN'S SCHOOL$62,500
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 (FY19–20, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $13k → 7%ROOM TO GROW: $50k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
WV
VA
KS
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$59M · 17 repeat orgs$25M to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
37

Total granted

$59M
$25M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
+4%

Still filing today

47%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CM
    CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $300k · revenue +453%
  • SB
    ST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $200k · revenue +18%
  • PA
    POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $200k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA - DAF
    one grant, 2019 · $13M
  • CH
    CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2019 · $5.0M
  • NM
    NYU MEDICAL CENTER ROP DEPT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
    one grant, 2018 · $4.0M
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
New York University

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.

Education
2
New York Genome Center Inc

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.

Health
3
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

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…

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4
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
5
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
6
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
7
American Museum of Natural History

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."

Arts & Culture
8
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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11
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
12
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Brown University; the most unlike its peers is Winsome Wishes for Kids 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

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 58 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
15/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEE 642(C) ELECTION STATEMENT: $42,883,761 · OtherSEE 642(C) ELECTION STATEMENTJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA - DAF: $12,500,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA - DAFPERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $9,748,239 · OtherPERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTERCHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $5,000,000 · OtherCHILDRENS HOSPITALNYU MEDICAL CENTER ROP DEPT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE: $4,000,000 · Other+34 more: $6,010,330 · Other+34 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $9,300,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDE…THE PERELMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $710,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PERELMA…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,743,462 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $557,000 · EducationST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC: $200,000 · EducationTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL: $200,000 · Education+3 more: $186,000 · EducationAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $1,127,066 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $25,000 · Arts & CultureEAST HAMPTON JEWISH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $677,050 · ReligionBROWN UNIVERSITY: $500,000 · Community ImprovementCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $300,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $50,000 · Health+4 more: $14,000 · Health
Other$80,142,330Philanthropy$10,010,000Education$3,886,462Arts & Culture$1,152,066Religion$677,050Community Improvement$500,000Health$364,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $9,300,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,743,462 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $1,127,066 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetTHE PERELMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $710,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetEAST HAMPTON JEWISH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $677,050 over 4y, 96% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $557,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $300,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL: $200,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPOLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEZER MIZION: $100,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN BEETZ INC: $85,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAINFOREST FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetELEANOR WHITMORE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe South Bronx Educational Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGOVERNORS ISLAND ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Soze Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds APOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PERELMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST HAMPTON JEWISH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST BERNARD'S SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NIGHTINGALE-BAMFORD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds EZER MIZION ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GREEN BEETZ INC ↗
  • Who funds ROOM TO GROW NATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RAINFOREST FUND 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.

Jewish Communal FundPaypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY15× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Perelman Family Charitable Trust I funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Perelman Family Charitable Trust I. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–50%
    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 58 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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