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Peter and Helen Haje Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Peter and Helen Haje Foundation

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.

$264k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$810kEducation$237kHuman Services$216kHealth$52kFood & Nutrition$29kEnvironment$21kInternational$10kSocial Science$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $233k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN$40,000
SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET$35,000
SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET$35,000
YALE UNIVERSITY$30,000
NEW YORK LIVE ARTS$25,000
SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET$20,000
NYU LANGONE HEALTH$20,000
NEW YORK LIVE ARTS$17,500
LAKEVILLE JOURNAL FOUNDATION$10,000
WASSAIC PROJECT$5,000
CITY OF NEW YORK PARKS AND RECREATION$5,000
BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR CHILDERN$5,000
THE AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FUND$5,000
SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET$2,500
THE CHORE SERVICE$2,500
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 (FY19–24, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%THE CHORE SERVICE: $5k → 9%THE CHORE SERVICE: $3k → 9%THE CHORE SERVICE: $3k → 9%THE CHORE SERVICE: $3k → 9%THE CHORE SERVICE: $3k → 9%THE CHORE SERVICE: $3k → 9%THE CHORE SERVICE: $3k → 9%THE CHORE SERVICE: $3k → 9%THE CHORE SERVICE: $2k → 9%THE CHORE SERVICE: $1k → 9%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $10k → 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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 25 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
18

Total granted

$1.3M
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+36%

Still filing today

64%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SO
    SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $400k · revenue +101%
  • NY
    NEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $321k · revenue +10%
  • NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $190k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • YU
    YALE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $40k
  • TP
    THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -18%
  • IR
    INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +82%
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
The Bronx Council On the Arts Incorporated

A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.

Arts & Culture
2
Wamc

Wamc is chartered by the new york state board of regents to "furnish, prepare and present non-profit and non-commercial educational, instructional and cultural radio programs and also non-profit and non-commercial programs (wamc's mission…

Arts & Culture
3
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
4
Theaterworks Inc

Theaterworks' mission is to share intimate stories that engage all audiences. it creates exceptional contemporary theater that entertains, celebrates new voices, and invites meaningful conversations. its vision is to inspire a more…

Arts & Culture
5
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

See schedule onylcvef's mission is to educate, engage and empower new yorkers to be effective advocates on behalf of the environment from clean energy and funding for parks, to solid waste and green buildings. first, we educate new yorkers…

Environment
8
Bronxnet Public Media Corporation(Former Bronx Community Cable Programming Corp )

Bronxnet is a new york state not-for-profit organization established to provide public access television to the residents of bronx county in new york city. bronxnet receives a substantial amount of its support from two cable service…

Education
9
New City Free Library

To provide free public library services

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10
New York League of Conservation Voters

See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…

—
11
City Report Inc

CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.

Arts & Culture
12
Troy Community Land Bank Corporation

The troy community land bank acquires, rehabilitates and resells vacant and abandoned buildings throughout the city of troy, new york

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Natural Resources Defense Council 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 48 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
22/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $400,122 · Arts & CultureSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INCNEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC: $320,856 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK LIVE ARTS INCLJMN Media Inc: $30,500 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $42,000 · Arts & CultureNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC: $190,000 · OtherNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INCYALE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYYALE UNIVERSITY: $70,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYYALE UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYNYU LANGONE HEALTH: $35,000 · OtherNYU LANGONE HEALTHFOOD OF LIFE PANTRY: $24,000 · Other+21 more: $75,102 · Other+21 moreCHORE SERVICE INC: $25,500 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOTCHKISS LIBRARY OF SHARON INC: $17,000 · EducationACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationSHARON LAND TRUST INC: $6,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentHOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC: $3,250 · EnvironmentKENT LAND TRUST INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentST BARTHOLOMEW'S CONSERVANCY INC: $1,500 · EnvironmentSAVE SHARON HOSPITAL INC: $11,000 · Public BenefitTHE EQUUS EFFECT INC: $5,250 · Health
Arts & Culture$793,478Other$534,102Human Services$35,500Education$27,000Environment$19,250Public Benefit$11,000Health$5,250

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 budgetSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $400,122 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetNEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC: $320,856 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC: $190,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLJMN Media Inc: $30,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCHORE SERVICE INC: $25,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTHE WASSAIC PROJECT INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHOTCHKISS LIBRARY OF SHARON INC: $17,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetSAVE SHARON HOSPITAL INC: $11,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHARON LAND TRUST INC: $6,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EQUUS EFFECT INC: $5,250 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CORNER FOOD PANTRY INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC: $3,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKENT LAND TRUST INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTri-State Public Communications Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST BARTHOLOMEW'S CONSERVANCY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSATONIC YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHARON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Low Road FoundationBerkshire Taconic Com…Walter and Phyllis An…Northwest Connecticut…MJPM FoundationThe Hallingby Family …The Offensend Family …The Rhoades-Robinson …The Mortimer & Barbar…Easton Family FundThe Robert L and Jean…Foundation for Commun…
Low Road FoundationCT26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Low Road Foundation · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Walter and Phyllis Ann Borten Foundation · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · MJPM Foundation · The Hallingby Family Foundation Inc · The Offensend Family Foundation · The Rhoades-Robinson Fund · The Mortimer & Barbara Klaus Family Foundation · Easton Family Fund · The Robert L and Jean Clarke Family Foundation · Foundation for Community Health Inc

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 Peter and Helen Haje Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Peter and Helen Haje Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 33%
  • Housatonic Valley Association Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Housatonic Youth Service Bureau Inc: 33% of income from government
  • The Equus Effect Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 48 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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