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Pine Tree Foundation of New York at a glance

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Pine Tree Foundation of New York

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
47
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$325k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$717kHuman Services$260kEducation$258kEnvironment$76kHealth$60kReligion$34kYouth Development$30kCivil Rights$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $66k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $593k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $333k
  • $250k+1 grant · $325k
$15,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION$325,000
QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION$133,139
QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION$80,652
CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS$62,000
NY PRESBYTERIAN DEPT OF SURGERY$56,917
THE GROLIER CLUB$43,475
THE CENTER FOR FICTION$35,000
92ND STREET Y$35,000
PUSHCART PLAYERS INC$32,000
WNET$30,000
RARE BOOK SCHOOL$30,000
BEHIND THE BOOK$30,000
PINE NEEDLES FOUNDATION$30,000
EDDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC$25,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $625k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE BOOK FAIRIES INC: $25k → 6%THE BOOK FAIRIES INC: $20k → 6%RISING GROUND: $10k → 20%RISING GROUND: $10k → 20%SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES: $25k → 17%SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES: $25k → 17%UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $325k → 17%UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $150k → 17%TANENBAUM CENTER FOR INTERRELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING: $35k → 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

NY
MA
PA
CA
VA
NC
DC
GA
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 39 repeat orgs$630k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
9

Total granted

$2.2M
$514k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+6%

Still filing today

67%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesReligionCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • US
    UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $475k · revenue +1%
  • QC
    QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $233k · revenue +5%
  • BT
    BEHIND THE BOOK INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $60k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • NP
    NYCT PINE TREE FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $290k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2024–2025 · $100k
  • TC
    TANENBAUM CENTER FOR INTERRELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING
    2× · 2024–2025 · $35k · revenue 0%
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 Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
2
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
3
Proprietors of the Boston Athenaeum

The mission of the boston athenaeum is to engage all who seek knowledge by making accessible our library's collections and spaces, thereby inspiring reflection, discourse, creative expression, and joy.

Education
4
The Trustees of the New York Society Library

The new york society library was founded in 1754 by the new york society, a civic-minded group formed in the belief that the availability of books would help the city of new york to prosper.

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5
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
The Queens Borough Public Library

Queens library transforms lives by cultivating personal and intellectual growth and by building strong communities.

Education
8
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
9
Columbia University Press

Enhance Columbia University's education mission by acquiring and publishing outstanding original works by scholars and others that contribute to an understanding of global human concerns. Columbia University Press became part of the…

Arts & Culture
10
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
11
Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston

The Boston Public Library provides educational and cultural enrichment free to all by engaging the public through programming and active spaces, restoring and preserving our history, providing access to borrow from our vast collection of…

Education
12
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is Pine Needles Foundation of Ny. 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

35 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. 35 of the 55 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
17/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NYCT PINE TREE FUND: $290,000 · OtherNYCT PINE TREE FUNDQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $232,541 · OtherQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCCENTER FOR BOOK ARTS: $135,000 · OtherCENTER FOR BOOK ARTSNY PRESBYTERIAN DEPT OF SURGERY: $108,397 · OtherNY PRESBYTERIAN DEPT OF SURGERYRARE BOOK SCHOOL: $105,000 · OtherRARE BOOK SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMORGAN LIBRARY: $83,350 · OtherMORGAN LIBRARYTHE GROLIER CLUB: $76,731 · OtherTHE GROLIER CLUB+16 more: $266,629 · Other+16 moreUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $475,000 · Human ServicesUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIAT…SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES IN…BOOK FAIRIES INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesBOOK FAIRIES INCTANENBAUM CENTER FOR INTERRELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING: $35,000 · Human ServicesTANENBAUM CENTER FOR INTE…+1 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesPINE NEEDLES FOUNDATION OF NY: $80,000 · Arts & CulturePINE NEEDLES FO…WNET: $55,000 · Arts & CultureWNETSTORM KING ART CENTER: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSTORM KING ART …EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureEDUCATION THROU…PUSHCART PLAYERS INC: $32,000 · Arts & CulturePUSHCART PLAYER…Storytelling Arts Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureStorytelling Ar…BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $23,500 · Arts & CultureBIBLIOGRAPHICAL…POETS HOUSE INC: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $46,355 · Arts & Culture+6 moreTHE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $65,000 · EducationTHE MERCA…BEHIND THE BOOK INC: $60,000 · EducationBEHIND TH…AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: $39,437 · EducationAMERICAN …PORT WASHINGTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationPORT WASH…BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $20,000 · EducationBROOKLYN …THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA: $11,000 · EducationTHE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · Education+2 more: $8,000 · EducationTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $69,000 · ReligionNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $50,000 · Community ImprovementHIGHBRIDGE VOICES CORPORATION: $30,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,397,648Human Services$625,000Arts & Culture$371,855Education$244,437Religion$69,000Community Improvement$50,000Youth Development$30,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $475,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $232,541 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPINE NEEDLES FOUNDATION OF NY: $80,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $69,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBEHIND THE BOOK INC: $60,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetWNET: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTORM KING ART CENTER: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOOK FAIRIES INC: $45,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetEDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPORT WASHINGTON PARENT RESOURCE CTR: $45,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetAMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: $39,437 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTANENBAUM CENTER FOR INTERRELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING: $35,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPUSHCART PLAYERS INC: $32,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetHIGHBRIDGE VOICES CORPORATION: $30,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetPORT WASHINGTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetStorytelling Arts Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetBIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA: $23,500 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRISING GROUND INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: $11,855 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PARIS REVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LITERARY CLASSICS OF THE US INC D/B/A LIBRARY OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROSENBACH OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE AMERICAN TRUST FOR THE BRITISH LIBRARY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOOK CLUB OF CALIFORNIA: $500 over 2y, 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.

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.

The Gladys Krieble De…The Hyde and Watson F…The Andrew W Mellon F…The New York Communit…Guru Krupa Foundation…The Teagle FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …
The Gladys Krieble Delmas FoundationNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Guru Krupa Foundation Inc Attn Mukund Padmanabahan · The Teagle Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Pine Tree Foundation of New York funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pine Tree Foundation of New York. 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • American Antiquarian Society: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
11report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Pine Tree Foundation of New York?

Find your warmest path to Pine Tree Foundation of New York through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 55 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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