New York · Public charity
Pioneer Works Art Foundation
To promote the creation of and participation in the arts and sciences.
- $907k
- Granted FY2023
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $649k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $86,250
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $93,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $31M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Pioneer Works Art Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 9 | $649k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $214k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hook Initiative | $125,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Justice Innovation Inc | $115,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Portside New York Inc | $115,000 | 2 | 67% |
| St Vincent's Services Inc | $115,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cora Incorporated | $115,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Hook Arts Media Inc | $115,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Preservation Hall Foundation Inc | $100,050 | 1 | 4% |
| Alex House Project Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Red Hook Art Project Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Red Hook Rise Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Pioneer Works Art Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Pioneer Works Art Foundation
- How much does Pioneer Works Art Foundation give?
- Pioneer Works Art Foundation reported 9 itemized grants totaling $648,750, out of $906,649 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Pioneer Works Art Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Youth Development (24%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Pioneer Works Art Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Red Hook Initiative ($125k), Justice Innovation Inc ($115k), Portside New York Inc ($115k).
- Does Pioneer Works Art Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pioneer Works Art Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Pioneer Works Art Foundation based?
- Pioneer Works Art Foundation is based in NY.
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