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Pollock-Molchanov Foundation

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.

$8k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$16kPhilanthropy$4kAnimals$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kFood & Nutrition$1kHealth$1kEnvironment$1kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$150
Median grant
7
States reached
$185k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Chinati Foundation$5,000
CyberGrants Donor Advised Fund$1,250
Harvard University$1,000
New Mexico School for the Arts$500
Minneapolis Museum of Art$150
Museum of New Mexico Foundation$135
Walker Art Center$115
WTTW$100
Museum of Modern Art$75
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 (FY20–20, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% 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 FOOD DEPOT: $250 → 12%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CA
VA
DE
NM
TN
DC
HI
GA
TX
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17k · 13 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
30

Total granted

$17k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+23%

Still filing today

85%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationAnimalsEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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

  • SF
    SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD
    2× · 2019–2020 · $6k · revenue +23%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    3× · 2019–2024 · $2k · revenue +60%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +23%
  • BU
    BUDDY UP FOR LIFE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +121%
  • MS
    MERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC
    one grant, 2019 · $500 · revenue +19%
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
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
4
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
5
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
8
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
9
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
10
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
11
The American Federation of Arts Inc

The american federation of arts initiates and organizes a national and international program of art exhibitions, publications, and educational activities to benefit the museum community and enrich the public's experience and understanding…

Arts & Culture
12
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Walker Art Center; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

39 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. 39 of the 49 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
30/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD: $5,500 · Arts & CultureSANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTDTHE CHINATI FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHINATI FOUNDATIONWALKER ART CENTER: $870 · Arts & CultureWALKER ART CENTERMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $500 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $1,245 · Arts & Culture+7 moreCyberGrants Donor Advised Fund: $1,250 · OtherCyberGrants Donor Advised…SHARE OUR STRENGTH: $750 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHIndividual grant recipient: $735 · OtherIndividual grant recipien…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODST TERESA OF AVILA CHURCH: $500 · OtherST TERESA OF AVILA CHURCHRETI CENTER: $500 · OtherRETI CENTERMinneapolis Museum of Art: $300 · OtherWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $450 · OtherWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCBUDDY UP FOR LIFE INC: $500 · OtherBUDDY UP FOR LIFE INC+13 more: $2,606 · Other+13 moreTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $2,500 · EducationTHE ART INSTI…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,000 · EducationPresident and…NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS - ARTS INSTITUTE: $500 · EducationNEW MEXICO SC…+1 more: $100 · EducationWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,500 · InternationalWORLD CENT…JUSTICE DEFENDERS (USA) INC: $750 · InternationalJUSTICE DE…COMMON THREADS PROJECT: $500 · InternationalCOMMON THR…Equality Now Inc: $250 · InternationalEquality N…GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP USA INC: $250 · InternationalGLOBAL DEV…DANIELLA MOFFSON FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyDANIELLA …THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,450 · AnimalsTHE AMERI…AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $250 · AnimalsAMERICAN …ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $150 · AnimalsNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $500 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $250 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $250 · Civil Rights
Arts & Culture$13,115Other$8,091Education$4,100International$3,250Philanthropy$3,000Animals$2,850Civil Rights$1,000

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 budgetSANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL LTD: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDANIELLA MOFFSON FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALKER ART CENTER: $870 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE DEFENDERS (USA) INC: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUDDY UP FOR LIFE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMERIT SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON THREADS PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS - ARTS INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOOD DEPOT: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW MEXICO APPLESEED: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIENVENIDOS OUTREACH INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEquality Now Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN DEFENDERS ALLIANCE: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP USA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $235 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSITE SANTA FE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $185 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO SURVIVORS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOLODZEI ART FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $100 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.

Carl & Marilynn Thoma…Santa Fe Community Fo…Jewish Communal FundThe Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Carl & Marilynn Thoma FoundationTX13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation · Santa Fe Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift 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 Pollock-Molchanov Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pollock-Molchanov Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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How do I get to Pollock-Molchanov Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pollock-Molchanov Foundation 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 49 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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