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Praxis 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.

$177k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$420kPhilanthropy$353kArts & Culture$318kHealth$163kFood & Nutrition$133kCrime & Legal$75kEducation$53kYouth Development$45kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $120k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC$40,000
UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF STAMFORD$40,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS$15,000
FJC$15,000
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC$10,000
CITY HARVEST INC$7,500
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION$7,500
FOOD RESCUE US INC$7,500
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF CONNECTICUT$7,000
FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC$5,000
WATER ORG INC$5,000
HADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIR$5,000
LUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC$5,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE OF BNAI BRITH - CONNECTICUT$2,500
STAMFORD LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC$1,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CITY HARVEST INC: $8k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS: $15k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIVNOT ULEHIBA: $38k → 11%WATER ORG INC: $8k → 15%FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF CONNECTICUT: $9k → 9%HADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIR: $10k → 14%BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $60k → 20%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS: $15k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIVNOT ULEHIBA: $34k → 11%WATER ORG INC: $8k → 15%BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $45k → 20%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS: $15k → 14%WATER ORG INC: $8k → 15%BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $40k → 20%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS: $15k → 14%WATER ORG INC: $8k → 15%BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $40k → 20%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS: $15k → 14%FJC: $15k → 17%BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $40k → 20%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS: $15k → 14%FJC: $10k → 17%BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $35k → 20%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS: $10k → 14%BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $30k → 20%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS: $10k → 14%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC: $20k → 17%CITY HARVEST INC: $8k → 20%FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $14k → 9%ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%CITY HARVEST INC: $8k → 20%FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $9k → 9%ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%CITY HARVEST INC: $8k → 20%FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $9k → 9%ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%FJC: $10k → 17%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF STAMFORD: $50k → 9%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF STAMFORD: $40k → 9%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF STAMFORD: $39k → 9%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF STAMFORD: $39k → 9%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF STAMFORD: $39k → 9%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF STAMFORD: $29k → 9%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF STAMFORD: $29k → 9%UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION OF STAMFORD: $28k → 9%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

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NY
OR
OH
CT
MO
VA
MD
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 18% of Praxis Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Praxis Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.1% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 26 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
15

Total granted

$1.3M
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+20%

Still filing today

85%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureFood & NutritionEducationInternationalHealthCivil 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

  • AF
    American Friends of Livnot ULehibanot
    7× · 2017–2023 · $200k · revenue +100%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $110k · revenue +15%
  • EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • CL
    CHABAD LUBAVITCH CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
  • CB
    CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
  • JA
    JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +4%
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.

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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
2
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
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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6
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
7
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
8
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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9
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
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
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
12
Wnet

Wnet is a multi-media public service non-profit that delivers lifelong learning and meaningful experiences to our communities. our content inspires curiosity, encourages action and nurtures dreams.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Robin Hood Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friendship Circle of Connecticut Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

36 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. 36 of the 43 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
27/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $295,650 · OtherBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INCUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION STAMFORD NEW CANAAN DARIEN INC: $290,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION STAMFORD NEW CANAAN DARIEN INCMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTORS WITHOUT: $120,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTORS WITHOUTFJC: $45,000 · OtherFJC+19 more: $77,150 · Other+19 moreAmerican Friends of Livnot ULehibanot: $200,000 · InternationalAmerican Friends of L…WATERORG: $50,000 · InternationalWATERORGMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $45,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIE…+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalCITY HARVEST INC: $47,500 · Food & NutritionCITY HARV…THE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $40,800 · Food & NutritionTHE FOOD …LUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $35,000 · Food & NutritionLUBBOCK M…FOOD RESCUE US INC: $7,500 · Food & NutritionFOOD RESC…+1 more: $2,500 · Food & NutritionPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $110,000 · HealthWORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND: $6,000 · Health+2 more: $5,000 · HealthFriendship Circle of Connecticut Inc: $43,400 · EducationHADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $40,000 · EducationWILTON LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $4,000 · EducationEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $75,000 · Crime & LegalROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $62,500 · Philanthropy
Other$827,800International$300,000Food & Nutrition$133,300Health$121,000Education$92,400Crime & Legal$75,000Philanthropy$62,500

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 budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $295,650 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH FEDERATION STAMFORD NEW CANAAN DARIEN INC: $290,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetAmerican Friends of Livnot ULehibanot: $200,000 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $110,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $75,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $62,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWATERORG: $50,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $47,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriendship Circle of Connecticut Inc: $43,400 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $40,800 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHADLEY INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLUBBOCK MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $9,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD RESCUE US INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLDWIDE FISTULA FUND: $6,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACTISRAEL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILTON LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTAMFORD LAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY NURSERY SCHOOL OF WILTON INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSHATTERPROOF A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $2,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH PLAINS FOOD BANK INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSILVERMINE GUILD OF ARTISTS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKING HEADWAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBARTLETT ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LEGACY FOUNDATION: $1,800 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORCHESTRA LUMOS INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFordham University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKE JACKMAN FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH EDUCATION IN MEDIA INC DBA JBS JEWISH BROADCASTING SERVICE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOSTPARTUM SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL: $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.

Ge Aerospace Foundati…Fairfield County's Co…Jewish Communal FundThe Pfizer Foundation…Synchrony FoundationAlexander Family Foun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Ibm International Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…
Ge Aerospace FoundationCT15.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ge Aerospace Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Alexander Family Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Ibm International Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Praxis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Praxis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Stamford Land Conservation Trust Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Postpartum Support International: 43% of income from government
  • Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Orchestra Lumos Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Silvermine Guild of Artists Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wilton Library Association Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 43 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home