· Private foundation
Ruthmary S Westfall Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $110k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLAYRIGHT HORIZON | $30,000 |
| ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY | $25,000 |
| BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC | $25,000 |
| ASXI | $20,000 |
| CJ KIDS INC | $10,000 |
| INCLUDENYC | $8,000 |
| THEATERS BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $61k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TBTHE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC4× · 2021–2024 · $80k · revenue +114%
- PHPLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC3× · 2022–2024 · $70k · revenue +7%
- CKCJ KIDS INC3× · 2022–2024 · $32k · revenue +233% · 100% of their budget
Funded once
- AFAdvocates for Children of New Yorkone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -20%
- ACAUTISM COMMUNITY THEATRE INCone grant, 2022 · $5k
- CUCATCHING UP WITH JACKone grant, 2022 · $5k
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.
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.
The production of theater for and with disabled and marginalized artists. also the creation of NY theatrical standards.
CO/LAB Theater Group Inc, is an IRS 510(c)(3) nonprofit organization, incorporated pursuant to New York State law, which is dedicated to offering Creative Opportunities without Limits And Boundaries. The organization exists to offer…
Titan theatre company is committed to breathing new life and clarity into classical works of theatre, exploring new and contemporary language plays, and delivering adventurous and visceral theatrical experiences for our audiences and…
Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…
Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…
New York Theatre Barn is an inclusive home for artists and a holistic incubator of original culture-shifting musicals.Since 2007 it has given underrepresented artists the freedom to experiment in front of live audiences--often for the…
Producing and developing plays and musicals.
Established in 2004, broadway bound kids is a nonprofit providing a transformative and inclusive environment that inspires youth through performing arts education.
At Atlantic, our aim is singular: to empower simple and honest storytelling that fosters greater understanding of our shared world. Across our work, we are a family of artists dedicated to exploring essential truths onstage, be it a show…
The Tank is a small, Manhattan-based non-profit arts presenter and producer serving emerging artists. Our goal is to remove economic barriers from the creation of new work for artists launching their careers or experimenting within their…
Production of original theater at its Brooklyn, NY space.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 20 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds THE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ↗
- Who funds PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC ↗
- Who funds CJ KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INC ↗
- Who funds Extreme Kids and Crew Inc ↗
- Who funds THEATER BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS CORP ↗
- Who funds GIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
- Who funds Advocates for Children of New York ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP INC ↗
- Who funds RIDGEBURY RIDERS INC ↗
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: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Youth Improving Non-Profits for Children · The New York Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ruthmary S Westfall Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruthmary S Westfall Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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