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Samuel I Newhouse Foundation Inc

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.

$12M
Granted FY2024still arriving
77
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2024.

Education$18MHealth$9.3MArts & Culture$3.1MCivil Rights$550kYouth Development$300kHuman Services$230kPhilanthropy$203kRecreation & Sports$173kOther$0
02FY2024 · 77 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 77 grants below total $10,489,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $11,977,166 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,488,166 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $618k
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+9 grants · $7.8M
$30,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$205M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Syracuse University$3,000,000
Individual grant recipient$1,500,000
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration$1,000,000
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration$500,000
UCLA Foundation$500,000
New York - Presbyterian Fund, Inc.$500,000
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration$300,000
Individual grant recipient$250,000
Lincoln Center Theater$250,000
Trustees of Tufts College$150,000
Individual grant recipient$110,000
Harlem Educational Activities Fund Inc.$100,000
Individual grant recipient$100,000
Syracuse University$100,000
Silver Hill Hospital$100,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Where your grant dollars land — across the US and around the world.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DC

Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the 990 filings.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$29M · 56 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +29% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

56 repeat relationships — 47 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
42

Total granted

$29M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+23%

Still filing today

79%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $418k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2021–2024 · $9.3M · revenue +30%
  • NY
    NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +8%
  • TV
    THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER
    3× · 2021–2024 · $830k · revenue +257%

Funded once

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $300k · revenue +1%
  • CR
    CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +23%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $100k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
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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3
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
4
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
5
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
6
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
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
9
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
10
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
11
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
12
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations and the most unlike its peers is American Museum of Natural History. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyChildhood Cancer SupportCommunity Theater CompaniesCollege Foundation SupportGovernment Accountability &…Girls Stem Education Progra…United Way AffiliatesEducation Equity InitiativesClassical Music OrchestrasLocal History MuseumsPublic Library SupportJewish Community FederationsEnvironmental Advocacy and …Community Hospital SystemsFaith-Based Senior LivingCharter and Independent Sch…Professional Dance CompaniesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 52 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%1%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr19%19%20–35yr13%25%35–55yr16%43%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr20%1%10–20yr19%32%20–35yr13%8%35–55yr16%57%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/77
the rest of the field
10%
11,857/120,683

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

77 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 77 of the 119 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/77
Grantees still filing
55/77
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — $9,275,000 · EducationSYRACUSE UNIVERSITYUCLA FOUNDATION — $1,500,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONTrustees of Tufts College — $600,000 · Education+15 more — $1,655,500 · Education+15 moreTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION — $5,750,000 · HealthTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOT…NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC — $1,510,000 · HealthNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND …SILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC — $300,000 · Health+4 more — $300,000 · HealthIndividual grant recipient — $4,500,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $375,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $300,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $300,000 · Other+56 more — $2,426,332 · Other+56 moreTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER — $830,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE — $500,000 · Arts & CultureFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC — $410,000 · Arts & CultureTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM — $150,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $85,000 · Arts & Culture+21 more — $342,000 · Arts & CultureANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $300,000 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC — $150,000 · Civil RightsKERING FOUNDATION IN THE AMERICAS INC — $100,000 · Civil RightsGIRL EFFECT INC — $300,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY — $100,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $75,000 · PhilanthropyCFDA FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $3,000 · Philanthropy
Education$13,030,500Health$7,860,000Other$7,901,332Arts & Culture$2,317,000Civil Rights$550,000Youth Development$300,000Philanthropy$228,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — $9,275,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION — $5,750,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC — $1,510,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $1,500,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER — $830,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College — $600,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE — $500,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC — $410,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWellesley College — $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $300,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL EFFECT INC — $300,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY — $300,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSILVER HILL HOSPITAL INC — $300,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations — $230,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale Foundation Inc — $200,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBARD COLLEGE — $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM — $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC — $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHARLEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FUND INC — $120,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NEW YORK CITY — $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKERING FOUNDATION IN THE AMERICAS INC — $100,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER — $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROUSE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — $85,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY — $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRIME COALITION INC — $78,332 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE INC — $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College — $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER AND BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS — $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PIONEER VALLEY INC — $50,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCFDA FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL — $42,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc — $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLEGIATE SCHOOL INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOREGONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY PUBLIC BENEFITS INC — $30,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetPORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC — $25,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Communal FundRichmond County Savin…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Hyde and Watson F…The Ford FoundationThe Staten Island Fou…The Amphion Foundatio…The Fan Fox and Lesli…The Howard Gilman Fou…New England Foundatio…The Roberta and Allan…The Irene E and Georg…
Jewish Communal FundNY20.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Richmond County Savings Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Staten Island Foundation · The Amphion Foundation Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels Foundation Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated · The Roberta and Allan Weissglass Foundation · The Irene E and George A Davis Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 119 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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