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Sarah I Schieffelin Residuary Trust#

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$884k
Granted FY2026still arriving
53
Grants FY2026still arriving
8
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Animals$939kReligion$892kArts & Culture$710kHealth$384kEducation$300kEnvironment$295kFood & Nutrition$219kHuman Services$204kOther$0
02FY2026 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k19 grants · $106k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $441k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $338k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARYS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$84,523
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC$84,523
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$84,523
SAINT THOMAS CHURCH$84,523
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$30,000
CITY HARVEST INC$23,000
CALVARY HOSPITAL INC$22,500
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$20,000
LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS I$20,000
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$20,000
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR LENOX$20,000
METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD INC$20,000
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK$20,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$20,000
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–26, $491k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RISING GROUND: $5k → 9%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 16%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $10k → 7%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%RISING GROUND: $5k → 9%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 16%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $10k → 7%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%RISING GROUND: $5k → 9%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 16%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $20k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $30k → 14%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $10k → 7%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%RISING GROUND: $5k → 9%FREEDOM GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 16%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $10k → 7%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%RISING GROUND: $5k → 9%HOUR CHILDREN INC: $10k → 13%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $15k → 17%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $10k → 7%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%HOUR CHILDREN INC: $10k → 13%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $10k → 7%LEARNING ALLY INC: $10k → 11%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $10k → 17%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $10k → 17%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $10k → 17%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $10k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $10k → 28%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $8k → 28%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $8k → 28%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $8k → 28%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $8k → 28%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $9k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $8k → 17%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $10k → 17%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $10k → 17%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $10k → 17%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $10k → 17%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $10k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $10k → 17%CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY: $8k → 17%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

NY
MA
NJ
CO
VA
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 58 repeat orgs$314k to everyone else

58 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2026, 21 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
11

Total granted

$4.9M
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+54%

Still filing today

74%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $240k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • NW
    NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    6× · 2021–2026 · $501k · revenue +37%
  • CH
    CALVARY HOSPITAL INC
    6× · 2021–2026 · $125k · revenue +0%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    6× · 2021–2026 · $110k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • SC
    ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $12k
  • TF
    THEATER FOR A NEW AUDIENCE
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • AC
    AMSTERDAM CONTINUING CARE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
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
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
4
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
5
National September 11 Memorial and Museum At the World Trade Center

The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…

Arts & Culture
6
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
7
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
8
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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9
Municipal Art Society of New York

The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…

Arts & Culture
10
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
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
National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Queens Botanical Garden Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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

54 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 54 of the 85 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/54
Grantees still filing
39/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $527,338 · OtherST MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $501,338 · OtherNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETYST THOMAS CHURCH: $416,815 · OtherST THOMAS CHURCHAMERICAN RED CROSS: $135,000 · OtherCITY HARVEST INC: $127,000 · Other+40 more: $1,024,023 · Other+40 moreMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $105,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MU…American Museum of Natural History: $105,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum…LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $105,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER …Museum of Modern Art: $105,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Moder…MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $105,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE C…New York Historical Society: $60,000 · Arts & CultureNew York Histor…HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM OF WESTCHESTER: $45,000 · Arts & CultureHUDSON RIVER MU…THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE FOR A N…NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC: $27,894 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+2 moreNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $501,338 · AnimalsNATIONAL WIL…NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $65,000 · AnimalsNORTH SHORE …THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $25,000 · AnimalsNEW YORK FOUNDLING: $75,000 · Human ServicesNEW YORK F…BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $60,000 · Human ServicesBOTTOMLESS…CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $60,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR…Learning Ally Inc: $60,000 · Human ServicesLearning A…COVENANT HOUSE: $56,500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT H…THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $48,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDR…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $30,000 · Human ServicesAmerican N…Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesFreedom Gu…RISING GROUND INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesRISING GRO…HOUR CHILDREN INC: $20,000 · Human Services+2 more: $21,000 · Human ServicesCALVARY HOSPITAL INC: $125,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $110,000 · HealthVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $42,500 · Health+3 more: $25,000 · HealthScenic Hudson Inc: $80,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $60,000 · EnvironmentQUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $37,500 · EnvironmentThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $102,500 · EducationLENOX LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $45,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · Education
Other$2,731,514Arts & Culture$737,894Animals$591,338Human Services$490,500Health$302,500Environment$227,500Education$182,500

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 budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $501,338 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $127,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCALVARY HOSPITAL INC: $125,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $110,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $105,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $102,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetScenic Hudson Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDLING: $75,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $65,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $65,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $60,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Ally Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $56,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetQUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $48,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON RIVER MUSEUM OF WESTCHESTER: $45,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $45,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLENOX LIBRARY ASSOCIATION: $45,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $42,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $37,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRISING GROUND INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT DOMINIC'S FAMILY SERVICES (FORMERLY SAINT DOMINIC'S HOME): $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC: $27,894 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOUR CHILDREN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST CHRISTOPHER'S INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE QUEENS LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EPIPHANY SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Children's Health Fund: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPART OF THE SOLUTION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK CARES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBETANCES HEALTH CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOWERY RESIDENTS COMMITTEE INC: $5,000 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.

  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY HARVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds CALVARY HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
  • Who funds Scenic Hudson Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK FOUNDLING ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds BOTTOMLESS CLOSET ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER SEARCH ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds New York Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds Learning Ally Inc ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM OF WESTCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds LENOX LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION ↗

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.

The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Mutual of America Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Td Charitable Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving 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 Sarah I Schieffelin Residuary Trust# funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sarah I Schieffelin Residuary Trust#. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Learning Ally Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Center for Food Action in New Jersey: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 85 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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