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Stony Brook 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.

$24k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$178kEducation$83kEnvironment$12kHealth$3kAnimals$1kHousing & Shelter$1kPublic Benefit$875International$500Other$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$345k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SARASOTA ORCHESTRA$10,000
SARASOTA BALLET$5,000
SARASOTA ART MUSEUM$2,500
WEDU$1,500
MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS$1,000
URBANITE THEATER$1,000
EDUCATION FDTN OF SARASOTA$500
ART CENTER OF SARASOTA$500
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE$500
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS$500
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS' OF SARASOTA COUNTY$250
HUDSON VALLEY CLUBHOYSE$250
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 52% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%NEWTOWN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $1k → 6%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $45k → 16%YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX: $1k → 17%PARKINSONS: $1k → 9%SARASOTA BALLET: $8k → 10%WUSF PUBLIC MEDIA: $1k → 13%CHAMBER MUSIC CONFERENCE: $3k → 12%BARD COLLEGE: $3k → 9%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $32k → 17%RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN: $4k → 9%SARASOTA BALLET: $7k → 10%CHAMBER MUSIC CONFERENCE: $1k → 12%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $6k → 16%ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $1k → 17%SARASOTA BALLET: $5k → 10%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%SARASOTA BALLET: $2k → 10%WEDU PBS: $3k → 13%CORNELL UNIVERSITY: $5k → 16%TEAM TONY: $5k → 9%SARASOTA BALLET: $2k → 10%WEDU: $2k → 13%SARASOTA BALLET: $2k → 10%WEDU: $1k → 13%ASOLO REPERTORY CO: $2k → 10%SARASOTA BALLET: $2k → 10%VENICE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $5k → 9%VENICE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $5k → 9%VENICE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $4k → 9%VENICE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $2k → 9%SARASOTA ORCHESTRA: $15k → 9%SARASOTA ORCHESTRA: $13k → 9%SARASOTA ORCHESTRA: $12k → 9%SARASOTA ORCHESTRA: $11k → 9%SARASOTA ORCHESTRA: $10k → 9%SARASOTA ORCHESTRA: $8k → 9%SARASOTA ART MUSEUM: $8k → 9%SARASOTA ORCHESTRA: $7k → 9%SARASOTA ART MUSEUM: $5k → 9%SARASOTA ART MUSEUM: $5k → 9%SARASOTA ART MUSEUM: $5k → 9%MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS: $3k → 9%MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS: $3k → 9%SARASOTA ART MUSEUM: $3k → 9%MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS: $2k → 9%MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS: $1k → 9%MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS: $1k → 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

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
KY
DC
GA
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$278k · 16 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
30

Total granted

$278k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+37%

Still filing today

69%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 & CultureEducationAnimalsEnvironmentHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • Cornell University
    6× · 2017–2022 · $71k · revenue +59%
  • OC
    ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC
    2× · 2017–2021 · $33k · revenue +2%
  • SB
    Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $28k · revenue +131%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • RC
    RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +32%
  • BARD COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +245%
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
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
2
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
3
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Incorporated

The ringling is a place of art, architecture, and circus in an environment that inspires, educates, entertains, and honors the legacy of john & mable ringling.

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
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
6
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
7
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Arts & Culture
8
The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc

The circus arts conservatory's mission is to engage and educate students using unique and innovative learning programs; to measuraly improve the quality of life for individuals in care communities; and to advance the extraordinary legacy…

Education
9
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
10
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
11
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Fine Arts of St Petersburg Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 51 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SARASOTA ORCHESTRA: $76,205 · OtherSARASOTA ORCHESTRASARASOTA ART MUSEUM: $25,000 · OtherSARASOTA ART MUSEUMIndividual grant recipient: $16,900 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · Other+24 more: $18,550 · Other+24 moreCornell University: $70,680 · EducationCornell UniversityRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC: $4,000 · Education+3 more: $4,000 · EducationORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC: $32,500 · Arts & CultureORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA …Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $28,110 · Arts & CultureSarasota Ballet of Florida…FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $7,505 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC …+7 more: $3,750 · Arts & CultureThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $11,850 · Environment+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentHumane World for Animals Inc: $600 · AnimalsCAT DEPOT: $300 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $250 · AnimalsJOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthHUDSON VALLEY CLUBHOUSE INC: $250 · HealthCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $125 · Public Benefit
Other$141,655Education$78,680Arts & Culture$71,865Environment$11,950Animals$1,150Health$750Public Benefit$125

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 budgetCornell University: $70,680 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC: $32,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSarasota Ballet of Florida Inc: $28,110 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $11,850 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $7,505 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBANITE THEATRE INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRINGLING COLLEGE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOTOS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren First Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrinceton Symphony Orchestra Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetART CENTER SARASOTA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS OF ST PETERSBURG FLORIDA INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUDSON VALLEY CLUBHOUSE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTCOAST BLACK THEATRE TROUPE OF FLORIDA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $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.

  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds Sarasota Ballet of Florida Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
  • Who funds RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC ↗
  • Who funds BARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds URBANITE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds RINGLING COLLEGE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LOTOS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds University of South Florida Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Children First Inc ↗
  • Who funds Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc ↗
  • Who funds ART CENTER SARASOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds CAT DEPOT ↗

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 Community Foundat…Gulf Coast Community …Woman's Exchange Inc …Roberta Leventhal Sud…William G and Marie S…Charles & Margery Bar…Caplin FoundationThe Shubert Foundatio…Chubb Charitable Foun…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co IncFL23.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Woman's Exchange Inc of Sarasota · Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation Inc · William G and Marie Selby Foundation Inc · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · Caplin Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Chubb Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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 Stony Brook Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stony Brook Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Children First Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Cat Depot: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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
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 51 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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