New York · Private foundation
Syncopation 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.
- $210k
- Granted FY2020
- 13
- Grants FY2020
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
53% of Syncopation Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 12 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Syncopation Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $210k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
- Total assets, FY2020
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 55% of the organizations Syncopation Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 11 | $170k | 55% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $120k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $58k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voter Registration Project | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Voteorg | $150,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Accelerate Change Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Saint Ann's School | $115,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The American Independent Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| America Israel Democracy Coalition | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Voter Participation Center | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Libi Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| GO2 For Lung Cancer | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voter Registration Project | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Voteorg | $150,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Accelerate Change Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Saint Ann's School | $115,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The American Independent Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| America Israel Democracy Coalition | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Voter Participation Center | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Libi Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| GO2 For Lung Cancer | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $23,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Doe Fund Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| America Gives Inc | $15,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Jerome Lohez September 11 Scholarsh Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | 97% |
| Bks Iyengar Yoga Association of Greater New York Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Tess Majors Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $7,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Math-M-Addicts New York Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $2,540 | 2 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Public Library | $1,015 | 2 | 0% |
| New York Public Radio | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($488k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Syncopation Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Syncopation Foundation
- How much does Syncopation Foundation give?
- Syncopation Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $209,691 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Syncopation Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (39%), Public Benefit (18%), Health (8%).
- Who are Syncopation Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Voter Registration Project ($250k), Voteorg ($150k), Accelerate Change Inc ($125k).
- Does Syncopation Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Syncopation Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Syncopation Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Syncopation Foundation based?
- Syncopation Foundation is based in NY.
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