New York · Private foundation
Tamaasus
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $49k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $43k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Tamaasus funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $49k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $69k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $207k | 59% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $111k | 81% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $55k | 73% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $24k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $25k | 82% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $22k | 80% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International School of Brooklyn | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pratt Institute | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Naropa University | $12,950 | 4 | 0% |
| The Poetry Project Ltd | $6,148 | 5 | 1% |
| Morris Campus Educational Farm Inc. | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Indian College Fund | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Coffee House Press Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Ugly Duckling Presse Ltd | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| The University Corporation San Francisco State | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International School of Brooklyn | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pratt Institute | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Naropa University | $12,950 | 4 | 0% |
| The Poetry Project Ltd | $6,148 | 5 | 1% |
| Morris Campus Educational Farm Inc. | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Indian College Fund | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Coffee House Press Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Ugly Duckling Presse Ltd | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| The University Corporation San Francisco State | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East River Park Action Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Belladonna Series Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends Seminary | $650 | 2 | n/a |
| Futurepoem Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Let It Bee Ark Hive | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Women Make Movies Inc | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| Artists in Residence Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| World Poetry Books | $208 | 2 | 0% |
| Frost Valley YMCA | $105 | 1 | n/a |
| Save the Manatee Club Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Segue Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| 212 Society | $65 | 1 | n/a |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodland Pattern Inc | $40 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 81 recipients with no EIN on record ($493k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tamaasus supplied at peak.
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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Poetry Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Tamaasus
- How much does Tamaasus give?
- Tamaasus reported 20 grants totaling $48,745 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Tamaasus fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (49%), Education (10%), International (4%).
- Who are Tamaasus's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: International School of Brooklyn ($40k), Pratt Institute ($15k), Naropa University ($13k).
- Does Tamaasus fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Tamaasus 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 Tamaasus?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Poetry Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Tamaasus based?
- Tamaasus is based in NY.
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