New York · Private foundation
The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc
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.
- $336k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $170,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 24
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $457k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M 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 | 17 | $336k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $4.9M | 42% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $89k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $62k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $322k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $145k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | $2,540,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Manhattan Theatre Club Inc | $170,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orkestai Farm Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 29% |
| Teachers College Columbia University | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Global Fund for Children | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fountain House Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| David M Hunt Library & School Association Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Make a Change World Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Tarjimly Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 45 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · General Atlantic Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc
- How much does The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc give?
- The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $336,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 24 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (73%), Recreation & Sports (4%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Johns Hopkins University ($2.5M), Central Park Conservancy Inc ($300k), Manhattan Theatre Club Inc ($170k).
- Does The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc 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 The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, The Bessemer Giving Fund.
- Where is The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc based?
- The 5 51 5 Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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