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The Aresty Foundation at a glance

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The Aresty Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$54k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$314kCivil Rights$95kArts & Culture$71kPhilanthropy$59kHealth$49kReligion$31kHuman Services$28kScience & Tech$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $23k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$853k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
American Jewish Committee$12,610
American Repertory BalletAmeri$10,300
Princeton Public Library Found$5,821
Center for Modern Aging Princeton$5,250
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Princeton Jewish Center$3,138
Hevreh of Southern Berkshires$2,528
Homefront$2,000
Penn Medicine$1,000
Princeton University Concerts$1,000
Princeton Day School$1,000
Planned Parenthood$1,000
Jewish Federation of Mercer -Bucks$750
McCarter Theatre$600
Per Scholas$526
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 (FY20–24, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Princeton Senior Resource Center: $6k → 11%Princeton Senior Resource Center: $5k → 11%Princeton Senior Resource Center: $4k → 11%Princeton Senior Resource Center: $3k → 11%Princeton Senior Resource Center: $200 → 11%Princeton Senior Resource Center: $200 → 11%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

ME
NY
MA
PA
NJ
NE
MD
DC
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$638k · 52 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

52 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 40 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
21

Total granted

$638k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+53%

Still filing today

44%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHousing & ShelterScience & TechHealthOther
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

  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $95k · revenue +116%
  • PRINCETON BALLET SOCIETY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $27k · revenue +42%
  • PRINCETON SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER DBA CENTER FOR MODERN AGING PRINCETON
    5× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue +371%

Funded once

  • SC
    Shalom Centergraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +54%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
  • AL
    Alford Land Trust Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -71%
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
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc

The mission of the princeton symphony orchestra is to leverage the power of live music to uplift the human experience.

Arts & Culture
6
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
7
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
8
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association

For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…

Religion
9
Phillips Exeter Academy

Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…

Education
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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11
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Inc

To offer accessible, high-quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities. its vision is to transform performing arts education in an inclusive community accessible to all.

—
12
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Princeton Day School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alford Land Trust 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

33 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. 33 of the 81 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
27/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Univ of Penn Aresty Scholars: $263,882 · OtherUniv of Penn Aresty ScholarsPrinceton Health Care System Founda: $35,000 · OtherPrinceton Health Care System FoundaPrinceton Public Library Found: $30,479 · OtherPrinceton Public Library FoundIndividual grant recipient: $17,000 · Other+57 more: $121,305 · Other+57 moreAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $94,785 · Civil RightsAMERICAN JEWISH…PRINCETON BALLET SOCIETY: $27,177 · Arts & CulturePRINCETON…JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJACOB'S P…BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SY…ARTS COUNCIL OF PRINCETON: $3,998 · Arts & CultureARTS COUN…WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $2,325 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $3,375 · Arts & Culture+4 morePRINCETON DAY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $9,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $7,500 · EducationHOMEFRONT INC: $3,250 · EducationPRINCETON SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER DBA CENTER FOR MODERN AGING PRINCETON: $19,030 · Human ServicesINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $7,846 · Science & TechTHE EXPLORERS CLUB: $870 · Science & TechPRINCETON COMMUNITY HOUSING INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterISLES INC: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING INITIATIVES OF PRINCETON CHARITABLE TRUST: $515 · Housing & Shelter
Other$467,666Civil Rights$94,785Arts & Culture$54,875Education$30,250Human Services$19,030Science & Tech$8,716Housing & Shelter$7,015

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 budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $94,785 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPRINCETON BALLET SOCIETY: $27,177 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPRINCETON SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER DBA CENTER FOR MODERN AGING PRINCETON: $19,030 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPRINCETON DAY SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $7,846 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRINCETON COMMUNITY HOUSING INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetShalom Center: $4,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF PRINCETON: $3,998 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOMEFRONT INC: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlford Land Trust Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $2,325 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMANITOGA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES: $1,840 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INC: $1,515 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISLES INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWOOD HOUSE HOME FOR THE JEWISH AGED: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJ STREET: $896 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EXPLORERS CLUB: $870 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC: $760 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING INITIATIVES OF PRINCETON CHARITABLE TRUST: $515 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHill Country Ride for AIDS Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $320 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Owls Head Transportation Museum: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBERKSHIRES BOUNTY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Mammal Stranding Center: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL JUNIOR TENNIS & LEARNING OF TRENTON INC: $200 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 AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE ↗
  • Who funds PRINCETON BALLET SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PRINCETON SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER DBA CENTER FOR MODERN AGING PRINCETON ↗
  • Who funds PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PRINCETON COMMUNITY HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds Shalom Center ↗
  • Who funds ARTS COUNCIL OF PRINCETON ↗
  • Who funds HOMEFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds Alford Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
  • Who funds MANITOGA INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLES INC ↗

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.

Bristol-Myers Squibb …Princeton Area Commun…Curtis W McGraw Found…The Robert Wood Johns…Tenacre FoundationCommunity Foundation …Jewish Community Foun…FirstBank Charitable …Investors Foundation …The J Robert & Barbar…Educational Ventures …The Anne and Gerald F…
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation IncNJ27.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Curtis W McGraw Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Tenacre Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Mercer Inc · FirstBank Charitable Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc · Educational Ventures Inc · The Anne and Gerald Freedman Charitable Foundation 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 The Aresty Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Aresty Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Isles Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Marine Mammal Stranding Center: 10% of income from government
  • Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Arts Council of Princeton: 6% of income from government
  • Grounds for Sculpture Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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 81 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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