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The Bg Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$24k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$217kPhilanthropy$82kArts & Culture$64kEducation$39kInternational$15kEnvironment$13kHuman Services$7kHealth$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST THOMAS CHURCH$5,500
EPISCOPAL CHARITIES$4,500
FRIENDS OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE$2,500
PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NYS$2,500
THE FUND FOR PARK AVENUE$2,000
CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE$2,000
LAWYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMNYC BAR FUND$1,000
CHURCH OF TRANSFIGURATION$1,000
MANHATTAN THEATER CLUB$600
JUILLIARD$500
UNDUE MEDICAL DEBT$500
PG CHAMBERS SCHOOL$500
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$300
KULA FOR KARMA$250
Individual grant recipient$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%UNDUE MEDICAL DEBT: $500 → 13%CALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER: $500 → 12%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
IN
PA
NJ
CT
VA
SC
DC
OK
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$319k · 15 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
36

Total granted

$319k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+20%

Still filing today

60%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • PT
    PATH TO PEACE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +507%
  • Metropolitan Opera Association Inc
    2× · 2020–2022 · $13k · revenue +3%
  • FF
    FUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • TP
    THE PILGRIMS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue +1%
  • 1A
    1848 ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $7k
  • SN
    ST NICHOLAS SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORKgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +29%
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 the New York Society Library

The new york society library was founded in 1754 by the new york society, a civic-minded group formed in the belief that the availability of books would help the city of new york to prosper.

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2
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
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
The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.

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5
Harvard Conservation Trust

To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.

Environment
6
The Economic Club of New York

The economic club of new york is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization dedicated to the promotion of the study and discussion of social, economic and political questions. for more than a century, the club has served as the…

Social Science
7
Harvard Club of Ny Historical Foundation
Environment
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc

The conservancy preserves and revitalizes new york's architecture. by doing so, it contributes to new york's economy, tourism and quality of life.

—
10
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
11
Institute of Fine Arts Foundation

Supports the nyu institute of fine arts, a division of the nyu graduate school of arts and science; which is devoted to graduate teaching and research in the history of art and archeology and the conservation of works of art.

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12
Boston Architectural College

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

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is French Heritage Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Colony Foundation. 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 63 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
20/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST THOMAS CHURCH: $131,450 · OtherST THOMAS CHURCHCHURCH CLUB OF NEW YORK: $56,500 · OtherCHURCH CLUB OF NEW YORKPATH TO PEACE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherTHE ORDER OF SAINT JOHN: $13,250 · OtherCOLONY FOUNDATION: $11,600 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE: $10,000 · Other+37 more: $52,750 · Other+37 moreTHE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST: $75,000 · PhilanthropyTHE US CHARITABLE G…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $3,125 · PhilanthropyThe Trustees of Princeton University: $35,000 · Education+2 more: $750 · EducationMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $13,400 · Arts & CultureTHE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI: $5,500 · Arts & CultureFOUR FREEDOMS PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,000 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE: $2,500 · Arts & CultureHOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $3,650 · Arts & CultureFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC: $13,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME: $3,000 · InternationalFRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · InternationalTHE OLANA PARTNERSHIP: $3,400 · Community Improvement
Other$290,550Philanthropy$78,125Education$35,750Arts & Culture$30,050Environment$13,000International$4,000Community Improvement$3,400

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPATH TO PEACE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $13,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC: $13,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCOLONY FOUNDATION: $11,600 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE PILGRIMS FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST NICHOLAS SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $4,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE OLANA PARTNERSHIP: $3,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $3,125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUR FREEDOMS PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,800 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Charlotte Hungerford Hospital: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDECORATIVE ARTS SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTHE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOETS HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALVIN HILL DAY CARE CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPG CHAMBERS SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKLEY INSTITUTE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC HOUSE TRUST OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKula for Karma New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE AMERICA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: $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.

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 William Brown Fou…The Elizabeth and Sta…The Bessemer Giving F…Royce Family Fund IncThe Jm Kaplan Fund IncJewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Renaissance Charitabl…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…
The William Brown Foundation Inc Co Morrison Cohen LLPNY32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William Brown Foundation Inc Co Morrison Cohen LLP · The Elizabeth and Stanley D Scott Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Royce Family Fund Inc · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer 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 Bg Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bg Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Calvin Hill Day Care Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Bg Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Bg Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 63 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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