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The Bok Family Foundation at a glance

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The Bok Family 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.

$3.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$675k
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 2024.

Education$13MArts & Culture$7.5MEnvironment$3.4MAnimals$2.2MYouth Development$310kRecreation & Sports$225kFood & Nutrition$130kHuman Services$120kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $320k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $960k
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.6M
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$46M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$675,000
CARE$500,000
SUCCESS ACADEMY$450,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY GIFT$400,000
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY$334,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY$250,000
ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY$175,000
SCENIC HUDSON$100,000
ASPCA$100,000
CITY HARVEST$100,000
PROJECT SAGE$100,000
BARRINGTON STAGE$100,000
PUBLIC THEATER$75,000
SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY$60,000
BEDLAM INC$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%PROJECT SAGE: $100k → 9%HARLEM CHILDRENS ZONE: $10k → 17%COOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%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
PA
CT
CA
VA
DC
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 28% of The Bok Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 10% of the giving stays in CT; by stated purpose, 7%.

The Bok Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 20 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against -23% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
3

Total granted

$19M
$228k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
-23%

Still filing today

75%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TN
    The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
    7× · 2017–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +76%
  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Society
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +59%
  • SC
    SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $710k · revenue +147%

Funded once

  • RN
    ROW NEW YORK INC
    one grant, 2018 · $200k · revenue -42%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -23%
  • TA
    THE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +1%
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
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
4
The Royal National Theatre

Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…

Arts & Culture
5
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

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6
Ithaca College

Our mission is to educate, engage, and empower through theory, practice, and performance.

Education
7
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
8
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
9
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
10
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
11
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
12
Metropolitan Museum of Art

The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the City of New York. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 44 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
20/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5,825,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $2,334,000 · EducationThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilde…PREP FOR PREP: $1,875,000 · EducationPREP FOR PREPTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $645,000 · EducationTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOLSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS - NYC: $450,000 · Education+4 more: $477,700 · EducationAmerican Museum of Natural History: $4,175,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural His…ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $1,860,000 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INCSHAKESPEARE & COMPANY INC: $710,000 · Arts & CultureSHAKESPEARE & COMPANY INCJOYFUL NOISE INC: $239,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $125,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY GIFT: $2,000,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVAN…CARE: $1,400,000 · OtherCARETHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $800,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVAN…Warner Theatre: $175,000 · Other+13 more: $459,200 · Other+13 moreWildlife Conservation Society: $1,900,000 · AnimalsWildlife …AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $125,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN …THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $100,000 · AnimalsHOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC: $285,000 · EnvironmentScenic Hudson Inc: $185,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $95,000 · EnvironmentROW NEW YORK INC: $200,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsPROJECT SAGE INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $10,000 · Human Services
Education$11,606,700Arts & Culture$7,109,000Other$4,834,200Animals$2,125,000Environment$565,000Recreation & Sports$225,000Human Services$120,000

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 budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5,825,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $4,175,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $2,334,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $1,900,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $1,875,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $1,860,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $800,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHAKESPEARE & COMPANY INC: $710,000 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetTHE HOTCHKISS SCHOOL: $645,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS - NYC: $450,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC: $302,700 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetHOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION INC: $285,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetJOYFUL NOISE INC: $239,000 over 8y, 23% of budgetROW NEW YORK INC: $200,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetScenic Hudson Inc: $185,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $125,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT SAGE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS: $95,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHAPIN SCHOOL LTD: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBedlam Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNOURISH BRIDGEPORT INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSALISBURY HOUSING COMMITTEE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND CIVIC TRUST: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetMusic Mountain Incorporated: $11,700 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOKE SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALLEN-STEVENSON SCHOOL: $2,500 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.

Berkshire Taconic Com…Jewish Communal FundSilver Mountain Found…Northwest Connecticut…Ibm International Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation IncMA17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Bok Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bok Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Salisbury Housing Committee Inc: 70% of income from government
  • Housatonic Valley Association Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Nourish Bridgeport Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Joyful Noise Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
  • Shakespeare & Company Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Berkshire Theatre Group Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Music Mountain Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home