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The Buhl Foundation Inc

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6.7M
Granted FY2017
37
Grants FY2017
9
States reached
$4.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k20 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $190k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+3 grants · $6.4M
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASSOCIATION OF CHARLES EVANS HOUSIN$4,803,765
CYGNET FOUNDATION$1,205,863
ACE PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS$378,450
BROOKS SCHOOL$100,000
APEXART$30,000
ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION$24,000
GABRIEL'S ANGEL FOUNDATION$20,000
METROPOLITAIN COLLEGE OF NEW YORK$18,730
NY ACADEMY OF ART$15,000
Individual grant recipient$12,000
SELFHELP$10,000
GUARDIAN ANGELS$10,000
NYJTL$10,000
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY$10,000
COALITION FOR A SECURE DRIVER'S LIC$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%QUANADA: $8k → 13%HOUR CHILDREN INC: $5k → 13%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
VA
DC
TX
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.
03Its 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
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
2
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
3
Theatre of the Oppressed Nyc Inc

Tonyc works through partnerships with social service organizations and city agencies to create theatre troupes with community members who face pressing social, economic, health, and human rights injustices.

Arts & Culture
4
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
5
The City Theatre Company Inc

To provide an artistic home for the development and production of contemporary plays that engage and challenge a diverse audience.

Arts & Culture
6
The American Playwriting Foundation
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7
Theaterworks Inc

Theaterworks' mission is to share intimate stories that engage all audiences. it creates exceptional contemporary theater that entertains, celebrates new voices, and invites meaningful conversations. its vision is to inspire a more…

Arts & Culture
8
The Actors Center Inc

Creative residency programs, artist development workshops, advanced training opportunities, and mentorship for professional actors and people who wish to participate in the performing arts.

Arts & Culture
9
Women in Film

Promotion of equal rights for women in the entertainment industry. to serve as a repository for information on qualified women in the entertainment industry.

Arts & Culture
10
Performance Space 122 Inc

See schedule operformance space new york is committed to promoting the arts (including performance, visual and all other contemporary arts), fostering artistic development (including through direct grants), advancing diversity in the field…

Arts & Culture
11
The Actors' Fund of America

The entertainment community fund is a national human services organization that fosters stability and resiliency and provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan. (continued in schedule o).

Membership Benefit
12
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Broadway Caresequity Fights Aids Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Cygnet Foundation Inc Attn Raymond Merritt. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 37 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASSOCIATION OF CHARLES EVANS HOUSIN: $4,803,765 · OtherASSOCIATION OF CHARLES EVANS HOUSINACE PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS: $378,450 · OtherACE PROGRAMS FOR THE HOMELESS+19 more: $201,230 · OtherTHE CYGNET FOUNDATION INC ATTN RAYMOND MERRITT: $1,205,863 · EducationTHE CYGNET FOUNDATION…BROOKS SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationBROOKS SCHOOLQUINCY AREA NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $7,500 · Human ServicesHOUR CHILDREN INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesBACK ON MY FEET: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHROUGHLINE ARTISTS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePARITY PRODUCTIONS INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCITYARTS INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureWORKS AND PROCESS INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureGLOBAL PEACE FILM FESTIVAL INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $4,000 · AnimalsFOR OUR FRIENDS INC: $800 · AnimalsST FRANCIS FOOD PANTRIES AND SHELTERS INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,200 · Health
Other$5,383,445Education$1,305,863Human Services$16,000Arts & Culture$12,500Housing & Shelter$10,000Animals$4,800Food & Nutrition$2,500Health$1,200

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 budgetBROOKS SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SUNDARI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLONDON CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetNEW YORK JUNIOR TENNIS LEAGUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQUINCY AREA NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHOUR CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHROUGHLINE ARTISTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE FORWARD INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARITY PRODUCTIONS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCITYARTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORKS AND PROCESS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBACK ON MY FEET: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL PEACE FILM FESTIVAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOR OUR FRIENDS INC: $800 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Association of Charle…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Association of Charles Evans Housing FoundationNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Association of Charles Evans Housing Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Buhl Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Buhl Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • The Sundari Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Buhl Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Buhl Foundation Inc 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 37 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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