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The Chapmanperelman Foundation at a glance

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The Chapmanperelman Foundation

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.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.1MHealth$1.8MFood & Nutrition$260kCrime & Legal$250kEnvironment$143kSocial Science$138kHuman Services$125kScience & Tech$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$22k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOTHAM GIVES$20,000
ROCK RISING$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $320k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%REMAKE: $1k → 10%FRIENDS OF GEORGICA POND FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 7%SAFE HORIZON INC: $100k → 17%SAFE HORIZON INC: $100k → 17%YMCA OF GREATER NEW YORK: $69k → 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.
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.
$3.7M · 10 repeat orgs$720k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +5% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
28

Total granted

$3.7M
$695k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+4%

Still filing today

60%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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

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EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • TR
    THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2020 · $1.4M · revenue +33%
  • NF
    NEUROPSYCHOANALYSIS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2022 · $426k · revenue +5% · 63% of their budget
  • SH
    SAFE HORIZON INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $200k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • CU
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2020 · $138k
  • TA
    TRUSTEE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $75k
  • NY
    NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    one grant, 2018 · $75k · revenue -24%
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
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
2
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
3
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
4
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Foundation for Research of the New York Academy of Osteopathy Inc
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7
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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8
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
9
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
10
Columbia University Press

Enhance Columbia University's education mission by acquiring and publishing outstanding original works by scholars and others that contribute to an understanding of global human concerns. Columbia University Press became part of the…

Arts & Culture
11
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
12
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc

The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Academy of Sciences; the most unlike its peers is Global Coral Reef Alliance 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

26 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. 26 of the 41 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
14/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $1,446,000 · EducationTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $567,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF N…GREEN BEETZ INC: $260,000 · EducationGREEN BEETZ INC+4 more: $45,216 · EducationCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER: $938,113 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERCOLUMBIA INSTITUTE FOR GENOMIC MEDICINE: $312,500 · OtherCOLUMBIA INSTITUTE FOR GENOMIC MEDICINECOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE: $137,500 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTETRUSTEE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · OtherNEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $75,000 · Other+14 more: $261,200 · Other+14 moreNEUROPSYCHOANALYSIS FOUNDATION: $426,000 · PhilanthropyNEUROPSYCH…GOTHAM GIVES INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropySAFE HORIZON INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $68,790 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF GEORGICA POND FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL CORAL REEF ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentNORTH CAROLINA OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $15,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthThe Soze Foundation Inc: $20,000 · Civil RightsFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureROCK RISING INC: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$2,318,716Other$1,799,313Philanthropy$446,000Human Services$319,790Environment$41,000Health$40,500Civil Rights$20,000Arts & Culture$16,000

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 ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY: $1,446,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $567,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEUROPSYCHOANALYSIS FOUNDATION: $426,000 over 4y, 63% of budgetGREEN BEETZ INC: $260,000 over 3y, 45% of budgetSAFE HORIZON INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $68,790 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF GEORGICA POND FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTHE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetFLOATING CITIES INSTITUTE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 100% of budgetTHE HARVARD LIBRARY IN NEW YORK: $30,076 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $26,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL CORAL REEF ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetThe Soze Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetBROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $17,216 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrain Injury Association of New York State Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROCK RISING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRemake: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE INC: $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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY14× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Chapmanperelman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Chapmanperelman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Chapmanperelman Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Chapmanperelman 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 41 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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