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The Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman Jr 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.

$612k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2019–2024.

Arts & Culture$4.6MInternational$897kHealth$713kEducation$686kPublic Safety & Disaster$230kReligion$63kHuman Services$20kEnvironment$11kOther$347k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $288k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$98,250
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS$300,000
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$140,000
ENDEAVOR GLOBAL$98,250
ENDEAVOR GLOBAL$50,000
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART$15,000
THE SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM$9,192
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–21, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $10k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
MA
PA
CT
VA
DE
DC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.7M · 17 repeat orgs$906k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +21% since the first grant, against +0% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
24

Total granted

$6.7M
$906k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+0%

Still filing today

71%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalHealthEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • EG
    ENDEAVOR GLOBAL INC (F/K/A THE ENDEAVOR INITIATIVE INC)
    6× · 2019–2024 · $885k · revenue +19%
  • NL
    NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $710k · revenue +31%
  • NY
    New York University
    2× · 2019–2020 · $600k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue +84%
  • YU
    YALE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • EC
    EARTH COUNCIL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $60k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
3
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
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
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
6
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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7
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
8
Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio Inc El Museo Del Barrio

El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.

Arts & Culture
9
Berggruen Institute
Education
10
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
11
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
12
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Hunter College Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is American Friends of the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%3%<5yr13%3%5–10yr21%10%10–20yr20%24%20–35yr13%31%35–55yr14%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr21%1%10–20yr20%27%20–35yr13%10%35–55yr14%63%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/31
the rest of the field
10%
3,613/34,597

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
16/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Museum of Modern Art — $3,775,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern ArtTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION — $500,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATIONSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION — $157,005 · Arts & Culture+9 more — $164,480 · Arts & CultureENDEAVOR GLOBAL INC (F/K/A THE ENDEAVOR INITIATIVE INC) — $884,850 · InternationalENDEAVOR GLOB…+1 more — $12,500 · InternationalNYU LANGONE HOSPITALS — $710,000 · HealthNYU LANGON…+1 more — $3,000 · HealthNew York University — $600,000 · EducationNew York U…TRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY — $50,000 · EducationTRUSTEES O…THE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · Education+2 more — $11,000 · EducationYALE UNIVERSITY — $100,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE — $60,000 · OtherEARTH COUNCIL FOUNDATION — $60,000 · OtherMOMA PS1 — $25,000 · OtherAPERTURE — $23,028 · OtherGUGGENHEIM — $20,000 · OtherCANADIAN CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE — $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $15,000 · OtherMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $20,000 · Other+10 more — $34,607 · OtherTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $230,000 · Public Safety & DisasterHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE — $62,650 · Religion
Arts & Culture$4,596,485International$897,350Health$713,000Education$686,000Other$377,635Public Safety & Disaster$230,000Religion$62,650

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMuseum of Modern Art — $3,775,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetENDEAVOR GLOBAL INC (F/K/A THE ENDEAVOR INITIATIVE INC) — $884,850 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetNYU LANGONE HOSPITALS — $710,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University — $600,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION — $500,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $230,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION — $157,005 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART — $85,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE — $62,650 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE — $60,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetTRUSTEES OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVENEZUELAN AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS INC — $20,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC — $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEDFORD PLAYHOUSE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF FOOD AND DRINK — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HERITAGE THEATRE GROUP — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NICK LOEB FOUNDATION INC — $2,480 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW GROUP INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREES 78 FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman Jr Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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