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The Cravens 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.

$595k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$888kArts & Culture$505kCivil Rights$300kCrime & Legal$263kEnvironment$230kHealth$215kCommunity Improvement$140kInternational$120kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k11 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $410k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND$60,000
PLACES JOURNAL$50,000
BROOKLYN ORG$50,000
LOW COUNTRY LAND TRUST$50,000
DEMOCRACY FORWARD$50,000
GIRLS EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE$50,000
INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMER MUSEUM$50,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION$50,000
TORN SPACE THEATER$25,000
ONE COMMUNITY$25,000
INTL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT$25,000
COLES HOUSE PROJECT$25,000
MASS DESIGN GROUP$25,000
KNICKERBOCKER FOUNDATION$10,000
ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE$10,000
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 (FY18–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%HOSPICE BUFFALO INC: $5k → 13%INTL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $25k → 17%CHIPS: $10k → 20%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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 17 repeat orgs$842k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
18

Total granted

$1.7M
$542k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+47%

Still filing today

65%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementInternationalEnvironmentHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • DH
    Design History Foundation Inc
    4× · 2020–2025 · $110k · revenue +34%
  • LL
    LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $100k · revenue +114%
  • SS
    SPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $100k · revenue +233%

Funded once

  • EY
    EXALT YOUTHgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $263k · revenue +47%
  • WP
    WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC WORKERS ALLIA
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
2
Design Trust for Public Space Inc

The Design Trust for Public Space is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the future of public space in New York City. Our projects bring together city agencies, community groups and private sector experts to make a lasting impact -…

Environment
3
New York Restoration Project

New york restoration project ("nyrp") believes that nature is a fundamental right of every new yorker. nyrp works collaboratively with residents in communities across the five boroughs to renovate gardens, restore parks, plant trees,…

Environment
4
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

Brooklyn bridge park corporation's mission, d/b/a brooklyn bridge park ("bbp") mission is to provide an exceptional public space that connects people, nature, and the waterfront, through inclusive, innovative, and sustainable management…

Recreation & Sports
5
The Bronx Council On the Arts Incorporated

A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.

Arts & Culture
6
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp

To manage the brooklyn navy yard for the city of new york, specifically to expand job opportunities for new yorkers by fostering the development of small businesses.

Community Improvement
7
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
8
Openplans Inc

Open plans' mission is to transform how people experience new york city's streets. open plans uses grassroots advocacy and policy change to inspire structural reforms and cultural shifts. we promote a people-first street culture that…

Public Benefit
9
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
10
Boston Architectural College

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

—
11
Nycxd Inc

Unite, advance, and strengthen nyc's diverse and global design community for the sake of marketing and fast description.

—
12
Association for Public Art

The association for public art (apa, formerly the fairmount park art association) commissions, preserves, interprets and promotes public art in philadelphia. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that informs, engages and inspires…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Brooklyn Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Enough Pie. 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 50 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
17/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UB FOUNDATION: $343,342 · OtherUB FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $218,420 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CENTRAL WESTN: $200,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF CENTRAL WESTNWOMEN'S RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT NETW: $175,000 · OtherWOMEN'S RIGHTS AND EMPOWERMENT NETWINTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSE: $100,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSESADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC: $62,500 · Other+24 more: $504,500 · Other+24 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION…BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $240,000 · PhilanthropyBROOKLYN COMMUNITY F…IMPACTASSETSINC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyIMPACTASSETSINCDesign History Foundation Inc: $110,000 · Arts & CultureDesign Hi…ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureST ANN'S …Torn Space Theater Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTorn Spac…BURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER: $19,700 · Arts & CultureBURCHFIEL…THE SCULPTURE CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureEXALT YOUTH: $262,500 · Youth DevelopmentEXALT YOU…LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentSPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentTREES NEW YORK INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentONE COMMUNITY NYC INC: $75,000 · Community ImprovementMETANOIA: $40,000 · Community ImprovementHester Street Collaborative Inc: $10,000 · Community ImprovementGIRLS EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC: $75,000 · InternationalMASS DESIGN GROUP LTD: $25,000 · InternationalIBU Foundation: $20,000 · International
Other$1,603,762Philanthropy$565,000Arts & Culture$264,700Youth Development$262,500Environment$210,000Community Improvement$125,000International$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 budgetEXALT YOUTH: $262,500 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $240,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetDesign History Foundation Inc: $110,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSPRING STREET CLIMATE FUND INC: $100,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetST ANN'S WAREHOUSE INC: $85,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetIMPACTASSETSINC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE INC: $75,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetONE COMMUNITY NYC INC: $75,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetSADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC: $62,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetMETANOIA: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTorn Space Theater Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMASS DESIGN GROUP LTD: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPRESERVATION BUFFALO NIAGARA: $20,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetIBU Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetBURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER: $19,700 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEnough Pie: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREES NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE SCULPTURE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHester Street Collaborative Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATSKILL FOREST ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHOSPICE BUFFALO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSEMBLY HOUSE 150 INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSLOW FOOD USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC: $2,000 over 2y, 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 Baird FoundationCommunity Foundation …Boston Foundation IncSimple Gifts FundBrooklyn Community Fo…Gaylord and Dorothy D…The Ralph C Wilson Jr…Tides FoundationEdwin M Johnston Jr F…Red Top FoundationMagnolia Plantation F…The Richard W Rupp Fo…
The Baird FoundationNY17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Baird Foundation · Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Simple Gifts Fund · Brooklyn Community Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Tides Foundation · Edwin M Johnston Jr Family Foundation · Red Top Foundation · Magnolia Plantation Foundation · The Richard W Rupp 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 Cravens Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cravens Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    10report 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.

    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 50 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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