How much does The Cushman Foundation give?

The Cushman Foundation reported 24 itemized grants totaling $548,200, out of $593,200 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.

What does The Cushman Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (3%), Education (3%), International (2%).

Who are The Cushman Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: Catholic Relief Services ($100k), William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc ($71k), Children's Tumor Foundation ($30k).

Does The Cushman Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Cushman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Cushman Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.

Where is The Cushman Foundation based?

The Cushman Foundation is based in NY.

Foundation Dossiers

New York · Private foundation

The Cushman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$593k
Granted FY2023: 24
Itemized grants FY2023: 24
Organizations funded FY2023: 54%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2023: $548k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023: $5,000
Largest grant, FY2023: $400,000
Organizations funded a year: 13 to 24; FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023: 11
Total assets, FY2023: $8.9M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 54% of the organizations The Cushman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationInternationalHealthPhilanthropyPublic BenefitCivil RightsOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2023	24	$548k	54%
FY2022	13	$119k	46%
FY2019	17	$338k	n/a

79% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$100kEducation$97kInternational$68kHealth$61kYouth Development$45kReligion$22kHuman Services$16kEnvironment$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Catholic Relief Services	$100,000	1	n/a
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc	$71,000	2	0%
Children's Tumor Foundation	$30,000	1	0%
Ashoka	$22,673	1	0%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross	$20,000	2	0%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc	$10,000	2	0%
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc	$10,000	2	0%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation	$10,000	1	0%
Unbound	$10,000	1	0%

Show all 23 grantees

All grantees of The Cushman Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Catholic Relief Services	$100,000	1	n/a
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc	$71,000	2	0%
Children's Tumor Foundation	$30,000	1	0%
Ashoka	$22,673	1	0%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross	$20,000	2	0%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc	$10,000	2	0%
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc	$10,000	2	0%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation	$10,000	1	0%
Unbound	$10,000	1	0%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Brooklyn	$9,000	3	n/a
Mission Santa Maria	$5,000	1	1%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment	$5,000	1	0%
Check My Ads Institute	$5,000	1	0%
Arise Foundation America	$5,000	1	1%
International Medical Corps	$5,000	1	0%
Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat	$5,000	1	0%
Common Cause Education Fund	$2,000	1	0%
League of Women Voters Education Fund	$2,000	1	0%
Voteriders	$2,000	1	0%
The River Fund New York Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Metropolitan Museum of Art	$1,200	2	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($658k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cushman Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 21.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA5.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About The Cushman Foundation

How much does The Cushman Foundation give?: The Cushman Foundation reported 24 itemized grants totaling $548,200, out of $593,200 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Cushman Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (3%), Education (3%), International (2%).
Who are The Cushman Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: Catholic Relief Services ($100k), William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc ($71k), Children's Tumor Foundation ($30k).
Does The Cushman Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Cushman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Cushman Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is The Cushman Foundation based?: The Cushman Foundation is based in NY.