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The Dimenna Foundation Inc

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2023
4
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Human Services$4.7MEducation$3.7MArts & Culture$3.3MSocial Science$1.6MHealth$431kPhilanthropy$430kHousing & Shelter$58kRecreation & Sports$58kOther$0
02FY2023 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE$1,000,000
NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY$100,000
CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION$15,000
THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $4.8M) 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%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $3k → 17%GOOD SHEPARD SERVICES: $2k → 17%GOOD SHEPARD SERVICES: $2k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $1.5M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $1.1M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $1.1M → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $1.0M → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
VA
NC
DC
GA
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 49 repeat orgs$274k to everyone else

49 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 46 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
20

Total granted

$14M
$259k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+26%

Still filing today

80%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • TB
    THE BREARLEY SCHOOL
    3× · 2020–2022 · $3.0M · revenue +3%
  • SL
    ST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +10%
  • NY
    New York Historical Society
    5× · 2019–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • AN
    ARS NOVA THEATER I INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -71%
  • AN
    ARS NOVA
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • MG
    MULTIPLYING GOOD INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -78%
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
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
2
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
3
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association

For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…

Religion
4
Masters School

The masters school celebrates active participation, deep understanding, and meaningful connection. a community of diverse individuals, we gather to learn, to strive, to dare, to do - to be a power for good in the world.

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5
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
6
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
7
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
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
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
10
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
11
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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12
New York Academy of Art

The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Carnegie Hall Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Caa Foundation. 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

58 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. 58 of the 71 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/58
Grantees still filing
39/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $4,700,000 · Human ServicesHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC+4 more: $53,000 · Human ServicesTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $3,000,000 · EducationTHE BREARLEY SCHOOLDUKE UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYFairfield University: $200,000 · EducationFairfield UniversityGRACE CHURCH SCHOOL: $150,000 · Education+2 more: $40,000 · EducationST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $1,125,000 · Arts & CultureST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEM…New York Historical Society: $1,125,000 · Arts & CultureNew York Historical So…JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $300,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER…+15 more: $273,000 · Arts & Culture+15 moreGILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE: $1,625,000 · OtherGILDER LEHRMAN INSTI…ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $275,000 · OtherST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S…BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER INC: $225,000 · OtherBARYSHNIKOV ARTS CEN…+28 more: $482,000 · Other+28 moreROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $350,000 · PhilanthropyENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyMULTIPLYING GOOD INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $30,000 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC: $25,000 · HealthTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME: $15,000 · HealthCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthTHE DOE FUND INC: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$4,753,000Education$3,640,000Arts & Culture$2,823,000Other$2,607,000Philanthropy$430,000Health$100,500Housing & Shelter$50,000

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 budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $4,700,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BREARLEY SCHOOL: $3,000,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $1,125,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $1,125,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $300,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER INC: $225,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetFairfield University: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE CHURCH SCHOOL: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PERFORMANCE ZONE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC: $65,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetARS NOVA THEATER I INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALLET HISPANICO OF NEW YORK INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLYING GOOD INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARUCH COLLEGE FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREAD TO LEAD INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPolo Players Support Group Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Educational Innovation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAll Star Code Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCOA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Theatre of the Emerging American Moment Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLAAD INC: $5,000 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 FundThe Hyde and Watson F…The Howard Gilman Fou…The Shubert Foundatio…The New York Communit…National Philanthropi…The Ford FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Arnhold Foundation IncBooth Ferris Foundati…New England Foundatio…The Andrew W Mellon F…
Jewish Communal FundNY25× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The Shubert Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ford Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Arnhold Foundation Inc · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated · The Andrew W Mellon 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 Dimenna Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dimenna Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
  • American Repertory Theatre Co Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–75%
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.
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How do I get to The Dimenna Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Dimenna 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 71 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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