· Private foundation
The Easton Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $11k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
- $250k+1 grant · $311k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MORI ART MUSEUM | $310,965 |
| MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | $150,000 |
| COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS | $3,225 |
| ST PETERS CHURCH CHELSEA | $2,569 |
| THE ASPEN INSTITUTE | $2,500 |
| CENTER FOR CULTURAL INNOVATION | $1,560 |
| J PAUL GETTY TRUST | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 87% of grant dollars ($4.4M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 13% that went abroad ($671k) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 13% of all-years giving ($671k)
3 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $314k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MOMuseum of Modern Art4× · 2017–2025 · $670k · revenue -20%
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC4× · 2022–2025 · $21k · revenue +134%
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC4× · 2021–2025 · $11k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTRE POMPIDOU INCone grant, 2019 · $3.4M
- KBKUNSTMUSEUM BASELone grant, 2023 · $225k
- MMMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue +39%
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.
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.
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
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).
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
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."
The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) is dedicated to enhancing the United States' image abroad through American Art. Founded as a public-private, non-partisan partnership in 1986, FAPE works with the U.S. Department…
The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.
The american federation of arts initiates and organizes a national and international program of art exhibitions, publications, and educational activities to benefit the museum community and enrich the public's experience and understanding…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds TEL AVIV MUSEUM'S AMERICAN FRIENDS INC ↗
- Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
- Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
- Who funds ARTTABLE INC ↗
- Who funds Center for Cultural Innovation ↗
- Who funds THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Easton Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Easton Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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