· Private foundation
The Ellen M Violett and Mary Pr Thomas 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.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k26 grants · $460k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $385k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION | $100,000 |
| CHILDREN'S GLOBAL HEALTH FUND | $100,000 |
| PBS FOUNDATION | $75,000 |
| ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN PSYCHIATRISTS | $60,000 |
| LITERACY PARTNERS INC | $50,000 |
| EVERY TOWN FOR GUN SAFETY | $40,000 |
| MOUNT SINAI VISITING DOCTORS PROGRAM | $35,000 |
| THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOANALYSIS | $35,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| THIRTEEN WNET NEW YORK | $25,000 |
| COPD FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY | $25,000 |
| NELTJE CTR. UNIV. OF WYOMING | $25,000 |
| 92ND STREET Y | $20,000 |
| BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE | $15,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 31 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $785k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LPLiteracy Partners Inc4× · 2019–2023 · $103k · revenue +235%
- CGCHILDRENS GLOBAL HEALTH FUND INC4× · 2019–2023 · $87k · revenue ×13
PBS FOUNDATION3× · 2021–2023 · $80k · revenue +98%
Funded once
BARNARD COLLEGEgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +50%- NYNEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +28%
- TEThe Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration Inc DBA The Eye-Bank of New Yorkone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +16%
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.
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…
The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…
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.
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…
To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse
Graywolf press publishes risk-taking, visionary writers who transform culture through literature. when writers are free to do their most ambitious work, their books serve as portals to new possibilities and enable deeper understanding…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…
The economic club of new york is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization dedicated to the promotion of the study and discussion of social, economic and political questions. for more than a century, the club has served as the…
How this is measured
31 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. 31 of the 75 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 Literacy Partners Inc ↗
- Who funds CHILDRENS GLOBAL HEALTH FUND INC ↗
- Who funds PBS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds BARNARD COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHIATRY & PSYCHOANALYSIS ↗
- Who funds Association of Women Psychiatrists ↗
- Who funds THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds THE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK STAGE AND FILM INC ↗
- Who funds BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗
- Who funds NORTH FORK WOMEN FOR WOMEN FUND INC ↗
- Who funds THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA ↗
- Who funds The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration Inc DBA The Eye-Bank of New York ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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