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The Essex Avenue Foundation

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.

$28M
Granted FY2024still arriving
77
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$1.9M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2024.

Education$20MEnvironment$18MHousing & Shelter$13MHuman Services$6.2MFood & Nutrition$5.2MHealth$4.8MRecreation & Sports$1.4MReligion$1.4MOther$0
02FY2024 · 77 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k24 grants · $3.0M
  • $250k+43 grants · $25M
$300,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$616M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ESCUELA COMUNITARIA DEL BRONX BRONX COMMUNITY SCHO$1,895,108
CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC$1,000,000
THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING$1,000,000
BREAKING GROUND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATI$1,000,000
WE CARE SOLAR$750,000
ALI FORNEY CENTER$750,000
HEALTH IN HARMONY INC$750,000
WOMEN IN NEED INC$700,000
JUBILEE JUSTICE INC$700,000
REFED INC$700,000
COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC$700,000
GREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP$625,000
CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC$600,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$580,000
CITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC$530,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–24, $8.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%STATEN ISLAND COMMUNITY JOB CENTER INC: $150k → 11%STATEN ISLAND COMMUNITY JOB CENTER INC: $90k → 11%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $1.0M → 17%BRONXWORKS INC: $500k → 28%BRONXWORKS INC: $500k → 28%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $1.0M → 17%GREEN CITY FORCE: $500k → 20%BRONXWORKS INC: $350k → 28%GREEN CITY FORCE: $250k → 20%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $500k → 17%THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING: $500k → 17%THE CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY: $500k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED INC: $700k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED INC: $500k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED INC: $450k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED INC: $450k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED INC: $350k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
VT
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
LA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$67M · 60 repeat orgs$6.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +16% since the first grant, against -1% for the ones you funded once.

60 repeat relationships — 55 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
10

Total granted

$67M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
-1%

Still filing today

90%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • EC
    ESCUELA COMUNITARIA DEL BRONXBRONX COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $9.7M · revenue +299% · 55% of their budget
  • TC
    THE CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +15%
  • Cornell University
    2× · 2021–2022 · $3.5M · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • OG
    OYATE GROUP
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue -1% · 38% of their budget
  • GA
    GRID ALTERNATIVES
    one grant, 2023 · $400k
  • BI
    BIG INITIATIVES INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue -51%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
New York City Bird Alliance Inc

Nyc bird alliance is a grassroots community that protects wild birds and habitat in the five boroughs, improving the quality of life for all new yorkers.

Environment
3
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
4
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
5
New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation

Nyceec's mission is to deliver financing solutions and advance markets for energy efficiency and clean energy in communities.

Environment
6
Environment Next Inc

Environment next supports individuals, nonprofits and businesses around the world on solutions to complex climate issues. we provide leadership, outreach and communication support, grants, and investments to empower leaders and their ideas…

Environment
7
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
8
New York League of Conservation Voters

See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…

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9
Planet Reimagined Inc

Planet reimagined is on a mission to deliver fair solutions for people and the planet.the organization is a creative climate incubator using an innovative action research method to test, refine, and scale solutions. we bring together…

Environment
10
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
11
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
12
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fund for Public Housing Inc and the most unlike its peers is Ocean Professional Theatre Company Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Domestic Violence ServicesWomen & Girls Leadership De…Food Banks and PantriesAffordable Housing Construc…Pregnancy Support ServicesLgbtq+ Community SupportChristian Missionary Organi…Affordable Housing Developm…Community FoundationsLocal History MuseumsImmigrant Worker SupportCommunity Arts CentersVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Independent K-12 SchoolsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 22 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%3%<5yr14%12%5–10yr20%28%10–20yr19%24%20–35yr13%19%35–55yr16%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%17%<5yr14%10%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr19%15%20–35yr13%19%35–55yr16%24%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 17% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/75
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,685

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

73 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 73 of the 85 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
73/73
Grantees still filing
41/73
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ESCUELA COMUNITARIA DEL BRONXBRONX COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC — $9,747,237 · EducationESCUELA COMUNITARIA DEL BRO…Cornell University — $3,500,000 · EducationCornell UniversityBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC — $1,810,000 · EducationBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INCGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP — $1,025,000 · EducationGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORPUniversity of Maine Foundation — $855,000 · EducationPROJECT DRAWDOWN — $750,000 · Education+2 more — $334,000 · EducationTHE CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC — $5,000,000 · OtherTHE CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INCBREAKING GROUND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND CORPORATI — $4,000,000 · OtherBREAKING GROUND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER — $3,000,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTERCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $1,916,461 · OtherCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INCFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC — $900,000 · OtherCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC — $1,430,000 · OtherCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INCChristian Herald Association Inc — $1,350,000 · OtherOYATE GROUP — $1,000,000 · OtherWILD LANDSCAPES INC — $1,000,000 · Other+27 more — $6,962,242 · Other+27 moreCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC — $2,150,000 · EnvironmentCOUNCIL ON THE…THE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC — $1,100,000 · EnvironmentTHE CORAL REST…TREES FOR THE FUTURE INC — $1,050,000 · EnvironmentTREES FOR THE …Solar United Neighbors Inc — $1,025,000 · EnvironmentSolar United N…NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT — $763,500 · EnvironmentNEW YORK RESTO…CEC STUYVESANT COVE INC — $630,000 · EnvironmentCEC STUYVESANT…ACTIVATE GLOBAL INC — $500,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $500,000 · Environment+13 more — $1,945,000 · Environment+13 moreNEW YORK FOUNDLING — $3,000,000 · Human ServicesNEW YORK FOUN…WOMEN IN NEED INC — $2,450,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN NEED…BRONXWORKS INC — $1,350,000 · Human ServicesBRONXWORKS IN…GREEN CITY FORCE INC — $750,000 · Human ServicesGREEN CITY FO…THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY — $500,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'…INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC — $325,000 · Human Services+1 more — $240,000 · Human ServicesREFED INC — $1,700,000 · Food & NutritionJUBILEE JUSTICE INC — $1,200,000 · Food & NutritionRETHINK FOOD NYC INC — $850,000 · Food & NutritionHealth in Harmony — $1,250,000 · HealthWE CARE SOLAR — $1,250,000 · HealthPROJECT RENEWAL INC — $350,000 · HealthABORTION CARE NETWORK — $300,000 · HealthDOULA PROGRAM TO ACCOMPANY AND COMFORT INC — $270,000 · HealthAid For Life International Inc — $150,000 · Health+1 more — $100,000 · HealthALI FORNEY CENTER INC — $1,600,000 · Housing & ShelterWOMEN'S HOUSING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $1,482,000 · Housing & ShelterFUND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING INC — $420,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$18,021,237Other$26,558,703Environment$9,663,500Human Services$8,615,000Food & Nutrition$3,750,000Health$3,670,000Housing & Shelter$3,502,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetESCUELA COMUNITARIA DEL BRONXBRONX COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC — $9,747,237 over 3y, 55% of budgetTHE CITY AND COUNTRY SCHOOL INC — $5,000,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetCornell University — $3,500,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDLING — $3,000,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED INC — $2,450,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC — $2,150,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $1,916,461 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC — $1,810,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetREFED INC — $1,700,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC — $1,600,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetWOMEN'S HOUSING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $1,482,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC — $1,430,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc — $1,350,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetBRONXWORKS INC — $1,350,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHealth in Harmony — $1,250,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetWE CARE SOLAR — $1,250,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetJUBILEE JUSTICE INC — $1,200,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC — $1,100,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetTREES FOR THE FUTURE INC — $1,050,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetSolar United Neighbors Inc — $1,025,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetGREENWAVE ORGANIZATION CORP — $1,025,000 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetOYATE GROUP — $1,000,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetWILD LANDSCAPES INC — $1,000,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL USA INC — $900,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetUniversity of Maine Foundation — $855,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetRETHINK FOOD NYC INC — $850,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT — $763,500 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetPROJECT DRAWDOWN — $750,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetGREEN CITY FORCE INC — $750,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetCEC STUYVESANT COVE INC — $630,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetNEW YORK ABORTION ACCESS FUND — $600,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetWATERFRONT ALLIANCE INC — $575,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetTHE BOMA PROJECT INC — $560,514 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE SURVIVOR FUND — $549,000 over 4y, 87% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY — $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetACTIVATE GLOBAL INC — $500,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFUND FOR PUBLIC HOUSING INC — $420,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetPROJECT RENEWAL INC — $350,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE — $350,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC — $325,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetABORTION CARE NETWORK — $300,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNATIVE RENEWABLES INC — $300,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetNONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN — $300,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetEARTH MATTER NY INC — $300,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC — $300,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations — $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOULA PROGRAM TO ACCOMPANY AND COMFORT INC — $270,000 over 4y, 27% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Hyde and Watson F…Lily Auchincloss Foun…Pinkerton FoundationPatagoniaorgRobin Hood FoundationCity Parks Foundation…The New York Communit…Brooklyn Community Fo…The Schmidt Family Fo…Amalgamated Charitabl…Freedom Together Foun…The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ27.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Pinkerton Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Robin Hood Foundation · City Parks Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · Brooklyn Community Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Freedom Together Foundation · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Essex Avenue Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc — 16% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Essex Avenue Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Essex Avenue Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 85 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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