· Private foundation
The Firmenich Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 $10k4 grants · $14k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $113k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HAITI PROJECT SCHOOL OF DEBOUCHETTE | $113,260 |
| THE FRESH AIR FUND | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| CHILD WELLNESS INSTITUTES | $5,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDRENS FUND | $2,500 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT | $1,500 |
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: 60% of grant dollars ($2.4M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 40% that went abroad ($1.6M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 40% of all-years giving ($1.6M)
23 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 7% of The Firmenich Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 1 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, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +40%- FIFASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION4× · 2018–2024 · $164k · revenue +26%
SHARE MY MEALS INC2× · 2020–2021 · $15k · revenue +594%
Funded once
- VFVANILLA FARMING AND AGRICULTUREone grant, 2019 · $200k
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $90k · revenue +123%- ADASSN DEUX MAINS LES DOCSone grant, 2017 · $84k
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.
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.
Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…
To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.
How this is measured
32 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. 32 of the 111 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 THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE RAINFOREST FUND INC ↗
- Who funds WEXNER CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
- Who funds CHILD WELLNESS INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ↗
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: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Firmenich Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Firmenich Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey Inc: 14% of income from government
- Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
- Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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