· Private foundation
The Foster Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k22 grants · $58k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $43k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GREENS FARMS ACADEMY | $13,000 |
| MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| FUND OF FRIENDS SEMINARY | $10,000 |
| BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEALTH SYSTEM | $10,000 |
| THE METROPOLITAN OPERA | $8,500 |
| GOODSPEED OPERA COMPANY | $7,500 |
| THE FUND FOR YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| YALE UNIVERSITY | $4,500 |
| THE VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART | $3,000 |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | $2,500 |
| METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $2,500 |
| GRAND HARBOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM INC | $2,500 |
| THE FUQUA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT DUKE UNIVERSITY | $2,500 |
| THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART | $2,380 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +47% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 4 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC8× · 2017–2024 · $71k · revenue +40%- PAPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College8× · 2017–2024 · $38k · revenue +47%
- WMWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART7× · 2018–2024 · $12k · revenue +125%
Funded once
- YNYALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH SYSTEMone grant, 2017 · $2k
- TYTHE YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - YALE CANCER CENTERone grant, 2021 · $1k
- HAHORIZONS AT BROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOLone grant, 2018 · $1k
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 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).
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 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 Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The vero beach museum of art foundation is committed to managing endowments and extending the reach and sustaining the work of the vero beach museum of art, the supported organization, by securing both current and future financial…
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…
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
The newport art museum's mission is to share a diversity of art and experiences that spark reflection, inspiration, and connection within our newport community and beyond. the museum was founded in 1912 on the belief that arts and culture…
Our mission is to engage, educate and excite the community by collecting, exhibiting, and preserving works of art for the enjoyment of all. the museum of fine arts, st. petersburg, florida (mfa) is the cultural leader of our community. our…
The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
The mission of florida grand opera is to enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera while supporting the operations of the greater miami opera and the opera guild, inc. by expanding its reach to diverse…
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 52 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 GREENS FARMS ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Middlebury College ↗
- Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
- Who funds VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds HOPKINS SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds PALM BEACH OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds THE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GRAND HARBOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc ↗
- Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VERO BEACH OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds WESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
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: Pd Charitable Trust · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Foster Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Foster Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
- Westport Historical Society Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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