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The Framarb Foundation

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.

$51k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$67kCommunity Improvement$38kHealth$31kInternational$25kPhilanthropy$14kReligion$14kCivil Rights$9kEnvironment$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$760k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GENER$11,000
TWO EAST SIXTY SECOND STREET FOUND$10,000
NETWORK 2020$6,000
THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY$3,750
FOUNTAIN HOUSE$3,500
FRIENDS OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE HIST$2,500
OPEN PLANS INC (LISA ORMAN)$2,000
THE ENGLISH CONCERT IN AMERICA$1,250
NEWYORK PUBLIC RADIO$1,200
WQXR$1,200
PAN-MASS CHALLENGE DANA-FARBER$1,027
PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NYS$1,000
VISTA LIFE INNOVATIONS INC$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%PAN-MASS CHALLENGE DANA-FARBER: $1k → 7%SCENIC HUDSON INC: $1k → 9%NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENCE COUNCIL: $1k → 17%NETWORK 2020: $6k → 28%THE ENGLISH CONCERT IN AMERICA: $2k → 9%VISTA LIFE INNOVATIONS INC: $1k → 12%AMERICAN LIVER FOUNDATION: $1k → 16%SCENIC HUDSON INC: $1k → 9%PLNY 2021 PILLAR GALA ADVOCATE: $5k → 14%NETWORK 2020: $3k → 28%THE ENGLISH CONCERT IN AMERICA: $2k → 9%PLNY 2021 PILLAR GALA ADVOCATE: $4k → 14%NETWORK 2020: $2k → 28%THE ENGLISH CONCERT IN AMERICA: $1k → 9%PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE: $3k → 14%PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NYS: $2k → 14%NETWORK 2020: $6k → 17%NETWORK 2020: $5k → 17%NETWORK 2020: $3k → 17%TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES: $20k → 17%TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES: $15k → 17%TRANPORT ALTERNATIVES: $5k → 17%TRANPORT ALTERNATIVES: $5k → 17%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GENER: $11k → 17%FRIENDS OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE HIST: $3k → 17%THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY: $4k → 17%THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY: $3k → 17%SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES: $2k → 17%BROADWAY MALL ASSOC: $2k → 17%TWO EAST SIXTY SECOND STREET FOUND: $10k → 17%TWO EAST SIXTY SECOND STREET FOUND: $10k → 17%TWO EAST 62ND STREET FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%TWO EAST 62ND STREET FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%TWO EAST 62ND STREET FOUNDATION: $4k → 17%OPEN PLANS INC (LISA ORMAN): $2k → 17%WNYC PUBLIC RADIO: $2k → 17%NEWYORK PUBLIC RADIO: $1k → 17%WQXR: $1k → 17%NEWYORK PUBLIC RADIO: $1k → 17%WQXR: $1k → 17%NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2k → 17%FOUNTAIN HOUSE: $10k → 17%FOUNTAIN HOUSE: $9k → 17%FOUNTAIN HOUSE: $5k → 17%CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN: $5k → 17%CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN: $5k → 17%CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN: $4k → 17%FOUNTAIN HOUSE: $4k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$223k · 28 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
8

Total granted

$223k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+17%

Still filing today

61%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • TA
    TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $35k · revenue +2%
  • FH
    FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $28k · revenue +78%
  • N2
    NETWORK 20 20 INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $25k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • BM
    BROADWAY MALL ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +17%
  • AL
    American Liver Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -58%
  • NR
    NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENCE COUNCIL
    one grant, 2024 · $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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
2
Municipal Art Society of New York

The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of the City of New York

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…

Arts & Culture
4
The Pierpont Morgan Library

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.

Education
5
101 East 69TH Street Conservancy

Enhance the preservation, renovation & renewal of buildings of historical significance

Arts & Culture
6
Harvard Club of Ny Historical Foundation
Environment
7
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
8
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
9
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
Foundation for Research of the New York Academy of Osteopathy Inc
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12
The Architectural League of New York

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…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Park Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Museum of Natural History. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 42 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INC: $35,000 · OtherTRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INCTWO EAST 62ND STREET FOUNDATION: $14,000 · OtherTWO EAST 62ND STREET FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $13,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN: $13,000 · OtherCHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGINCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GENER: $12,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GENERPLNY 2021 PILLAR GALA ADVOCATE: $8,500 · OtherPLNY 2021 PILLAR GALA ADVOCATEThe English Concert In America Inc co Sabal & Associates: $6,750 · OtherThe English Concert In America Inc co Sabal & Associates+17 more: $20,887 · Other+17 moreTWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND STREET FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND …PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE: $7,250 · Arts & CulturePRESERVATION LEAGUE OF…The Vienna Philharmonic Society: $6,250 · Arts & CultureThe Vienna Philharmoni…New York Historical Society: $4,000 · Arts & CultureNew York Historical So…FRIENDS OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICTS INC: $2,750 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE UPPER E…NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $2,400 · Arts & CultureFILM FORUM INC: $2,370 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $1,943 · Arts & CultureFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $28,000 · HealthFOUNTAIN HOUSE…American Liver Foundation: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthNETWORK 20 20 INC: $24,760 · InternationalNETWORK 20 2…Scenic Hudson Inc: $4,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$123,137Arts & Culture$46,963Health$29,250International$24,760Environment$7,000Recreation & Sports$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFOUNTAIN HOUSE INC: $28,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK 20 20 INC: $24,760 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND STREET FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK STATE: $7,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe English Concert In America Inc co Sabal & Associates: $6,750 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Vienna Philharmonic Society: $6,250 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetScenic Hudson Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICTS INC: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFILM FORUM INC: $2,370 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY MALL ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVISTA LIFE INNOVATIONS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $943 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUDSON REVIEW INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Newburgh Institut…The Bernhill FundVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Newburgh Institute for the Arts and IdeasNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Newburgh Institute for the Arts and Ideas · The Bernhill Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Framarb Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Framarb Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Vista Life Innovations Inc: 26% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Framarb Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Framarb 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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