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The Gary W Parr 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$755k
Largest
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.5MEducation$2.5MPhilanthropy$373kCivil Rights$60kReligion$55kHuman Services$26kYouth Development$15kEmployment$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $61k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$754,800
VANGUARD CHARITABLE TRUST$350,000
PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION$20,000
UNITED WAY PALM BEACH$20,000
Individual grant recipient$11,000
SOCIETY FOUR ARTS$10,000
CUSTOM COLLABORATIVE$7,500
PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–20, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%REMAKE: $3k → 10%REMAKE: $2k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
PA
NJ
RI
CA
NC
DC
FL
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 11 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +201% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
34

Total granted

$3.0M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+201%
+34%

Still filing today

36%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $817k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureCrime & LegalEducationEmploymentHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • TP
    THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.4M · revenue +21%
  • CC
    CUSTOM COLLABORATIVE INC
    2× · 2019–2024 · $11k · revenue +204%
  • R
    Remake
    2× · 2019–2020 · $4k · revenue +201%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of North Carolina
    one grant, 2023 · $504k
  • NY
    New York Philharmonic - David Greff
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • TP
    Trust Philharmonic NY
    one grant, 2023 · $500k
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
Museum of American Finance

Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…

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2
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations

The mission of the new york public library is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen our communities.

Education
3
Museum of Modern Art

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)

Arts & Culture
4
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
5
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
6
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
7
The Frick 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.

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8
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
9
New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc

The conservancy preserves and revitalizes new york's architecture. by doing so, it contributes to new york's economy, tourism and quality of life.

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10
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society

The new york genealogical and biographical society (nyg&b) preserves, documents, and shares the stories of families across the state of new york. we engage with genealogists, biographers, historians, and organizations to establish the…

Education
11
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
12
The Jewish Publication Society

Our mission has always been to enhance jewish literacy through the publication of great books.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Yorkers for Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Education for Employment. 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

14 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. 14 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MORGAN LIBRARY: $907,100 · OtherMORGAN LIBRARYIndividual grant recipient: $754,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL ARTS AND SCIENCES FOUNDATIO: $560,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL ARTS AND SCIENCES FOUNDATIOUniversity of North Carolina: $503,759 · OtherUniversity of North CarolinaNew York Philharmonic - David Greff: $500,000 · OtherNew York Philharmonic - David GreffTrust Philharmonic NY: $500,000 · OtherTrust Philharmonic NYUniversity of North Carolina at Cha: $500,000 · OtherUniversity of North Carolina at Cha+34 more: $286,097 · Other+34 moreTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $1,434,250 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY …+4 more: $36,600 · Arts & CultureVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $350,000 · PhilanthropyCUSTOM COLLABORATIVE INC: $11,000 · EmploymentRemake: $4,200 · Human ServicesNEW YORKERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,000 · Crime & LegalTUXEDO PARK LIBRARY: $900 · EducationEDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT: $400 · International
Other$4,511,756Arts & Culture$1,470,850Philanthropy$350,000Employment$11,000Human Services$4,200Crime & Legal$1,000Education$900International$400

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 budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $1,434,250 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $350,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $21,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWhats Next Ministry: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCUSTOM COLLABORATIVE INC: $11,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRemake: $4,200 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION: $2,115 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORKERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTUXEDO PARK LIBRARY: $900 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT: $400 over 1y, 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.

  • Who funds THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC ↗
  • Who funds VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Whats Next Ministry ↗
  • Who funds CUSTOM COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Society of the Four Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST ↗
  • Who funds Remake ↗
  • Who funds FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA9.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Gary W Parr Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gary W Parr Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.

    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 52 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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