· Private foundation
The Gilbert Mackay 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE HOTCHKISS FUND | $8,000 |
| CHESTNUT HILL CONSERVANCY | $7,000 |
| GRACE CHURCH IN NEW YORK | $5,000 |
| BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTS | $5,000 |
| WOODMERE ART MUSEUM INC | $5,000 |
| THE MADOO CONSERVANCY | $5,000 |
| WOMEN'S HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP (WHEDCO) | $4,000 |
| BRIDGEHAMPTON MUSEUM | $3,000 |
| WESTON THEATER COMPANY | $3,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE WISSAHICKON INC | $3,000 |
| VERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS | $3,000 |
| AIM BY KYLE ABRAHAM (FKA ABRAHAMINMOTION) | $2,500 |
| BRIDGEHAMPTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT | $2,500 |
| HAMPTON LIBRARY IN BRIDGEHAMPTON INC | $2,500 |
| FRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
23 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 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, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CHChestnut Hill Conservancy7× · 2017–2025 · $32k · revenue +10%
- TLTHE LITERARY CLASSICS OF THE US INC D/B/A LIBRARY OF AMERICA7× · 2017–2025 · $20k · revenue +3%
- WAWOODMERE ART MUSEUM3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +88%
Funded once
- WMWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +74%
- WIWELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +131%
- NYNEW YORK CITY BALLET INCone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +21%
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 long island museum is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of american art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of long island and its diverse communities.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
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…
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
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 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…
A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The museum's mission is to encourage and promote the appreciation of fine art to people in its surrounding communities and beyond. the museum is dedicated to fostering a deeper understanding of the arts, with particular emphasis on the…
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 33 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 Bronx Museum of the Arts ↗
- Who funds Chestnut Hill Conservancy ↗
- Who funds MADOO CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds THE LITERARY CLASSICS OF THE US INC D/B/A LIBRARY OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC ↗
- Who funds WOODMERE ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S HOUSING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
- Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE WISSAHICKON INC ↗
- Who funds BRIDGEHAMPTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
- Who funds HAMPTON LIBRARY IN BRIDGEHAMPTON INC ↗
- Who funds Bart J Ruggiere Adaptive Sports Center Inc ↗
- Who funds THE WESTON PLAYHOUSE THEATER ↗
- Who funds WELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds VERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS ↗
- Who funds THE DRAWING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA ↗
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: The New York Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Gilbert Mackay Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gilbert Mackay Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Weston Playhouse Theater: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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