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The Great 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.

$91k
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$700kHealth$75kEducation$73kInternational$60kFood & Nutrition$54kArts & Culture$51kHuman Services$48kHousing & Shelter$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k37 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$250
Median grant
13
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE TIGER FOUNDATION$50,000
PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT$12,500
MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM$5,000
CHILDREN'S AID$4,000
NATIVITY PREPARATORY SCHOOL BOSTON$2,500
THRIVE FOR LIFE PRISON PROJECT$2,500
SACRED HEART ACADEMY$2,200
DIOCESE OF BRIDGEPORT$1,500
BIRTHDAY BUDS$1,126
SANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION$1,100
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION INC$1,080
ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE CARE - SOUTHEAST$573
ONE SIMPLE WISH$531
TAMERLAINE FARM SANCTUARY$511
MIDDLEYBURY COLLEGE$500
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 (FY20–24, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PURSUIT FOUNDATION: $250 → 16%BIRTHDAY BUDS: $1k → 12%B A C A INTERNATIONAL INC: $500 → 5%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $531 → 11%OFF THE STREETS: $200 → 9%YES SOLUTIONS INC: $5k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID: $4k → 17%YES SOLUTIONS INC: $2k → 17%WOMEN IN NEED INC: $10k → 17%MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NY
MA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
WV
VA
MD
AR
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$850k · 18 repeat orgs$339k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 30 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
37

Total granted

$850k
$316k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+20%

Still filing today

67%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • RU
    REUT USA
    2× · 2020–2021 · $60k · revenue +92%
  • PT
    PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $41k · revenue +316%
  • TF
    THRIVE FOR LIFE PRISON PROJECT INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +294%

Funded once

  • NY
    NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +5%
  • SM
    STANLEY M ISAACS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +62%
  • QI
    QSAC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +59%
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
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
2
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
3
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Ie New York College

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Education
6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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12
New York Restoration Project

New york restoration project ("nyrp") believes that nature is a fundamental right of every new yorker. nyrp works collaboratively with residents in communities across the five boroughs to renovate gardens, restore parks, plant trees,…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Success Academy Charter Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tiger Foundation. 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

56 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. 56 of the 85 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/56
Grantees still filing
34/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TIGER FOUNDATION: $700,000 · OtherTIGER FOUNDATION+52 more: $200,890 · Other+52 moreREUT USA: $60,000 · Arts & CultureREUT USAPEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC: $40,500 · Arts & CulturePEOPLE'S …NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL: $40,000 · EducationLearning Home Volunteers: $15,000 · EducationBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $5,656 · Education+5 more: $1,500 · EducationHOODIES FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyHEDGE FUNDS CARE INC: $15,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyQSAC INC: $20,000 · HealthBAILEY HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Health+5 more: $1,670 · HealthRETHINK FOOD NYC INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $400 · Food & NutritionWOMEN IN NEED INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesYES Solutions Inc: $7,007 · Human ServicesMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $4,000 · Human ServicesBirthday Buds Inc: $1,126 · Human Services+4 more: $1,481 · Human Services
Other$900,890Arts & Culture$100,500Education$62,156Philanthropy$35,100Health$31,670Food & Nutrition$30,400Human Services$28,614

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 budgetTIGER FOUNDATION: $700,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetREUT USA: $60,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetPEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC: $40,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetNEW YORK LAW SCHOOL: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATSKILL ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $20,200 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSTANLEY M ISAACS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetQSAC INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRETHINK FOOD NYC INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLearning Home Volunteers: $15,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetHEDGE FUNDS CARE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHRIVE FOR LIFE PRISON PROJECT INC: $13,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAILEY HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DRAMA LEAGUE OF NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYES Solutions Inc: $7,007 over 1y, 13% of budgetBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $5,656 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOATS OF ANARCHY INC: $1,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HARVEST INC: $1,350 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBirthday Buds Inc: $1,126 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION INC: $1,080 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLILY'S PLACE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMSTERDOG: $700 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetACCESS REPRODUCTIVE CARE - SOUTHEAST: $573 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $531 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETPAW INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMATERIAL INNOVATION INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetULSTER COUNTY SPCA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBACA International Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPURSUIT FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DENNIS CONSERVATION LAND TRUST: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNWALL HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOFF THE STREETS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $160 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAMERLAINE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $150 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.

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 Pfizer Foundation…Webster Bank Charitab…The Lazard Charitable…The Hyde and Watson F…Jewish Communal FundJpmorgan Chase Founda…The New York Communit…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Ibm International Fou…Chubb Charitable Foun…Verizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY15.1× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Webster Bank Charitable Foundation · The Lazard Charitable Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Ibm International Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Great Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Great Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Vermont Land Trust Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
7report 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.

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 85 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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By state
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