· Private foundation
The Jane Henson 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $73k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $115k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
- $250k+1 grant · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE | $500,000 |
| CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS | $85,000 |
| EUGENE O'NEILL THEATER CENTER | $25,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC | $20,000 |
| THE PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA INC | $15,000 |
| UNIMA-USA INC | $15,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC | $10,000 |
| JIM HENSON LEGACY | $10,000 |
| BLAIR THOMAS & COMPANY | $10,000 |
| NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY | $10,000 |
| ACADEMY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| NORTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| SESAME WORKSHOP | $5,000 |
| THE STRONG NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PLAY | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC | $5,000 |
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 (FY24–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
62 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AMAMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +107%
- CFCENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINC9× · 2017–2025 · $515k · revenue +9%
- TJTHE JIM HENSON FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $285k · revenue +19%
Funded once
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONone grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +19%- HFHOME FOR CONTEMPORARY THEATER & ARTone grant, 2019 · $13k
- FCFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY- KITTOCHTINNYgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +68%
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 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."
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 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 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 mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…
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 phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
The academy museum of motion pictures advances the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives, and collections. welcoming visitors from los angeles…
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…
Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…
How this is measured
73 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. 73 of the 114 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 AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINC ↗
- Who funds THE JIM HENSON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EUGENE O'NEILL MEMORIAL THEATER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds The Puppeteers of America Inc ↗
- Who funds THE JIM HENSON LEGACY INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNIMA USA INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SESAME WORKSHOP ↗
- Who funds MARGARET WOODBURY STRONG MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds THE MEAD SCHOOL FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
- Who funds ARTSCONNECTION INC ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Great Arizona Puppet Theater Inc ↗
- Who funds Open Eye Theatre ↗
- Who funds PUPPET SHOWPLACE INC ↗
- Who funds AUTOMATA ARTS ↗
- Who funds WNET ↗
- Who funds BOB BAKER MARIONETTE THEATER ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds BLACK CHERRY INC ↗
- Who funds Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART INC ↗
- Who funds PUPPETRY IN PRACTICE INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEW 42ND STREET 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: The Jim Henson Foundation · New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated · The Marc Dunworth Foundation for the Performing Arts · The Ford Foundation · Jerome Foundation Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Jane Henson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jane Henson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cornwall Conservation Trust Inc: 30% of income from government
- Maryland Historical Society Inc: 9% of income from government
- Puppet Showplace Inc: 4% of income from government
- Eugene O'neill Memorial Theater Center Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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