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The Joan C and David L Henle Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Joan C and David L Henle 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.

$304k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its 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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$2.2MEnvironment$1.1MRecreation & Sports$795kArts & Culture$106kHealth$53kHuman Services$17kInternational$10kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 22 grants below total $153,680, the rows itemized in this filing. The $304,100 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $150,420 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$8.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Union College$50,000
Adirondack Land Trust Inc$40,000
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts$20,000
US Ski and Snowboard$5,000
West Palm Golf Community Trust$5,000
Robinhood Foundation$5,000
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History$5,000
Project Lyme$5,000
Palm Beach Navy Seal Evening of Tribute Inc$4,260
American Federation for children$2,500
Center for Educational Innovation$2,500
Preservation Fdn of Palm Beach Inc$2,500
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts$1,770
Destination College$1,000
The Lord's Place$1,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 25 repeat orgs$267k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
35

Total granted

$4.1M
$248k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+16%

Still filing today

56%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • UC
    UNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +10%
  • AL
    ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +32%
  • RF
    RAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $64k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • US
    United States Ski Team Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $85k · revenue +82%
  • US
    UNITED SPECIAL SPORTSMAN ALLIANCE I
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +3%
  • UC
    Union College
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
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.

03Its 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
Manhattanville University

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

Education
2
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
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
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

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

Health
11
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
12
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Community Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bronxville Beautification Council. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 66 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $2,150,000 · EducationUNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY+5 more: $24,640 · EducationADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $1,142,455 · EnvironmentADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC+1 more: $4,500 · EnvironmentWEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC: $505,000 · OtherWEST PALM GOLF COMMUN…US Ski and Snowboard: $148,000 · OtherUS Ski and SnowboardUNITED SPECIAL SPORTSMAN ALLIANCE I: $50,000 · OtherUNITED SPECIAL SPORTS…Union College: $50,000 · OtherUnion College+41 more: $76,225 · Other+41 moreRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $63,520 · Arts & CultureThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $31,100 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $85,000 · Recreation & SportsUSA Nordic Sport: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsPROJECT LYME: $25,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthDESTINATION COLLEGE: $10,450 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZEN COUNCIL: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human Services
Education$2,174,640Environment$1,146,955Other$829,225Arts & Culture$95,120Recreation & Sports$90,000Health$28,250Human Services$11,700

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $2,150,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC: $1,142,455 over 4y, 13% of budgetWEST PALM GOLF COMMUNITY TRUST INC: $505,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetUnited States Ski Team Foundation: $85,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRAYMOND F KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $63,520 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED SPECIAL SPORTSMAN ALLIANCE I: $50,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $31,100 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT LYME: $25,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetDESTINATION COLLEGE: $10,450 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Educational Innovation Inc: $7,490 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities San Bernardino & Riverside Counties: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUSA Nordic Sport: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH NAVY SEAL EVENING OF TRIBUTE INC: $4,260 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYONKERS PARTNERS IN EDUCATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES NY SECOND CENTURY FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR CITIZEN COUNCIL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAMATAN VILLAGE INC: $950 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRONXVILLE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN CLASS COMPANY INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRONXVILLE BEAUTIFICATION COUNCIL: $250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $100 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 Goldman Sachs Cha…Demartini Family Foun…The Nagle Family Foun…Marilynn and John Hil…Tracy Flanigan McVey …George K and Cynthia …Harris J and Geraldin…Andrew M Paul Family …The New York and Pres…The Lazard Charitable…The New York Communit…Jewish Communal Fund
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNY21.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Demartini Family Foundation · The Nagle Family Foundation · Marilynn and John Hill Foundation Inc · Tracy Flanigan McVey Family Foundation · George K and Cynthia R Cooney Charitable Foundation · Harris J and Geraldine S Nelson Foundation · Andrew M Paul Family Foundation · The New York and Presbyterian Hospital · The Lazard Charitable Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund

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.

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 66 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $342k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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