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The Joe & Hellen Darion Foundation Inc

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.

$405k
Granted FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$642kHealth$554kHuman Services$414kPublic Safety & Disaster$149kEducation$135kEnvironment$93kCommunity Improvement$55kInternational$54kOther$0
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $108k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $298k
$5,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$7.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HICKSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS$35,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$25,000
PLANNED PARENT FEDERATION OF$25,000
NAMI MASSACHUSETTS$20,000
CHILDRENS TUMOR FOUNDATION$20,000
NASSAU POPS SYMPHONE ORCHESTRA INC$17,500
PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$15,000
YIDDISH BOOK CENTER$10,000
MAKE-A-WISH$10,000
AMERICAN KIDNEY FUND$10,000
CAST CENTER FOR ADVOCACY SUPPORT$10,000
VILLAGE CENTER FOR THE ARTS$10,000
VERMONT JAZZ CENTER$10,000
RAISING HOPE INC$10,000
ROSYGLO FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $103k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ENROOT: $5k → 8%LARGER THAN LIFE: $10k → 13%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND: $8k → 10%THE SEEING EYE: $3k → 4%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $1k → 11%ENROOT: $5k → 8%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND: $3k → 10%THE SEEING EYE: $1k → 4%ENROOT: $5k → 8%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $8k → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $8k → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $8k → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 6%SUNRISE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 6%DOROT: $10k → 17%DOROT: $5k → 17%DOROT: $3k → 17%DOROT: $3k → 17%DOROT: $2k → 17%DOROT: $2k → 17%DOROT: $2k → 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
NH
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
IA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
LA
AL
TX
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 94 repeat orgs$235k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

94 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2025, 60 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

94
39

Total granted

$2.1M
$160k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+9%

Still filing today

59%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • NY
    NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $93k · revenue +99%
  • BF
    BARRY & FLORENCE FRIEDBERG JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +19%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $60k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • NP
    NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +9%
  • AN
    ARTHRITIS NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDAT
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • LT
    LARGER THAN LIFE USA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
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 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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
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
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
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
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 Orthopedic 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
Stony Brook Childrens Services 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
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

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 Young Audiences New York Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation for Aids Research. 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

80 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. 80 of the 142 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/80
Grantees still filing
57/80
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NASSAU POPS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $122,500 · OtherNASSAU POPS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAHICKSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $110,000 · OtherHICKSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLSROSYGLO FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherVERMONT JAZZ CENTER INC: $55,500 · OtherBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $52,500 · OtherVillage Center for the Arts Inc: $50,000 · OtherOCEANSIDE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $50,000 · OtherThe Space on Main: $55,000 · Other+85 more: $803,000 · Other+85 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDRE…CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $55,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S TUMO…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $47,500 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPIT…NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $35,000 · HealthNATIONAL ALLIAN…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $30,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD…CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthCROHN'S & COLIT…PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $12,000 · Health+9 more: $54,500 · Health+9 moreNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $92,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL YIDDI…Charity Works: $32,000 · Arts & CultureCharity WorksPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $21,500 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN C…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $20,000 · Arts & CultureThe United Sta…American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $20,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Frien…MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $19,000 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN THEA…SHAKER BRIDGE THEATRE INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE STORM THEATRE INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $10,000 · Arts & CultureYOUNG AUDIENCES NEW YORK INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $31,500 · Arts & Culture+6 moreSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $37,500 · Human ServicesDOROT INC: $25,500 · Human ServicesENROOT INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesLARGER THAN LIFE USA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $3,500 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesUPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $27,500 · EnvironmentLANDCRAFT GARDEN FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentGROUP FOR THE EAST END INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $58,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $22,500 · International+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalBARRY & FLORENCE FRIEDBERG JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $75,000 · Religion
Other$1,358,500Health$329,000Arts & Culture$296,000Human Services$102,500Environment$87,500International$82,500Religion$75,000

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 budgetNASSAU POPS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $122,500 over 8y, 82% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $92,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetBARRY & FLORENCE FRIEDBERG JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $75,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $58,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVERMONT JAZZ CENTER INC: $55,500 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetThe Space on Main: $55,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $52,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetVillage Center for the Arts Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $47,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHOLD FIRE DEPARTMENT: $40,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $37,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $35,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCharity Works: $32,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $27,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDOROT INC: $25,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $23,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $22,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $21,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $20,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLANDCRAFT GARDEN FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBrooklyn Book Festival Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNORTH FORK AUDUBON SOCIETY: $20,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHOLD FREE LIBRARY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $17,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSHAKER BRIDGE THEATRE INC: $15,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetPULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LYME FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetENROOT INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STORM THEATRE INC: $12,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGROUP FOR THE EAST END INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION INTERNATIONAL LTD: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRAISING HOPE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 NASSAU POPS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BARRY & FLORENCE FRIEDBERG JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds VERMONT JAZZ CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Space on Main ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Village Center for the Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE SYDNE JACOBY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHOLD FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Charity Works ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds UPPER VALLEY LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds PECONIC LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds DOROT INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds LANDCRAFT GARDEN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds Brooklyn Book Festival Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTH FORK AUDUBON SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHOLD FREE LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING ↗

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 New York Community TrustNY17.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Moore Charitable Foundation Inc · Hillman Family Foundations · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Joe & Hellen Darion Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joe & Hellen Darion Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Village Center for the Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Torah Academy of Boca Raton Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Joe & Hellen Darion Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 142 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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