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The Joel 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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$619k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.8MInternational$750kEducation$382kFood & Nutrition$262kHealth$260kPublic Safety & Disaster$87kEnvironment$75kPhilanthropy$45kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $283k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $237k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.4M
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$619,450
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music$275,000
LONG ISLAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME$250,000
The Fund for Public Schools$250,000
THE COVENANT SCHOOL$81,911
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY$80,000
Exploring the Arts$75,000
ENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$25,000
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund$25,000
KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER$25,000
THE Third Street Music School$25,000
Lenox Hill Hospital$25,000
The Perlman Music Program$25,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT$25,000
THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Long Island Cares Inc: $12k → 7%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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 20 repeat orgs$916k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
16

Total granted

$4.8M
$624k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+6%

Still filing today

85%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $292k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • GE
    GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $750k · revenue +674%
  • TB
    THE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $330k · revenue +114%
  • TF
    THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $280k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • CC
    COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -11%
  • SW
    SESAME WORKSHOP
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +6%
  • ND
    NYS Division Homeland Security Emergency Services
    one grant, 2020 · $87k
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
The Diller-Quaile School of Music Inc

For more than a century, diller-quaile has offered an environment where music can flourish in all its aspects, enriching the lives of students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. the belief that music is a fundamental part of human life…

Arts & Culture
2
San Francisco Jazz Organization

The san francisco jazz organization (the organization) is a recognized international leader in jazz creation, presentation, and education. the organization explores the full spectrum of jazz, from the music's origins in the african…

Arts & Culture
3
The Long Island Museum of American Art History & Carriages

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.

Arts & Culture
4
Bloomingdale School of Music

To provide access to high-quality music education for anyone who seeks it, regardless of economic status, ability level, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation.

Arts & Culture
5
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
6
Lyrica Baroque

The mission of lyrica baroque is to support a diverse community of students, teachers, artists, institutions and audiences of all ages through education, collaboration and performance. lyrica baroque seeks to promote the extraordinary…

Arts & Culture
7
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
8
New World Symphony Inc

Prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles.

Education
9
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
10
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
11
Society of the Third Street Music School Settlement

The mission of third street music school settlement is to provide access to music and dance education to new yorkers of all ages.

Arts & Culture
12
Museum of the City of New York

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…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Carnegie Hall Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Smalls Live Foundation Inc. 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

36 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. 36 of the 47 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
24/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EXPLORING THE ARTS INC: $1,372,000 · Arts & CultureEXPLORING THE ARTS INCTHE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $330,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSICLONG ISLAND MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT HALL: $280,000 · Arts & CultureLONG ISLAND MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT HALLTHE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $182,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INCSESAME WORKSHOP: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more: $270,000 · Arts & Culture+10 moreIndividual grant recipient: $1,086,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $280,000 · OtherTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCNYS Division Homeland Security Emergency Services: $87,114 · OtherHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $80,000 · Other+16 more: $365,000 · Other+16 moreGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $750,000 · Public Safety & DisasterGLOBAL EMPOWER…COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesLong Island Cares Inc: $12,290 · Human ServicesRoad Recovery Foundation Inc: $70,000 · HealthSWEET RELIEF MUSICIANS FUND: $40,000 · HealthLenox Hill Hospital: $25,000 · HealthST FRANCIS HOSPITAL: $10,000 · HealthLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE COVENANT SCHOOL: $81,911 · EducationBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $10,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 · EducationTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Environment
Arts & Culture$2,534,000Other$1,898,114Public Safety & Disaster$750,000Human Services$262,290Health$150,000Education$101,911Environment$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 budgetEXPLORING THE ARTS INC: $1,372,000 over 7y, 22% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $750,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $330,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $280,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLONG ISLAND MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT HALL: $280,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $250,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTHE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $182,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetSESAME WORKSHOP: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRoad Recovery Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEAST HAMPTON LIBRARY: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE METROPOLITAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetFELIX ORGANIZATION - ADOPTEES FOR CHILDREN INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE JAZZ LOFT INC: $25,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetMANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLenox Hill Hospital: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF OYSTER BAY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC: $20,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJazz Foundation of America Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $12,290 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL NEWS NATIONWIDE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE CHRISTEEN OYSTER SLOOP PRESERVATION CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSING FOR HOPE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRITES OF SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetWALT WHITMAN BIRTHPLACE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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 New York Communit…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…The Goldman Sachs Cha…Jewish Communal FundSilicon Valley Commun…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…
The New York Community TrustNY14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · 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 Joel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Berklee College of Music Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
11report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Joel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Joel Foundation 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 47 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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