· Private foundation
The Michael & Dudley Delbalso Charitable Trust
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 $10k15 grants · $55k
- $10k–50k24 grants · $349k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $413k
- $250k+3 grants · $1.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JUILLIARD SCHOOL | $546,579 |
| SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES | $523,124 |
| MARIN ART & GARDEN CENTER | $521,934 |
| TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND | $162,456 |
| CHINATI FOUNDATION | $102,484 |
| METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $95,949 |
| WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER | $51,658 |
| MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ANNUAL FUND | $30,000 |
| YALE ALUMNI FUND | $25,000 |
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY | $25,000 |
| SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | $20,000 |
| PRINT CENTER OF NEW YORK | $20,000 |
| LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND | $15,000 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL | $15,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.
59 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MMMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART8× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +58%
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND6× · 2018–2025 · $933k · revenue +119%
SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC6× · 2017–2025 · $898k · revenue +48%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $10k
- TGTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +44%
- CICERES INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +37%
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."
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
See schedule o for the organization's mission statement.please see description for part i, line 1, above.
To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.
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 new york studio school is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist, a preamble to a lifetime's engagement in drawing, painting, and sculpture. (see schedule o for continuation)
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
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…
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…
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
How this is measured
41 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. 41 of the 71 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 METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
- Who funds SANCTUARY FOR FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds JUILLIARD SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Marin Art and Garden Center ↗
- Who funds Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds JUDD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds THE CHINATI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SKIDMORE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds GREENWICH ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE STONINGTON FREE LIBRARY INC ↗
- Who funds GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC ↗
- Who funds New Museum of Contemporary Art ↗
- Who funds MARIN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds SADIE NASH LEADERSHIP PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
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: Tua Benson P Blake Char Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Castle Family Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Michael & Dudley Delbalso Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Michael & Dudley Delbalso Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shoreline Greenway Trail Inc: 64% of income from government
- Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc: 11% of income from government
- The Stonington Free Library Inc: 2% of income from government
- Stonington Village Improvement Assoc Inc: 2% of income from government
- Ceres Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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