New York · Private foundation
The Moodys Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $4.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $3.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $615,997
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 32
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations The Moodys Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 28 | $3.1M | 71% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $4.4M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $4.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilcap Inc | $1,520,000 | 2 | 10% |
| WEConnect International Inc | $1,208,000 | 3 | 6% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $1,200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Technoserve Inc | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nest Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 9% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $450,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Corpsgiving Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Girls Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cooke School and Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilcap Inc | $1,520,000 | 2 | 10% |
| WEConnect International Inc | $1,208,000 | 3 | 6% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $1,200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Technoserve Inc | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nest Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 9% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $450,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Corpsgiving Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Girls Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $125,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cooke School and Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Working in Support of Education Inc | $93,052 | 2 | 2% |
| Girls Who Code Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Hetrick-Martin Institute Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Medical Corps | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creating an Environment of Sucess | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| United Way Suncoast Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| China Institute in America Incorporated | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Asia Society | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Many Hopes Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Camping Association Inc | $22,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Moodys Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Moodys Foundation
- How much does The Moodys Foundation give?
- The Moodys Foundation reported 28 itemized grants totaling $3,105,128, out of $4,554,957 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 32 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does The Moodys Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (57%), Philanthropy (8%), Community Improvement (8%).
- Who are The Moodys Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Vilcap Inc ($1.5M), WEConnect International Inc ($1.2M), World Wildlife Fund Inc ($1.2M).
- Does The Moodys Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Moodys Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Moodys Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Moodys Foundation based?
- The Moodys Foundation is based in NY.
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