· Private foundation
The Mufson Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CENTRAL JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES INC | $8,500 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $8,000 |
| BRC (FORMERLY BOWERY RESIDENTS COMMITTEE) | $6,000 |
| AMERICARES | $5,000 |
| SPUR LOCAL | $5,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $4,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA | $4,000 |
| THE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND (FORMERLY THE NEEDIEST CASES FUND) | $3,000 |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (DOUBLE DISCOVERY) | $2,500 |
| GIRLS INC | $2,000 |
| LEVINE MUSIC | $1,500 |
| EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE | $1,500 |
| THE STUDIO THEATRE | $1,000 |
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 (FY21–22, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CJCENTRAL JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES INC8× · 2017–2024 · $45k · revenue +137%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC8× · 2017–2024 · $37k · revenue +98%- SLSPUR LOCAL INC8× · 2017–2024 · $36k · revenue +15%
Funded once
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.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.
Partnersglobal (partners) works through a global network to support local leaders and create partnerships that transform conflict, strengthen democratic institutions, and achieve sustainable development.
Middle east investment initiative, inc. (meii) stimulates sustainable economic activity and long-lasting job creation in the middle east and north africa (mena) by designing and deploying finance and technical assistance programs to…
Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.
Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…
To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.
The Guernica Centre for International Justice represents the interests of victims in national and international legal proceedings, putting in place transnational accountability strategies that seek to maximize the protection of victims'…
Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)
Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.
Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…
Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 22 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 CENTRAL JERSEY LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds SPUR LOCAL INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND ↗
- Who funds GIRLS INC ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds The Studio Theatre Inc ↗
- Who funds SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES ↗
- Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds BLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS ↗
- Who funds LEVINE MUSIC INC ↗
- Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Mufson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mufson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Central Jersey Legal Services Inc: 3% of income from government
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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