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· Private foundation
THE MULLEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests — it funds preselected organizations.
$1.2M
Granted FY2020
19
Grants
3
Communities
$400k
Largest
01What you fund
01FY2020 · 19 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k6 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $85k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $751k
- $250k+1 grant · $400k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
- FRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE$400,000
- NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC$200,000
- DREAM (FKA HARLEM RBI)$200,000
- THE FRIENDS OF GOVERNORS ISLAND$150,000
- THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$100,000
- PECONIC LAND TRUST$51,000
- THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$50,000
- CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION$35,000
- USA FOR UNHCR$10,000
- ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE$10,000
- ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
- RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL$10,000
- GUILD HALL$10,000
- PARK AVENUE ARMORY$5,000
- NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY$750
02The need
02
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY20–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 16% — the area typically sits at 12%. 87% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
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New York Academy of Sciences
To advance scientific knowledge and to increase the number of scientifically informed individuals.
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2
The Frick Collection
The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.
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3
New York Public Radio
To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful, see schedule o.
Arts & Culture
4
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
5
New York University
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes.
Education
6
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital
To be a leader in the provision of world class patient care, teaching, research, and service to local, state, national, and international communities.
Health
7
New York Medical College
Educate physicians, scientists, public health specialists & other healthcare professionals.
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National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
Arts & Culture
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Brooklyn Public Library
It is the mission of the library to ensure the preservation and transmission of (see schedule o) society's knowledge, history and culture, and to provide the people of brooklyn with free and open access to information for education,…
Education
10
The Rockefeller University
A world-renowned center for research and graduate education.
Education
11
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Inspire diverse audiences through exhibitions, education, publications & collections.
Arts & Culture
12
New York Water Environment
To serve the best interests of the public by promoting sustainable clean water quality management through science, education, and training.
Environment
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Animal Medical Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network
12 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Other$476,200Arts & Culture$460,000Health$235,000Environment$51,000Education$10,750Animals$10,000Recreation & Sports$275
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds PECONIC LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART ↗
- Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ST ANN'S WAREHOUSE ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK LANDMARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds THE FRESH AIR FUND ↗
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation THE MULLEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
04Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: FRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
low risk
~15 months of operating runway; revenue contracted over 8 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
8 years of Form 990 filings, still active.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 311734086 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on FRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 15 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue contracted over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 2% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro
How do I get to The Mullen Family Foundation Inc?
Find your warmest path to The Mullen Family Foundation Inc through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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Strange bedfellows
the named clusters of US funding
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines