New York · Private foundation
The Niemiec Family Fund
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $207k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2026
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $60,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 26
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 7
- Total assets, FY2026
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 15% of the organizations The Niemiec Family Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 20 | $207k | 20% |
| FY2025 | 26 | $212k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $185k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $256k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $200k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $214k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc | $216,600 | 4 | 1% |
| Unitarian Church of All Souls | $115,000 | 6 | n/a |
| New World Symphony Inc | $57,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Newport String Project | $50,500 | 6 | 4% |
| The Heart & Soul Charitable Fund Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Collegiate Offshore Sailing Circuit Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Harvard Crimson Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Nightingale-Bamford School | $21,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Michael's Country Day School | $16,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc | $216,600 | 4 | 1% |
| Unitarian Church of All Souls | $115,000 | 6 | n/a |
| New World Symphony Inc | $57,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Newport String Project | $50,500 | 6 | 4% |
| The Heart & Soul Charitable Fund Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Collegiate Offshore Sailing Circuit Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Harvard Crimson Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Nightingale-Bamford School | $21,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Michael's Country Day School | $16,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Newport Contemporary Ballet | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Davidson College | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hudson Institute Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| London Grove Friends of the Park | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| School for Field Studies Inc | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rhode Island Free Clinic Inc | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Norman Bird Sanctuary Trust | $7,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lucy's Hearth | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oasis Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ancoratn Fka End Slavery Tennessee Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($593k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Niemiec Family Fund supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Larry and Anne Glenn Foundation Inc · Newportfed Charitable Foundation · Ejmp Fund for Philanthropy · Bazarsky Family Foundation · Middlecott Foundation · Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Champlin Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About The Niemiec Family Fund
- How much does The Niemiec Family Fund give?
- The Niemiec Family Fund reported 20 grants totaling $207,100 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 26 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does The Niemiec Family Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (46%), Education (13%), Science & Tech (9%).
- Who are The Niemiec Family Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc ($217k), Unitarian Church of All Souls ($115k), New World Symphony Inc ($58k).
- Does The Niemiec Family Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Niemiec Family Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Niemiec Family Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, Larry and Anne Glenn Foundation Inc, Newportfed Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Niemiec Family Fund based?
- The Niemiec Family Fund is based in NY.
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