· Private foundation
The Patricia Warburg Cliff and Karl Von Frieling Foundation
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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MORE THAN WORDS | $5,000 |
| OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS | $2,955 |
| BEACON HILL VILLAGE | $2,500 |
| COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS | $2,500 |
| CHILD MIND INSTITUTE | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS | $1,500 |
| CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON | $1,250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,209 |
| UNITED FARMWORKERS FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ACLU | $1,000 |
| PINE STREET INN | $1,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $709 |
| ASPCA | $700 |
| BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY | $500 |
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, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 81% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
40 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 15 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, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NNNAMI National6× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +543%
LITERARY ARTS INC2× · 2017–2018 · $6k · revenue +64%
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC4× · 2020–2025 · $4k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- LALITERARY ARTS PORTLANDone grant, 2020 · $4k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $2k
- HOHARBOR OF HOPEone grant, 2018 · $1k
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.
CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…
To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…
To ensure economic prosperity in the portland region by providing strong leadership, partnership, and programs that encourage business growth and vitality.
How this is measured
38 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. 38 of the 93 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 NAMI National ↗
- Who funds LITERARY ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds PEARL DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds MORE THAN WORDS INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds BEACON HILL VILLAGE INC ↗
- Who funds ZENAZEZZA INC ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds UFW FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PINE STREET INN INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED FARM WORKERS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds THE CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON INC ↗
- Who funds STREET ROOTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds BALTIC STREET AEH INC ↗
- Who funds JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC ↗
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: Meyer Memorial Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Regional Arts & Culture Council · The Collins Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Patricia Warburg Cliff and Karl Von Frieling Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Patricia Warburg Cliff and Karl Von Frieling Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Beacon Hill Village Inc: 28% of income from government
- More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
- Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
- Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
- Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
- Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
- Literary Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
- Women's Lunch Place Inc: 8% of income from government
- The Celebrity Series of Boston Inc: 3% of income from government
- The Trustees of Reservations: 2% of income from government
- Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
- Portland Jazz Festival Incorporated: 0% of income from government
- Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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