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The Paul & Erin Pariser Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Paul & Erin Pariser Charitable Trust

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.

$143k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$706kEducation$46kHealth$44kPhilanthropy$31kCommunity Improvement$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kHuman Services$11kInternational$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $125k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$8k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$34,515
FRIENDS OF THE IDF$25,000
ASPEN ART MUSEUM$20,000
ASPEN WILDFIRE FOUNDATION$20,000
ASPEN ART MUSEUM$15,000
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$10,000
WEST 11TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION INC$5,000
ASPEN ART MUSEUM$4,151
NECHAMA- JEWISH RESPONSE TO DISASTER$3,750
J B SPEED ART MUSEUM$3,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$1,800
DIVIDED SKY FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%COVENANT HOUSE: $2k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
CT
CO
VA
TN
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$865k · 7 repeat orgs$89k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
27

Total granted

$865k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+30%

Still filing today

86%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WM
    WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
    5× · 2020–2025 · $202k · revenue +69%
  • NH
    NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2020 · $35k · revenue +12%
  • NJ
    NECHAMA - JEWISH RESPONSE TO DISASTER
    4× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • AF
    ASPEN FIRE PROTECTION WCAF
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • NY
    NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +68%
  • NY
    NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
World Monuments Fund Inc

Wmf is the leading independent organization devoted to safeguarding the world's most treasured places to enrich people's lives and build mutual understanding across cultures and communities. the organization is headquartered in new york…

Arts & Culture
5
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
6
Arthur Miller Foundation

To honor the legacy of the great american playwright, arthur miller, and his new york city public school education, the arthur miller foundation (the "foundation") increases equitable access to quality theater education for public school…

Philanthropy
7
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
8
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
9
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
10
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
11
New York Studio School

The new york studio school is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist, a preamble to a lifetime's engagement in drawing, painting, and sculpture. (see schedule o for continuation)

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12
The Architectural League of New York

The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is West 11th Street Block Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 42 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
23/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASPEN ART MUSEUM: $371,143 · Arts & CultureASPEN ART MUSEUMWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $202,483 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART+7 more: $14,250 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART: $202,015 · OtherWHITNEY MUSEUM OF ARTASPEN FIRE PROTECTION WCAF: $20,000 · OtherASPEN FIRE PROTECTION WCAFTHIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Other+17 more: $28,200 · Other+17 moreTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $40,000 · EducationBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $1,000 · EducationNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Health+2 more: $1,500 · HealthAspen Wildfire Foundation: $20,000 · Public Safety & DisasterNECHAMA - JEWISH RESPONSE TO DISASTER: $14,750 · Public Safety & DisasterASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $28,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $3,600 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $30,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · International
Arts & Culture$587,876Other$260,215Education$46,000Health$36,500Public Safety & Disaster$34,750Philanthropy$31,600International$31,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetASPEN ART MUSEUM: $371,143 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $202,483 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAspen Wildfire Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNECHAMA - JEWISH RESPONSE TO DISASTER: $14,750 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEST 11TH STREET BLOCK ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $3,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetETM-COLORADO INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSPEED ART MUSEUM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTEE OFF FORE LIFE INC: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL ZIONIST ORGANIZATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSONGWRITINGWITHINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT LYME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD OAKS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFreaks Action Network Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHIGH JUMP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNELIA DE LANGE SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY18.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Paul & Erin Pariser Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Paul & Erin Pariser Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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