Skip to content
The Paul Rand Charitable Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

The Paul Rand 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.

$375k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$750kFood & Nutrition$650kArts & Culture$303kPhilanthropy$203kInternational$170kHealth$70kCommunity Improvement$40kEnvironment$275Other$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $170k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHATHAM UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT$120,000
PRO PUBLICA INC$50,000
CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE$40,000
FEEDING AMERICA$40,000
NPR FOUNDATION$30,000
CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC$30,000
GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER$20,000
GUILFORD COMMUNITY FUND$15,000
VISUAL ARTS FOUNDATION$10,000
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$5,000
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM$5,000
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$5,000
MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $15k → 6%MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $15k → 6%MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $15k → 6%MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $6k → 6%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $30k → 14%MARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $4k → 6%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
VA
DC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 17 repeat orgs$223k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
11

Total granted

$1.8M
$163k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+29%

Still filing today

82%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • CF
    CONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $285k · revenue +159%
  • Feeding America
    5× · 2021–2025 · $195k · revenue +23%
  • GL
    GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $95k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • HT
    Hadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +7%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue 0%
  • FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +4%
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
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
2
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
San Diego Museum of Art

To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.

Arts & Culture
10
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
11
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
12
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History

The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the World Food Program Inc; the most unlike its peers is Visual Arts Foundation 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

27 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. 27 of the 32 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHATHAM UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT: $750,000 · OtherCHATHAM UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENTCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $285,000 · OtherCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INCFEDERATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPY OF UPPER FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $50,000 · Other+9 more: $96,525 · Other+9 moreFeeding America: $195,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding AmericaGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $95,000 · Food & NutritionGOD'S LOVE WE DE…FEED MORE INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD FOR PEOPLE INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionVisual Arts Foundation Inc: $80,000 · Arts & CultureVisual Arts …PRO PUBLICA INC: $60,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA …CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT …MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $17,250 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FI…Museum of Modern Art: $17,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Mo…WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $12,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $3,560 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $140,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $30,000 · InternationalGUILFORD COMMUNITY FUND: $83,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $70,000 · PhilanthropyMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesHadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc: $40,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,181,525Food & Nutrition$320,000Arts & Culture$231,810International$170,000Philanthropy$153,000Human Services$90,000Community Improvement$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $285,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $195,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $140,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGUILFORD COMMUNITY FUND: $83,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetVisual Arts Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFEDERATION FOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPY OF UPPER FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $50,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetHadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNPR FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $17,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MORE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR PEOPLE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOODSHARE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $250 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.

Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Renaissance Charitable Foundation IncIN11.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Rand Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Paul Rand Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Massachusetts Historical Society: 22% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 32 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Paul Rand’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home