· Private foundation
The Phelan Foundation
Its FY2023 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 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- $50k–250k1 grant · $122k
- $250k+3 grants · $975k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TIDES FOUNDATION | $325,000 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $325,000 |
| FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $325,000 |
| ST PIUS X | $122,315 |
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 (FY17–17, $100) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (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 FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $772k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RHROSEARY HILL HOME2× · 2018–2019 · $200k
- NHNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2020 · $180k · revenue +17%
- CMCATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE3× · 2017–2019 · $75k
Funded once
- THTOMORROW'S HOPE FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $45k · revenue -99%
- CMCATHOLIC MINISTRIES APPEAL DIOCESE OF ROCVILLE CENTREone grant, 2022 · $8k
- NHNAZARETH HOUSING INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +97%
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.
To end hunger in communities throughout new york city. (see schedule o)to end hunger in communities throughout new york city. we do this through food rescue and distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions.
To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…
Serve the most vulnerable on li by convening and supporting agencies that serve them
The mission of island harvest is to end hunger and reduce food waste on long island.
The mission of the capital area food bank (the food bank or cafb) is to help our neighbors thrive by creating more equitable access to food and opportunity through community partnerships.
To realize our vision of a hunger free community we will provide more food, healthy food and better access to food. we will leverage our own resources and also work with partners in the community.
The maryland food bank is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more marylanders.
Houston food bank's mission is to provide food for better lives. last year we provided access to 136 million nutritious meals in 18 counties in southeast texas through our 1,600 community partners which includes food pantries, soup…
To provide a safe, affordable and comprehensive program of high-quality early childhood education, parental and family support, as well as academic enrichment and recreational programs.
Food in need of distribution, inc. (find food bank) is dedicated to relieving hunger, the causes of hunger, and the problems associated with hunger through awareness, education, and mobilization of resources and community involvement.
We strive to maximize participation in, and support for, federally funded nutrition assistance programs including supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), the school breakfast program and national school lunch program, the summer…
To reduce food insecurity for all people living in New York City by increasing access and choice to culturally relevant healthy food. We envision a time when everyone in NYC will have equitable access to a variety of healthy, fresh food.…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 22 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 TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TOMORROW'S HOPE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NAZARETH HOUSING INC ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY ↗
- Who funds CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS ↗
- Who funds Long Island Cares 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Phelan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Phelan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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