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The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
113
Grants FY2024
100
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
86 to 112
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$198M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $320k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving112$6.6M15%
FY2023100$4.8M15%
FY2022112$6.0M22%
FY2021104$4.6M35%
FY202095$4.8M49%
FY201786$3.2Mn/a
98% 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$20MEducation$6.2MYouth Development$2.5MPhilanthropy$327kHuman Services$190kAnimals$39kInternational$34kEnvironment$27kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Negro College Fund Inc$3,000,00031%
People's Theatre Project Inc$775,000525%
City Lore Inc$750,00055%
The Fund for Public Schools Inc$728,45222%
The New 42nd Street Inc$600,00041%
The Young People's Chorus of New York City Inc$600,00053%
The Point Community Development Corporation$540,00056%
Billie Holiday Theatre Inc$525,000314%
The Dreamyard Project Inc$500,00052%
Mind Builders Creative Arts Inc$495,00064%
Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc$450,000310%
The Midori Foundation Inc$450,00058%
Upbeat NYC Inc$440,000629%
Irondale Productions Inc$400,000413%
Community-Word Project Inc$375,00058%
Jose Limon Dance Foundation Inc$350,00065%
Stella Adler Studio of Acting$350,00041%
Groundswell Community Mural Projectinc$325,00046%
Queens Museum of Art$300,00043%
The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc$300,00040%
Girl Be Heard Institute$275,000412%
Exploring the Arts Inc$275,00065%
Rubin Museum of Art Aka the Shelley & Donald Rubin Cultural Trust$269,50061%
Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc$250,00050%
Brooklyn Children's Museum Corporation$250,00051%
The Pierpont Morgan Library$230,00011%
Drama Club Inc$225,00049%
Education Through Music Inc$220,00051%
New Museum of Contemporary Art$212,00031%
Epic Theatre Center Inc$210,00055%
826NYC Inc$200,00047%
The Noel Pointer Foundation Inc$200,00034%
The Bronx Documentary Center$195,00045%
School of American Ballet Inc$193,05040%
Henry Street Settlement$186,00030%
National Dance Institute$185,00051%
Urban Word NYC Inc$180,000310%
Ballet Hispanico of New York Inc$175,00051%
Baltimore Museum of Art$170,00021%
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls Inc$160,000511%
Art for Progress Inc$160,000578%
Whitney Museum of American Art$153,40030%
Studio in a School Association Inc$150,00040%
The Harmony Program Inc$150,00052%
Dorill Initiative Inc$150,000498%
Discalced Inc$150,00012%
Art Start Inc$140,00063%
Educational Video Center Inc$135,00043%
Cumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance Inc$135,00035%
New York Theatre Workshop Inc$135,00041%
Louis Armstrong House Museum$135,00022%
Theatre Development Fund Inc$135,00050%
Publicolor Inc$130,00041%
Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy Inc$130,00044%
Justice Resource Center Inc$130,00059%
Making Books Sing Inc DBA New York City Childrens Theater$125,00033%
Hook Arts Media Inc$125,00055%
Dance Theatre of Harlem Inc$125,00050%
Fiji Theater Company Inc dba Ping Chong and Company$125,00034%
The Symphony Space Inc$125,00041%
Dancing Classrooms Inc$120,00042%
Battery Dance Corporatin Dba Battery D$120,00044%
Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy Inc$120,00052%
STEM From Dance Inc$120,00032%
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem$115,00043%
Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc$110,00042%
National Queer Theater$110,000316%
Socrates Sculpture Park Inc$110,00052%
Jazz Drama Program$105,00037%
Vibe Theater Experience Inc$105,00037%
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences$101,00040%
Read Alliance Inc$100,00061%
New York City Arts-In-Education Roundtable Inc$100,00028%
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc$100,00040%
Casita Maria Inc$90,00031%
Cool Culture Inc$90,00023%
Musical Mentors Collaborative Inc$90,000222%
Art Creates US Inc$83,00026%
Storm King Art Center$80,00020%
More Art Inc$80,00056%
MANHATTAN GRAPHICS CENTER INC DBA MGC Community Print Studio$78,00047%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$77,00030%
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum$77,00021%
The Lehman College Art Gallery Inc$75,00056%
Harlem Stage Inc$75,00012%
The Animation Project Inc$75,00019%
Metropolitan Opera Association Inc$75,00010%
Calliope Creative Foundation$70,000329%
NYC Salt Inc$70,00028%
Arttable Inc$61,00062%
Lotus Fine Arts Productions Inc Dba Lotus Music & Dance Studios$55,00045%
Born Dancing Inc$55,000423%
Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning$50,00041%
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company Inc$50,00022%
Girls Write Now Inc$50,00012%
Mama Foundation for the Arts Inc$50,00013%
Maysles Institute Inc$50,00019%
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$50,00010%
Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation$50,00015%
Arts for All Inc$47,500310%
Kingsborough Community College Auxiliary Enterprises Corporation$40,00024%
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA$37,50050%
Cabd Inc$35,00012%
Young Audiences New York Inc$35,00012%
The Filomen M Dagostino Greenberg Music School Inc$32,50041%
The Bronx Museum of the Arts$30,00011%
Pioneers Go East Collective Inc$30,000211%
The New York New Music Ensemble Inc$28,000425%
Cathedral High School$27,9504n/a
Friends of Alice Austen House Inc$25,00022%
Isadora Duncan Foundation for Contemporary Dance Inc$22,50035%
Federick Douglas Academy$22,2721n/a
Young Urban Christians & Artists Inc$20,00019%
Oye Group Inc$20,00016%
New York Shakespeare Festival$20,00020%
Society of the Third Street Music School Settlement$20,00010%
Yaa Samar Dance Theatre$20,00033%
The Sustainability Laboratory Inc$18,00041%
Museum of Modern Art$15,00030%
Multicultural Music Group Inc$15,00016%
Teatro Nuovo Inc$10,00021%
Amigos del Museo del Barrio Inc El Museo del Barrio$10,00010%
Council on Foundations Inc$10,00010%
Free Arts for Abused Children of New York City Inc$10,00010%
The Classical Theatre of Harlem Inc$10,00010%
Hias Inc$8,00020%
San Francisco Opera Association$6,00030%
Smithsonian Institution$5,00030%
Evergreen Action$4,50020%
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation$4,00020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$4,00020%
Opera Lafayette$4,00010%
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research Inc$2,50020%
The People's Choice for President$2,0002n/a
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art$2,00020%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$2,00010%
Museum of the City of New York$2,00020%
National Gallery of Art$2,00020%
Wam Theatre Inc$2,00011%
Center for Carbon Removal$2,00010%
Brooklyn Community Pride Center Inc$2,00010%
Brooklyn Ghost Project Inc$2,0001n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$2,00010%
Grantmakers in the Arts$1,40010%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$1,25010%
Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Inc$1,00010%
The Drawing Center Inc$1,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc$50010%
Kqed Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 77 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 145 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $3,000,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPeople's Theatre Project Inc: $775,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetCity Lore Inc: $750,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetThe Fund for Public Schools Inc: $728,452 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe New 42nd Street Inc: $600,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Young People's Chorus of New York City Inc: $600,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetThe Point Community Development Corporation: $540,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetBillie Holiday Theatre Inc: $525,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetThe Dreamyard Project Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMind Builders Creative Arts Inc: $495,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetReel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc: $450,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetThe Midori Foundation Inc: $450,000 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetUpbeat NYC Inc: $440,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetIrondale Productions Inc: $400,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetCommunity-Word Project Inc: $375,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetJose Limon Dance Foundation Inc: $350,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetStella Adler Studio of Acting: $350,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetGroundswell Community Mural Projectinc: $325,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetQueens Museum of Art: $300,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetThe Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc: $300,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGirl Be Heard Institute: $275,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetExploring the Arts Inc: $275,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetRubin Museum of Art Aka the Shelley & Donald Rubin Cultural Trust: $269,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBric Arts Media Bklyn Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBrooklyn Children's Museum Corporation: $250,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $230,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDrama Club Inc: $225,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetEducation Through Music Inc: $220,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $212,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetEpic Theatre Center Inc: $210,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budget826NYC Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetThe Noel Pointer Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetThe Bronx Documentary Center: $195,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetSchool of American Ballet Inc: $193,050 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHenry Street Settlement: $186,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNational Dance Institute: $185,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUrban Word NYC Inc: $180,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetBallet Hispanico of New York Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBaltimore Museum of Art: $170,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWillie Mae Rock Camp for Girls Inc: $160,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetArt for Progress Inc: $160,000 over 5y, 78% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $153,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetStudio in a School Association Inc: $150,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Harmony Program Inc: $150,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetDorill Initiative Inc: $150,000 over 4y, 98% of budgetDiscalced Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetArt Start Inc: $140,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetEducational Video Center Inc: $135,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 145.

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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.

The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ93.6× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · The Ford Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · Altman Foundation · Brooklyn Community 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.

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About The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc

How much does The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc give?
The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc reported 113 grants totaling $6,607,552 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 86 and 112 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (68%), Education (21%), Youth Development (8%).
Who are The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Negro College Fund Inc ($3.0M), People's Theatre Project Inc ($775k), City Lore Inc ($750k).
Does The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc.
Where is The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc based?
The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 229 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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