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The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
113
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
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$20MEducation$6.2MYouth Development$2.5MPhilanthropy$327kHuman Services$190kAnimals$39kInternational$34kEnvironment$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 113 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k57 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k41 grants · $3.3M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.7M
$35,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$198M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED NEGO COLLEGE FUND INC$1,000,000
FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS$688,452
THE NEW MUSEUM$210,000
MIND BUILDERS CREATIVE ARTS CENTER$150,000
SUGAR HILL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$150,000
CITY LORE$150,000
COMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT$125,000
THE POINT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP$125,000
THE DREAMYARD PROJECT$125,000
UPBEAT NYC$120,000
STELLA ADLER STUDIO OF ACTING$100,000
IRONDALE PRODUCTIONS$100,000
THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM$100,000
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS$100,000
HARLEM STAGE INC$75,000
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 (FY17–24, $514k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EVERGREEN ACTION: $3k → 14%GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT: $100k → 20%GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT: $100k → 20%GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT: $100k → 20%GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECT: $25k → 20%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $76k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $60k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $50k → 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

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28M · 152 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

152 repeat relationships: 95 still active in FY2024, 57 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

152
57

Total granted

$28M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+28%

Still filing today

74%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $517k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +74%
  • PT
    PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $775k · revenue +42% · 25% of their budget
  • CL
    CITY LORE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $750k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • TP
    The Pierpont Morgan Librarygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $230k · revenue +109%
  • SC
    SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH
    one grant, 2017 · $150k
  • DI
    DISCALCED INC
    one grant, 2017 · $150k · revenue -3%
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 Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
2
Move(Nyc) Foundation Inc

Move|nyc| is a civic arts and social justice organization committed to cultivating a more diverse and inclusive society through transforming the field of professional dance. more than an arts organization, move|nyc| is a movement for…

Public Benefit
3
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
4
The Studio Museum in Harlem

The studio museum in harlem is a contemporary art museum that focuses on the work of artists of african descent - as well as work that has been inspired and influenced by african culture - past and present; through its exhibitions,…

Arts & Culture
5
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
6
Balletx

Balletx expands the vocabulary of contemporary ballet for all audiences through innovative performances, world premiere choreography, dance education, and community programs.

Arts & Culture
7
The Diller-Quaile School of Music Inc

For more than a century, diller-quaile has offered an environment where music can flourish in all its aspects, enriching the lives of students of all ages and cultural backgrounds. the belief that music is a fundamental part of human life…

Arts & Culture
8
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
9
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc

Mtc's work includes producing and developing new work on and off-broadway, nurturing artists throughout their careers, and positively impacting the lives of many through innovative education programs. we are committed to equity, diversity…

Arts & Culture
10
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association

For over 150 years, the 92nd street y, new york has been serving its communities and the larger world by bringing people together (continued on schedule o)and providing exceptional, groundbreaking programs in the performing and visual…

Religion
11
Amda Inc (American Musical and Dramatic Academy)

Amda is committed to providing an unsurpassed performing arts education to a diverse community of creative artists. amda seeks to be both the school and the stage, where students are given the support and the freedom to find their voice…

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12
Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Please see schedule o for the complete mission statement.berkeley repertory theatre creates ambitious theatre that entertains and challenges its audiences, provokes civic engagement, and inspires people to experience the world in new and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Audiences New York Inc; the most unlike its peers is The People's Choice for President. 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

149 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. 149 of the 229 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
147/149
Grantees still filing
102/149
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC: $775,000 · Arts & CulturePEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INCCITY LORE INC: $750,000 · Arts & CultureCITY LORE INCTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC: $600,000 · Arts & CultureTHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $600,000 · Arts & CultureBILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE INC: $525,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DREAMYARD PROJECT INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureMIND BUILDERS CREATIVE ARTS INC: $495,000 · Arts & CultureUPBEAT NYC INC: $440,000 · Arts & Culture+79 more: $8,449,950 · Arts & Culture+79 moreENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MATHEMATICS & TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL: $775,513 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MATHEMATICS & TECH…THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $728,452 · OtherTHE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCSUGAR HILL CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $556,000 · OtherThe Point Community Development Corporation: $540,000 · OtherPARK AVENUE ARMORY: $525,000 · OtherMETROPOLITAN OPERA: $475,000 · OtherTHE MIDORI FOUNDATION INC: $450,000 · OtherIrondale Productions Inc: $400,000 · Other+80 more: $6,160,801 · Other+80 moreUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $3,000,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLL…COMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT INC: $375,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY-WORD PR…The Pierpont Morgan Library: $230,000 · Education826NYC Inc: $200,000 · EducationURBAN WORD NYC INC: $180,000 · Education+10 more: $662,500 · Education+10 moreREEL STORIES TEEN FILMMAKING INC: $450,000 · Youth DevelopmentNYC SALT INC: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG URBAN CHRISTIANS & ARTISTS INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentGROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECTINC: $325,000 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $186,000 · Human Services+1 more: $4,500 · Human ServicesRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST: $269,500 · PhilanthropyCouncil on Foundations Inc: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropySOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK INC: $110,000 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$13,134,950Other$10,610,766Education$4,647,500Youth Development$540,000Human Services$515,500Philanthropy$281,500Community Improvement$110,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 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
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 UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY LORE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW 42ND STREET INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS OF NEW YORK CITY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Point Community Development Corporation ↗
  • Who funds BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DREAMYARD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds MIND BUILDERS CREATIVE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds REEL STORIES TEEN FILMMAKING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MIDORI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UPBEAT NYC INC ↗
  • Who funds Irondale Productions Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds JOSE LIMON DANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STELLA ADLER STUDIO OF ACTING ↗
  • Who funds GROUNDSWELL COMMUNITY MURAL PROJECTINC ↗
  • Who funds QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds THE DOOR - A CENTER OF ALTERNATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds EXPLORING THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST ↗
  • Who funds BRIC ARTS MEDIA BKLYN INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds The Pierpont Morgan Library ↗
  • Who funds DRAMA CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATION THROUGH MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds New Museum of Contemporary Art ↗
  • Who funds EPIC THEATRE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds 826NYC Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE NOEL POINTER FOUNDATION 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.

The Hyde and Watson F…Pinkerton FoundationThe Howard Gilman Fou…Lily Auchincloss Foun…The New York Communit…Booth Ferris Foundati…Cornelia T Bailey Cha…The Ford FoundationHillman Family Founda…Mid Atlantic Arts IncAltman FoundationBrooklyn Community Fo…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: 5% of income from government
  • Wam Theatre Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
50report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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$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