New York · Private foundation
The Revlis Foundation
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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,391
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,001,079
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations The Revlis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $318k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $2.0M | 15% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $1.2M | 23% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $770k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $490k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $558k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $428k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $351k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $255k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $2,056,054 | 5 | 0% |
| Corpsafrica | $851,174 | 9 | 26% |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | $603,341 | 3 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $475,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Brearley School | $399,751 | 2 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $250,665 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $198,827 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Museum of Manhattan | $150,391 | 7 | 0% |
| The New York Times Communities Fund | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $2,056,054 | 5 | 0% |
| Corpsafrica | $851,174 | 9 | 26% |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | $603,341 | 3 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $475,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Brearley School | $399,751 | 2 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $250,665 | 4 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $198,827 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Museum of Manhattan | $150,391 | 7 | 0% |
| The New York Times Communities Fund | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | $50,430 | 4 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Jerusalem International YMCA | $50,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Eba Foundation Abigail Black Elbaum Trustee | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Good Plus Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Whyhunger Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Read Ahead Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Park Children's Day School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($714k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Revlis Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About The Revlis Foundation
- How much does The Revlis Foundation give?
- The Revlis Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $2,037,266 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Revlis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), International (16%), Health (11%).
- Who are The Revlis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Duke University ($2.1M), Corpsafrica ($851k), New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc ($603k).
- Does The Revlis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Revlis Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Revlis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Revlis Foundation based?
- The Revlis Foundation is based in NY.
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