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The Richard and Pamela Ader Foundation at a glance

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The Richard and Pamela Ader 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.

$150k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$1.4MEducation$1.2MRecreation & Sports$1.1MFood & Nutrition$90kArts & Culture$50kReligion$46kPhilanthropy$30kHuman Services$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$150,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE$150,000
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, $183k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%JCC OF STATEN ISLAND: $3k → 11%NJTL OF BENNINGTON VT: $120k → 11%NJTL OF BENNINGTON VT: $50k → 11%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $500 → 17%BOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $500 → 17%FUND FOR THE AGED: $3k → 17%FUND FOR THE AGED: $3k → 17%NJTL OF BENNINGTON VT: $1k → 11%FUND FOR THE AGED: $3k → 17%NJTL OF BENNINGTON VT: $400 → 11%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.
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.
$3.7M · 21 repeat orgs$265k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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21

Total granted

$3.7M
$265k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+58%

Still filing today

57%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SV
    SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +2%
  • USTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    6× · 2017–2022 · $649k · revenue +60%
  • WS
    Womens Sports Foundation
    5× · 2017–2021 · $235k · revenue +230%

Funded once

  • MS
    MEMORIAL SLOAN KATTERING CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $80k
  • WC
    WEILL CORNELL BREAST CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • SC
    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOOD ALLERGY INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
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.

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New York Dental Affiliates Pc

Operating as an integral part of the nyc health + hospitals ("h+h"), formerly the new york city health and hospitals corporation. nyda will further h+h's tax-exempt charitable, scientific, and educational purposes by enhancing the…

Health
2
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
5
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
11
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Johnny Mac Tennis Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Centurion 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

22 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. 22 of the 42 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
19/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $601,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VERMONTWEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE: $480,000 · OtherWEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGENYU LANGONE HEALTH: $115,000 · OtherNYU LANGONE HEALTHMEMORIAL SLOAN KATTERING CANCER CENTER: $80,000 · OtherSOUTHWESTERN VT HEALTH CARE (SVHC FDTN): $60,500 · Other+17 more: $307,550 · Other+17 moreSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,030,500 · HealthSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTHCA…+2 more: $8,000 · HealthUSTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $649,240 · Recreation & SportsUSTA FOUNDATION INCORPORA…Womens Sports Foundation: $235,000 · Recreation & SportsWomens Sports Foundation+1 more: $3,600 · Recreation & SportsNJTL OF BENNINGTON VT INC: $171,400 · Human ServicesFUND FOR THE AGED INC: $7,500 · Human Services+2 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesNew York University: $65,000 · EducationBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $50,000 · EducationSTUDENT ADVOCACY INC: $14,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $5,000 · Education+2 more: $2,000 · EducationJOHNNY MAC TENNIS PROJECT INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentCenturion Foundation Inc: $15,000 · PhilanthropyR DUD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBENNINGTON COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,644,050Health$1,038,500Recreation & Sports$887,840Human Services$182,900Education$136,000Youth Development$20,000Philanthropy$20,000Housing & Shelter$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,030,500 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetUSTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $649,240 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetWomens Sports Foundation: $235,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetNJTL OF BENNINGTON VT INC: $171,400 over 4y, 36% of budgetNew York University: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNNY MAC TENNIS PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCenturion Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSTUDENT ADVOCACY INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFUND FOR THE AGED INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetR DUD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMACCABI USA INC: $3,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SI INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKids Cancer Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBENNINGTON COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOTTOMLESS CLOSET: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBENNINGTON FREE LIBRARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiddle Patent Rural Cemetery Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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 SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds USTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Womens Sports Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NJTL OF BENNINGTON VT INC ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds JOHNNY MAC TENNIS PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Centurion Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds STUDENT ADVOCACY INC ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR THE AGED INC ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds R DUD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MACCABI USA INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SI INC ↗
  • Who funds Kids Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BENNINGTON COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS ↗
  • Who funds BOTTOMLESS CLOSET ↗
  • Who funds BENNINGTON FREE LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds RIVERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL 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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY12.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Richard and Pamela Ader Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Richard and Pamela Ader Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Bennington Free Library: 3% of income from government
  • Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Richard and Pamela Ader Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 42 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.

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