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The Scully Peretsman Foundation at a glance

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The Scully Peretsman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.8M
Granted FY2023
51
Grants FY2023
10
States reached
$483k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

73% of The Scully Peretsman Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 47 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Scully Peretsman Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 38 organizations, $3M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

21
’19
34
’20
25
’21
37
’22
38
’23
47
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$9.9MEducation$5.1MScience & Tech$3.3MSocial Science$1.0MRecreation & Sports$996kArts & Culture$722kHealth$430kHuman Services$345kOther$0
02FY2023 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 51 grants below total $1,427,658, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,785,311 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,357,653 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k28 grants · $100k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $321k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $273k
  • $250k+2 grants · $734k
$7,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$42M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Teach for All America$482,968
American Academy of Arts and Sciences$251,047
University of Miami$100,000
Institute for Advanced Study$97,620
Good Shepherd Food Bank$75,000
Lincoln Center$44,852
HIAS$30,000
The Everglades Foundation Inc$30,000
American Nurses Foundation Inc$25,000
Malden Catholic High School$25,000
Saint Marys College$25,000
Teach For All Inc$20,316
Literacy Network of South Berkshire Inc$15,000
Pilots To The Rescue Inc$15,000
The Trustees of Princeton$10,500
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.1M · 51 repeat orgs$5.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2023, 18 since wound down; 36 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
100

Total granted

$9.1M
$5.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+26%

Still filing today

82%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $239k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $3.2M · revenue +98%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    3× · 2019–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +5%
  • AA
    AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES
    5× · 2019–2024 · $793k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • IF
    Institute for Advance Study
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M
  • CP
    CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $989k · revenue +17%
  • T
    TFA
    one grant, 2021 · $502k
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.

03Its 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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
Manhattanville University

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

Education
6
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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8
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
9
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
10
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
11
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
12
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Visions for Public Schools Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Tikvah Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

116 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 116 of the 190 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
113/116
Grantees still filing
80/116
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $9,806,875 · PhilanthropyVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM+9 more: $72,500 · PhilanthropyInstitute for Advance Study: $1,045,693 · OtherInstitute for Advance StudyTeach for All America: $965,358 · OtherTeach for All AmericaTFA: $501,584 · OtherTFAPrinceton: $225,460 · OtherThe New York Community Trust - Emergency Cash Assistance Program: $199,900 · Other+128 more: $3,015,524 · Other+128 moreINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $3,248,453 · Science & TechINSTITUTE FOR A…The Trustees of Princeton University: $1,028,926 · EducationThe Trustees …TEACH FOR ALL INC: $552,678 · EducationTEACH FOR ALL…AMERICAN NURSES FOUNDATION INC: $229,558 · EducationAMERICAN NURS…BARNARD COLLEGE: $164,796 · EducationBARNARD COLLE…KIPP FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationKIPP FOUNDATI…EDUCATORS FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $144,764 · EducationThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $141,746 · EducationUniversity of Miami: $100,000 · Education+14 more: $275,417 · Education+14 moreCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $988,814 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $793,460 · Social ScienceLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $255,630 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural History: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $52,500 · Arts & CultureThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $35,000 · Arts & CultureThe Art Students League Of New York Inc: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+16 more: $174,752 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$9,879,375Other$5,953,519Science & Tech$3,248,453Education$2,787,885Recreation & Sports$998,814Social Science$793,460Arts & Culture$602,882

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM: $9,806,875 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $3,248,453 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $1,028,926 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $988,814 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $793,460 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTEACH FOR ALL INC: $552,678 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $255,630 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN NURSES FOUNDATION INC: $229,558 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $167,740 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $165,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $164,796 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKIPP FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATORS FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $144,764 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $141,746 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOTER REGISTRATION PROJECT: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIAS INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTibet Fund Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $52,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Network of South Berkshire Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC: $41,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFULL PLATES FULL POTENTIAL: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $32,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF GREECE: $30,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDANA-FARBER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOEY O'DONNELL FOUNDATION TRUST: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetThe Art Students League Of New York Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW VISIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $22,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GARRISON INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRO PRIMO LEVI INC: $20,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetTWO EAST SIXTY-SECOND STREET FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBELLPORT VILLAGE PROGRAM FUND INC: $19,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetBELLPORT-BROOKHAVEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $19,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetMERIT SPREAD FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SPENCE SCHOOL: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% 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.

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 New York Communit…Donald C McGraw Found…Berkshire Bank Founda…Berkshire Taconic Com…Jewish Communal FundGilson Family Foundat…Lee Bank Foundation I…Josephine and Louise …The Buchwald Family F…Dr Robert C & Tina So…The Feigenbaum Founda…Berkshire United Way …
The New York Community TrustNY24.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Gilson Family Foundation Inc · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation · The Buchwald Family Foundation · Dr Robert C & Tina Sohn Foundation · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Berkshire United Way Inc

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.

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 190 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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