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The Selz 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.

$104k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2024
47
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,543
Organizations funded a year
3 to 77
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$135M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations The Selz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $837k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsHealthEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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 arriving12$101k25%
FY202347$7.6M26%
FY202226$16M27%
FY202157$8.9M30%
FY202077$7.1M100%
FY20193$15M0%
FY20187$13M29%
FY20176$9.5Mn/a
96% 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$25MEducation$8.6MRecreation & Sports$2.3MEnvironment$1.1MCrime & Legal$1.1MHealth$1.1MYouth Development$995kPublic Benefit$482kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
OK
TX
FL

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Frick Collection$2,023,00022%
Institute for Justice$1,070,00022%
The Allen-Stevenson School$806,00032%
American Museum of Natural History$600,00020%
Goucher College$560,00030%
Children's Health Defense$500,00013%
Cato Institute$442,71921%
Drug Policy Alliance$337,00012%
Ethel Walker School Inc$300,00031%
Spca of Westchester Inc$250,00013%
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All grantees of The Selz Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Frick Collection$2,023,00022%
Institute for Justice$1,070,00022%
The Allen-Stevenson School$806,00032%
American Museum of Natural History$600,00020%
Goucher College$560,00030%
Children's Health Defense$500,00013%
Cato Institute$442,71921%
Drug Policy Alliance$337,00012%
Ethel Walker School Inc$300,00031%
Spca of Westchester Inc$250,00013%
Millbrook School$204,00020%
Greater Life Inc$181,000315%
The Rippowam Cisqua School Inc$150,00030%
Strive International Inc$146,00021%
Pro Publica Inc$146,00020%
The Bridge Fund of New York Inc$146,00022%
Ackerman Institute for the Family$146,00022%
Fordham University$117,01630%
Wildlife Conservation Society$100,00010%
The New School$89,41930%
Caravan to Class$70,00039%
Marymount Manhattan College$70,00020%
Touch-A-Life$69,00034%
The American Classical Orchestra Inc$67,00025%
Ample Table for Everyone Inc$66,000249%
Smiling Goat Ranch Inc$61,000411%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$50,00020%
Pratt Institute$50,00020%
United in Light Inc$45,000420%
American Friends of the Louvre Inc$43,50011%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$25,50040%
Gullotta House Inc$25,00035%
Nat King Cole Generation Hope Inc$20,00026%
The Land Institute$20,00020%
National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy Dba Federal Hall Conservancy$20,00022%
Top Honors Incorporated$20,00021%
New York Public Radio$17,00010%
Montana Food Bank Network Inc$14,00030%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$14,00020%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$14,00020%
Neighbors Link Corp$13,00030%
St George Georgian Orthodox Church$11,0002n/a
Park County Environmental Council$9,50030%
Stafford Animal Shelter$9,50031%
People for Animals Inc$6,00020%
Seven Bridges Field Club Inc$5,21014%
Escala Initiative Inc$5,00020%
Sisters Circle Inc$5,00011%
The Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry Inc$5,0001n/a
Hopewell Cancer Support$5,00011%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5,00010%
Twenty Paws Rescue$5,0001n/a
Sidewalk Rescue$4,00021%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$3,00010%
Horse Haven Montana LLC$3,0001n/a
She's the First Inc$3,00010%
Anti-Defamation League$3,00010%
Livingston Center for Art and Culture Inc$3,00032%
Katonah Museum of Art$3,00010%
Liberty Humane Society Inc$3,00010%
Pbs Foundation$3,00010%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$2,00010%
Farm to School of Park County$2,00020%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$1,00010%
Lewisboro Land Trust Inc$1,00011%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$83040%
Mouth to Hand Parent Association Incorporated$7501n/a
Songs of Love Foundation$30010%
Museum of Modern Art$20010%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$13710%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($68M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Selz Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Frick Collection: $2,023,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetInstitute for Justice: $1,070,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetThe Allen-Stevenson School: $806,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $600,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGoucher College: $560,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Health Defense: $500,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCato Institute: $442,719 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDrug Policy Alliance: $337,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetEthel Walker School Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSpca of Westchester Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetMillbrook School: $204,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Life Inc: $181,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetThe Rippowam Cisqua School Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetStrive International Inc: $146,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $146,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Bridge Fund of New York Inc: $146,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetAckerman Institute for the Family: $146,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFordham University: $117,016 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New School: $89,419 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCaravan to Class: $70,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetMarymount Manhattan College: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTouch-A-Life: $69,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetThe American Classical Orchestra Inc: $67,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetAmple Table for Everyone Inc: $66,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetSmiling Goat Ranch Inc: $61,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPratt Institute: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited in Light Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Louvre Inc: $43,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $25,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGullotta House Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetNat King Cole Generation Hope Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetThe Land Institute: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNational Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy Dba Federal Hall Conservancy: $20,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTop Honors Incorporated: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNew York Public Radio: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontana Food Bank Network Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNeighbors Link Corp: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPark County Environmental Council: $9,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetStafford Animal Shelter: $9,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPeople for Animals Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSeven Bridges Field Club Inc: $5,210 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetEscala Initiative Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSisters Circle Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHopewell Cancer Support: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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 65.

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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.

T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMD24.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Park County Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley 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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How do I get to The Selz Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Selz 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.

About The Selz Foundation

How much does The Selz Foundation give?
The Selz Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $103,958 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 77 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Selz Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Education (11%), Recreation & Sports (3%).
Who are The Selz Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Frick Collection ($2.0M), Institute for Justice ($1.1M), The Allen-Stevenson School ($806k).
Does The Selz Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Selz 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 Selz Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Park County Community Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
Where is The Selz Foundation based?
The Selz Foundation 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 128 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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