· Private foundation
The Vilcek Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $213k
- $50k–250k12 grants · $850k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $100,000 |
| MONIKA BINCSIK | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100,000 |
| PIERRE TERJANIAN | $100,000 |
| HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | $50,015 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| JUAN CARLOS NOGUERA CARDOZA | $50,000 |
| PEOPLE'S THEATRE PROJECT INC | $40,000 |
| BATES COLLEGE | $33,000 |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS | $30,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 12% of The Vilcek Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 43% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 37%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $902k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HIHAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL6× · 2019–2024 · $309k · revenue +32%
- NYNEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC6× · 2019–2024 · $120k · revenue +146%
PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE3× · 2021–2024 · $100k · revenue +25%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $100k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $100k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $100k
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.
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.
The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.
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).
El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
Artpace san antonio is a nonprofit residency program which supports texas, national, and international artists in the creation of new art. see schedule o for continuation.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The architectural league of new york supports critically transformative work in the allied fields that shape the built environment. as a vital, independent forum, the league stimulates thinking, debate, and action on today's (continued on…
The performance art museum (pam) is the first u.s. institution exclusively dedicated to the presentation and preservation of live art. our mission is to facilitate the powerful impact of live experiences that can profoundly transform our…
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…
How this is measured
48 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. 48 of the 113 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK YOUTH SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS INC ↗
- Who funds KIND INC ↗
- Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds PETER JAFFE YEOMANS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOHO REPERTORY THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds UPWARDLY GLOBAL ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · Hispanic Federation Inc · Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · Terra Foundation for American Art · The Fan Fox and Leslie R Samuels Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The Henry Luce Foundation Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Vilcek Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Vilcek Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Immigrant Learning Center Inc: 34% of income from government
- The Montclair Art Museum: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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