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The Vytautas Burbulis Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Vytautas Burbulis Charitable Trust

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.

$43k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$166kReligion$24kEnvironment$12kRecreation & Sports$8kHealth$7kAnimals$6kScience & Tech$2kPublic Benefit$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$985k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$10,000
LINCOLN CENTER THEATER$8,500
MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE$2,608
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MUSEE DORSAY$2,500
FRICK COLLECTION$2,250
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM$2,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY$1,500
FRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE$1,500
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN$1,500
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$1,500
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO$1,200
THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
OLD WESTBURY GARDENS INC$1,000
ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION$1,000
THE JEWISH MUSEUM$1,000
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 (FY25–25, $50) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNITED METHODIST CITY SOCIETY: $50 → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
PA
CT
RI
VA
KS
DC
AL
FL
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$178k · 46 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
31

Total granted

$178k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+18%

Still filing today

85%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
    4× · 2022–2025 · $27k · revenue +39%
  • TV
    THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER
    5× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +159%
  • AM
    American Museum of Natural History
    2× · 2020–2021 · $9k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • CB
    CONGREGATION BETH JACOB OHEV SHOLOM
    one grant, 2023 · $12k
  • MT
    MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue +56%
  • MO
    MUSEM OF JEWISH HERITAGE
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
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.

1
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
2
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
3
Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences dba the Staten Island Museum

Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…

Arts & Culture
4
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
5
Berggruen Institute
Education
6
The Long Island Museum of American Art History & Carriages

The long island museum is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of american art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of long island and its diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
7
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
8
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery

The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
9
Museum of Collections
Arts & Culture
10
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
11
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
12
National September 11 Memorial and Museum At the World Trade Center

The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Frick Collection; the most unlike its peers is The Neue Galerie New York. 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

58 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. 58 of the 82 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/58
Grantees still filing
39/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $27,050 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $18,100 · Arts & CultureTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATERAmerican Museum of Natural History: $9,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryMuseum of Modern Art: $7,500 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern ArtMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC HUDSON VALLEY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNew York Historical Society: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $4,600 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $4,500 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN: $4,400 · Arts & Culture+22 more: $28,362 · Arts & Culture+22 moreThe Frick Collection: $12,600 · OtherThe Frick CollectionCONGREGATION BETH JACOB OHEV SHOLOM: $11,725 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH JACOB OHEV SHOLO…MARYKNOLL SISTERS: $8,352 · OtherMARYKNOLL SISTERSMUSEUM OF CITY OF NEW YORK: $5,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF CITY OF NEW YORKOld Westbury Gardens Inc: $3,100 · OtherMUSEM OF JEWISH HERITAGE: $2,500 · OtherBROOKLYN UNITED METHODIST HEALTH: $2,388 · Other+29 more: $24,211 · Other+29 moreBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $7,500 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $3,000 · EnvironmentPLANTING FIELDS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentWAVE HILL INCORPORATED: $500 · Environment+1 more: $250 · EnvironmentFRESH AIR FUND: $4,500 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,500 · Recreation & SportsThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $6,000 · EducationThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $1,000 · EducationWildlife Conservation Society: $6,000 · Animals+1 more: $175 · AnimalsBROOKLYN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HOME INC: $1,650 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$124,512Other$69,876Environment$12,250Recreation & Sports$8,000Education$7,000Animals$6,175Health$2,650

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 budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $27,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $18,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $12,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN CORPORATION: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC HUDSON VALLEY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROYAL OAK FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $4,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH AIR FUND: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN: $4,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOld Westbury Gardens Inc: $3,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE A LIVING MEMORIAL TO THE HOLOCAUST: $2,608 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MUSEE DORSAY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNassau County Museum of Art: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEUE GALERIE NEW YORK: $2,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetBROOKLYN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH HOME INC: $1,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHECKSCHER MUSEUM: $1,290 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SANDS POINT PRESERVE CONSERVANCY INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANTING FIELDS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASIA SOCIETY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United Methodist City Society: $850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $840 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE: $689 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAVE HILL INCORPORATED: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONGWOOD GARDENS INC: $470 over 4y, 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.

Morris Kirschner Perp…Greater Hudson Herita…The New York Communit…Jewish Communal FundThe Bessemer Giving F…The Corita Charitable…Steven a Klar Foundat…Peggy N & Roger G Ger…Ibm International Fou…Milton and Sally Aver…Mutual of America Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Morris Kirschner Perpetual Charitable TrNY26.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morris Kirschner Perpetual Charitable Tr · Greater Hudson Heritage Network · The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Corita Charitable Trust McGrath & Company LLP · Steven a Klar Foundation · Peggy N & Roger G Gerry Charitable · Ibm International Foundation · Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation · Mutual of America Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Vytautas Burbulis Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Vytautas Burbulis Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
17report 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.

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 82 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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