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Tuft Family 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$617k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.8MHealth$530kEducation$188kPhilanthropy$68kInternational$68kEnvironment$47kCommunity Improvement$28kYouth Development$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 43 grants below total $1,272,957, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,360,457 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $87,500 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k29 grants · $104k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $87k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $465k
  • $250k+1 grant · $617k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Roundabout Theatre Company$616,892
Theater and Art Foundation$150,000
University of Michigan$100,000
International Center of Photography$65,000
Duke University$50,000
Duke University$50,000
Cancer Research Institute$50,000
Vital Voices Global Partnership$20,000
Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc$16,666
Jewish National Fund, United States$10,000
Apollo Theater$10,000
Glaucoma Foundation Inc$10,000
Garden of Dreams Foundation$10,000
The Perlman Music Program$10,000
Good+Foundation$9,280
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 21 repeat orgs$994k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
46

Total granted

$2.9M
$735k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+16%

Still filing today

95%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $259k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • RT
    ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +64%
  • UO
    University of Michigan
    3× · 2022–2024 · $300k · revenue +92% · 30% of their budget
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • WM
    WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $336k · revenue +90%
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +8%
  • PL
    PECONIC LAND TRUST INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue +61%
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
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
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
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
4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
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
6
Manhattanville University

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

Education
7
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
8
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
9
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
The New Group Inc

The new group is an artist-driven company with a commitment to developing and producing powerful, contemporary theater. while constantly evolving, we maintain an ensemble approach to all our work and an articulated style of emotional…

Arts & Culture
12
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Museum of Manhattan; the most unlike its peers is Ted 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.
03the grantee network

71 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. 71 of the 89 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/71
Grantees still filing
47/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $1,800,262 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INCWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $336,230 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ARTINTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY: $264,590 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY+19 more: $175,046 · Arts & Culture+19 moreUniversity of Michigan: $300,000 · OtherUniversity of Michi…Theater and Art Foundation: $150,000 · OtherTheater and Art Fou…Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection(ICAP): $25,000 · OtherTED FOUNDATION INC: $28,000 · Other+32 more: $175,697 · Other+32 moreDUKE UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $50,000 · EducationWINE EDUCATION COUNCIL INC: $18,000 · EducationCornell University: $16,596 · EducationWESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL: $10,000 · Education+4 more: $9,800 · EducationCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $105,500 · HealthThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $16,666 · HealthNATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INC: $15,000 · HealthTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE GLAUCOMA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $10,000 · Health+4 more: $10,500 · HealthVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $53,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 · InternationalTHE LAWFARE PROJECT INC: $10,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $5,000 · InternationalUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $36,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $22,175 · PhilanthropyGARDEN OF DREAMS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $34,660 · EnvironmentECOAMERICA: $10,000 · Environment+2 more: $2,000 · Environment
Arts & Culture$2,576,128Other$678,697Education$254,396Health$177,666International$103,000Philanthropy$78,175Environment$46,660

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 budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $1,800,262 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $336,230 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $300,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY: $264,590 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $105,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $53,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $36,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $34,660 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTED FOUNDATION INC: $28,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $22,175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetGARDEN OF DREAMS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAPOLLO THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWINE EDUCATION COUNCIL INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $16,666 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $16,596 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $14,420 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY CENTER INC: $14,118 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP INC: $10,775 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GLAUCOMA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LAWFARE PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK EDGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUSTA FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Soze Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetNotes For Notes Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetECOAMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAMILLUS HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL THEATRE IN AMERICA INC: $9,560 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $9,280 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $8,785 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MUSIQUE & VIN AU CLOS VOUGEOT INC: $6,800 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY: $5,310 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $5,148 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREBOOT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $5,000 over 1y, 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Foundation to Promote…The Hyde and Watson F…California Community …Jewish Community Fede…American Endowment Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…American Express Foun…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…
Jewish Communal FundNY26.2× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Foundation to Promote Open Society · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Express Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation 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 89 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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