· Private foundation
Vija Celmins Foundation Inc C/0 Vija Celmins
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, FY2022 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY | $10,000 |
| THE NOGUCHI MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| THE XERXES SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| LSCP | $5,642 |
| GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER | $5,000 |
| LONGHOUSE RESERVE | $5,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LATVIA | $5,000 |
| THE DRAWING CENTER | $5,000 |
| DDI | $3,000 |
| THE CHURCH SAG HARBOR | $3,000 |
| SAG HARBOR PARNTERSHIP | $2,010 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| PROJECT EATS | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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 conservancy preserves and revitalizes new york's architecture. by doing so, it contributes to new york's economy, tourism and quality of life.
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
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…
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…
The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…
See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…
To create memorable guest experiences which promote actions to help save species, habitats, and the communities who share those same landscapes
See schedule onylcvef's mission is to educate, engage and empower new yorkers to be effective advocates on behalf of the environment from clean energy and funding for parks, to solid waste and green buildings. first, we educate new yorkers…
To educate the community as to the significance of their architectural and historic heritage through the preservation, protection, improvement, and restoration of sites and buildings in western new york that are of historic or civic…
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.
To conserve and steward long island's natural and historic lands, waters and environmental resources. through education, outreach and volunteerism, we connect people to nature and inspire a community conservation ethic.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 19 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 HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds THE DRAWING CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE ISAMU NOGUCHI FOUNDATION AND GARDEN MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds XERCES SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC ↗
- Who funds LONGHOUSE RESERVE ↗
- Who funds SAG HARBOR PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT EATS INC ↗
- Who funds THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds LONG ISLAND PINE BARRENS SOCIETY ↗
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: Jewish Communal Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Vija Celmins Foundation Inc C/0 Vija Celmins funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vija Celmins Foundation Inc C/0 Vija Celmins. Bigger dots raise more.
- Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
How this is measured
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