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Von Rydingsvard and Greengard Foundation at a glance

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Von Rydingsvard and Greengard 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.

$270k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$827kArts & Culture$588kInternational$155kEducation$95kSocial Science$85kYouth Development$30kEnvironment$26kHealth$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$8.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORRIS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT$20,000
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO$20,000
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS$20,000
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$20,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ART FUND$20,000
STORM KING ART CENTER$20,000
HERBERT F JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART$20,000
NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART$20,000
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL$20,000
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART$20,000
BROOKLYN MUSEUM$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO$20,000
MIT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER$10,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 47% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%THE LAND WITH NO NAME SANCTUARY: $20k → 15%MIT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER: $10k → 8%SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART: $20k → 13%NORRIS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT: $20k → 22%OXBOW SCHOOL: $10k → 9%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $20k → 10%JUDY PFAFF FOUNDATION: $30k → 9%SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK: $10k → 13%ALBRIGHT KNOX MUSEUM: $10k → 13%STORM KING ART CENTER: $20k → 14%HERBERT F JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART: $20k → 16%DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $20k → 21%NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $20k → 15%WEATHERSPOON ART MUSEUM: $20k → 16%ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $20k → 14%THE LAND WITH NO NAME SANCTUARY: $20k → 15%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $40k → 8%NORRIS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT: $10k → 22%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 10%FRACTURED ATLAS: $14k → 9%STORM KING ART CENTER: $15k → 14%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $60k → 17%NELSON ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 15%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO: $20k → 14%AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $40k → 8%PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $20k → 22%DONOR ADVISED FUND: $478k → 9%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $60k → 17%BROOKLYN MUSEUM: $20k → 20%PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $20k → 22%DONOR ADVISED FUND: $270k → 9%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $15k → 17%MOORE COLLEGE OF ART: $20k → 22%DONOR ADVISED FUND: $49k → 9%UNHCR: $20k → 17%BROOKLYN RAIL: $20k → 20%THE FABRIC WORKSHOP AND MUSEUM: $7k → 22%STUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC: $40k → 17%STUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC: $35k → 17%UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $25k → 17%MADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY: $20k → 17%MADISON SQUARE PARK: $20k → 17%UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $20k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ART FUND: $40k → 17%UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $20k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ART FUND: $40k → 17%UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $10k → 17%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ART FUND: $20k → 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

IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
NE
MO
AZ
NC
DC
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 18 repeat orgs$313k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
14

Total granted

$1.5M
$193k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+78%

Still filing today

78%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalSocial ScienceEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $135k · revenue +39%
  • SI
    STUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $75k · revenue +92%
  • UN
    UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
    4× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • JP
    JUDY PFAFF FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +586% · 100% of their budget
  • U
    UNHCR
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • SM
    SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
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
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
2
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
3
Berggruen Institute
Education
4
Museum of Modern Art

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)

Arts & Culture
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
6
New York Academy of Art

The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…

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7
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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8
New Museum of Contemporary Art

A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

Arts & Culture
9
The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.

—
10
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
11
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
12
The American Federation of Arts Inc

The american federation of arts initiates and organizes a national and international program of art exhibitions, publications, and educational activities to benefit the museum community and enrich the public's experience and understanding…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Contemporary Art; the most unlike its peers is Judy Pfaff 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.
04the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 39 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED FUND: $796,890 · OtherDONOR ADVISED FUNDSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC: $75,000 · OtherSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC+13 more: $199,000 · Other+13 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ART FUND: $100,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TH…The Land With No Name Sanctuary: $40,000 · Arts & CultureThe Land With No Name …PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $40,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF…STORM KING ART CENTER: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSTORM KING ART CENTERJUDY PFAFF FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureJUDY PFAFF FOUNDATION …THE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE…THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE …SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $20,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM O…THE BROOKLYN RAIL INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BROOKLYN RAIL INCMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY…FRACTURED ATLAS INC: $14,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $135,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $5,000 · InternationalUNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $75,000 · EducationTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $20,000 · EducationOXBOW SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $10,000 · EducationAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $80,000 · Social ScienceTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $4,500 · Social ScienceNORRIS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT: $30,000 · Community ImprovementSOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementMADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $22,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 · Environment
Other$1,070,890Arts & Culture$371,000International$140,000Education$115,000Social Science$84,500Community Improvement$45,000Environment$26,000

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 budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $135,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ART FUND: $100,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $80,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSTUDIO IN A SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTORM KING ART CENTER: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORRIS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT: $30,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetJUDY PFAFF FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON SQUARE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN RAIL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOXBOW SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fabric Workshop and Museum: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ZACHARY & ELIZABETH M FISHER CENTER FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL AREAS CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIVER VALLEY ARTS COLLECTIVE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.4% 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.

National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Von Rydingsvard and Greengard Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Von Rydingsvard and Greengard Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Von Rydingsvard and Greengard 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.

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 39 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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