· Private foundation
William S Paley 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k17 grants · $323k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $510k
- $250k+5 grants · $7.4M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA | $3,050,106 |
| THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA | $2,000,000 |
| GREENPARK FOUNDATION | $1,306,833 |
| THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION | $533,000 |
| THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA | $500,000 |
| THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | $110,000 |
| THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $50,000 |
| THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| SANTA MONICA TEMPLE ASSOCIATION CON | $50,000 |
| MADISON SQ BOYS GIRLS CLUB FOUNDATI | $50,000 |
| REACH PREP | $40,000 |
| TRILATERAL COMMISSION NORTH AMERICA | $25,000 |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS | $25,000 |
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 (FY21–24, $83k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
44 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 5 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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TGTHE GREENPARK FOUNDATION INC CO ODONOGHUE & LAMB CPAS PLLC8× · 2017–2024 · $6.6M · revenue +118% · 100% of their budget
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC5× · 2020–2024 · $300k · revenue +21%- RPREACH PREP INC7× · 2017–2024 · $250k · revenue +67%
Funded once
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE POLIN MUSEUone grant, 2023 · $50k
- TTTHE TIME IN CHILDRENS ARTS INITIATIVE INCone grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -95% · 25% of their budget
- TEThe Eisenhower Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +251%
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.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…
Enhance Columbia University's education mission by acquiring and publishing outstanding original works by scholars and others that contribute to an understanding of global human concerns. Columbia University Press became part of the…
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.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
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…
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
The municipal art society of new york (mas) lifts up the voices of the people in the debates that shape new york's built environment and leads the way to a more livable city from sidewalk to skyline. mas envisions a future in which all new…
The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…
How this is measured
42 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. 42 of the 73 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 THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds THE GREENPARK FOUNDATION INC CO ODONOGHUE & LAMB CPAS PLLC ↗
- Who funds JERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds REACH PREP INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds GREENWICH ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds Oxford House Inc ↗
- Who funds THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WEST HILL POND ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds MICHAEL'S CAUSE INC ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds TRILATERAL COMMISSION (NORTH AMERICA) ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN ↗
- Who funds THE TIME IN CHILDRENS ARTS INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds VOICES OF ASCENSION INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COALITION FOR HOMELESS VETERANS ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds The Eisenhower Foundation ↗
- Who funds Portland Museum of Art ↗
- Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
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 Pfizer Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William S Paley Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William S Paley Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Oxford House Inc: 8% of income from government
- Domus Kids Inc: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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