Funding search · EIN 954292739 · Albany, NY

Four Friends Foundation

Name: Four Friends Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

102
grants reported: $3.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

building capacity giving planning unrestricteed research

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Zeno Mountain Farm4 grants · $363,000
Inside Out Literary Arts4 grants · $254,400
Urban Arts Partnership3 grants · $253,200
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls3 grants · $250,600
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund3 grants · $238,000
L a County Museum of Art4 grants · $209,000
Richmond College Prep2 grants · $200,000
Girl Be Heard2 grants · $150,000
Dancing Classrooms2 grants · $150,000
National Dance Institute3 grants · $130,461

Giving over time

$553,173

2022

$2.1M

2023

$1.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 102 grants.

$150,000
Zeno Mountain Farm · Lincoln, VT · 2023
Capacity building
$150,000
Zeno Mountain Farm · Lincoln, VT · 2023
Capacity building
$110,000
Cedars Sinai Women'S Guild · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$110,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Albany, NY · 2023
The giving fund
$110,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Albany, NY · 2023
The giving fund
$104,400
Inside Out Literary Arts · Detroit, MI · 2024
Restricted to capacity building
$103,200
Urban Arts Partnership · New York, NY · 2024
Capacity building
$100,600
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Capacity building
$100,000
Richmond College Prep · Richmond, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Richmond College Prep · Richmond, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$75,000
Dancing Classrooms · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$75,000
Dancing Classrooms · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$75,000
Girl Be Heard · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$75,000
Girl Be Heard · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$75,000
Urban Arts Partnership · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$75,000
Urban Arts Partnership · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$75,000
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$75,000
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$65,000
L a County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$60,000
Zeno Mountain Farm · Lincoln, VT · 2022
Restricted for planning grants
$59,500
L a County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$59,500
L a County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Bronx Documentary Center · Bronx, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network · West Bloomfield Townsh, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
The Arts Connection · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
The Noel Pointer Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Upbeat Nyc · Bronx, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Inside Out Literary Arts · Detroit, MI · 2023
Restricted to capacity building
$50,000
Inside Out Literary Arts · Detroit, MI · 2023
Restricted to capacity building
$50,000
National Dance Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$50,000
National Dance Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$50,000
STEM From Dance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$50,000
STEM From Dance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Capacity building
$50,000
Academy Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Charlie Cart Project · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Restricted to research grant
$50,000
Inside Out Literary Arts · Detroit, MI · 2022
Restricted to capacity building
$40,000
Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$35,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$35,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,461
National Dance Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Capacity building
$30,000
Chrysalis · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
Chrysalis · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Impact Society Global · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Motion Picture & Tv Fund · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Peoples Theatre Project · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Young People'S Chorus of New York City · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Arts Connection · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
L a County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Motion Picture & Tv Fund · Woodland Hills, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$25,000
Team Read · Seattle, WA · 2022
Unrestricted
$22,000
Perfect Earth Project · East Hampton, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Art Students League of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Art Students League of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Art Students League of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Armand Hammer Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Nyc Salt · New York, NY · 2022
Restricted for planning grants
$20,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$19,568
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$19,000
New York Community Trust · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable purposes
$18,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · Albany, NY · 2024
The giving fund
$15,000
Water Technologies Nonprofit · Franklin, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Water Technologies Nonprofit · Franklin, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$14,173
Film Society of Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Beam Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Brooklyn Youth Chorus · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Intempo Music · Stamford, CT · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Mind-Builders Creative Art Center · Bronx, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Shakespeare in Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Sphinx Organization · Detroit, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Reel Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Reel Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Seattle Jazzed · Seattle, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Seattle Jazzed · Seattle, WA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Success Academy · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Success Academy · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Third Street Music School · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Third Street Music School · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Young Peoples Horus · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricteed
$10,000
Young Peoples Horus · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricteed
$10,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Art Students League of New York · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Innocence Project - New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Success Academy · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$9,000
Red Hook Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Actvf Pta · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Alex House Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
College Access Research & Action · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Foundation for Advancement of Haitian Midwives · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Timeline Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.