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Tony Randall Theatrical Fund Inc

New York, NY · EIN 13-3082489. Reported 62 grants totalling $518,729 to 37 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,100median grant
$518,729granted, 2021-2024
37organizations funded
47%of grantees funded again the next year
$826,963assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Tony Randall Theatrical Fund Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,100. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $70,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
33 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
16 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
7 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
3 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Neighborhood PlayhouseNew York, NY$165,000442024
New York Theatre WorkshopNew York, NY$110,755332023
Elysium Between Two ContinentsNew York, NY$29,500442024
Friends of Apie IncNew York, NY$29,000222022
Tectonic Theater ProjectNew York, NY$20,000442024
Works & Process at the GuggenheimNew York, NY$15,000332023
Red Bull Theater CompanyNew York, NY$14,574442024
Brooklyn Academy of MusicBrooklyn, NY$12,000112023
Mark Morris Dance GroupBrooklyn, NY$10,000112021
The Marion InstituteMarion, MA$10,000222022
US Friends of ApieCambridge, MA$10,000112023
Tom Gold DanceNew York, NY$8,700442024
Rattlestick Theater CompanyNew York, NY$7,500112021
Bucks County PlayhouseNew Hope, PA$6,500112024
Sherrill Milnes Voice ProgramsPalm Harbor, FL$5,500222024
Chapel and York FoundationNew York, NY$5,000112021
St Anne's WarehouseBrooklyn, NY$5,000222024
The ShedNew York, NY$5,000112022
Theatre PalisadesPacific Palisades, CA$5,000112024
Ubumuntu Arts FestivalKigali Rwanda$5,000222022
Women in Film & Video IncWashington, DC$5,000112023
American Friends of Paris Opera & BalletNew York, NY$4,000112023
City Parks FoundationNew York, NY$4,000222024
The Batonga FoundationWashington, DC$3,200112023
Voice ExperiencePalm Harbor, FL$3,000112023
YadooNew York, NY$3,000112022
American Friends of the DonmarHarrison, NY$2,500112024
Classic Theater of HarlemNew York, NY$2,500112024
National Dance InstituteNew York, NY$2,500112021
Theatre for a New AudienceBrooklyn, NY$2,500112023
City CenterNew York, NY$1,500112021
Good Shepherd ServicesBrooklyn, NY$1,500112021
League of Professional Theatre WomenNew York, NY$1,000112023
Myriad USANew York, NY$1,000112023
Oasis ArtsNew York, NY$1,000112022
Opening ActBrooklyn, NY$1,000112024
Artisans Guild of AmericaLong Island City, NY$500112021

13 of 37 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 47%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 32 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
18 grants
International Affairs
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Education
2 grants
Human Services
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202118$196,500$3,750
202215$158,255$3,000
202316$89,974$4,287
202413$74,000$2,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 91% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$466K
Massachusetts
$20K
Florida
$8K
District of Columbia
$8K
Pennsylvania
$6K
California
$5K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,100. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Tony Randall Theatrical Fund Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 122 East 42ND Street 4300, New York, NY, 10168. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 13-3082489 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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