The Theodore H Barth Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-6103401. Reported 266 grants totalling $4,839,000 to 87 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Theodore H Barth Foundation 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $3,500 and the largest $175,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | New York, NY | $620,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Hearing and Communication | New York, NY | $520,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Washington National Opera | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clark University | Worcester, MA | $142,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southcoast Health Systems Inc | New Belford, MA | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra | New York, NY | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lenox Hill Neighborhood Association Inc | New York, NY | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southcoast Health Systems Inc | Portsmouth, RI | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City Harvest Inc | New York, NY | $107,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Citymeals-on-Wheels | New York, NY | $107,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| La Clinica Del Pueblo | Washington, DC | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| N Street Village | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wolf Trap Found for the Performing Arts | Vienna, VA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Capital Area Foodbank | Washington, DC | $87,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York City Ballet Inc | New York, NY | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Renewal Inc | New York, NY | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shakespeare Theatre | Washington, DC | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arena Stage | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Signature Theatre Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inseries Opera | Washington, DC | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arlington Thrive | Arlington, VA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Healthy Humor Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Massachussetts - Amherst | Amherst, MA | $58,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gala Hispanic Theatre | Washington, DC | $56,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| So Others Might Eat | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys' Club of New York | Flushing, NY | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Goddard Riverside Community | New York, NY | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Church of the Good Shepherd | Wareham, MA | $51,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Aid Society | New York, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Latin American Youth Center | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manhattan School of Music | New York, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Roundabout Theatre Company | New York, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Nyc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Theatre Development Fund | New York, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fresh Air Fund | New York, NY | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Weta | Arlington, VA | $36,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atlantic Theater Company | New York, NY | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| East Side House Inc | Bronx, NY | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Search and Care | New York, NY | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The School of American Ballet | New York, NY | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Union Settlement Association | New York, NY | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Playwrights Horizons | New York, NY | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jubilee Jobs | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mannes School of Music | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food Bank for New York City | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Morgan Library and Museum | New York, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stonehill College | North Easton, MA | $25,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alexandria Symphony Orchestra | Alexandria, VA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urbanarias | Arlington, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bridgewater State College | Bridgewater, MA | $17,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Univ of Rhode Island | Kingston, RI | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mannes College of Music | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Opera America Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bentley College | Waltham, ME | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Maine | Orono, ME | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Vermont | Burlington, VT | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Mass Lowell | Lowell, MA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fairfield University | Fairfield, CT | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Providence College | Providence, RI | $10,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Smith College | Northampton, MA | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Mass Dartmouth | North Dartmouth, MA | $10,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alliance for New Music Theatre | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Levine Music | Waltham, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Theater Club | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Lawrence University | Canton, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Theater J at Edlavitch Dcjcc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brown University | Providence, RI | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Salve Regina University | Newport, RI | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Emmanuel College | Boston, MA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Assumption College | Worcester, ME | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Merrimack College | North Andover, MA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Worcester, MA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Notre Dame University | Notre Dame, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bryant University | Smithfield, RI | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tulane University | New Orleans, LA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Univ Or Rhode Island | Kingston, RI | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wheaton College | Norton, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Framingham State University | Framingham, MA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Worcester Polytechic Institute | Worcester, MA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
72 of 87 (83%) 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 89%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 150 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68 | $1,239,500 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 66 | $1,110,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 65 | $1,156,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 67 | $1,333,500 | $15,000 |
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
57% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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.
- 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 The Theodore H Barth Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 45 Rockefeller Plaza Suite 2000, New York, NY, 10111. 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.
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