Arbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising
New York, NY · EIN 27-4205023. Reported 143 grants totalling $8,733,862 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Arbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising, the IRS classifies it as a public foundation -- a grantmaker that raises its money from many sources rather than from one donor (NTEE T30).
- How spread out its giving is. 58 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 88% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $283,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At the Table Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $483,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Art of Problem Solving Initiative Inc | New York, NY | $465,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Assembly Charter School for Computer Science | Bronx, NY | $452,888 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Immschools | Dallas, TX | $442,446 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Upchieve Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $425,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cooperate | Brookyln, NY | $414,090 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yonkers Partners in Education Inc | Yonkers, NY | $390,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marcy Lab Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $387,512 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jounce Partners Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $355,465 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anniecannons Inc | Oakland, CA | $355,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 12 Plus | Philadelphia, PA | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City Living Ny | New York, NY | $295,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emmas Torch Ltd | Brooklyn, NY | $280,665 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pursuit Transformation Company Inc | Long Island City, NY | $280,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Knowledge House Fellowship Inc | Bronx, NY | $230,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kindwork | Brooklyn, NY | $215,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| By All Means Leadership Alliance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Braven Incorporated | Chicago, IL | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hopeworks N Camden Inc | Camden, NJ | $170,118 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| All Our Kin Inc | New Haven, CT | $145,545 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Code Nation Inc | New York, NY | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girltrek Incorporated | Montgomery, AL | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Fountain Fund | Charlottesville, VA | $126,963 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Empower Her Network Inc | New London, CT | $126,422 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Collective Blueprint | Memphis, TN | $126,248 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Code the Dream Inc | Durham, NC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Literacy Academy Collective Inc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Green City Force | Brooklyn, NY | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hudson Link for Higher Edu | Ossining, NY | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Building Responsible Intelligent Creative Kids | Newark, NJ | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Exalt Youth | New York, NY | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Restore Nyc Inc | New York, NY | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Row New York Inc | New York, NY | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Springboard Collaborative | Philadelphia, PA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Heights Youth Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Leap Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Community Project Inc | Bronx, NY | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Array Education Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fencing in the Park Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue Engine Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dream Dare to Revitalize Education Thru Arts & Mediation Inc | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Honor Your Dreams Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Move Nyc Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Navigate the Maze to Achievement | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ownership Is the Future Inc | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| You Are More Than Inc | Marlton, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edwins Foundation | Cleveland Hts, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Footbridge | Monroeville, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Havenly | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homeworks Trenton Inc | Princeton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Summer School Initiative Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Raising Expectations Inc | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Read Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Roots & Wings Foundation a New Jersey Non Profit Corporation | Denville, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stacks and Joules Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wildflyer Coffee | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
32 of 58 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Blue Engine
GENERAL OPPERATING SUPPORT - Footbridge for Families
GENEREAL OPERATING SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 52 of 58 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $1,307,000 | $17,500 |
| 2022 | 32 | $1,325,000 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $1,981,770 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 49 | $4,120,092 | $55,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
67% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
22 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 52 grants totalling $2,974,902 to Arbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising. That is 54% of the 41 funders we can see giving to it. Those 22 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a grantmaking organization.
12 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solon E Summerfield Foundation Inc | Maryland | $657,376 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Keenan Foundation Inc | New York | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Zegar Family Foundation | New York | $425,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Catherine and Joseph Aresty | New York | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Marietta and Andrew Romay Foundation Inc | New York | $280,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The D J Mcmanus Foundation Inc | Maryland | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Silverbird 29 Fund | Connecticut | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arrow Impact | California | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lawrence Foundation | New York | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gerson Family Foundation Inc | New York | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 22.
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Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Arbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 49 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 270 West 39TH Street Fl 20, New York, NY, 10018.
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